The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 12, 1920, Page 10

ADVERTISEMENTS Why They Fight the League One Set:txon of North Dakota Grain Grading Law Saved i Farmers $8,000, 000 on Dockage : HE Embden Farmers’ per. cent on the wheat and 431 per | f| Grain company, Embden, cent on the rye for Ee erop of 1918.” o — N. D, is tg:e corporation St Yl g 1 { £ - that has been attacking . WHO GOT THE PROFIT? { : the dN“‘ih t"ak"‘;; g7ain According to food bulletin No. 15, : 1 %fia gr‘g '}’:’D;n tae Vol. 5, North Dakota Agricultural col- ] g: m;(;lr:ct pr: i d::tthat ]gsgamg;\?y? gageéeths in;gealsgl;n wheat prie:d u‘git tlt: { eptember 23, , as compar ! e 0 em efi !r:iuiipay the farmer for all valy- ¢y, period of government control, was B A ’I?heola:tge arterly report of the LLi Per cent. In the same period the : Fmbd g Y 2 POEYC * price ‘of flour increased 34.7 per cent, a“; f: ::;‘31’3 )(asho:v?glsl \fi"!’l’;‘ the price of bran 417 per.cent, the . : ,1; y bR y 5 the lasi}:’ fou¥- price of mixed feeds 58.5 per cent-and m,ms the foilowmg ‘amounts’ of the. @ nce7°f5 middlings, .red dog, ebe., ' q _grain went through their elevator: WEnLNR (O Den eonbi o0y = s : lellsgglss .. DRAKE MILL Pnlcq.s ‘ 3 LR e e (34 i 1. 5 5,320 stn‘e‘gfovtv‘:xlgodwnififl l;?essni: &unz l,f‘o‘:‘? vl:iut. | HE need for food has the world Doar - Bk orbemmeing i Gastand. S in its grip. To produce more food b P pound), $E85 N 4 {8k pound), s551; ot 4 i ; Total dockage .............. ,200 - ), §2 i i 3 we must depend-upon gasoline .| Trialdockase ... 230800 - G S 1o S mounie s‘?’%&"’:fi’l P power on the farm to multiply the Paid farmers for ’ w’:l;nh::,fizlow:;g; e s)il('sme;pg::z%u . Fia B efficiency of the man-power avallable. Fonluiinars Em:;&;g%&g;x-g:{i}mggg.fi&' |2 Thomas Sanderson, in charge of the 828yt 10" 8 Bn e Bier s | experimental mill ‘at North Dakota per ton. v The followmg interesting comparlson R alarl ot S of e SR BT : of man-power vs. machine-power, re- pozt: z i oS R i ‘If each of the 1,808 elevators doing | quired per acre is illuminating: e R el S i - past year should average a like - Crop Man-Hours Man-Hours amount to be paid to the farmers, the i (1 acre) ‘By Hand By Machifie’ grand total would be $3,368,484.80 go- | ; ing into the pockets of the farmers as i Barlcy PN 64 . . . . 425 a result of enforcing” the grain grad- i Cornztssnnl 39 ol 770 ing law, and this above the cost for Cotton 45 168 0 e 90 cleaning, as clear\profit. | Hay 2 2@ e od RS | LAW DOES NOT WORK 1 ~ Potatoes . . . 109 . . . . 38 ‘ “Ifh:e analyze theFdata we Gshall M e <D S ¢ 3 : find that the n Farmers’ Grain s n Khaka’ | %lycee et 232 S IZ 28 company v;as kl;ot paying an excessive YOI! Can Make i St e e im g Vel i - (el e . price for dockage. They paid at:the Y { Wheat i, . 7 OY o o DS | rate of 74.4 cents per hundred for the A $500 toslooo | P , . total dockage, or for the valuable a Month Milling s i 5 dockage at the rate of 99.6 cents per . g _ The United States has changed from an agri- | handred. This wonld be for valsable. “Fbavo” FLods [ cultural into a semi-industrial nation. - Never | dockage $19.90 per ton, or on the total . i e - again will it sce the day when 97 percent.of | 9ockage at the rate of $15.88 per ton. The records submitted by J. J. i - its population dwells on farms. Yet the fact | Brady, chief elevator accountant; show e remains that the United States must feed | that the value of dockage at the termi- = EE itself, and the only way this can /bc done 15 B e fist‘;fmfig‘; w ) Lot i through» intensive soil cultivation,” mad - e e B e { Embden Farmers’ Grain company paid Whilh Slag ot el (he Ao’ f I : sible by automonve machinery. - the full price as indicated here for all s o : ot ; dockage the amount would have been BN oy ggfi mggl"_}*’“g 5 ‘ very much larger, but it sheunld be fie A BRTTER BARREL OF x On the farms of the Middle West the gaso- | borne in mind that where the total ELOUR CHEAPER' oo the famous i line tractor, truck, and automobile are multi- | dockage is less than 3 per cent the law cess. %B e e :o"fiem"; plying the productiveness of man-power, and | Provides mtf::‘ihfgfig’a:g’:fi:e{ “g.:"fi'fa'&mdmn&mg;&“?“mg&‘ Tt are domgfthen' part in furmshmg an adequate’ | fore thie price really paid to'the farm- creamy white, supply o od-stufis Throughout this great section the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has developed a system of ° distribution which insures the farmer an ade- quate supply of gasoline and lubricating oils. This system is based upon huge storage depots, i | the.amount paid for, although at the | terminal all screenings would have ers was greater than that indicated as been paid for at market price. “I am indebted to Mr. Brady, chief elevator accountant, for information as to the amount of grain handled from August 1, 1918, to August o 1919, by the elevators operating in the | Btie avored Pove, that retains the VO! jour A ‘ uilding mines and the of the wheat. usingour Nafiomnyld "l.mb'tcr its Flavor"™ We furnish’ the sacks with your printed on: them. OUR SER- VICEolf)EPARTM NT examines same vie mpfif:ed Pl yonr nr [ ed from three large modern refineries. - | state of North Dakota for that year: | M oo B : Gl}):l bushels of wheat. mcluding 9::;.: e g Anficxpauon of posslble difficulties is but one Gross bushels of e .11\ 110, 16724201 % of the many burdens the Standard Oil Total gross bushels, ' wheat, | 4 duram and rye ... .. i e0ae. 107,280,191 pany (Indiana) assumes in order that con- T i oy B R sumers of the Middle West may have thexr Total dockage O Tye -..s.is: 1t s _oagz80 |- wants supphed S : Total dockage on wheat, S i i e ol § R e T G o G of screenings: figured on a° buln § Ay . own community be- & b of $38 (Minneapolis price “for et fore some one “else ! Standard 011 Com any | i uipiig B e g p y $8.40, or $34.60 net per tom, . : . this. B ; ; (Indiana) . b ;::{fngmzm;; g: soiesanaianes 83.998.280 80 o “_eleaning on 107.280.191 utoss i L | 910 So. Michigan Avenue, Chlmgo,m. St Mo Nez vahw of ureeninas 1918 .exop. 51.851..656 82, “The above shows dockage of 3% J"Mgnflon ths Leader When w:uu;& Advertisers e