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HE LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
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THURSDAY JULY 12, 1906.
THE SACK PROBLEM
The following is an extract from a
letter received by L. A. Langley from
Geo. W. Turner and will explain itself:
"I notice by The Wheatfield that
the farmers are talking of building
graneries to store their wheat in, and
force the Warehouse men to buy their
wheat in bulk. Now I have bought
and shipped wheat here on the Pacific
coast for the past 1 7 years, more or
less, and I want to tell you the same
thing that I have told hundreds of oth
er men, and that is, that you dont have
to force the warehouse men to buy
N grain in bulk, they will buy it in bulk
without forcing. I have never seen
the time when I would not buy bulk
wheat. But you must remember that
there is a difference in the price of
bulk grain and sacked grain, and that
difference depends on the price of
sacks. If sacks, are worth 1 1 cents
the spread will be about 4 1-2 cents
per bushel, if they ara selling for 6
cents the spread will be about 2 1-2
. cents per bushel, etc.
"This idea that some people have
got, that the farmer buys his sacks
and then gives them to the Warehouse
man, is all rot There is no one to
blame for this sack question but God-all-mighty,
and as soon as man can pre
vail uppn him to quiet . the waters of
the Pacific ocean, so that wheat can
be shipped in bulk. Then, and not un
til then, will the sack question be set
tled. It is just as broad as it Is long,
if you dont buy the sacks, the man
that exports the grain must buy them.
You simply pay a small rental for the
use of the sacks. Now there Is no
doubt in my mind but that there is a
corner on sacks. A certain company
here in the city bought up all the
sacks, and are now reaping a harvest.
But you will only be biting off your
nose to spite your face when you go to
worK to try ana aoage the sack ques
tion, unless you ship your grain to the
Atlantic ocean."
What Mr. Turner says may be true
yet it is strange that Mr. Schlaefer,
Spokane agent for Kerr Gifford & Co.,
should advance about the same idea
In a recent newspaper interview. Why
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the farmer should pay the small rental
for the use of the sacks is more than
wa can understand. The sacks are
purchased by the farmer from the ex
porter, and the farmer pays for sack
ing the grain. The dealers, who are
the warehouse men in the small towns,
undoubtedly make a profit on the sacks,
then the farmer is docked for the
weight of the sacks. Mr. Turner may
be correct as to the price of wheat in
bulk, still the farmer would save about
$10.00 per day in the threshing bill, as
the services of at least three men
could be dispensed with. Let the
vessel owners fit their ships for hand
ling grain in bulk or sack it them
selves. The farmer is burdened al
most to the limit now.
BIG FISH WILL ESCAPE.
John D. Rockefeller, Henry H.
Rogers, John D. Archbold and other
high officials of the Standard Oil com
pany will not be prosecuted personally
in connection with the action of the
government against the oil trust for
conspiracy in restraint of trade, for ac
cepting rebate and for conspiracy to
commit a crime.
It is announced that the government
has no expectation of convicting the
higher officials of the trust, but that it
will be able to send to prison some of
the lesser officers.
The department of justice will not
bring prosecutions against any clerks
of the corporation. The best it ex
pects is to secure the conviction of
some of the most important subordin
ate officers.
It was stated that the experience of
the government in prosecution of rail
roads is that it has been unable to con
vict presidents of these roads. The
highest officers the goverment has
been able to reach were the officers
who dealt with the public.
The goverment will begin immedi
ately to present evidence to grand
juries throughout the country for the
purpose of having indictments found.
It Is expected that a number ( of in
dictments will be. found agalns some
of the Standard Oil officers. '
In addition to the prosecution bf the
officers an effort will be made to have
the Standard Oil Company dissolved
on the ground that it Is a corporation
in restraint of trade.The Dalles
Chronicle. '
V The same thing is true in the lower
courts. ' Harry Thaw, who mnrdered
White in New York, both high In so
ciety, will probably escape punishment.
If Thaw had been a member of what
is known as the lower classes, he would
have been tried and executed before
this. Both men being libertines and
members of the (?) higher social ele
ment, and having plenty of money
they will be able to occupy the front
pages for some time.
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