. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. rate such as we gotlast year to ship via Duluth. There werefifteen million bushels of wheat shippedvia Duluth last year and through the re-duced rates the country saved two mil-lion dollars. One way in which the matter couldbe overcome to some extent would he thesecuring of cheap flour industrial sitesso that flour could be milled in differentparts of the country and bran and shortsof the grain retained for stock phases as these were bound to comebut the country was not yet ready forthem and the time would come whenmore Hour would be s
. Hardware merchandising August-October 1912. rate such as we gotlast year to ship via Duluth. There werefifteen million bushels of wheat shippedvia Duluth last year and through the re-duced rates the country saved two mil-lion dollars. One way in which the matter couldbe overcome to some extent would he thesecuring of cheap flour industrial sitesso that flour could be milled in differentparts of the country and bran and shortsof the grain retained for stock phases as these were bound to comebut the country was not yet ready forthem and the time would come whenmore Hour would be sent out than wheathe believed. Hugh McKeller, of Moose Jaw. whohad made a long study of the questionwas in favor of interior elevators andgave a graphic description of ,stating that many farmers throughoutthe West last year would have been gladto have put in their grain at 3c less inorder to get something for it rather thanhaul it home again without any interior elevator system he saidwould bring mills to the country. Ar. CHARLES H. WEBSTER, Calgary, Secretary of the Associated Boardsof Trade. the present time the grain was marke-ed, insured and taken care of at FortWilliam, Owen Sound and Saint John,and there was no reason why the samething could not be done at the variousinterior elevators throughout the coun-try. The farmers would get a gradedcertificate and all he would need to dowould be to present that at the bank andthey would advance him money. At thepresent time the banks will not advance HARD W A RE AND METAL any money unless the farmer lias a cer-tificate of grade of the wheat and heoften has to wait weeks and months untilhis grain is delivered and word comesback. F. M. Selanders stated that the far-mers should have granaries. Mr. Chegwin said that throughout thediscussion there was evidence that therewere arguments on both sides. Thecountry needed terminal elevators, in-terior elevators and granaries on thefarms. The great trouble was to let the
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