152 DEEP FURROWS 



How did this come about? The Elevator Com- 

 panies did it with the aid of Bank Managers and 

 other Winnipeg men outside of the Grain Trade, 

 who hold seats on the Exchange, and voted with 

 them. The intention of these Elevator Companies 

 is to handle all grain for y 2 c. per bushel or for 

 nothing in order to take it away from thq (Com- 

 mission Men, who have no elevators, and especi- 

 ally to krap it. away from thp Grain Growers* 

 Grain Company. 



" The Elevator Companies can handle farmers 7 

 cars for nothing and still not lose anything. 

 How? In four ways 



" 1st. They all buy street grain and the immense 

 profits they make on this will make up for any 

 loss they have in handling cars for nothing. 



" 2nd. The dockage they get on street grain and 

 on car lots passed through their elevators helps 

 them. 



"3rd. The charges on the cars loaded through 

 their elevators helps them. 



" 4th. When they get your car it is sent to their 

 own terminal elevator, and they earn the storage 

 on it there which is very profitable. 



" The commission man, such as ourselves, has 

 none of these things to fall back on. His prot\j: is 

 what is left out of the cent a bushel commission 

 after all expenses such as rent, taxes, insurance. 

 for nffirp hp1 tp]prmns 



are paid. 



" The ElevatoriCombineknow this. They know 

 the weakness of the commission dealers' position 

 and the strength of their own, and knowing it, 

 deliberately cut out the commission and will offer 

 to handle the farmers' grain for nothing in order to 

 put the only opposition they have out of business. 

 And mark you ! this is aimed at our company more 



