4:82 'HISTORY OP THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



a bushel. This makes the farmers almost independent 

 of middle-men between them and Chicago or New York 

 markets. If the price offered for their grain is not in 

 their judgment enough, they are not obliged to sell it 

 at home, but can ship it themselves, feeling perfectly 

 sure that they will be honestly dealt with, will have to 

 pay no exorbitant commissions, and will get the best 

 market price. At Waterloo, about 100 miles west of 

 this city, an elevator was established by the Grange 

 about nine months ago, the stock being held by a great 

 number of farmers. Grain that has been shipped from 

 that point both to New York and Chicago has brought 

 the farmers considerably better prices than the local 

 traders would pay, and beside this, recently a dividend 

 of fifty per cent, was made on the stock. The Grangers' 

 elevators now do all the work at that and other 

 stations where they have been established, the local 

 middle-men 1 having gone entirely out of the business. 

 If a Granger who does not live near one of these Grange 

 elevators desires to make a shipment on his own ac- 

 count, he applies for cars at his local station, loads 

 them, directs them to the Grange agent in Chicago or 

 New York, and sends the receipts which the railroad 

 company gives him to the State agent at Des Moines. 

 By him the proper papers are forwarded to the Chicago 

 or New York agent, and to him the returns are made. 

 The State agent then returns to the shipper all the 

 papers showing the charges and receipts on his ship- 

 ment, with a check for the balance due. 



" The farmers of this State raise every year a great 

 number of hogs, that have always passed through the 

 hands of at least one middle-man before they have 

 reached the packers. The Granges in some parts of 



