APPENDIX 5.

REPORT OF GRAIN SHIPPED, SOLD, OR DELIVERED.

On this blank must be reported all grain that leaves the elevator, whether shipped, sold, delivered out on surrendered storage tickets or otherwise disposed of, it being intended that this book must give a complete record of all grain that the agent is entitled to receive credit for in the same manner that the two receipts report books give a complete record of all grain charged to him, excepting, of course, car lots that may be shipped to any station to sell. Do not report sales of grain on Flour and Feed reports or any other blank but this. At any time your grain sales are too numerous to go into the three lines provided you will please make up a complete list of them on a letter head and attach same to the report when you send it in, listing in the body of the report only the total bushels and amount of money pertaining to each kind of grain. Do not enter the cash sales of grain on the same report with a car shipment. Each report must cover the shipment of ONE car only.

Whenever you have any grain to ship place your order in writing with the railroad agent for the proper capacity of empty car required and renew your order daily until you get the car. If the railway company is unreasonably slow in furnishing cars or the agent fails to give you your full share of the cars distributed to the various elevators at the station, write your superintendent and the Minneapolis office about it, giving full particulars. Mention how many cars you have ordered, when the order was placed, and give enough information so that we can form an intelligent idea of the situation and place the matter before the proper official in the general office of the railway company. If at any time the railway company furnishes a larger car than you ordered and you fail to load it up to capacity required for such car, a notation that "Small car ordered, large car furnished," "60 M Cap. car ordered, 80 M Cap. car furnished," or any other notation to cover the particular case MUST be made on the original Bill of Lading BEFORE it is signed by the railroad agent or we will be required to pay freight on the minimum capacity of the car loaded, and if at any time we are obliged to pay excess freight on account of our agent's failure to make proper notation on Bill of Lading, such excess freight will be charged to the agent. If you do not know the capacity to which the railway company requires the different size cars loaded, write the Minneapolis office for cir cular giving this information. You should fill out the Bills of Lading yourself and not depend on railway agent to do it for you, then there can never be any question as to who is at fault if the car is improperly billed or any notations left off. When you report the contents of a car at "Actual Weight," such weight must be understood to mean that the grain was ACTUALLY WEIGHED INTO THE CAR WHEN LOADED and not weights taken from the "in" weights of a number of wagon loads which you think you put into a certain bin and then in turn loaded the contents of the bin into the car, as we have had too much trouble with that kind of weights in the past and found them unreliable. Be sure at all times to report the numbers of seals applied to cars, as that information is particularly important. Also fill in blank spaces for all other information requested. When the grain loaded is actually weighed it is not necessary to report measurements of car or depth to which grain is loaded.

Send Original (Pink) and Triplicate (Yellow) Copies with Bill of Lading Attached to Minneapolis Office on the Day Shipment is made."

• These are the instructions for filling out the foregoing shipping report.

.Agent.

APPENDIX 7.

Estimated quantity of grain on hand.

APPENDIX 8.

FORM OF COMMISSION HOUSE CONTRACT FOR FINANCING COUNTRY ELEVATORS.

MUTUAL CONTRACT.

The signers hereof, in consideration of the mutual promises and undertakings herein, hereby mutually promise and agree to and with each other, as follows:

engaged in business as a Grain Commission merchant, hereinafter called the

That the..... "Commission Merchant," will advance and loan to the...

.and State of...

...owner and operator

of a certain grain elevator, in the town of.. hereinafter called the "Elevator Company," such amounts of money,-to be used by the Elevator Company solely in purchasing grain at the said elevator and in the proper and necessary expense of operating said elevator, as may be required for the purposes aforesaid, from time to time during the continuance of this contract, not obligating itself, however, to advance an amount exceeding at any time the sum of....................... Dollars ($.

..).

That said Elevator Company shall, during the continuance of this contract, and of any indebtedness t the Commission Merchant hereunder, consign and ship to said Commission Merchant, for sale by it upor commission.. .all grains purchased by said Elevator Company and shipped from its sai elevator, and shall pay said Commission Merchant commissions on such sales, in accordance with the rule of the Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade of Minneapolis, Duluth, Milwaukee, or Chicago, to whic such shipments may be made.

That said Commission Merchant will receive all grains consigned to it by the Elevator Company, and w use its best efforts to sell the same at the best prices possible, and shall promptly render confirmations ar account of sales thereof.

That said loans and advances shall draw interest at the rate of... ....per cent per annum, computed daily balances, or the stated rate of interest in notes, if any, as to the amount of such notes.

That this agreement may be terminated at will by the said Commission Merchant, and may be terminat at will by the said Elevator Company, upon the payment in full of all its indebtedness hereunder to sa Commission Merchant.

interest thereon and, on or before.

That the parties hereto, signers hereof, except said Commission Merchant, jointly and severally, consideration of the agreement of said Commission Merchant and of the advances of money made by it the Elevator Company, which advances are hereby requested by all of the parties hereto, signers here except said Commission Merchant,-promise and agree to repay from time to time whenever said mon is not actually in use in the purchasing of grain and the payment of operating expenses of said elevator, moneys theretofore advanced to the Elevator Company by said Commission Merchant, with accru of each year, to repay to said Commission Mercha in full, the balance of any moneys theretofore advanced by said Commission Merchant to said Elevat Company, with accrued interest thereon, whether said moneys so advanced and loaned by said Co mission Merchant to said Elevator Company are secured or unsecured, or whether said moneys are repre sented by notes given therefor or carried in open account, and that if the said Commission Merchant should deem its advances insecure because of improper business conduct of said Elevator Company, or if said Ele vator Company shall violate the terms of this contract or become insolvent, said Commission Merchant may demand payment of any and all moneys and balances advanced or loaned to said Elevator Company, and thereupon the said parties hereto, except such Commission Merchant, shall promptly pay all such money and balances so demanded, together with interest accrued thereon.

Elevator Company to keep their elevator, coal-sheds and other buildings, also grain, seeds, flour, feed, coal and twine fully insured and the policies to read "Loss if any payable to... interest may appear."

, as their

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed and executed this agreement in duplicate upon this.......

.day of..

Witnesses to Signature of

A. D. 19.....

Primary Ship

ments. Wk. Pri. Receipts Since Nov. 1. Wk. Pri. Shipments. Exports.. St. Louis Receipts...

66 Rec this week.

General Commercial News

ate cables said Russia has proposed peace to
nania.

Western hog packing to date 2,501,000 head, against
4,000 last year.

14,000 bu rye and 60,000 bu barley cleared from the
board today.

Festern hogs 20,000 head, against 30,000 last Satur-
and 17,000 a year ago.

estern receipts of oats since 1st of August reported
Weather news mu
interests than for se 454,000 bu, against 8,100,000 bu year ago.
rainfall and low temate wires from different points in eight States re-
in the principal graired very little rain, but more or less cloudy.
ustralian crop news more favorable: seedlings there
Iowa, and Nebraska
in Argentine completed under excellent conditions.
Grain markets were
heat shipments from Western markets this week
futures participating
and prices, after star 5,719,000 bu, compared to 4,034,000 bu previous
lower than previousk, and 8,187,000 bu fast year.

and from $1.20 to

excited advance, cueceipts of corn at Western markets since November
919, show 177,194,000 bu, compared to 148,892,000 bu
on Monday to $1.51 before and 238,437,000 bu in 1918.
which very interest orecast-Generally fair and not much change in
active futures were erature over most of the grain States tonight and
day, barring showers in Illinois and Missouri.
orders, both city and
estern receipts of corn this week 2,625,000 bu,
in the professional r
on the advance, whilst 3,591.000 bu week before and 1,619,000 bu last
bull traders were lef; shipments 1,933,000 bu, against 1,580,000 bu year
realizing sales. The
ired from Regina, Sask.-Wheat fair to good
sellers for the declinand Regina, may run 20 bu, still green, and needs
dry, hot weather wa
in the old growing cr, may average 30 bu; around Brandon, may only
15 bu; 400-mile trip reveals varied crop conditions;
arrivals at primary th and much idle land; labor asking $7 per day.

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