FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.

VICTOR MURDOCK, Chairman.

HUSTON THOMPSON.

WILLIAM B. COLVER.

NELSON B. GASKILL.

JOHN GARLAND POLLARD.

J. P. YODER, Secretary.

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CHAPTER II. FUNCTIONS, AGE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELEVATORS AND

WAREHOUSES.

SEC. 1. Functions of country elevators and warehouses_-

Elevators__-

Warehouses.

SEC. 2. Physical differences of elevators and warehouses__.

SEC. 3. Bulk and sack handling---

Line and individual maltster houses__.

SEC. 5. Number of elevators and warehouses reporting and reported_

Method of tabulating returns___

Number of houses per station----

Geographical distribution of country houses_

SEC. 6. Average distance between stations----

SEC. 7. Average number of country houses per station.

SEC. 8. Causes of variations in number of houses per station.

Age of houses___

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SEC. 9. Distribution of houses by types-

By single types---

By consolidated types--.

SEC. 10. Relative importance of cooperatives_

Distribution of cooperatives--.

Volume of grain handled__

Recent increases in cooperatives_

SEC. 11. Growth and decline of different types of elevators and warehouses_

Period of construction of all houses_

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SEC. 12. Geographical distribution of different types of elevators and

warehouses

Extent of geographical variations__.

Geographical distribution of principal types of elevators__

SEC. 13. Explanation of geographical distribution of types of elevators.

Commercial lines and independents_

Mill elevators____

Cooperative development---

Maltster elevators.

SEC. 14. Geographical distribution of warehouses_

CHAPTER III. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF COUNTRY ELEVATORS AND

WAREHOUSES.

SEC. 1. Description of country elevator.

SEC. 2. Average capacity of elevators and warehouses_-

Results of tabulation______[_

Capacity variations of elevators and warehouses.

SEC. 3. Type variations in capacity--.

Elevators

Warehouses_

SEC. 4. Geographical variations in capacity.

Elevators

Warehouses_

SEC. 5. Average number of bins per house....

Type variations of elevators_--

Geographical variations of elevators_

Warehouse variations

SEC. 6. Construction materials of elevators and warehouses.

Construction in general__

Present tendencies__.

Type variations___

Commercial line construction.

Independent construction

Cooperative construction__.

Individual and mill line construction_

Geographical variations--‒‒‒

CHAPTER IV. DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRY ELEVATORS AND COUNTRY MARKET-

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SEC. 1. Character of the discussion__.

SEC. 2. General characteristics of early grain marketing.

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SEC. 6. Individual mill elevators___

SEC. 7. Independent elevators__

SEC. 8. Early cooperative development_-

Origins

The penalty clause..

SEC. 9. Reasons for cooperative development_

Lack of competition‒‒‒‒

Situation in the Northwest_.

Chicago territory---

SEC. 10. Opposition to cooperatives_

SEC. 11. Irregular dealers.

SEC. 12. Effects of opposition to cooperatives_

SEC. 13. Patronage dividend cooperatives___.

Proportion of cooperatives paying patronage dividends...

Variations in geographical distribution of patronage divi-

dend cooperatives ---

CHAPTER V. THE PURCHASE AND STORAGE OF GRAIN.

SEC. 1. Methods of sale by the farmer__

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SEC. 2. Local purchasing factors other than elevators and warehouses__ 95

General characteristics__

Interior brokers---

Track buyers___

Scoop shovelers

Terminal dealers

Other factors

Scope and extent of operations__

SEC. 3. Outright sales by farmer to the elevator_.

Delivery

Grading.

Interviews with country agents on grading-

Dockage.

Interviews with country agents on dockage_.

Weighing in____

Payment for grain

The elevating operation----

SEC. 4. The storage function and the sale of grain after storage_

Conditions affecting storage_-_-

Summary of interviews regarding storage.

Storage charges___

Sale after storage transactions_.

Special bin storage_.

Storage for own account_

Pacific coast‒‒‒‒‒‒

SEC. 5. Sale of grain by contracts

Interviews on grain contracting.

Pacific coast__.

SEC. 6. Distribution of total purchases by kind of grain__.

Relative marketing importance of different grains_

Distribution of purchases of different grains by States_

SEC. 7. Purchases of grain by different types of elevators_-

All types.

Mill and maltster elevator purchases... -

Commercial line, cooperative, and independent purchases_

SEC. 8. Average bushels handled (purchased)

SEC. 9. Seasonal variations in country elevator purchases_

SEC. 10. Rate of capacity turnover_.

Results of study

Explanation of variations_

State variations in turnover.

Capacity turnover by capacity of house--

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Movement by States and grand divisions__.

SEC. 3. Destinations of country elevator and warehouse shipments--

Total movement__.

SEC. 4. Relation of size of terminal markets to country grain movement__

Reported receipts of country grain at different terminal

markets --

Direction of grain movement_--

Effect of direction of movement on terminal tributary areas.

SEC. 5. Effect of terminal market organization on grain movement..

SEC. 6. Other factors affecting terminal market movement...

Minneapolis consumption_-_-

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SEC. 7. Shipments in territory outside Chicago-Minneapolis tributary

SEC. 9. Destination of total grain movement by kinds of grain.

SEC. 10. Terminal-market shipments by kind of grain___

Results of tabulation__.

Rye and barley-

Wheat_____

Corn and oats-

SEC. 11. Shipments by kind of grain to smaller points_

SEC. 12. Shipments to mills by kind of grain__-

Wheat___

Other grains_.

SEC. 13. Shipments to feeders by kind of grain__.

SEC. 14. Shipments to interior brokers and others by kind of grain_

SEC. 15. Consignment and direct selling-

Variations between grains---.

SEC. 16. Explanation of geographical variations in consignment and direct

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Minneapolis wheat and rye consumption and consignments--

Situation outside of Wisconsin and the Northwest____

SEC. 17. Explanation of variations in grains___.

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SEC. 18. Consignment and direct grain sales in important cities___.

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CHAPTER VII. SECONDARY OR INCIDENTAL FUNCTIONS OF COUNTRY ELE

VATORS AND WAREHOUSES.

SEC. 1. Characteristics of incidental functions___

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SEC. 2. Elevation and loading for the account of others than the local

house

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General description_..

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Extent of practice_-_

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SEC. 3. Relation of elevation to shipping by farmers_

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