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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1923
Page
3
A Northwest inquiry finds Minnesota and North Dakota potato production exceeds market demand. The writer cites a lengthy visit with R. T. Hall, chief inspector of Minnesota agriculture, concluding farmers are not sorting and grading potatoes well enough and that improvements are needed.
Mr Hail is a diligent worker aiming to educate potato growers on grading. He calls for tougher inspection laws covering grower, jobber, and dealer and urges press cooperation to boost effectiveness. Inspectors show over 60 percent of market potatoes fail to meet United States standard grade No 1 with 95 percent size and 94 percent quality requirements.
Minnesota growers oversupply in potatos and face poor markets as inspectors push stricter grading. The piece urges tighter laws covering farmers and crossroad sellers, and argues only top No 1 grade spuds should reach markets. It cites potential price gains and calls for broader labeling and standardization to curb inferior stock.
Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, newly added to the Progressive bloc, travels to New York where radical Reds and yellows deem him a disappointment. The land-owner distrusted social revolution and Soviet rule, resisting wealth redistribution and proletarian dictatorship attempts.
In a Minnesota coal investigation, L. Smith of Minnesota By-Products Coke Co. testified they hold 77,000 tons of hopper coke and cannot dump it. He said the company pays Pittsburgh Coal Co. 7.25 dollars per ton for certain coking grades and cannot reduce prices to move stock, warning the firm risks suspending business if conditions don’t improve.
Fragmentary text presents a muddled discussion of money and statistics with mentions of rubles and a tin Washington ton. It references bananas as an odd unit and a small insect presence, but the overall meaning is obscured and no identifiable event or source entities emerge.
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