, 1860-04-26
Inspection OF Grain.

Editors Tscss md tt bute:
have read with some attention tile articles Of
"T." and IA No, i" "on Grain Inspection, aud
hope they aud o,hers will keep up the discus
SION until this humbug regulation is repealed
and expunged from among the regulations Of
the Board Of Trade.
In December mud January last in communi-
cations published 10 your paper, took the
ground that c2eanaess. Pluuspness, astd soundnfss
and not sDfighe should be the standard 10 grade
by, md gave good and substantial reasons 1hat
cannot be con.roverted, why il would best serve
the interests Of the producer and dealer in
grain.
IbeIieyo an correct when say that when
inspection rules were first established, that no
particular t0tfghs IVES required, but cleaDness,
plumpuess and soundncss was required ouly'
This was to protect the grain dealer a8e:nst
musty, shrunk and damaged grain, in the past
wet seasons when there was great deal ofthst
class OF grain thrown on the market. But the
past season there has been very little Of this
class Of grain on the market. The rule has been
plump and sound grain, aud it would hare been
clean grain also, had TO: the arbitrary tegula-
tion of tue Bonrd OF Trade given a license and
indirectly offered premium for dirty grain by
making weight and c'eanuess both, require
ment for No. !; willie grain, no matter how
plump. sound and c'ea2, 1llatdid not weigh the
required number Of pounds to The measured
bushel, .was graded and put in the sane bin,
will graiu "tlat was too dirty fur No. l." thus
making it the interest of farmers md dealers to
mix "oats, barley, rye, mill screenings and
dirt" with their wheat, as they would get just
as .nneh for it in Chicago rs they would if troy
had taken tic pains 10 have it clean.
ut" backS mc in this yiow Of the matter when
us says lie knows Of his " certain knowlcdsc''
that 'teyery warehouse in the city ase daily re-
ceiving wheat Us No g TINT ha. been reduced in
the country from fky-eiQht to djfiy-sir l1s." aud
by inference claims the right Of chcag, dealers
in making up csreoes to purchase "ene third
r'jected" (not because Of unsouudncss. mark
you,) and zixing it with two-th,rds "No. 2
weighing from 57 to IS lbs but combined they
mike No. 9, the sauc as the heterogeneous
MACS Of wheat, oats, and other grains, includ-
ing dirt, that the farmer or country dealer are
"daily sending into the Chicago market" But l
presume they ali do il with orc object, which is
to s'facilitate business"
The scope that hare marked ont for myself
in this Communication will rot permit inc to
show rs would be glad to. that II ,he 1nspec-
ton Regulation as cia,med by "a. No. l." was
''the pioneer Of every mose calculated to benc-
fit The producing interests o. the Northwest" it
has signaly failed Of its original design. 1t has
no proved " as q WHOLE" that the interests Of
tic farmer and the board of Trade At identical,
neither do I think it bus proved "as whole" TO
the interests Of Chicago, however it may hare
been tn few speculators that u1yy be 1nemh. rs
Of the Board Of Trade. "A. No. l" further says,
II 20 in for giving the country as whole, tue
credit for what she ruises."
Now. l 1h'nk be has been grutiGed in what be
goes in for," because ,he couniry "raises"
outs, RE, bailey, chess, cookie, mud is in itself
vast hemp Of dirt. and We hare had nil Of these
in great profusion mixed in our wheat sent to
Chicago market, Tor which We have the gracious
permission Of the Board Of Trade.
And 81 r." coiDciding presume in the same
opinion, says that i can be further improved on
arrival in Chicago BY mixing ouc.thitd reject
cd" with two-tb,rds NJ. 2. weighing s: 10 IS
lbs combined, they make No. g." Now can't
they at tue same rate of progression succeed In
muking it e. Hdc No. in the mu1 kct they ship
TO, aud which "f." is 20 anxious no. to have the
grade known that wus shipped, as 20 doubt III
me estimation Of tic shipper it will improve on
the voyage.
There Is another branch Of this subject con-
nected with tue inspection Of corn tha. is work
lug against the lntcreAts Of Chicago and turning
shlpu ents Of that staple into other mark. ts,
that should 80 10 Chicago. which may write a
short artic'e on in q lew days. if time md op-
portunity prints. JEErAu DoSuAA.