, 1865-11-13

pe:cnt judges will become us worthless as
manure II allowed to remain In the warehouses
till the opening Of navigation next year.
Such being the case, II is not strange that
warchouscmcn should desire its immedlate
shipment, nor that they should follow the
advice Of bankers, merchants, and others,
and threaten to adynnce the rates Of storage
unless II is shipped. It is for the interest of
every grain dealer In the Northwest that the
warehouses should be empty before the close Of
navigation; for 1t Is a well.known TACT that
one hin OF hot, .nusty grain in a warehouse,
will poison md damage NIL the sound grain
which is placed In proximity 10 1t. Whether
or not the warchouscmcu can legally collect
the extra rate of storage threatened, Is Il
question which Is doubtful, and can ouly be
settled by the law courts. It Is, therefore,
useless to discuss 1t for there is much TO be
said on both sides. We trust, however, that
there will be no necessity for any dispute on
tlis point.
But werepeat that this matter Of extra rates
Of storage is one OF the least of the grievances
The chief difficulty between the merchants
md the warchouscmen has arisen because Of
the refusal Of the latter to allow the Board
Of Trade 10 place IN Inspector into each ware
house, who should have entire control of the
disposition Of all grim, and whose duty 1t
should be to see thnt the inspection
be not tampcred with. It Is
charged by tie merchants that there is more
No. grain inspected out Of the elevators
than Is inspected in, and that there Is less of
the lower grades inspected out than is inspec-
ted In. II this be true, the warehousemeu
are dishonest, and II is due to the latter to
clear their characters by explaining the cause
of the discrepancy. It Is also the duty of the
Board Of Trade to substantiate the charges
Which are so frequently made, and expel the
warchousemen for fraudulent praciices or If
they cannot do SO, to state that they are false
mud groundless. Mere words Of c1iminntion
and rccrimination are worthless, and they
only damage the trade Of the city by adrer-
tising the worth1essness of our inspection
system.
Years ngo, the TRIBUNE took the ground
thnt unless the Bonrd Of Trade had the entire
control Of the grain, from the moment IL was
inspected into the warehouse till II was
shipped on beard Of vessels, the whole system
OF inspection, which 1t has taken years to per-
feet, becomes farce. This opinion VIC still
hold, and We now repeat the rccommenda-
tion which we then urged, that the present
system Of inspection be Immediately abol-
ished--ihat every warehousemnn inspect the
grain which lie receives as he pleases-and
that the receipts be sold on the mar
kct al what they arc intrinsica1ly worth
to the shipper. In this way the receipts of
that warvhouseman which drew the best
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