, 1869-04-15
THE FLOUR TRADE,
Meeting of Flour Dealers Ycs-
tcrday Afternoon,
Establishment Of Grades and Sslec-
tion Of Standa1dA
The Discussion.

Afternoon, IN the ch.mbes OF Commerce, for ~
purpose Of discussing The rrorriety Of est.eshlns
klAue " non1' N aoaluon to the present
uosse " usIceuon- j. ". Preston WIS chnscn
enannah' ana A. Il Wright was elected sccrets y
Mr. pr.r.r ch,,msn -, ~,
ro-nnv,.. 7,n,,aA., a'a ~ -. sue t'oaf 4nspecnon
Asus, an.ets'oosi Lac oo)ee' OF The meeting
~ 40. 70 ate''efc NTH the present inspection,
be the sentiment ~ ,hr ,.,,,t ~ n.s. - a ;.
have nsndsn, ,h.. Wv r ~ .nosn ~ sraa' ~ a seaf anu
W hod IN Europe ~ Chicago standard. Traa.
has been s;asnant Of late, and this In rastly A.
trIbuted to The wan, OF rxe,, aud reliable s.,aa
asd. ls'a time the tsade TOOK decided aetlan Ia
The prenls*s and saorset some s,.tem Of grading
J.Y. s,rc. hc,no c,,,s, u ~, ~ Aoai. ot ----.
rurrphsred wNen e,an, ~ Wv, si"n nuo ioanJ re-
.... ss.. AeA- 80 e4kn' of u4ne years ago, there
vas no aouf Inspection A committee wns m.
Pointed to determine whethe, m ,na,oo.,n. ~
on,ost,o, ~ @ .ae .s - '"et unc considerable
vs. sdopsed so ef aas Ten pss
ent demand for -four WAS small sud the se1er+.on
vas e1,mely care{ul 40 TIN. tne t-,a. ne se.eelon
e @ MiscSt 10 the mills, and The sgaIe
asn,sn, auE. He frferred 70 the Speculative
hranI iut thc r,l.sta tes - a!tsnuoo 70 Gzade or
VI NJ. .uE PAT OF the trade cared little
h, u .ts y. sa'nIhe; Wlsatng, rather, to get dour
oues1ons!1e - sh;har has ts bought and sold II wns
not decreasing IN proportion ~ iou' 10 ~ Ia
supply, and the mLn gucs.iou
saur , e.ns Q! ,neans e 1n aaa building the
na,h;a 70 oGs hoaf simply as rout, caring little OF
ruuS ~, ~ aAuA ~ 1tsat 70 Fecurc THIS trade
f.h r1 nv, re es.ahsaed He proposed 70 estao-
.n+ ~ 49,. s. " eAttA ioF instance. Which should
nos os oompulto.J upon ans dealer, but should le
tasi*Stsa eclupnlous! and pronounced up 10 the
E.ane. 1nc rEsssn; mode Of inspection need not
49, oS an1elis!eu VIE, hot might bc mantAl1cd the
san.e Is beiote Dealers ought TO object to grades
fr,r 49, W sAe eate Win which any person MAY
M n9p ea9se e al asc IN The end bene1ted b
"euld, theEefosc, oner the following resolution:
etahtst 1 ~ y = ihe opinion Of hs raeetias th.t An
Nlrac1cr tbc 3,,4L .hnr = .re ds.t!ahe md that
spccca ~ -souad. f neIsl "a aes'. nnf Ds Y.
st1nndaEd, -A @'11A ~ 'usn
e1peessio1 Of feeling upon the sanjcst In o11Icr
stant u,e ,oaf Committee might properly unier-
W. NJ n WnA1 Il t0f fdd deelns s "a. -.
seHu. " la,necuon had worked we'll and there
,saa ~ onlssr that system which promtset1 wen IN
shSeis "onth WotI !tad1y In practice He
believed that Milwaukee bad seen the
oiEAistn!aSe Of the grading aykter aud hAd con
cedsd, br trrent At apn. thar Chicago j plan wss
ih duf,aa ~ 1s. hoNed IL He did not attribute
spection bn. ,iat, The dealers Tese aesiye' The
s.aal.on o, shlnEs must X: improved, soce Chi
ego vas uhqucsuunAsdy the best nuur market II
we PROPOSED system cs1ulh tn adopted without dls.
tnfsns IT, ne present sEsten, he saw no objection
tne present mode Of inspection.
III. " !tEht thought the reasou OF the failure of
lheJ branded their nuur which tnat..ria,ir inter.
lescd na VAN sales 1t WAS not rsuposel 70 brand
, nout unaet the Change in consideration. He was
4!s E .aaa tnele Modlu ee some standard BY which
NJ. res1itt did not thtnk the grading plan nerd
oetnfh or interfere With tne present system OF In
speesion: Gla and fasortte brands would no;
nc ueueveo lnat Ehe tt01e would lie materially In
fruve1 II the Eratllng plan were adot,ts.I.
NJ. astneeney thought II would be we'll to let
and Phladelpnia that Chicago has tie Gest ovn nou1
Inspection IN the world The establishment ui q
sotne Standards Their n5r foTty aIIsrent vrndas
OF -four In this Market and only at,out six Of tnese
wo,a be x ins1uded IN each grsde and lhc entire
Gated " The Introduction Of gruling Outside
cites buy rcur directly from the ntlla and in that
~ !b Gas s9s 1y ths ~ aa !. = not ths lai
the la:pseteT snasniee TINT ia ns ;ae oas Is Is
lit. Fettllt repeated hlt GeIlet that Inc nresent
esslem was not 10 hc disturbed, bat the design
was TO Increase the facilities for dung busluess:
htip the IN ;sker ''Ne
NJ Wright thought that the present svstem !
owed Its satisfactory condition a. much TO the er
ccient manner in which the tour Was Iusuected ~
10 nay other courBe. ;AprlauseL !
~. George FIELD n. agreed tha. the present
question wEs whether, br the proposed alan hens
tt might not be derived from ao increase Of trade
and that without interfering With The present sTs
ten.
Ar. Mcchesney said his connection with the j
nour trldc had extended orrr fortt Tcars Wh.t i
efes thc grade or Inspection might bc Ia Ct1ca7o
the -four was rrluspected BhFn IL ont n ~, "
York. lie could SEC no var by With The n1asan, j
srsteu could te tInn-ovesi II rrn me hsstt Il ~ ~
likely 10 be for he better than Tosse VIZ :, .s
possible that the grade rour might occasion an
be NV no .sasou to ex,.ct ns1n no, ee!onM mt
In the trade 'es
Mr. g. J. Brine Bxld he would be In favor OF the
fne Toube was II tae Lars nuu,tser o m,i{,
which shipped directl. East, and not ihruurh cnI-
c1Ep The real object in this case ia n Inrrea.e
ss q s q esnaet Fst, ann al aHs
the cQ1atl!, but grazing viii probably, iocreasc
tne demand AND make ms,tcrs uyely for 4 Thile
alarpo,nf-<i when he had to answer
them that they had no grades and the
isa1s Ess.ea aas With this city injured because
formed samples Of these stanuarris can tc sent to
cnftoneEs who will then 1now what they are buy
nrblrazy standards, bn, to .iraw ltncs OF deHaEca
don that will make hlua1 distinctions IN the var-
cus grades " hlch no nouE Of the particular grade
can fail below. lie hoped to ~ Inc experiment
uted, a. Il Can DO no hatu-
Ar E Y Dater said he ssw no harm in trying
The new plan, especially II 1t promised to facilitate
d1lness rested with the railroad conrahIea who
established through freight tAr1d. aud re1used ~
give Chicago tB relative poftt1ou- The advantages
were given on al Rfdez Of Chicago out this city WIS
lAbortng nuder POSITIVE dis4dyautsrc by reason
,ns ~ I 1919 ~ ~ ~. nc tu appsn ~ IhAtpan
a.sA e.ous ae M!4scI. allu Lucy n4u ptGulssu ko
correct ~ but mad not done IT. Some action ougdt
to ne tafen tn this direction
MI. Lowe moved IN amendment BY aiding the
following words II the end OF the resolution: "If
II can lie accomplished without Interfering With
the prrAcnt general et.stor nf intnnetinn and
fYsde ~ f ~
" .st, ,h.+ a.. .,...,.x
a!. !AAos nau tNh. S1Aue uacS essAoushea ahu
i, knoNn, osucss wopid be EeceiTcd herr md rllet!
e.,at,,s. r ~. ca.n 1foueo HAoeE - "As
eNstts tt eI1ta t.ls &4ee.
u, uatN tuouKht Ing R11aes 9! e1uA and 6u-
pefnnt Wonld be sufficient Grales above these
co9la e rold upon Their merits
~. C!e!ghtou- Flour Inspector sale, on account
81 hts ot1eisl position, would be lnJadtcsons for
MN y say anything positive The only difference
Rould te tha3, Instead o! e1AMtn1nX small 9uan-
tly, taey Noold nave 70 examine nasrcl Ihere
woulo oe 1nCousenenee In examining dour tnAt
mas oeed tored IN bulk, and would hare TO be
tnfn down for Inspection 1nla would be very ID
convenient not nptacticahic
MI. eEkeA. IN hnswer to question A5 10 how, or
BY Whist STANDARD. four should be Inspected, Kaid
E1 1EQ3tQ4lLQU 10 eSt&Oll&n q CEft3A 9E2QQAFI
aSda and M thcn i o9s h5 an nTn iani
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