, 1869-04-24
Hot Corn

\ rather extensive arrangement was caused In
the Hoard of Trade yesterday by the discovery
'hat atout r00 bushels OF the corn OF last years
crcn, housed III the "clty" elevator, had become
heated during storage, and wns now unit for use
1htcorn III question sold on Change NJ about 1e
cents per bushel less than the samc grade OF corn
- other elevators IN this city. \ meeting Of
operators was held in the afternoon to discuss the
effect of the discovery on contracts still pending
I" cisvcr corn, n1tl nj this meeting the proceed.
iacs nj which arc reported In another column
the astounding statement was made that the Chief
Inspector had declared that there Il scarcely
N:she ef sH'tnd coEn In the city.
VIC dh not believe that Tits sweeping assertion
i, tr1:t but there is no doubt that u considerable
;rnpovtlnn Of tic corn received in this city during
the rast winter. and accepted into the elevators
a. Lew corn, was emp,lc1l Into the bins III con-
llun which rendered it liable 10 s~ea or "hcat,''
tn the a1ven: Of warm wca.hcr, aud that it Is
''rashtr ty luck than good management II the
greater proportion OF this corr is found to BE- In
sotsl condition WHEN called out for ahirmeut.
The question naturally nrtses, who Is responsible
for this: The hoard Of Trad: keeps small army
II grain Inspectors In Its employ, whose duty it i
'stenslr, to determine the quality OF al gTau re-
celsea Into elevator, and shipped thtrefrosn. 1t
seems rot to be part OF their duty to sec that
tie grain Is eEuretl. stored an,i cared for, TIE
INSPECTORS may therefore tc hell Eutless, but Is
not The Hoard uf Tla3e, In It's curror1te capacity,
ruipable, aud grossly 40, lunsmuch as II really uf-
fortls no protection to the grain owner, while
charging him with the cost Of inspection:
And how much u the bufJen falls on the ware
iouscmen. They arc supposed to understand
their busnets sufficiently well to be apIe to deter
tnne the character Of the provision necessary to
be made to Keep the grain In good orter While In
their han,ls; they are also supposed to charge
enough for storage to cover the cost Of MI need
ful carc. Tut they allow the grain to SPOIL
en- en- their a, bands, nd 49, aud ,. then shrink behind
.'e Mo'.eo on 1ue cefaLucA'c VI Tece'Pt that
'nes 10. De beating or
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no M tnou ne nea
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uart or thetr business N nv,or, ao,tns+ rho o,o-s
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roo @ 10 order % while IN their psss care " 20 Asep
We mr. snrry tn see that ,hc ,ncet.,e ., VIM
Hoard Of Trade, held yesterday afternoon, dL, not
,orch ,,;, ovae,,o, ~ ,a,nn,.t,,,,,,s r..A ~
50 vital to the Interests OF the R7aln-prolucipc
s,r,ttons ~ rho Sorthwcst mol Jo1horn,toao
arising ha,ween ,nn.ns,Tcs ~ oneraso.s ~, a,ss rs
delivery Of corn sold on option; IL Other VI wonts: a
hether the rotten com can be delivered "a so,na
corn, or not. There vas no attempt m 1Ato to
'ecatc the blame, or to NJ the re-
srons'olllss for vhas IS certainly calpaole
corn may continue to grow hot, IS IN past yeara
without let Or n,ntrance. and ina. me elevator
s,n 9T1e[ e to t, ow what hnd Sf gram they
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