, 1870-01-22

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ray on the tutJect and evea p.opu4e tae1s Q u
plan. We t1usr, lherefote, tnat .ae wareuoase
en- Will meet then Inn r1tay, ant
Bdaps Eeasuies suca ~ s'i! fe ta:lsFa::o.. 10 ae
honest zen on e!taer 4iie. II, however, the
~atenGusemen decfoe I. 1olo tn sns d=lbera at!on,
re lne'lpe to tnlnE that they wt!no: Do :urtoct
! consulted IN the ua ie. but th.. ihe ueasuIc
! VIII be passed ii hs The slient consot: and the
| Board OF Ttads map decide 10 pr,teez the great
majority Of It's members, and their chcess, ~ tne
use OF Sc. OF ha5aesa which vii. !" ehsfe IN
places "
We bare no wish 10 szy one word more than ts
necesaAty 10 secure fair treatment TO alt In this
matter. We have referred 10 the ra1ae posltico Of
ste Eatehoustmen, hu: tn co unklnd spirit, cod
with no dettre to represent shen unfairly. We
claim, therefore, 10 nave done tnem no harnk
The Wafehonsenen hare, ~ Jet, naue but one
ansWsr to what hss been advanced In these col
auls, and that IS that orr htxtements are calcu'
Lated to fujure the trade OF she city. Now-as ne
haze FreVlo1slJ Ienarked-lf such an utter
monopoly OF rnst:egr a. they possess d necessary
to Keep onr grain markets. alive, then tina sooner
collapse canea the better. But The warehousemen
are very much m!staken they th1uk stat the
world Is blind to the st.nauon. Wy, the
great mAss OF operators haTe beea
gsumbntg about the system for years.
Their correspondents and clients Know ali about
It The Shole country TRIBUTARY to Chicago ~ a
grain market "a ringing With the story that no one
te ause Of ia1r treatment IN the Chicago grain
market: aud the immense movement Of gran to
The Eesr, paAt our doo.s, wnic1 ha5 been Witnessed
within lhe pas, t*o years, Ia largely attributable
to the feeling, On the part Of Eastern buyers taat
"You may kuow what you put Into roe elevator,
hut ,on can never tell vhat you will get out"
My; The warehouse men Know this, too. Taey
have had the steTy dtL1ed into Inetr ear1 person.
.}t} Vnfl nh
have been retdercd deaf 10 mid complain las.
as an artillery MAD, who has BEEN aRid toe roar of
RE cannon, u rendered Incapable OF hearing a
whisper.
It is hheeE ronserse, tnc1, to depseca.e esno-
eure-1ust as foolish as to tnt1k taat n1ueous
o. jecr Hill vanish II one covers hts eyes.
We lnrespose the claim lnas q REFORM e abso.
ln1ely pccc.sarY 10 prevent q saslo1s dim.a1lton
IN tue volume Of oar grain trade; va do nut SAY
lessuctlop, because We 10 no. believe that aay
haEdtul Ct men are cqpAb1e Of erec..sg tha:.
III. re are few operators ca the floos 0. 'Caauge
who caunct pant 10 caae3 10 Rnlc1 h7yest have
tlaLtle.red their orers to o:har ctsea oa the IA.
lea, d prould thu. tteS 1e:e Disappointed In
10th tho qualify and !I2ctltf or grain received
from our eleva:ara- And very meng can polut to
parties Y no have discontinued to OPERATE here
because they could nerer cl.cuia:e On the condI.
t!cp Ct The carke: from tie lsare5 re2ostau oa
the bulletin.
IndeeG, a state Of more blissful uncertainty ca,
Ecarcels be conceived Of thaa tha, under yh1ch
the grain dealer operates in this market Wr
absolutely Eto nctt drdul'e:y tl5 totA! yic.d OF
the Tilted Sta 'ee, i tic daily selat.ou OF SIN
ply aud deiu6pl IN LTe:pool than OF the same
tht1 6 IN Cn.csgo. We hare referred On Two for
1seE oecas!ons to large discrepancy ia tic No.
wheat lelu51a We asked aaalt . det3ct. or
l31,tCD bp, ALd the Eexsday vera informed that
100000 ba Of It had GIT dropped oQt through
IEEt Ing tue 1sures OF 0ae house Into those OF
eEo,cer. Then We asked about the Odd s., 900 ou.
To day 1t III htated tha:, pas-.o ;, It nay DO &C.
counicd tcrty the fact that grain Is souet!mes
taken cut OF atore without Inspection.
and without acy other return being rendered
OF 1t. Thls ID Just what the community
1s complaining ol-that they cannot 1oiIo9 the
movement Of grain, ns tne elevator men aucceed
IN keeping them involved IN such q glo1oa3 un-
ccrtaipt5 that. any attempt 70 exql.ln 1t makes
the whu1e thing ab3us as clesr as mud. Bat tust
here Is another rery egu!ncanl point It Is
ca'med That wheat II SOMETIMES put out Of ele1a-
tor without oeLg no:ed either IN the Inspection ur
the shipment lists, bat It Is admitted that alt
WHEAT reeeirtd into store Is Inspected. Nov, how
cones It that there Here !, 100 bu more OF 10. :
spring IN store last Mo1ds5 morning tha1 ought
10 be BY comparison With the records Of the week
p1esIons, urles8 It be that aome No. has ueei-
de,.tusy found Its way Into the No. b!ns7 There
cannot be 20 many foar-leg9ed rats about the
warehouses as IL generally supposed, OK there
would not be 60 big difference on the right side
Of the ledger.
AL that Is asked OF the warehousemen Is that
they SHAH 9iye such an exhibit Of their transac-
tions as NIL enable The Intelligent operator to
Know what be is doing, and to be abte to ascer-
tam for hlEsen th8s he ts not being cheated.
1t Ia not proposed 10 curtall the power Of tie
Wa1ehousemen to buy md sal grain, or to excr-
c,ae their bustness Ingenuity IN draw7ng as much
grain h!hcr as possible, 10 that they eau get tie
benefit Of the storage. But the members Of the
board Of Trade ask that they shall not be made q
football OF any longer, a1d fhe Indications are
that they viii Insisf Oh recognition OF these
c1a1n8 to an equality With the elevator men IN
that knowledge, without which they do but
grippe blindY In The DARK