, 1872-11-20
Withdrawn from store yesterday for city

Withdrawn from store yesterday for city
consumption 536 bu wheat; 5,161 bu corn; 1921
bu oats; I'll bu barley.
The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning, up to 10 O'Clock: 6o cars
wheat; SO cara corn Is cars oats; 7 cars rye;
~ cars barley. Total It's cars, or 10000 bu.
The statement made this morning by the
Grain Registrar, and reported below, was re-
ceived On Change to-day very tamelg, consider
ing it's Importance. The fact that Mum Scott
had been guilty of flooring over many OF their
gram bins, near the top and covering those false
"bottoms' with thin layer Of grain for the
purpose Of - (not to be libellous, We will not
say why was certainly unknown before. But
then, the Mum Scott system Of running grain
elevators Unto the ground) has been such
stencil in the noEtrils Ct our grain dealing COM
munity for years past, thai the revelation Of an
additional stink was not of much importance IN
the general aggregate-albeit the worst phase OF
all. ...-
The circumstances under which this fraud was
committed are Of some interest. When the
proposition was made in August last to measure
IN the grain in the different elevators, Mum j.
Scott signitiod their Willingness to have their
houses submitted to tue examination; but
stated that they would prefer that some other
houses should be measured first. This
desire was so reasonable tAat
it Was at once deferred to; especially as MUM
q
"taAe their measure first might be construed
into proof that they were the parties especially
aimed at in the movement The time occupied
in measuring mp the others seems to have been
which were near the the top that the real
bottom soon fell out Of their precious
scheme, and left it exposed, in all its euormity,
to the gaze Of a beWidcred world There is still
generally known. It is that the measures Of
grain in Mum d scott's houses were taken by
man who had been employed as inspector there
for years, and was discharged some two years
ago by the then Chief Inspector,
McChesney, but reinstated in Difference
to unanimous howl on the part Of the ware
housemen-led by Mum g. Scott. Putting this
and that together, it seems very strange that he,
OF all others, should have been chosen to take
those measures, especially after the lmproprety
OF the choice had been suggested; and it ls etlll
more strange that his long course of acqualnt-
ance with thoge bins, and their contents, did not
enable him to detect the fraud al Hse time 1t 10
probable that the gentleman was himself cheat
ed, but the whole proceeding is so extremely
queer that It ought to be Investigated. Perhaps
q strict inquiry might result in proving to the
Board OF Trade that they owe an ackno"ledg-
ment to Mr. McChesney, whose honesty would
seem to have been the great obstacle to bis con-
tpuance in Office.
Il is only proper to say that these revelations
are now harmless. George Armour Co. have
already bought up in the open market suftl-
cient amount OF the Old Munn d. Scott paper 70
balance the account With grain owners, to Within
few Thousand bushels, either way !; they coald
not tell this exact extent OF their liabilities
till all the paper was presented,
and holders have been remarkably
allow in giving them the opportunity to find out
how much paper WAS out against the houses for
which Armour 4, Co. have recently become
wholly responsible. It ia now definitely ascer-
tained that at the time OF that bogus measure
mept one bank alone held Mum Scott's wheat
paper for little more wheat than that viItuous
firm had in store in all their houses. There ia
no harm in stating the fact, now that the super
huous paper has been Withdrawn from circu1a-
ton had it been known few weeks ago, the
consequences would probably have been most
disastrous. .
The most curious part OF the affair is that
Mum g. Scott should have fallen so low as to
place themselves at the mercy of their employees,
who we're engaged in constructing the false
bottoms aforesaid, and OF all the others who
we're cognizant OF it. And memory re-
calls, in this connection, the indignant
denial Of one OF these two gentlemen, when the
warehouse system was partially ventilated in
TIE TRIBUNE, two years ago; be said it was
ridiculous to suppose that they could be guilty
Of certain practices, which would place them at
the mercy of their workmen. It might then
have been ridiculous, but now it is lamentably
true.
We know not It the Board Of Trade wiu take