, 1872-12-13

n:essel aoss. No. Il Laos 1,o53iI 1,117E 1907
Live ncss, No. 49,. o5,256I 2s,591 s,175l 3,95S !
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Withdrawn from store yesterday for city
consumption 1854 bu wheat 2,252 bu com
!, PA bu oats 653 bu rye 1884 bu barley.
The following grain has been inspected into
store this morning, up to 10 o'clock 147 CATS
wheat; 80 corn; 81 oats; cars
rye; 23 cars barley. Total, 295 cars, or 114,-
600 bu.
We alluded few days ago to the rumor that
| some No. 3 barley had been taken out OF Ar
mour, Dole 4 Co.'s warehouse, and transferred
to g North Side house, where it was inspected in
as No. 2, without having been doctored in any
| way to cause real or apparent change Of grade.
| 1t nov appears that tho affair is moro serious
than was then supposed 1t is stated that over
q, 600 bu has been changed in this way;
being loaded on the Northwestern cars
ut Armour, Dole & Co.'s, run out to the
switch, and then run in On the other track,
through file Of inspect9w not single car
load being detected. We aot presume to say
whether this grain is (was] 4Bally No 2, or o.3,
but it is pretty certain that it is (was) either one
OF the other, and that qualified inspectors ought
to be able to tell which is which, and if they can
| not agree any nearer than this, then OF how
much value Is the thing called inspection?
It has been supposed, hitherto, hy the unlni.
houses were governed By certain rules as to the
quality Of any particular grade OF grain, and
that it was the duty Of the Chief Inspector
to see that those, rules, were observed:
Some people have had the idea that the Chief
Inspector was in the habit of occasionally ex-
an1ining the grain passed upon by each Of his
subordinntes, and telling this one that he was
little too strict and TINT one that he was little
too lax in his Interpretation of the rules. Such
people may have been laboring under grand
mistake; certainly. if their impressions we're
correct, it is impossible to understand how two
men could honestly differ as to the value OF
bu, and That not On a single, car
load, but on come 65 car loads,
retaining their difference Of opinion without de-
yiation in a siagle instance: Operators on
Change do not differ so much in their views in
regard to the value Of grain, to be sold by sam-
pie They usually agreo to within 10 or 10 per
bu and very seldom do they disagree by more
than 20 uneas one party us is playing p and
Change only judge Of samples incidentally,
while the inspectors are supposed to have little
else to do officially, but to compare the grain to
DO inspected with sample ; already furnished aee
7 tainly demands sweeping investigation; at the
. best such thing could only hnvo happened
{ through gross carelessness or incompetency, or
both; and the public are yitally interested in
= or with individuals.
} The question Of payment for the storage Of
grain is yet far from being satisfactorily settled
: The inquiry, asked d Thousand and one times in
: the past but recently unheard, WAS again
!: sprung to-day: "Whnt right has q railroad com
0 pany, or grain warehousoman. to mako any
. charge for delivery Of grain within reasonable
j. time after it reaches the depot2" ANY other nr
+ ticlo Of merchandise OF personal property, ever
3 flour, is delivered to the owner free OF charge Il
he calls for it within twenty hours after be
ing notified OF its arrival; but grain IN bulk il
thrust into store often before the owner or con
eignee knows of its presence in tho city, and hs
l. is obliged to pay &c per buahel storage charges
even though lie docs not wish the grain to lie il
the depot single hour. In tue case OF oats thit
amounts to fully sper cent OF the selling value o
the property in our market. We know it has
been said that the railroad companies "cannot
be bothered with the trouble or notifying, and
the delay incident to holding grain for the own
er but that is simply begging tho question. L
their present facilities do not permit this
then could not their facilities be increased
:. And another question may yet obtrude it
It will not come Of the roads leading into this cit
49, be released from tho 81 bother Of bringin
y tho grain here ut oil, unless they enable Chicag
graiu-dealcrs to compete with those OF othe
points, where the &c per bu tc1 is unknown
This will bear thinking of; because the ques
ton may call imperatively for an answer at n
&C. distant day.
TEE BITTER END.
While all OF their old associates in tho heay
Il transactions TINT onco made the name Of Alun
,n j. Scott prominently and honora5ly known
this community will regret their lapse fro1
3. honesty, it will bo universally recognized
punishment is to follow: Our city column