, 1873-03-06
GRAlN.tMSPECTlON.

II the Editor or Tho Chicago Tribune:
81a: Tho deep interest ypu evinco In tho
grain tralo OF our city Ia my oxcuao for again
trespaasing on your space. LII The TRIBUNE OF
tho It'll inst., you express tho opinion that tho
proscnt syatom Of grading grain by tho Slate,
under tho Warehouse Inv, Is defective, and that
tho Inv should bo repealed or amended. You
also instance a fov of tho irrogulariticB In grad
ing grain, said to reHult from tho infloxiblo
xlllna of the Stato, and nnnert thnt "Tho naont
effcctual remedy for tho oyil Is to sol grain on
itn morlts - but you add, ".rhis cannot DO dono
90 long as tho grading PROVISIONS Of tho Ware
am happy to inform you that largo quanti-
tios Of grain arc sold on its merits III this lnnr-
kot under tho Warehouse law ind that tho law
offcrs ovcry. facility for such aalos. Until tho
could bo .mado. Previous to the pasRago Of tho
law, whom farmer put his grain Into railroad-
chr in tho country, ho lost all control Of 1t until
It WAS delivered to his order through m elevator
in this city. u hc desired to hold his grain on
track and sell It by ea!nplo, ho could not do 80
without first paying tho warohouBoman to whoao
house, tho grain was consigned, 2 conts POE
bushel, tho samo as If tho grain
wont into store; and, at, timcg, ho
SGa 1ac not hv hold a te ea On t5rek hoTgn g
Warehouse law mado 1t obligatory on tho rail-
road companies to hold tho grim on track q
hours--if dosirod-without extra charge to tho
ownor, whom, If tho inspection did not auit him,
into special bin in tho warehouse, The Waro.
house law, Instead Of preventing tho ealo Of
grain Oh it's merits, made Tigo provision for such
sales, mud encourages thou; mud the nombors
Of tito Board Of Trade woro not slow in aVaiing
thomsolvoB Of ita alvantagca. Iscceivoru, Of
grain over tho Illinois Ceutral, Ollicago, Bur-
ffnston Quincy, Rock Island, and Northwestern
Railroads appointed grain n-oxports for cach road.
wloHo duty It Ia to follow the State Inspector
eaaS waoR Sfefn % ZEE gfa ha IN Its opo d e eor
quality tan tho grade glyon It By tho inspector,
ho holds 1t on track, or nBit put in special car,
to DO sold by sample. If tho gentleman who put
his grain in Bugs, as stated in The TRIBUNE. IN.
him by tho law, ho could hnYo held Ills grain OH
track, anfl sold it on itH moritB.
II IL also stated that q Tho Board Of Trado
maintained special committee, that tixed atand-
arls for special lots Of grain Tint did not con-
true And tho wheat trado Of tho city is nov
suffering from tho effects Of the Especial
lot" grading, and not from tho intioxiblo stand
ards at tho Stato inspection. The Board Of
Tralo Committee carried tho "upccial lot
nor of tho tiolIot on which tho grado was writ
ten,-tlo mark Indicating to the warehousomen
to ship that particular grain ct tho earliest ,op.
portunfty,-it bo{lg aoft and 1iablo to hcht il
permitted 10 remain Ill TUG NAfoAoHee. Ii tn!a
manner grain waa graded and passed. through
roiootod. This grain invariably got out Of CON
dillon on tho why to tho East and tho
Eastern buyor, having no safeguard against
sucl Bystematio fraud, wan driyon to other mar:
kots for his wheat. Il was tho Board
Of Trade Committee, and it's cross, that turned
tho Eastorn wlloat-buycr from our grain mnrAot,
and, il ho ia slow in returning, It is because ho
iB not aware TINT tho Conlmittoe'a dexlblo rub
Dor bucket is superseded by tho inaexible atand'
ards Of tho State.
Generally. The Tn1nuHE is slow in passing
Judgment before tho testimony is talsen on both
sidea. In summing up tho case-Btato inppeo'
| ton Vs. Board of Trade inspoction,-the owl
fow days since member Of the Board boastot
lis ability to give barley bottor color than thai
giyen 1t by the Almighty In tho harrest-Acld
How much easier it ia to color truth, whcn I
noint is to bo made. GHApanIND.