, 1873-04-25

M3IiaSs lSs s'9,o 2+3SSoo aso1e cqs5
Potatoes, Iu:;....: ssss '!seos ' dSs &V'G3s "a
salt, brls. ......". >. ....... 7o! 7dul 1,231
Withdrawn from storo yostorlny for city
consumption, 1,72o BIT wheat; 2.0s9 bu corr,
1896 bu oats; 1,t53 bu ryo; a,7l1 bu barley.
Tho following grain has loon inspected into
storo this morning, up to 10 O'clock: II cars
whcat; 165 cara corn; 6,000 bu No. a do, aud
G,70o bu rojoctod 10, by oanal; 81 cars oats
@ cars rye; cars barley. Total C55 carn), 77,0OO
bu.
Our remarks on grain.mixing and doctoring,
printed In this morning'B iBsllo, received on-
phato indoreo1nont to-day from q nunlbor OF
mcmbors Of tho Board Of Trade. Thoro wero,
however, two or throo who raised objections, on
two grounds, Which 1t mny DO worth whilo to
notice lat. to yontilato those abuses will injuro
our trade; and I'd, In tho language Of Burns,
"they nll do It,"
To the first We nnhy answer that tho bllBlnoBs
Of tho city has boon injured nlroady by tho vtlo
stuff that Inns boon forced upon traders who paid
for what they thought would DO good grain.
Thoro aro scores Of buyers In tho East to-day
who will not touch Chicago barley,
wIoat. It In positive bonoct to tho trade 2o
havo such mon aot right. II those trndora ns-
certain that thoy aro III dnugor Of Obtaining fnl-
sinol barley only at ono OF the systomH Of olova-
tors In this city thoy will send thor orders loro
for barley In tho other houses, instead OF avoid
Ing Chicago altogether. And II they can onco
be natisAod that our inspection ls whnt it ought
to DO, including uniformity at tho difIoront olo-
for Irregular" barloy aud whoat thus stimulat-
ing our speculative trade II that be thought do
srablo 1t can scarcely be doubted that our
barley, In othor houses than tho ROCK lslhnd,
It not for tho widespread lack Of confidence In
nl barley mailing from Chicago; which ariHoR
from tho fact that somo Eastern buyers have
BE- been severely Bitten and havo M toid their friends
Tho idea or ln1uring W publication Is prel1oate.
hiding its hoad in tho sand
To tic second We may say that they do not MI
do 1T and Il they do thoy ought all to DO mndo to
stop doing it. Wo aro aware that many country
foW t. tae to byer m oo
to mix, because he purchases 1t In small quanti-
ties Of different farmers, and It is rnro to find
two Bamplcs precisely alike. Also he may just
md himsolf by SO doing. II lie doctors It ho
should bo dealt with ns tho city doctors should
DO treated; aud both should be 80 usod TINT
they would find 1t not to their advantage to doc
tor anv more,
We may add that the cleaning and mixing pro-
coBs In tho city is ton thousand timos worse than
the samo thing in tho country, and for tho rem
son that 1t opens up wide door to corruption.
I 1t tomptB tho warohouBoman to sort o,,t tho
properly committed to lis care, and soil tic bost
Of every grado to The ow1ler Of tho smut mill to
be raised to tho grade next above 1t. The con-
sequence ia . rank injustice to every ownor Of
TINT grade, bocauso it lowers tho average
value Of that grade and therefore lessons
its price, Some Of our warellouBomou arc honest
enorgh to admit that thoy have boon approached
on tic subject Of making such selcctions, and
bnyo refused to bayo unwilling to do with it.
part OF tie eamo story if tLcy woro 20 minded.