, 1874-02-08
Railroads BIust De Held Responsible
for Quantity and Quality.
AL Qverplrs Should Go to
the State. +.
Right Of the Legislature to Fix Stor-
age Charges.
Tho Present Rates Arc Higher
than Necessary.

A Reduction Would Be Beneficial t.
Producers and WarehousemBn.
Friday evening reporter Of The Tn1pus:
dropped into the offce Of Robert Warren, ESD.
and found that gentleman in conversation viii
G. E. Culver and 4. II. Wight As all Of then
are prominent members Of the Board of Trad
Of this city, md largely engaged in tho produc
business, ne thought it would bo good oppor
tunit7 to gain III expression Of their views Of
the questions Of carrying and wnrehousinE grain
They s:saifcd they had an ho71r to spare, and th'
following conversation ensned:
DEFECTS or THE WAREHOUSE SYSTEM.
Reportcr-What do yor thinka.e the rrlncipa
defects Of cur present warehouse eystem?
We haye, in the first place, person IN the
country Tno sends his grain to the railroad com
pcny; the railroad company is supposed not te
weigh it, but to bill it on his weights. It come:
in here and the ruilroad company delivers it te
the warehougcman, and he receives it and mixes
it with othcr grain, and is able, he does Eot de
it in all cases. to escape the responsibility for de-
1iyering the same quantity. In either case. il
The srain be delivered when called for, in qnan'
tity aud il quality Is it WAS Tut into the ware
house, then it is alleged that tue warchousemer
have very often tEed tho property for the
puspoee Of bearing the market aGainst tho III.
fcre6ts Of the persons Who own the grain; ant
Lbat they have soructirncs acted in that way tt
euch IN extent Us to ieopardize tho rights o1
the grain-owners. aud make it seem uncertain
Whether they will be ab1o to set their property,
the uncertainty being SO great sometime:
that tho owners of grain havo nos been able tt
they own 30 much grain. New: thoso gro the
points, gentlemen, On which LIE TRIBUNE would
like to hear Your opinions
Ia.rBoyE THE SYSTEM
3r. Warrc2-Wc h1d better lar the defects
aside, and talk about batter way Of doing the
business l am inclined to think that milwaukee,
is getting the Advantage Ct Us by their present
srFtem-maEinE the railroad companies rospon-
sible for the receipts, they having tho manage
11ent OF the elevators.
TIE MILWAUKEE FASHION.
Rcporter--Sinco how long has that been the
Mr.. Warren-Some t;rno last fall, think.
Roporter-For I,pw long had Angus Smith i
Co. bee: running the grain warehouse business
In Milwaukee,? .
1fr. Tarrcn-5fy impression Is that they had
a len years lease and renewal, and at its e1pi-
ration tho railroad companies had the right to
take the elevators at valuation, and they hare
taken them sll.
Eeporter-Durirg the time that Mr. Smith run
the werehousing business there, were there not
frequent complaints made Of his management
nr. Warron-C Complaints rere made but they
were not freqacat-regarding grading. They
7ere not made publicly there may have been
private complaints.
COMPETING POINTS.
Mr. Wrght-Thero wcro complaints among
the shippers from Milwaukee. and complaints
hRve been quito common from sections where
there has been no competition with Chicago. It
that erreHG6 1crr.
er to counterbalanco the inferior stuff that came
IN from points competing With this city.
Reporier-Mention place that is . competing
point and another that is not.
llr Nrlght-Grain raised in Northern Iowa
cau co1ao to either Chicago or Milwaukee also
That r:ised in parts Of 1Iiuneaota aad Wisconsin.
But there are portions of ADMINISTRATION in
atance on the lines controlled by the Milwaukee,
l. st. Paul Railroad, where there is no compe-
ti!iou, except at rhe railroad crossings. I know
complaints have frequently been mado at these
pou:s that grain las been graded low in order
to grade up the grain that comes from conpet-
ink points.
Reporter-Ihat is grain that cannot be sent
received there the Inspectors rate il es being Of
q lover grade than it really is?
Alr. Wright-Ies. ..........
RICHER GRADING AT MILWAUKEE.
Eeporter-And grain that is receiFed in Mil
raukee from points where it could be sent to
Chicago has been rated as belonging to higher
IL. Wright t. That is the complaint. OF
course I do not speak Of it rs fact. 1t may DO
a suspicion only.
Air. "a1Een-l snppsu a1ona ~" ;.s iou1
years. ana haa no e4;n:a'n H. eIs5is ansus 1a une
qGsntitE-son'el1ne3 tour earsohs I . aas:
Neportcr--A cnanp1a1n' 31 11on' 'o7 e'"''sn
Dir. Warren-ies
Rcpor.er--A comparison @ nfs oeen meao oe-
tween the elevators in Mnwnnsee and those IN
Chicago. 1t has otfen ocen a'icGeu Inas 1lo1ning
HE tho pFaes1ces " auIu 49, nate t t1.
been met With there: but llnve there not been
cases III 'li"Auhee Nuese use -
sent around to the eleEa1ors "i1!' huo ~
was found that there 7ns NO grn'n II tho houses
% Eut into those ELEVATORS! .a, a..