, 1875-07-29

d!Terent accttonh by tho Milwaukee inapnctors 10
nn'lcrrtood by tbs ou'nis,o public to bc iHcrIsn'.
slr. A.--Dcc'dcdty 80; that IN tho tnpro.son
OF Eoopls in different factions who shp tloro.
N.-sDn yan think It Desirable that The Chicago
str. Alt IL uctti.cr ddes,raN1o nor po+.ibio.
R:-What courso ought Chicago gratn-dcntera
DO ahsu to tnke
To sEEr rHta p1rrIcuLrrt
nfr. Ave ought to have An Intelligent and
ne1fble inspection, which we eAnnot llayc while
it In regulated from distance By parties WHO
have M knowaodso Of tho business. Qrnn deaf
sts in Chicago Or elsewhere should l,avo tho
nan,s privileges aud facilities that 'leatera IN
groccrioe or dig goods l,eyc, tho r,Eht, to ofyor
thsIr goods III stcll shhre aud untlcr
r,rh teriRn"tion" a. will bcst suit
and that unc n'o'ia Of Offering their wares for
rao isn't nj attractive nb anntl,cs, thny should
bo permitted TO mako a chan4e. Milwaukee
people ahlo 10 do t1,is, because they regulate
thelr OWL, lJns1sesH
N.-Isi. trio tint wheat has becn carried from
competing pnInta tn Iowa to Milwaukee at loss
price t!an Waa charged from tile aAn1e points to
Chicago!
Mr.. A.-yos. such discrimination has boom
madc though believe 1t waH denied. Il In
truo, however, that when the attention Of tlte
raiIroad 1nanaGors wna called to tho fact, the
promise wRs given that tho tnten t!lo,td be
made equal, and that tie underwriting should
not DO repeated.
Anothcs gentleman communicated his viows
an follows:
Roi'nster-TnE TntnuSz would like your views
on tho inspection question. Mr. u.
Mr.. D.-1a regard to
arArE tfsrEcT1oN
there fs ono foatnro which mikes u entirely ihi-
practicable. 1t in Gl,sincAs In which yoIl call
10 illustrate: Tho Htate las provided by law
vhat tho grades OF grhu shall bo' Now.
there In c1nsa Of grain coming from,
one section OF tho country that, being
ano.her coming iron, tho South OF soothwoet, n
lighter wheat, whcl, inspnets No. \. Tint is
primarily tho tro,,blo with stato inspection. Wo
arc regulated by law. Tho Inspector has M
option III tho prcmihea at all. lie is governed
by TINT law. which says you must tto this. 1Io
knows very woll II ho violation that law ho In
liable to he dlsplaced aud he therafoEais unabln
to exercise any Judgment NJ regards tho Tlality
| OF grain,
R-Aro tho r,loa laid down
ANtiY1c1AL IN TlIEln CnAHACTER;
or aro ttoy not based on thu principle Of 3esor-
mining tho differcnco in tho value Of grain for
| tho coneuEnor2
Mr.. B.-Ilcy arc not.
H.--ln what respect arc t1loy arti1oal7
Mr. D--Thoy MO nrtttlciaI III this fespoct
| That wheat comes from several scctlons OF tho
country, and wheat from the South and South
west would bo soft aud much lighter than that
Which COMES from tho Northwest. At tho snme
| time It makoB marc flour. yet It Ia class0d a. &
lower grade. Unuor tho old systom tho Inspect
ors woro allowed to exercise their judgment ili
regard to the different qualities OF grain, and
tho prices would TO governed accordingly. But
,,ndsr tho State law, tho rule says It il this or
that, mud allows no Judgment OF, tho part of tho
| Inspector, whether wlloak corr, oats, rye, Or
| batlsY.
lA-Do tho IuHpcctors Judge Of
! TIE NltApE oY GRAIN nY WRIGHT!
Mr.. U.-YcB.
| Ri hive understood that not to bs 80.
| Mr.. D.-Wo1l, it is 80 aud they cannot grade
/ Il any other way.
| R.-A s0portcr went from THE TRIBUNE last
winter OIL to ono or two Of tho trac.a to watch
tho Inspectors handle tho scales, and waH sur
priued TO find they did not weigh IN moro than
thrco or fur cara out OF a hundred.
| Mr. D.-The rcaaon for lint IL that tho In
sToctors whom driven by business, will not stop
TO weigh tho grain. but Judge from its general
character tilas It will wo!gh 10 much.
N--Then II aootns s!oy havo not only atti-
ficial rules, hut don't aot up to them7
,3r H--Yes.