, 1875-12-11
snst,lus Fees Held ny the Wnrc-
house Commissioners.
Tho Amount Not aa Large as Had Been
1utimated.
These Discrepancies Between the Regis'
trar's and Warehousencn's
Reports.



m.~,,ouac Commtesion, wt,on 1t iB tho Mndor~
.t,ndIne ttat Tho foes arlang from tho 'nspcc~
Inn sha'1 about cover Tho coat of inRrcctson-
oG,co oxpouecs md snlarics. reporter Of TnE
rn,nrsE called at tho offlcc OF Gen. j. G. smith,
,iof inspector, yesterday, TO got At tho truth Of
ma natter Upon inquiring for tlIo Commits
,ion,rs. tio wan informed that they lad loft Chi
e,go night before lsst for Springfield, bnt that
tbev would probably DO hero again sometime
pc1. week.
us thcro anything can do for sou, Dir. Tnin-
r1.sr said hlr. Smith.
R-Wo3l, perhaps you can. 1t Inns been said
ts,t thcro Is about gl5, 600 aurplua fees to tho
seJit Of tho Commission. Nov, how does this
t,npen whom 1t iB calculated that tho fces for
tbo iuspectfon of grain shall Just cover expenses,
md loaye very littlo money with tho Commits
nonf
g.-Well, sir, / con boat answer that By refer
ring sou 10 The booha and showing you
THE EXACT FldlNEA.
Here, Charlie {addtcssIng clerk in tho ofilce),
b1ng mo tbs caal,-book. ...,..
liz book uas brought In. and ths Inspector
"Now, rod see by thIa that our cash balance on
,be let Of Docornbcr was 81. .d89,51. Thcfe WAa
liz II that timo on the pey.rolf tho sum OF
ta1b7,75 which was pald to-day. You can BOO
f. 'o"f'''f how much OF surplus that ''''''
n,-Not $t5 G00. at pny rate.
p,-No, should t!s1uk not And here might
tlt. that when took tho Office, tho Commission
VA Just $3, 900 behind.
REWlst did tho Commissioner DO whilo thoy
B-Woli, for ono thing. they oraorct1a
CUTTING DOWN OF THE FoHcE
md reduction Ia HAfary. You $50. my prode-
tsssor still holds tis money which ho took with
bin, whom he vacsted tho position. Hc holds 1t
BY Tho undcniablo right Of poasessfoD, Sup
,ose, Tor don't know my other fcaBon Why he
should keep It. Sinco wo can't got this money,
md because sho receipts hare fallen on. as they
Laays do At this season Of the year. whom nayl-
e1!ion Closes tho Commissioners thought 1t ad-
1l.blo to cut down the force. aud reduce tho
s4llrios all around.
A-NAat il tho a1tont Of this reduction, alr.
Smith t? .
s-Tuc1ye men have bcon dropped from tho
pay-fo, and the salaries OF tlIuae remaining
harc been cut down ID por ceut.
R.-I1is failing Oft III receipts Ia not due to
my ether callso than tho usual decrcase at this
time Of tho year, In iii
Rho: 1t hhppens every season whom nayi.
slton closes. Why, We we're 400 carr ahcsd
lot the last month.
R.--Wby haven't tho Commissioners
MspE rtElR Usual QUARTERLY uEPonT?
2.-HccauBo thoy don't mako any such report.
They mako an annual report, which il isAued
toms tlmo In January.
When leaving. tho Inspector invited tho re-
porter to cou,o around agaiu and he would DO
Wiling to show him anything about tho manage
ment Of the conmtsst0r's affalrB An iuytBttEe-
tioo. 10 said, would show that thoy sere con-
ducted safely and economically. aud he was not
s,sIl OF letting the lnraest amount Of light in
% lhem.
THAT p1scnEraNcr.
Tho reporter had also been directed to inquire
tato tuo Discrepancy existing bot1osn the
Stststras'a report Of grim in elevators, and tho
teiortB Of tho warehouRsmen themselves. Ho
found NJ. T. II. TyndAle. tie Iegistrs1, at his
ohce, No. 150 East Washington sttoet. and ao-
cAsod hin on the subject Of tho discrepancy be-
tEeen the warehouBomon's statement Of grain
md sho Registrafa etatencht. Mr. Iyhuale
lhoeo discrepancies nrfsa In tho shipping sea-
1en really, A person WHO ships cargo OF No. q
wheat will hand In ono or mora reosipts for
Northwestern wheat. The reason for this ts
sb'say that the shipper ofto1 has ~ ~ old ses1
teo that in tho courso OF q wbo!s shipping sea-
scn oven II overy cargo of No. wheat shonld
caossn only one receipt Of Northwestern wheat,
i xouA mako all tho difference. They hnvo
70. receipts would DO still outstanding. and
thsso Sould 10 Northwestern wheat IN htore in
p!.et Of No. ..
We arc Obliged to make our own calculations
ut tas sulount Of grim In store, but when the
elerasor people weigh out tholr wheat and mike
u.s. sNorn statement, re can tnho that, The
tle!stoH viii do this soon, md l will see Low
itet stAtcincnts correspond with mine and
sINshten up the 1nttet. &preanmS tho rsnt
isetts the ELEVATOR men In such cases mix the
hishot grades witt, tho lower, making the grim
natoss correspond with tho outstanding receipts.
IND no nlAn can oyer lose by it. Int tllon this
discrepancy ~ stated In TtM TRIBUNE ib
too large. The amounts will nevsr bs exactly
oat approximately alike, but thla discrepancy ID
Gtegs'her ont Of tho way. There ID always a
eLgbt diffcrunco In favor Of tho warehouses, na
w always have little moro and better grain
oa hand than tho recnipta call for. In thn total
amounts there ia seldom any discrepancy tt Ia
snIY IN tho different Eradaa. !,
ING reporter Also called yesterday afternoon at
tae Office of
alEHRtls. s1USuEn WHEELER,
s.n.as9pa as''dpol''s1 hvrk H. order to obt.in sue's
,o ,msht DO any. and to learn what they
taoueht about tho 1nattor. Mz. Whoolcr, upon
ssslng questioned, said that, although tue
aaEwSes, - pab!ishet. certainly RhoHcd . wide
70 ;esd'ly accounted for. lie then proceeded ID
sipaln M Why it waa that tho l&eglstrar reported
aS's1o bushels Of No. No1tbWoHter4 wheat In
@s ELEVATORS of hIa firm. while Tho actual
saee %eent IT, Tss only 4auoo baahcla: IN the arst
Ms Atg!ttrar always tried to keep sopsrate 80
soanls Of No. :, regular and No. 2 Northwest
s sss rs.,, sno tha SatShoussmen "a not fos
s@ppssa frequently, In purchasing wheat,
eet hold Of receipts calling for Nortl,-
*,sstefn No. 2 instead OF receipts Tor No q rog-
tnt' uas' Which was tho grain III hand. VI cuurBo
nssn , ana entersl up ~ No regular. 10 Illus
sSta IT.; - ~ M ot:ex comGs 70 Munger Whaaier 10
~ sa!p y 900 bushels ot No. 2 Among tue bun,
W. VI receipts Tor tho grain may bo yery likely
'nssteelpt for 5000 bual,ots Of Northwestern
tha unn ~ = taRsn with the others, bus, Of course,
ae Hhola 90 OF 70 bu8t,a1s ja nant at No. reQt,lar.