Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-10-12
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Friday Evening, October ". 1877
SHARP PRACTICE

" SWACtCG
Tia Coehrane Potent fpr milling.
Ex-Gov. Csdwalladsr c. Washburn, OF
Wisc0nsin. in conversation with . rspsesu.
tAiive Of the New York Tribune recently.
gave = history Of patent for milling Wheat
which threaienA TO inpose . tax Of millions
Of dollars on the flour conaumen OF ule'
country. He says:
~ am just now particularly interested in
fighting the Infamous patent right swindle
which fs going to levy tribute on every loaf
ofbread made in this country. You haven't
heard about il Why, il is making . great
sensation 10 the west. l am by the way, the
largest miller in the United States; my mills
being At Minneapolis, Mimi. ALI millers
are nov using what il termed the high pro-
cess of grinding, which was generally intro
duced into this country about 1871, but has
bsen used in Europe for fifty yeass. I will
explain the terms Of high xudiow grinding.
Low grinding means the bringing the upper
or running mill stone low down and in close
proximity to the nether stone, by reason OF
which the largest mount Of hour IL derived
from the first grinding, but, A. necessarily
must be the case, q great deal of the outer
coating Of The wheat, together with the EN-
byro, would be reduced 10 such ~fneness "a
70 go into the flour, and a separation was
impossible The high grinding 10 the direct
opposite Of the low, and tn. object is At the
first grinding 10 get rid Of the bran 1T once
and make o. little flour as possible. This
Is done by blowing the bran off the coarse
ground grain or middlings, and afterwards
grinding fire the small white granules.
bought my machines in France. This
improved process is now sbsolutly indis-
Pensable to successful milling. Deprive
any miller of it and he is ruined.
a ring Of speculatorsin Washington have
lately got hold of an old patent, never used
and have got it reissued 30 as to cover ali
machines for efecting the process / have
described. 1t is called the Cocbrane Patent
After quietly taking out the reissue, they
went on without making any noise and took
q suit up to the supreme court with . man
Of straw for defendant, and az no real de.
tense was made. they easily obtained a deci-
sion based on an opinion given BY Justice
Miller. Now this gang Of patent swindlers
are attacking the heaviest millers with suits,
expecting to terrify all the others.
They have singled out the JEWELS O
Brooklyn, the Henalls of Richmond, and
my mills at Minneapolis. They have pu,
me under bonds in the enormous SUN $3.50,
600, pending the conclusion of injunction
proceedings
I learn that the rascals propose to b.
magnanimous, and grant license to. sucl
millers as will recognize the validity OF
their patent, for the moderate sum Of Sc, O0t
for each run Of stone, which for this city
alone amounts TO the vast sum Sc, 200, 900
While primarily this great sum woule
come from the millers, really it all come'
out Of the farmer and consumer at last, ant
they are the people most interested in tn
defeat Of this enormity. As there are owe
5000 run Of stone in the United States, thi
license will amount to $50, 0OO0, 900. w
are going to bring this great outrage befor
congress next winter, and try to have tn
patent cancelcd. The grain growing sec
ton Of the west are indignant over the at
tempt ofthis enormous fraud, and the grail
consuming east ought to be equslly aroused
for the attempted tax on the chief necesear,
Of life, for it affects both alike.