Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-26
HOW TIE GRADE rs ESTABLISHED

HOW THE GRADE Is EST4BLISHED.
Bill Kings morning paper, in its defense
of Washburn and the Minneapolis wheat
ring, cannot be false and mean enough. In
its anxiety to relieve the Wheat ShyIock and
his associates it says:
The Millers' association have nothing what
ever to do with fixing the grades of wheat
along that line. The elevators are owned and
controlled by St. Paul parties, and the in
spectors who grade the wheat are in their en-
ploy.
The Minneapolis Tribune, while aiming
to show as complete capacity as liar as
any of the Washburn organs, displayed a
little less wit and gives the following inter
view with the secretary of the milers' ring |:
Mr.. Andrews said that the Millers' association
had nothing to do with the grading of the
wheat purchased along the St. Paul u Pacific
railroad; that the elevators along the line of
that road are owned by Commodore Davidson,
of St. Paul; that Mr.. JaH. Valentine, of St..
Paul, is the superintendent of the elevators,
and Mr.. 81. d. Tenny, of st. Paul, the general
agent. Their inspectors at every point fix the
grade of the wheat, and the Minneapolis mil
lers, where purchases are made upon tickets,
buy upon their Inspections BUT THE MIL
LIEN . hOoOClhllON I'm IdIS C1l4 HAVE
AN INSPECTOR TO WHOSE GRADE THE
WHEAT MUST COME TO BE ELIGIBLE TO
A MARKET HERE.
The elevator men and their inspectors fix
the grade. Oh, yes! :sBut the Millers'
Association in this city (Minneapolis) have
an inspector to aohose grade the aoAeat must
come to be eligible to market here'' CMin-
neapolis). Could there be any better evil
dence that the grade is fixed by the Mime
apolis Millers' Association than this state
ment. The grade which the elevator men
fix must correspond to the grade fixed by
the Millers' Association. Bill Kings paper
does not have the decency to state this, but
assumes that the elevator men fix the grade
arbitrarily and on their own responsibility
Commodore Davidson, and those associat-
ing wheat high. They make their money by
handling the wheat and if farmers obtain
fair grades and good prices they sell then
wheat more freely. If they are robbed, as
Washburn and his gang are doing, they sell
as little as possible and the elevators &C
cordingly do less business.
AS case in point, we might cite an in
| stance where farmer took a al of VIII al
to Newport Station, the Chicago, Mlwau
kee Il St. Paul road. The agent found tina
it weighed ffty-six and one half pounds
which would mike it grade No. g but ht
notified the farmer that he must take off two
and half pounds to make it correspond
with the testers at Minneapolis. This re
duced the grade to No. 8, and caused the
farmer to lose fifteen cents per ousAez. Thi:
illustrates how the elevator men fix grade.
subject to the grade established by the
Minneapolis wheat ring.
In the face of this, Bill Kings paper says
St. Paul fixes the grade. How do the pso
pie Of st. Paul enjoy having Bill King pub
Iish paper for them and falsely hold then
responsible for this gigantic robbery, when
as matter of fact, St. Paul is endeavorine
to protect the people by exposing Washbur,
and his gang of plunderers.