, 1879-04-22
good condition, and inspected II in as thigh

good condition, and inspected II In as thigh
tbs FAIR TO PRESUME
Tint thc lnapector did not know that lio wns cx-
nh,in!nE The anne cAr-load Of corn that he had
nes'Ehatcd br hnolllcr null slightly inferior
grade tow DAYS bofors. n,ut tic question at a.:
sao u wl.nttcr hc erred IN tho frat Or the second
insprctinn. II Is evident TINT Mr.. uayttn Is OF
oniilsoii Tint Ito Inns got gootl cnse aEainst The
Gral, insncction office In Ehicacn, md Tint lc
.ntends to "mako It bot" tnr somcbolr. But
a reporier Of TnE TRIBUNE followed un the
case yesterday IN mn Interview With Sir. Roy
notds, The Chief Grain inspector: THIS gcntlc-
man taEd, rub.tantla'ly: We will adnlit tint
:, tnspecte1! III" hero on previous octnsiont anil
then sent down to Springfield for examination
nt the aasis nf legfsI committees. But II
It. was tls sa'ns corn 41es the isss Insrectlon,
was not property Inspected IN the irst fnslance
when II Was graded a. ''neW high mixed -
Not At MI. Thr public ought to understand
that much corn at ihis scasoi, nt tho year-a,nt
especially thAt which comes from that acction Of
Illinois Whcncc this lot was shippcl-is damp to
certain degree. There mist be sonic snfc-
guard thrown about the inspection of corn
which Is to be PLACED IN elevator Wc would
vator, because thero Is no tclIng-ai,tl certainly
VIC cannot forcsee-how long II 10 to rematl,
there; n,Hl re,nsInng song anil subjected to a
changing tcmpuraturc, II ia liable to become
hot. Therefore,
ALL CORN THAT Brows D10REE oE pANr-
Il c1assrd as Vt now hirh.mtxcd," mil Is either
placed upon the market fur co'lsump pllun tnoTu
promptly than thu DRY grades. or turned md
handled until Il Is dry: Tt'en thers Is nothing
mixed " corn. Tits particular corn, for In.
stnt'eu, culnes from region wlete the ccrca Is
large mud "fnt,' so tu speak. It contains \
great deal Of !nuisturo. WeEe IL placed IN tI.a
ss!a,r, ss II wt corr perioct,
not be long. when warm weather COMES, btfora
the moisture pertneAtcd tile cntlro mass, snd W.
should hnvu what ts ktluwn on the market as
- hot corl,," which would cutai serious loss.
Then again. just now thu corn Is In that
. condition whsn the Eerminutivc properties
aro ready 10 hurst forth at the slightest
provocasion, ~ It we're. Let blu full OF 1t got
moist und heated, anl NC should haze large
Ia folly to say that because onu carload Of corn
comes from a crib as "h!gh.m,xcd,n n that thu
second cor-load Will grade tic same. Corn at
stations along the railroad 10 received from All
soma moist; sonc new, as stgnifying thc most
recent crop; some old; the weather lnny de-
stroy some portions VI The crIhfut, md others
remain Intact. Whcn this grntn comes to ths
Inspector here, md he ttsts Its quality, then IL
must
Wo hare no reason for snying that one cBr-1oad
"a gnol at,l another inferior, II it be not Fo for
in the Inspectors oficc no one has MI interest
IN the grain morkut. It "a the duty OF the In
apectors 10 paas upon the grain as correctly as
they can. md prevent any such disaster AZ tho
admittance Of tlloIat cereals into warehouses
with dry grain would prccptatp. Now, this
nun Buckley, who inspected this corn, Is ono Of
the best 1usPcctors attached to this Office. He
Is man If experience In tile business. When
hh jnADcrtp6 that FnrD W " n3 u npw hIuh.
mixed" ha did 1t to designate It US In condition
unsuis4 to mixing with perfectly DRY
corn. 1t went 70 Springfield, ~, nni re-
II ese e eas '' were fsS'ss open aAs and s o sGTi ]
continually playing through the grim, and
thus drying II out. It was ahovc1ed over in the
car, and then transferred from one car to
another. THIS process would hnsten lis driving.
nt.1 the result Ii, It Is BROUGHT buck to Chicago
dry enough TO pass rs "hlgh.m1xcd," or dry
corn.
LET Me TELL Tou ANOTHER THING,
md you can sec how foolish it Is to talk about
t'''s thing. We can't keea my samples Of "new
wo no sooner bring It io tl,an 1t begins drying.
md beiure It has been hers many hours It Is Nt
to bc elasscd Al "high-mixed,'' - It docs not
prove. tint, because the Assistant Inspector
tance vas lot Better when i returned r. urn sele.
or that he Is tneot,nctsnt. 1hla thing
Ing OF the condition of the corn Ia
concerned; I1 1l It y often received as damp, or
stant. 40 having certain amount Of dampness
III It which must be extracted to make It dry
and, constantly changed from day tu day, or
week perhaps, becomes sufficiently dried out
tu "lnspect out" ns "hlgli Mlxed.h
ME. BooUE,
Of tic Railroad and Warehouse Commission,
who wns preaont during the conversation with
Afr. Reynolds, added ttiNt this view was Imi-