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was appointed in his place. Adjourned until
2:30 o'clock P. NJ.
afternoon Session.

2:90 o clock p. N,
afternoon Session.
The meeting was called to order by the presi-
dent, MIR. Van Dusen, at $50 o'clock.
THE COMMITTEES 8 REPORT.
The committee on resolutions, ETC., by its |
chairman, Col. (alleged) Graves, of Duluth,
read the following report, the results Of their |
two hours deliberation. The report was read |
with beautiful and precise emphasis, and with |
an apparent understanding of the momentOus |
questions, principles, ETC., involved. The re-
port is given herewith:
WHEREAS, The grain buyers and warehouse
men of Minnesota are Interested parties in the |
questions which have been recently agitated in
reference to grading and warehousing wheat,
aud their business has been directly affected
and considerably complicated by the action of
the State legislature and the Farmers Board of
Trade recently established by law; and
WHEREAS, We ought, in justice to ourselves
and our friends, the farmers of Minnesota,
with whom we have the most
intimate business relations to meet together
and consu as to the new conditions thus in
troduced into those relations, to the end that
we may be able to act intelligently and united
ly in securing that absolute necessity of trade.
perfect fairness to both buyer and seller, and
the maintenance of the honest rights of both
parties; and
WHEREAS, We ought also to take measures
for the dissemination of correct information as
regulations, and the value and effect of the
| new patent inventions proposed to cure all the
evils arising from ignorance or dishonesty in
grading, buying or selling wheat; therefore,
ReSOLUed, That a permanent organization be
formed, to be known as ''The Minnesota Asso-
citation of Grain Buyers and Warehouse Men"
That the annual meeting of such association
| shall be held on the first Tuesday of August in
each year, at St. Paul, and that committee of
three be now appointed by the chairman, to
draft consultation and bylaws for the asso-
citation, and report the same to the first annual
meeting, in August, 1879.
shall be effected at the present
time. by the election of president, vice
president and one person to serve as secretary
and treasurer, to hold office until the hrst reyu-
| lar annual meeting.
| That any person or firm doing business as
grain dealer or warehouseman in the State of
Minnesota may become member of the
| citation by the payment to the treasurer at OF
before the first annual meeting of member
ship fee of five dollars and subsequently sub
scribing to the constitution adopted.
further Resolved That there should be
| cordial and united endeavor to obey the laws of
the 81 ate in grading wheat and fair opportu-
| nifty given to test the merits and demerits of
| the new system.
| Resozued. That we approve the action of the
Farmers Board of Trade in adopting the
| grades of wheat as established at the great
! wheat markets of the world as the grades for
Minnesota.
RESOLVED, That we nevertheless object to the
| introduction of cumbersome, implicated and
expensive machinery for grading. That we
| believe the two-quart measure or tester the
| most convenient and perfectly fair measure
for weighing, and the half-bushel cumbersome
and its use impracticable. That we regard the
so-calied STACY filler open to grave objec-
| tions-a very unfair instrument to use with
wheas in the imperfectly cleaned condition in
which it usually comes from the farmer, and
| an instrument principally designed to benefit
| patentees and scale manufacturers; but we
will use It in obedience to law and wait for the
abolition.
On motion of Mr.. Barden the report was
| adopted, and the committe was discharged.
| THE 1scuss1oN.
Mr.. Gilbert moved that the resolutions be
read sereatim, discussed and then be adopted
or rejected. Carried.
Thereupon :'the preamble was read. Mr..
Gilbert suggested that ''by law be stricken
out, as there was considerable difference wheth-
er it was after all ''iaw'' which established the
Farmers Board Trade, and the grading of
wheat which followed.
This amendment prevailed, and the preamble
On motion of Mr.. McIlrath resolution No. l
| was adopted unanimously.
Resolution No. 2 evoked little discussion
on the questhn of ''time." Mr.. McIlrath sug-
gested that the date of the annual meeting of
the association should be about the same time
as the Farmers Board of Trade. Therefore he
moved to amend by making the time of meet
ing on the second Tuesday in September.
Mr.. Barden suggested the first week in Au-
gust. That was the best time to fix grades, etc.
He believed in ignoring the Farmers Board of
Trade. If the association met at the same
time the board did, political shysters would
make capital out Of it. He moyed that the
first Tuesday in August be the time designated
fer the annual meeting. Carried.
The resolution as amended by the foregoing
motion was adopted.
Resolution No. g. looking to a temporary Or
ganization, was adopted unanimously.
Resolution No. 5, relative to qualifications OF
members, was next read.
Mr.. Barden thought tue resolution, as read,
excluded parties residing out of the State from
becoming members.
MIR. Reed suggested that grain producers be
allowed to become members.
Mr. Barden wanted to know if this were a
buyers granger association (Jaughter). He
favored the exclusion of grangers.
The resolution was amended rs to unmis.
takably take in any body who bought grain and
did warehouse business in the State, residents
or resident. In this form the resolution
was adopted.
Resolution No. 6, in part setting forth de-
sire to endeavor to obey the laws of the State,
was adopted; the second part in reference to
the adoption of grades by the Farmers Board
of Trade, was adopted.
THE FARMERS FRIEND.
Resolution No. 7, going for Stacys filler as a
scheme, didn't meet approval.
Mr.. Pratt moved to strike out all after the
"but."
voice-I saw no "but" in the resolution
Qaughter.)
Mr.. GiIbert-If all after .'but' is excluded
the force of the resolution will be destroyed.
Just SO. Just So"
Mr.. Barden expressed fear of epithets
If the association put itself in opposition
to the law imposing the use OF the Stacy filler,
everybody would commence to shout 'swindle y
If the association didn't adopt the filler il
would bring the association before the people
in a bad light. He therefore urged the adop.
tion of the Stacy filler.
Mr.. Pratt said the people didn't cry fraud
against the brass tester. 1t was few politi
clans and the newspapers who raised the cry.
Mr.. Barden took un the issue again. HI
spoke e1citcdly of politicians, and how they d
stir up the people to call the wheat buyers
scouodrels if the association persisted in using
the brass kettle alone without the Stacy adjust
ment.
Mr.. Gilbert exrlained that the resolution
wasn't cordial adoption of "the iller'' (no use
saying it, for everybody clung to the littl.
} joker pure and simple): but he advised iti
adoption for policy's sake.
The motion to amend by striking out "bu
we will use it" etc., was put and lost, Mr.
Pratt alone voting for it.
} The original resolution was adopted, Mr.
Reid voting in the negative.
This finished up the resolutions, and tht
meeting then went into forming an organi
Zation.
Mr. McIlrath moved that MIR. Van Dusen b.
! elected by acclamation temporary president
, Carried unanimously.