, 1879-05-01
The Heartless Manner In Which
a Man Deceived the la-
spectors.
How a Car OF Corn Which WAS Backed
Like q tYlsalo Became Worry
Like q Weasel.
Official Grief that Mr. Haydo Should Not
Have Had His Wounds Dressed
by Els Assailants.

special 1iousc Committee, appointed so,no timo
since to Investigate lInsAc's car OF corn con-
cctn!rE which there has been 20 much published
competol tllu examination OF their
witnesses Mt o'clock this evening. To-day
Chief. Inspector Roynolds, Sceond-Assistant III.
sncctor Buckley, tile Committee Of Appenls,
of Nessss. Seymour, Datcr, and Foss,
null Commissioners DoKue an.l Smith, were cx-
anlned tor tile inspectors, n1'1 Messrs. Hvuo
uni Alorclanl to establish tho unjust grazing ot
slc grain. Chfef-Inspcctor Roynol1s gave n
triuf uutllne OF the existing method Of grain
Inspection, n1,1, In general wny,
EXCUSED TitB INSPECTORS UNDER HIN
from neglect Of duty, incoInpotoncy, or inteu-
t!onnl unfarncss In grading Mcssrs. Dater and
Seymour gave rs reason for not gradng the
corn higher that It wus not dry enough At the
time It was inspected. Mr.. Seymour stated Tint
the Commissioners were In tito habit OK hauling
the Committee Of Appeals over tho Goals for
altering the grade on too many Of tile cars after
being graded by The Track 1tspectors, but,
when eross-e1amincd BY Mr.. Fosbcndcr, and
realizing the tendency Of hls statcmont, he
BEGAN TO nEn0E,
50 as to leave tile impression tint they Woro
allowed tho fullest liberty in the Inspections
Mr.. buckley gave MI amusing Illustration OF
llow 10 keyed Ills Eradc up and duwn on tho
track, by stating il,at 1t WAS customary for him
to pay strict attention to grain passing out Of
the elevators, and when ho found Il sott !aamp,
or tending TO got out Of condition, he at once
raised his grades ou tic track On tllc contrary,
when he found the grain was In good condition,
fe was inclined to ba moro liberal Nth Ills
grades, By putting IN
4 G,lEATEn NUMBER or "t1sE cAHs,''
a., t,n3S $tssr 4srn
This testimony drew forth conc criticism from
Commissioner Smith In reference to the maut-
fest injusttco Of s,ic rutc, and lo insisted tint
tho Track Inspectors should adhere to the
printed rules OF inspection, without reference to
tho condition vi tlls grain coming out Of the
elevators. Mr.. Haytto was examined at somu
length himself, nlul did fair amount Of cross
examining other witnesses. His own testimony
showed ti1nt
TIE First s1xTT-sEvEN CARLOADS
OF corn shipped to Chicago from Bc,lclowor, bc-
tween April 1 and April IL, graded at Chicago
rs follows: Twcnty.scyen cars rs new high
mixed, QUO car Us now mixed, Z cara AZ rejected,
thirty-thrco cars ns high mixed, and nine cars as
No.2 April Il air. Hayde shiDpcd thu now no.
torlous cur $50 to Springfield and, after It had
been examined by n Legislative Committee, he
had It tnkcn to Chestnut Statlon, near Spring.
field, transferred to car 3,0iS und shipped, tn A.
j. Mlcl.uer's name, to ChEcnEo, where tho grain
was inspected Us high mixed, tho previous in-
spuctlon having boon
HRw HIGH MIXED.
Since Car 780 was shipped to Springfield, OF fifty
two cars OF the samu grain shipped to Chicago,
seven cars went in a. now high mixed, two cars
as rejected, thirtY-thsea cars is high mixed, and
ten cars as NJ. 3. Mr.. Hayle claims that this
higher grading oil his hitter shipments Is owing
In n measure to tho fact that public attention
had been drawn to tho unjust grading OF
i,Is first shipment Of sixty.aeven
cars. Alr. Haydo showed by More
laptl, who shipped the grain, That It
WIS bought in large lots during tho months OF
November and December last, nn1 put Into tcu.
feet cribs, well coYercd where It remained until
sllclted, during tic month Of April, and wns,
AS A WHOLE, souND, DRY, AMI, WELL CLEANED,
md he could acc no r0ason why 1lie Inspectors
should mako such q vnst difference in tho grad
luz Of the whole lot. The Committee will meet
acai.s in q fuw days to consider the report to be
submitted to the House for its nctlon. Afr,
Boguo stated before tho Committee that the
first he knew Of Air. Hayto's "troublc"
of tho Inspection was tho statcnont In THE
Tribune that he was dissatisfied, st,d Ind
shipncd a car to Springfield for retnspcctton By
tic Legislature; that, Ind his "trbuben been
called to bis attention. ho would nave tceGraphcd
for tho other Commissioners to como to Chicago
u1ttl tho Commissioners would have thoroughly
examined Into the merits Of the case, with a
vlew Of correcting tho injustice, 1t any bud oc-
CURED, to the car In question, md also to prt-
vent Its recurrence, On Monday following the
week Mr.. I{aYde wns III Springfield with his
corn, no caruo to Ills oslleo aud claimed that
" 1asusrion had BEEN poNH HIM
In gralIus two cars IA new heh-lnIxcd ont Of q
consignment Of nfno cars, sfx OF Which lsad
passed 40 high-m!xcd, une as No. 9, md the two
rs new higsrtnlxed. Mr. lsogue requested
Chlef-Insrec,or Reynolds utal Second Assistant
Inspector Link to accompany himself md Mr..
11ay,lc 10 tho Central fur thu purpose Of rein.
npecttng the two cars, wllfci, resulted In the
irst inspection being sustained by Reynolds and
Link. Mr.. Rogue then called ttic Committee oi
Appen1E, who, after careful examination, also
sustained tho inspection.
l. 10 TEST TuE Ti!oHouGHNEss
nul accuracy Of tile inspection oil tic grain In
tho warehouses, Mr. Doguo procured samples Of
h!gl-lntxei Inspected during the winter months,
when, rs was claimed by alr. Haydc, It was IN n
frozcn condition, with Ice aud snow OH t!,c grain
also nuotl.cr sample Of h!gE.mtxed Inspected
into the elevator during the last two weeks.
| These sntnples an.l q samplc OF corn from the
car inspected as neu hlgh:m!xcl we're changed
tutu other bnel<ets, with marks only known to
Mr., Nogue, These Wcre submitted to Inspector
buckley, members OF tho Appeats, ntu the fore
man Of tho warehouse. who vera asked to tndi'
cate TO Mr. nogue the different samples thus
submitted.
EACH PERSON coRitsCTLr sELEcrgp THE plF.
FH!tEHr uttAnBs
IN question Th!a Is substantially the statement
made Ia tho Committee, which uas afterwards
reduced to writing at tho request Of tho Com,
nlittee.
YELLOW FEVER.
MEMeHls, Tenll,, April W.-A Convention Of
representatives from. ihc State Boasla OF Health
Of Michtgan, illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tex,
rs, Arknnsas, anil 'rcnnotseu met this afternoon
and effected temporary Organization by callng
Gen. Cyrus uusscy. Of Nuw Orleans. to the
clair. Thu object ot the touyenuuu is to llave