, 1881-03-04
Commissioner Bogue, Of Chicago, Takes
The Stand In Ills Own
Behalf.
Ar Emphatic Denial Of All the
Charges Of the Prosecu-
tion.
uo DeioIls Ills Success In Cutting
Down tho Expenses OF the
Department.
Formal Presentation by George F. Hard
Ing Of tue Charges by Peoria
Grain-shippera.
so<,iar D.pateh TO 1as Chicago T.touns.

). sptsiar Dupa.eh to 1nt CAteaao Tribune.
srntsortEi.1,, ILL.,, Marcl, 3.-The invcstt-
ealion OF the Warehouse Commission wns re-
Iumcd this afternoon.
Rubrrt Warren, uf ChlCnso, was the first
vi,ness I1o testified TINT lie had been In tho
rraIn trade in Chlcngo md milwaukee, for
twenty years. lie exported grain to Eli
Gland, lie bought grain IN Chicago, MIlwatl-
Sec Detroit, Toledo. Baltimore, phltndei-
nhIa, New York, and Montreal. The grad
inr anil warel.ousing In Chicago Is tho best 1t
has lad In years. Witness preferred to buy
hls spring wheat III Chtcago, us his expert
cnce for two or three years was
that the Milwaukee grading was IT.
i.rtor, unless out of special blns* Chi
cago Inspection commands tho confidence
Of the world. Tic saw Chicugo Inspected
grafn sell III Mark Lane for ono shilling moro
Than Milwaukee.
On cross-exanlination. witness know
nothing of in inspection. Ilealways employed
an independent ont Inspector, mostly to fair
lysauple tho cargoes. lie
had CONFIDENCE IN THE STATE INsrEC-
TtON.
Witness was shipping Michigan winter wheat,
If he wanted hard No. 3 lle would buy 1t III
the Northwestern; II suft hu would buy Mt
tho Burlington. Witness WAS not sufficient
expert to determine intrinsic value between
Nos. 9 md 3. He was not shipping my No.
Z and could not approximately determine tho
difference. He saw Minneapolis mtllers mall
ufactutlng sound flour from No. 3 spring
wheat
"Can sound flour DO m11do from unsound
vheat?"
"Tllcy nre making 0leomargar[ne thas
people cunt tell from butter" Laugllter.]
Wright repeated his question, and the Wit
ness said everybody knows thore is no sense
Ii asking such question. The Milwaukee
wheat Is not rs good as Chicago. Ills cor.
respondents wrote tlnt they preferred tho
Chicago grain for both trading and milling.
In England
THE DRAIN IS SOLD on ITS MERITS
by sample. Witness knew nothing about
whether Reynolds and Bogue exercised any
supervision over the inspection. Witness
supposed Reynolds clerks could run tile Of
fec.
To Senator White: Witness allowed Ills
elerks to run his business month at time.
Senator Manner wanted to know something
abont No. , red spring wheat In Toledo ind
lCllult. 14G H}So 4lNEHCu NAt u tlltl1+
Witness bought wheat from Van Duscn.
1t was Of tho choice crop OF wheat three or
four yenIs ago. lie had not bought from
him 10 any extent for two years. 1Io re-
gardcd Vnn Duscn MS an honorable man.
Tic wheat was bought subject to Chicago
Inspection.
ca. Phelps, OF Chicago, was tho next wit
less 1ie lad been III tho grain atd milling
business In hnlf dozen States for over
thirty years. llo considered himself fair
Judge. For eighteen months he wps oil tho
Appeal Committee. Ho had inspected grain
on trick md In e!evator with Il ylow OF st.
curling 4 uniform inspection. 1Io considered
Inc Inspectors
GOOD, RELIABLE MEN.
lie frequently saw Reynolds ut the Inspec-
tlon Office, and considered hin. fn1r
Judge Of grain. Witness frequently saw
Dosue, md tn!kcd with him about
the grain tradc. Witness related the
history OF the conference OF tile In,
spectors md Wnrehousclnou so frequently
alluded to. With good crop there Is less
OCCASION for complaint. Tho Inspection Is
mote Uniform now than 1t has been fol
years. At the present tinio there wns more
Inferior grain going Into store, owing to
weather tanage caused while tho grain was
u the stack. Most ot the appeals were on
wheat al'd barley, and some on oats. The
Appeals Committee was called upon to cx'
anime wheat from milwaukee,. 1t was datll
aeed and crushed, and was OF lower grade
9nah Chicago. Witness WIS shown sa,ll
p4es OF graln". purporting to have
ceeh taRen from cnrs helf out
sometimes tho SAMPLES ara straight: at othoI