Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-13
ROsU 1t Forks iss Southern Minnesota.
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blue Earth City Post.]
"The meeting OF the farmers in the court
house on Saturday last, indicated more than
usual interest in the question of buying wheat.
The grievances they allege to exist are that
the Millers' Association, and the great corpor-
alton of wheat buyers on the Southern Min.
nesota and Northwestern roads, have COM
plete control of the wheat markets of the
state, and regulate the prices paid, and
establish such rules for grading that the
benefits are all on one side; that the
railroad companies are working in har-
moHy with the "rings," and that com
petition in buying is entirely out Of the ques.
ton. 1t is further alleged that these great
corporations pay the regular freight tariff but
receive draw back on each car load, OF GER
tain amount which enables them to pay more
for wheat whenever competition enters the
market, and thus drive out other buyers. We
do not know that this is true on this road.
but that 1t Is SO on other roads we do know.
For instance, the tariff on wheat from st.
Charles to Chicago IS fifteen cents per bushel.
On each car load shipped the buyer, and only
one is permitted to enter the market, receives
Is eighteen cents per bushel, and the rebate
is $15 a car. This is the rule all
over the state, and especially 80
where additional buyers are put on the mar
ket. 1t will be seen at once that local buyers
are unable to stand the pressure. They might
do 80 were it possible for the sellers to COM
bine and protect the local buyer by refusing 20
sell to monopoly, even at an advance of one
or two cents bushel. But such q course Is
impossible. There is no class SO difficult to
hold together in combination as the farming
class. They are SO scattered through the
country that it is not possible to involve such
system of local buying, but that the monied
kings who control the market, can control
them by tempting offers of higher price per
bushel than the local buyers can afford to pay.
Rochester Record and Union.
The wheat inspectors don't always have
smooth sailing. Mr.. Buck sent car of wheat
to Chicago that weighed fiftv-seven pounds
per bushel, and was straight No. hard. The
Inspector at Chicago graded In No. 3. A pro-
test was made when the chief inspector ex-
amined 1t and pronounced it No. 3, because he
said 1t was bleached. A committee was ap-
pointed to examine 1t and they called 1t No. 8,
also, but buyer happened to see it and paid
two and q half cents more than No. 2 price for
1t. But for this Mr.. Buck would have lost
fifteen cents bushel. J. M. Cole bought
some of the same kind and said 1t was the
best wheat he had bought this year. Mr.. T.
Whiting sent two cars of f1fty-seven and half
pound wheat to Chicago, and one car was con-
demned add the other went No. 2, but both
were exactly the same.
fMankato Review
The above case shows ear marks of such
manipulations, and that they are up to all
kinds of tricks to drive ont compe tition, and
embarrass and even cause loss to parties
making Independent shipments, and thus
tighten the hold upon the farmers of South
ern Minnesota, we have not the slightest
doubt. ALI these things indicates that In the
struggle for ''honest weights, honest grades
and free Market" the farmers will have a
fierce O nd closalv onpfae tad Aoht