Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-10-10
LUDICROUS FISH STORY.

What has Duluth got to say to the
statement elsewhere published, show
ing that the Minneapolis wheat mark
ct, everything considered, is more than
eighteen cents per bushel better than
the Duluth Embellishments
Journal.
We do not know what Duluth has
to say in answer to this, but we will
proceed to make few remarks show
ing that it does not contain one thread
Of truth. The Journal tells us that
Mr.. G.. A. Nimocks, its business man
ager, is its authority, and that he owns
farm in this county, near Donnelly,
where the supposed wheat was raised.
We will only remark in passing, that
this supurb wheat raiser, farmer, in
surance man, and newspaper business
manager, belongs to the Journal, and
the Journal, or its columns, belong to
the Millers' Association. And what
are the facts, according to his own lam
guage? He says: 81 instructed my
foreman to ship one car to Duluth, to
one Of the leading commission houses
there, Careful not to name the one,)
and one to the Minneapolis Millers'
Association. The result was that the
Minneapolis inspector graded his car
No. hard, and the Duluth Inspector
his car No. -, making difference to
me of 1871 cents per bushel in favor of
Minneapolis He does not state that
the wheat was the same, nor as good,
nor that there was anything in or
about it, which should have made this
difference in the grading, nor that the
Duluth system OF grading was higher
than the Minneapolis; and gives us
nothing upon which this great differ
ence of ISL! cents per bushel can be
based, excepting this: "The inspec-
ton ticket at Duluth stated that the
wheat had smut on it, But does he
deny that there was smut on it to this
extent, or at all; that it should HON
estly have graded lower? Not in the
least He states nothing which can
be cOnclusively received by any one,
that the two lots Of wheat We're the
same in value or grade. Now then, if
Mr.. NimOcks is smart enough to man
age the Journal, he should have been
sharp enough to have shipped his car
load of wheat from Duluth to the AS
ISOLATION, there had it inspected by the
same man who inspected his other
wheat, and pOcketed his five and one
fourth cents per bushel; he would
have saved on his car load of 500 BUSH
els, $500, and besides, would have
had fearful joke on Duluth in favor
of the Millers' Association. But DO,
this would not do, he was so rich he
did not care for such a small sum as
$26.20, and could not think Of perpe-
trating anything so diabolical upon
the poor zenith city by the unsalted
seas; but like a good man, threw the
mantle of charity over the face of that
dead town, and dressed his pockets in
deep mourning over the loss of so
much solid cash. The monstrosity of
Mr.. NimOck's statement devours it.
self as the flames of fire eats up a pile
of dry shavings. II there is the least
foundation for such a statement, why
does he not cease the newspaper man
agement, go to Duluth, buy up wheat,
and senG it to the Association, when
he can make five and fourth cents a
bushel by doing it? Why is it, if this
be true, that others in the wheat bust
ness, who are as sharp as the general
run of men, did not find out this secret,
buy up the wheat at Duluth, and send |
it to the Association? Why is it that |
wheat dealers will now ship from 50,-
600 to 100000 bushels of wheat day
to Duluth, at a loss of 1874 cents per
bushel, in preference to shipping less
than half this amount to the Associa-
ton? Are men of capital so dumb |
that they will lose such fortunes every
day i'll the week, and persist in it,
rather than grow rich? Why is it, if,
as Mr.. NimOck in his statement says, |
1.-The Association pays the highest
market price, that such thing as
the following should have crawled in
to the columns of the Pioneer Press, q
few days since:
RUSH CITY.
Wheat is coming in slowly, as the
farmers do not like the price paid by
the Minneapolis millers, which is IS
cents for No. l. A new party COM
menced to buy lately at so cents, which
has stimulated trade little.
The Journal asks what Duluth has
to say to the statement of Nimock,
now we would like to ak that paper,
what it has to say regarding it?
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