St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-20
report of the committee on grading and ele-
vators also before the convention.

report of the committee on grading and ele-
vators also before the convention.
GRADING AND ELEVATORS.
The rule being again suspended Mr..
Palmer, of Marshall, chairman, presented
the report of the committee on which grad
ing and elevating as follows:
'sWe find, after thoroughly investigating
the present system of wheat grading, that it
is farce and cheat, because it does not ex-
press the true value of wheat, and enriches
the few to the detriment of the many.
"The right usurped by the railroads to es
tablish minimum capacity and kind of equip
ment of elevators is contrary to public poll
cy, calculated to destroy independent COM
petition in the grain market.
ssWe recommend free and open market
for our products and that railroads shall re-
ceive and deliver such products to any sta
ton which the shipper may desire on the
line of their roads,
1--WE recommend state inspector ap-
pointed by the supreme court, or by our gov
ernor, to regulate a system of gradation OF
the true value Of wheat ascertained by chemi-
cal analysis
''We recommend and do believe the only
way to redress these grievances is by the leg
islature.
GEO. W. HAIGHT, Secretary
This report was favorably received.
MICHIGAN EXAMPLES.
Prof. Whitney, at suggestion of Mr.. Hague
OF Blue Earth, was requested to explain
system of ascertaining the value OF wheat by
chemical process. In Michigan, the profess
sor explained, they grew winter wheat. In
rs and '76 they had a new variety the
Clawsonl which grew rankly and produced
great yield. In re they had an enormous
crop. Just before it came into market the
Millers' association met and resolved that
it was an inferior variety of wheat. 1t was
learned that their reasons were
that they had not the strength
to carry really inferior varieties of wheat from
the west, which the Michigan millers were
then using with their Michigan winter wheat.
The speaker then described chemical and
practical experiments by which the real value
OF the wheat was determined, and the people
and consumers convinced oft, among which
was the discovery that the Clawson wheat
flour did not require the hard kneading the
bread-maker had been accustomed to. The
next year the millers paid
full price and allowed best grade
for the Clawson wheat, saying then it had
become acclimated.
The professor continued, at suggestion of
Mr.. Burdick, to explain how Michigan far
mers detected and exposed false weights at
elevators by having their load carefully
weighed in presence of witnesses before de-
livering to the elevators, Six or seven ele-
vator men were arrested and on trial, after
part OF the evidence was in, they plead gull
ty, Two or three were let of with short
nnf OF "a IN fha Of
others were sent to prison. One
of these convicts had a grand beard of which
he and his family were proud, and petition
to the warden was sent up from Adrian ask
ing that that beard be spared. 1t was left
on for few days, until one of the prison
inspectors came in, saw the violation of the
prison orders, and ordered the beard to be
taken off.
CHEMICAL GRADING.
Prof. Geo. W. Haight, by request, read
the petition presented to the Legislature last
winter, asking that provision be made for
chemical grading of wheat, so
far as relates the analysis made by DR.. Noyes
| at the State University at Minnesota, of Nos.
/, 2 and wheat, as graded by the rules of
the Minneapolis board of trade. The chemi
cal difference in these grades is less than one
in hundred, making the values of 1, 2 and
appear practically the same for feed pur
poses. Prof. Haight remarked that it was
new idea to grade wheat by chemical analy
sis. But he held that law should be enact
ed providing that the value Of wheat
for feed purposes should be
determined by disinterested and scientific
men.
During long discussion of the order of
action on the three reports of the committees,
Mr.. Reynolds called attention to the omission
of any reference to the matter of tolls taken
by millers, as before spoken of by him, and
said that the taking of excessive tolls was a
great wrong to many farmers.
Pending a motion to defer action on the
committee reports till morning recess was
taken to z D. m.