St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-04
GRAIN INSPECTION.
Discussed in Committee.


The warehouse and grain committee Of the
house held lengthy meeting yesterday after
noon, Chairman Reese presiding. Senators
Pilsbury, Van Hoesen and Buckman and 4.
j. Sawyer, Of the Northwestern Elevator
company, we're present as inspectors. Rep
esentatiTe Canning chairman Of the sub
committee, in answer 10 inquiry, reported
that his committee had agreed substantially
upon the skeleton of bill. The bill. pro-
vided for state inspection at the three
terminal points Of st. Paul, Mime
apolis and Duluth, but the idea
Of enforcing state inspection at in
terror points had been abandoned. The
one point not agreed upon was that OF bond
ing interior elevators. In answer 10 Sena-
tor Pillsbury, Mr. Canning said there was no
redress Of farmers grievances provided for
OF three com mlssioners whose duty 1t would
be TO hear and act upon complaints made TO
them.
WHAT THE BILL PROVIDES.
The skeleton Of the bill was then read. II
declares that elevators at the three terminal
warehouses, the owners and managers of
which shall be required to secure a license
and give bonds before they can do an
elevator business. The regulations prescribed
for doing business, governing, storing and
shipping grain, receipts, reports, etc, are
very minute and binding. The public ware
houses are required to publish annually in
hsr In, 10, .1aft %
rates for the ensuing year, the maximum Of
which is placed at two cents per bushel for
the first thirty days, and one-haf cent for
every additional dftecn days. II provides in
case Of heating grain that the warehouseman
shall give public notice by newspaper publi-
cation aud postal notice Of the condition Of
such grain, and in case Of failure Of the
owner Of such grain to care for the same, the
warehouseman may sell the same at private
auction. II is made unlawful for 8 ware
hOuseman
TO MIX GRAIN
OF different grades, or do anything 10 change
the grade as received from the owner. The
warehouses are to De kept free for inspection
a. all times by the state inspector. ware
houseman continuing the use Of scales de-
cllred unreliable is liable to due. The board
OF warehouse commissioners is to appoint 4
chief inspector OF grain, 20 hold Office for two
years. Such chief inspector is to appoint
deputy inspectors. The chief inspector Is to
give $4,000 bonds and deputies 1000. The
inspectors are TO be guided by the board Of
warehouse commissioners, who are to Ok the
mpensaiiou ~ inspectors aud charges Tor
inspection. Violation Of The rules by iuspee-
tors subjects the offender 20 dismissal
and also 10 action for debt aud IN
case an Inspector accepts a bribe for a non
performance Of duty. be declared guilty Of
misdemeanor and be subject 70 a fue not
exceeding S20, 600. Owners are 10 promptly
remove their grain under penalty It Is
made unlawful for warehols-mau to en-
ter into acontrsct for q false delivery. Anv
warehouseman violating any ol the rules
prescribed Is 70 be prosecuted on the part of
the state. The board Is 70 De d.siruatsi
railway and warehouse commissioners. Al
this point the skeleton bin vas dropped. In
explanation of the title, Chairman Reese
said il had been so designated on an uuder-
standing with The railroad commission
ers. that the same commissioners
should act both as railroad and
warehouse aud graiu commissioners.
senator Piilsbury thought the provision an
unwise oue-thai The duties we're very
dissimilar and shoGld be separate.
THE DISCUSSION.
From this The talk branched of into iu-
pection. in which Mr.. SAWYER explained that
all inspection az Caicsgo was speculative eu-
tirely.aud bad no reference 70 the real gra,ie,
the real purpose Of inspection being to mix
all grade arriving there to conform TO the
No. grades, upon which speculation IS
based
senator Pillsbury INTERCEPTED that the nat
ter Of getting uniform inspection VAS the
great trouble in this st8te- II &c could 6nd
4 msn qualified for TIE position q stste iu-
sPector. be would pay him sl5.oo0 year.
IL answer to senator Pillsaury Mr. sawyer
said the No northern grade had been e.
tahliShsd 10 protect The farmers against
Nebraska wheat. Nebraska vhsat q he
sane weight p9sessed much less -iuten
team the Minnesota prOduct, aud vas there
fore Worth much less.
Touching upoa the question of uniformity
in grading. Mr. SaEvsr said thas ;he ouly
way, IN his opinion, vas that interior buy