St. Paul daily globe., 1885-02-04
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Tue SliLe Inspector.
Mr.Canning brought out receipts from Du-
luth, showing that of three cars of grain
shipped from Grandin, ID. T., same quality,
one car received one day graded No. 2
hard, and the other two cars the day follow
ing, which was graded and condemned.
| Mr.. Canning also read q letter from c. A.
Pillsbury 10 an agent, saying that the millers
were getting over their scare and to let up
little on the grades. BY this time Mr.. Can
ming
WAS GETTING EXCITED,
and charged that the present system Of grad.
ing was worse than highway robbery. Draw.
| ing more letters from his pocket, he said Q
few nights ago Mr. c. A. Pillsbury started Q
discussion in which Mr.. Hurlbut
endorsed state inspection. This he
followed by reading instructions from
the Millers' association, as he claimed, made
to agents the next day, not to ship any more
wheat to Duluth, Anoka, or any outside
points. This, he claimed, showed how COM
| pletely the association had the wheat business
Of the state under control, and could by
| holding back and hurrying forward ship
ments put the price up or down.
Senator Pilsbury explained that such an
order was governed entirely by the condition
of elevators, and was not necessarily resorted
to TO affect the price of grain.
Mr.. Game wanted to know If the business
| for which the committee was called was
| transacted, If so, moved to adjourn. The
motion was not put and by request Mr..
Sawyer explained plan OF making an open
| market by an annex 70 each elevator, the
annex to be provided with bins into which a
| farmer, dissatisfied, can unload his wheat,
! preserving its identity, and ship TO the ter
minal point, thus giving check upon the
| elevator man. He would also dscounten-
ance fat warehouses, but would reduce the
size of elevators to 20, 900 bushels capacity,
state inspectors to decide when more than
one elevator was needed. He claimed eleva-
tors could not be successfully operated against
fiat warehouses, but that elevators were
a necessity to move grain In this country,
and he argued that the bill should prevent
the fiat warehouse scalping business.
ANOTHER GREAT EVIL
elevator men are now obliged to suffer is
that of mortgaged wheat. Make the buyer
respOn sible and to observe certain rules, and
thus protect the buyer. If this was done ell
evator men could do business at one-half the
present cost.
Senator johnson said the trouble seemed
to be in the north. There was no trouble in
Goodhue county. II one elevator would not
give what the farmer thought his wheat was
worth he would 90 somewhere else. An
open market was the remedy.
Senator Pilsbury thought, on the whole,
the bill was good one. 1t should be modi-
fed in one Or two particulars. The farmers
wanted free market, and there were but
two ways to get it. Impossibiities could not
BE- done. One way 10 get free market is TO
throw the track wide open and let everybody
go in for free fight. The objections TO this
was that after lighting a short time
the parties will patch up COM
promise and make pool. Then free fight
means many irresponsible parties, and
consequent losses. Another way is 10
make every elevator public warehouse, re-
quire the owner to give good bonds, require
him TO hx
FAIR GRADES,
and guarantee the same, and compel the
shipment of grain in regular order. Regu-
late the warehouses, and then protect the
owner. That would make an open elevator.
He prophcsed If an annex system was
adopted there would be an extra session TO
repeal il. The masses of farmers must have
elevators. They must be kept open at times
| for the benefit of the public At a
a loss. For himself he would be perfectly
! satisfied with the free fight plan, and be-
| lieved he could buy cheaper than now, but
! he believed state inspection and state regu-
lation with proper rules. would be better for
| all. Make law compelling elevator men
to guarantee grades at terminal points. AT
all points where there was no public elevator,
he would throw the side tracks wide open,
make the law governing the business and
then compel ali TO observe IL.
Mr.. Hay, secretary Of the State alliance,
introduced, said he was pleased with
what he heard. He. thought there
should be something back of state inspection,
| intelligent analysis, to show the real food
! qualities Of the grain. Tne State alliance,
he said, meets to-day, would probably take
/ up this matter, aud be invited members OF
the committee 10 be present and take part in
! the consideration.
Mr.. Canning again took the floor and ad-
yOcated the open system-llberty TO buy ami
/ sell-as 1t was In the
RED RIVER VALLEY
seven years ago, when he claimed the farmer
realized from ten to fifteen cents more a
bushel than now on his product. The farmers
feeced by the present unholy com bination OF
/ one-fourth their product. They now de-
manded a return TO the open market, and
for one he proposed 10 give 1t TO them.
/ Mr.. Barrett, of Herman, spoke in favor Of
an open market, in the farmers right to be
| swlnd.ed II he wanted 10 be.
/ Mr.. Sawyer said his Elevator company
/ based the price ON six cents bushel for ele-
/ yator charges. Sometimes II would be less
and sometime 1t would be higher. He said
the Northern Pacific to-day controlled
/ the wheat market OF the state
and Duluth was the head. Duluth was gov
erned largely oy the fluctuations Of Chicago,
/ which often gave rise 10 the charge Of the
/ farmers that the elevators were swindlin 2
them.
Mr.. Barrett again spoke for an open mar
ket-keep the elevators If they eau stand the
/ pressure, II not let them 20. Give farmers
/ the use Of cars, and any pool that buyers
should attempt would be nuilided. Give the
| farmer, in short, the right 10 ship on the
same terms as the elevator meu and pools
are busted and competition kept up. Under
THE PRESENT SYSTEM
/ the pool commences at the interior elevators
and follows il all the way through its differ
ent terminal points. The force that Is dom
mating the northwest does the country no
good, nor either the city Give an open
market, through to Duluth and give the
people free trade aud the right and the God
gwen right TO be sWindied II they want
10 be-.
Mr.. Canning moved that the bonding sys-
tenn be restricted 10 the terminal points, but
Il met with no second.
Senator Van Hoesan thought the two sys-
tens the wide open and regular elevators
would not generally work we'll together, but
would in some places. The present system
was wrpng There must be an open market,
but he did not intimate his preferences.
Mr.. Canning moved that mem 0ers Of the