St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02
THE FIRST DAY.
Opening of the System of State Grain
Inspection at St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Elevator and Men at Neither Place
Crowd Each Other for Public
Warehouse Licenses.
Inspection of Old Wheat Under the
Old Rules--No New Wheat
in Market.
What Grain and Elevator Men Say
About It--Interview with Com
missioner Becker.
In st. Paul.

AT the Office of the chief inspector and
registrar, in the Drake block, it was re-
ported that three cars of wheat and one of
corn had passed under state inspection.
and the machinery had been found to be in
working order. 1t was said that no eleva-
tor had taken out the license, but it was
thought this was due TO the fact that the
law will not be i'm its fullest operation until
the new wheat begins to move. and before
that time nearly all at the terminal points
would have taken out the document neces-
sary TO make them public warehouses.
I'VE shall conduct the business of the ST.
Paul Warehouse and Elevator company
without license" said NJ. w. II. Thinner
man of that company yesterday, ''for we
believe that from the nature of our bust
ness our customers can be better served I'M
der this system than by the public state
warehouse system. We have bins of all
sizes, and grain in lots of almost any size
can be received and kept separate, and as
there is
LITTLE BUSINESS DONE
in St Paul, except in direct buying and
selling of grain actually on hand this will
fully answer our purpose. In Minneapo-
lis and Duluth, where such a bulk of the
trading is through the chamber of COM
merce, this will be impossible and the ele-
yatorS must do general warehousing bust
ness"
Mr.. Zimmerman said that it was his I'M
Outstanding that even if the licenses were
not taken out, the elevators in st. Paul and
other terminal points would receive wheat
that had been subject 10 the state inspec-
ton. This would necessarily be so at points
where part of the elevators were licensed,
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spector to pass upon all grain on the track
at the terminal points unless it be distinctly
marked by the owner that it is not for pub
lie elevators. The inspector would not know
which cars were bound for non-bonded
elevators. For elevators doing a private
business, however, the state inspection
would be of little or no advantage, as the
business could be done just as satisfactorily
without it, and the % cents per car load
for inspection fees would be saved.
Mr. Zimmerman further said he thought
elevator men at Minneapolis and Duluth
had objected to coming under the law until
the new rule, known as the dockage rule,
was adopted, but now their objections were
largely removed. and nearly or quite all
would take out the license.
A COMMISSIONER SPEAKS.
Gen. Becker said yesterday that while
there were elevators at st. Paul, Duluth
and Minneapolis that had not applied for
the license necessary for public warehouses,
he expected that nearly all in the three
cities would do this before the new crop be-
gins to move. If this was not done the ele-
vators could do simply private business,
not allowing any grain received to lose its
identity by being mixed with that belonging
TO other owners. Such warehouses would
not receive the benefit of the state inspec-
ton and weighing, nor would they get any
benefit from the standard grades established.
One firm in Minneapolis that owned
a line of elevators, and at the terminal
point handled only their own grain, would
probably not take out the license, but
simply continue to do private business.
The others at Minneapolis and all those at
Duluth, he thought, would at once take
out the license. He believed the elevator
men were disposed TO give the new system
fair trial. 1t was very possible, even
probable, that the law would not be found
To work to perfection and changes might be
necessary at the next session of the legisla-
ture. The Importance of the change on
such prominent feature of the business of
the state, he believed, was appreciated by
the elevator men no less than by the COM
miSsioners.