St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-05
Mr. f, R, DeIanO.


s'The commissioners have established
the grades, have they?" said MI. F. R.
Delano, when copy of them was handed
him by GLOBE reporter. swell want to
see them" Mr.. Delano then read the
definition fixed for No. hard, and when
asked what he thought of it said: ''That
will do very well. That is intended to
take in, suppose, simply the frst-class,
gilt-edged variety. AS they have defined
it, it will make fine grade. If the COM
missioners have erred in any respect it has
been in not requiring more than IS per
cent of Scotch Fife. Some have been in
favor of requiring as high as 90 per cent,
but that is too much. 1 would have made
it so, because this. grade is to be so pure
and perfect that no shadow of doubt can
be left in anybody's mind as to which grade
it should come under. 1t will be used
largely for mixing with the lower grades to
bring them up to say No. 2. AS it is, how
ever it will make flrSt-claSS article.
GAS to the No. Northern, that is to be
the great standard, the choice for milling, [
suppose. 1t is also to keep in line with the
Northern grade that has been established at
Duluth. and this classification will please
the Duluth people. l believe the commits
sion was wise to make this the second
grade. When the arguments were being
made before the commission, some who
were there wanted the second grade called
No. hard, as heretofore, and would have
that essentially the same as the No. hard,
with, perhaps, whatever dirt might chance
to be in it, but believe they were wrong.
This will be the grade that will give
TONE AND CHARACTER
to the whole crop. AS to the third grade
that is all right; so is the No. 3. This
grade will be mixed, after being cleaned,
with enough No. hard to bring it up to
the requirement of No. 2 grade. AS to the
no grade,' that I suppose is what has here
tofore been called the special, and includes
all that is not fit for warehousing. Some
disposition Of this is of course necessary.
Suppose a quantity Of No. hard gets wet
while being. hauled; it cannot be called No.
/ Forthern, nor is it No. Northern. have
always claimed that it should not be ware
housed andthat the inspector should have
nothing to do withit Of course some pro-
vision must be made for this and the COM
missioners have seen fit to call it mo
grade.'"
SIS it your opinion that as many grades
have been established as will work to the
best advantage?"
'tFor myself, when I was before the
commission advocated five grades, out
perhaps enough have been established. The
great trouble with so many grades as have
been in use heretofore has been too little
difference in them. If the best grade
has been worth 81 bushel
and the next lower SO cents
and the next 95 cents, it was hard to tell
which classification a lot of wheat came
under, and the farmers have objected. Now
there will be some trouble, for the farmers
will say it is unjust that lot that barely
fails to inspect No. Northern should be
put down an entire grade. do not believe,
however, that serious trouble will be met,
and it is best that the difference should be
enough rather than not think this is one
good point about the present schedule. If
grade falls but a trif1e below the standard
of No. Northern little mixing before it
is inspected will bring it up. Besides, a
considerable difference is necessary, to give
standing to the grades in the markets"
THERE SHOULD BE NO DoCKAGE.
"What do you think of the no-dockage
system?"
= "That is as it should be. 1t is impossi-
BILE to fix any of this inspecting and hand
ling of wheat and leave latitude in the
others. AS it is now, the inspec-
tor has simply to say absolutely
what the grade of lot is and the weigh
master to tell how many pounds of that
grade there are, and that settles it. If dock
age were allowed the whole would be use
less. Besides believe there will be little
occasion for dockage. The Inspector and
the, weigh master are both disinterested par
ties and have no object in making any dock
age; they are simply to tell what they know
about the wheat, and for that they know
they are paid by the state"
'sYou think, then, that the system as es-
tablished will be beneficial?n
81 do. l think it will have tendency to
two things, namely, to cause the millers
here and at Minneapolis to buy their wheat
BY sample, and to raise the price of the crop
all over the state. In twaaAH days running