St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-02
EXPOSED AND EXPELLED.
A. Is. TayIor& Co. Expelled from the
Chamber of COnnse rec.

a. bs sYfQT "a so. Dchteu thS
Chamber of Commerce.
For some weeks past heavy cloud OF
suspicion has hung over some of the trans
actions in the chamber of commerce. Yes
terday morning came the storm which purl-
fed the commercial air, when the following
noIice was posted on Change:
AUG. i, I5S5.-By order of the board OF
directors of the chamber Of commerce; at d
meeting held this day, a. b. Taylor ana u. Y:
Moak were suspended from the privileges OF
the chamber for the violation OF Rule Nv,
C. C. STURTEvANT.
'eThis is duty which hurt me more than
ANYTHING since i've held my position" said
Secretary Sturtevant yesterday. but
duty is duty"
Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock the board
pf directors met and received the evidence
taken in the investigation of charges pre-
Inrred against the firm of A. Is. Taylor 81
Co. one of the best known commission
firms in the city. The dishonest prac-
tees being clearly shown, the board
s,rdered A 3. Taylor and d. G. Moak eX-
PEELED from the chamber. Though this
action was not unexpected, and although
whispers Of fragrant violations of the
rules of the chamber have frequently been
heard of late, the public exposure and con-
seQuent disgrace of the firm mentioned
produced a great sensation, and in commits
sion circles was the talk of the day. The
charge. in brief, is that Taylor & Co. have
been guilty Of dishonesty in selling grain at
one price and reporting it at another, peck
citing the difference. Members of the board
refuse, point blank, to give any informa-
ton. and MessrS. Taylor and Moak declined
20 make a statement, but from other and
equally reliable sources the following was
obtained: George A. Bracket shipped to
A. 3. Taylor & Co., through his brother
at Taylors Falls. 5000 bushels OF wheat
last January. The firm reported it sold at
66 cents. which was the market price at
that day. But it seems that Van Dusen d
Co. had q contract with Morse 81 Sammis,
the millers, which had to be filled, and they
took the wheat at GS15 cents. George
Bracket learned of it and went to MI.
Taylor. who not only returned him the diff
ference, but offered to do what was right
in the premises" This might have ended
the case, but for Charles +. Wheeler, OF the
firm of Wheeler 81 Carter, who had had a
little rub with Moak some time ago..
Wheeler offered some wheat on call and
Moak bought it. Wheeler claimed to have
sold it privately before that, and as he did
not deliver it to Noak, the latter bought it
elsewhere at an advance, which fell on
Wheeler This called for revenge, and
when Wheeler learned of the transaction by
Taylor q Co. he preferred the charges. Ii
was Moak who made the transaction,
though Taylor knew OF it at the time and
was equally liable.
The board of directors made the eXami-
nation. closely and rigidly investigated the
charges and found them true. There was
but one course, and the finn was fired from
the chamber. 1t is believed this summary
action will quietly and etfectually check all
such dishonest work, which is said to have
been carried on by more than one firm, but
which, to the credit of the chamber, can
scarcely be true