St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-11

be made against soft wheat from Nebraska,
Kansas and Iowa.
| Gen. Barrett said on the Hastings Dakota
road wheat that did not go to Duluth would
| be soft, although it was grown in the same
| section as that which went by the Manitoba
road and was called hard. State Inspector
| Burdick read q table of statistics showing the
increased percentage of No. hard and No.
Northern by the state inspection, and tending
| to show the benefits to the producer by rea-
son Of the grades and prices.
AT this point an adjournment was taken
until O'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On assembling at the afternoon session
| kilograms were read from TillSton d
Suttler, and Jennesen Bros, mlllers at
GAINESVILLE, and M. j. Flynn and A. d.,
Ross, at Litchfield, protesting against the
proposed new grade George Ripley said
while the Duluth board of trade had dele
gated no one to represent it at the meeting,
their letter would speak for them. The
grades in operation at present suited the
Duluth market and their Eastern GUS
toners. Both were satisfied with the
grades, and any change would mean loss
of time to the Duluth market. 1t required
months to get new grade understood
by Eastern markets. If any change
| WAS IL SlOulu UC " ludh0 GWO
grades, such as Mr.. Sawyer suggested, to
would suit the Minneapolis people. he did
not know, as he was not acquainted with
! their diseases.
George Jacobs said they never got along so
| well or got so near the relative value of wheat
! as when they had No. l and No. 2 hard
grade. The grade No. l Northern stood in the
way, as many purchasers thought it meant
1 No hor por ,1oiT ad hot
! cago undertook to control the wheat market.
| 1t was not grades that beat down>the market
| price, it was the wall of capital which was
crushing out those who toiled and produced
the grain. A free market was a natural
| right and it did not come by legislation. No
matter what the grade was, until the bars
| were let down which stood in the way of the
| people the trouble would be brought up over
| and over again. Duluth was the gateway to
| the worlds market. Do not make grade
which would shut out the southern wheat
| and call it soft wheat. If you want
| Nebraska or Kansas wheat labeled so. why
do it. The wheat raised in the southern
| part of the state was as good as that raised in
| the snorth. The commission built wiser than
| it knew and had filed the wants of the peo-
| pie in the northern part of the state. The
people at Minneapolis have not the right to
| Say that the people who put their wheat on
| the cars at Morris cannot send it to Wiscon-
sin, or that a Mankato raiser cannot send it
| to Duluth. w. Petit said Min neapoliS
WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE
| for the action of the railroads. Speculation
| had an unfortunate effect on the market. In
| the end, supply and demand controlled the
market. Low prices of wheat were caused
| by the immense supply. Wheat will not be
| high unless it is scarce, and there is no pos
| sibilty of that. j. A. Atwood said the
| grades were well established aud well known.
| Any change would mean six months of con-
| fusion The addition of n grade for SOJItharu
| Minnesota would be a chance for fraud i'll
| the north and south. 1t would cut hard
| wheat down.
| H. Z. Boen thought the question had not
| been discussed by farmers much. The
adoption OF grade as proposed would create
| confusion. The sentiment of majority of
the residents in the largest county of the
| state was that the grade be not changed. In
| this connection he read resolution adopted
! by the executive committee of the Farmers
| alliance The resolution announced that,
1--WE request the honorable board of railroad
| and warehouse commissioners to retain in
| force the wheat grades now established"
| The resolution was signed by G. w. Sprague,
| president; G. Canning, vice-pr esident; H. E.
Boon, corresponding secretary, and John
Diamond and Ole Olson, members of the
executive committee. Capt. Diamond said
| the above resolutions explained his opinion
on the proposed change. There was to be q
meeting of the Farmers alliance in Blue
Earth county Sept. !, and he hoped the men,
| bers of the board would avail themselves OF
the chance to meet the grain producers in
| that section of the country. He thought the
commissioners ought to be given more au-
| thority to act when they think it is neces-
| Sary.
Ole Olson complained about the way in
which the Milwaukee road and the elevator
company in his section compelled the farm
erS to ship their wheat to Chicago, where it
| lod ~ oh he
He brought sample of the wheat with him,
and claimed that it was fully 80 per cent.
of hard Fife wheat and should be graded
No. hard. That it was not was of course
not due to the grain inspection law, but the
railroads and buyers in that section. He
had been compelled to sell wheat of this
| kind for SIS cents, and he knew it was an
outrage. 49,.
II. w. Donaldson wanted to know if the
commissioners could not prevent the 1acent
clearing charges which the elevator men
charged for all grain stored there. He
cleaned his wheat before he shipped it, and
did not feel like paying for having it cleaned
again.
The commissioners informed him that
the matter was being considered by them,
and they would report at an early day.
Commissioner Baker then declared the
meeting adjourned, after thanking those
present for attending.
THEY COULD NOT TELL.
| After the meeting adjourned, the COM
missonerS, when asked as to their prob
able action, said it could not even be fore
Swallowed. They would take the matter
under advisement, and expected during the
next two weeks to obtain further sugges-
tions relative to the proposed change of
grade. The hint thrown out by the gentle
men from Minneapolis, that if the pro-
| posed grade was established, number of
the elevators at that point would probably
| become public warehouses. under the state
law, did not seem to have the desired effect
or rather did not carry much weight with it,
| 1t has been frequently stated by the Min
neapolis elevator men that they would not
work under the law until several changes
that can only be made by the legislature
had been acted upon. The request from
| the Minneapolis chamber of commerce that
three supervisors of inspection be appoint
| ed, was not discussed at the meeting, but
| will be considered by the commissioners.
LOCAL MENTION.