National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-20

The osses Caused and tho Penalties.
The following interesting facts are from
advance sheets of the monthly report OF
the department Of agriculture, and should
be read and analysed
Dishonesty is not content, In these greed.
ful days, to manufacture deceptive wares
or sell adulterated goods. IL leaves Its &c.
customed city haunts, goes among the
green fields In the pure air OF the country,
and seeks victims among the farmers. II
does more seeks to develop dishonesty
among the moral weaklings Of the farming
clase.
twenty-five million people, living in
comparative isolation, Industrious and
prosperous, present tempting inducements
TO men who live on the fruits OF the labor Of
Others, which have been improved for
years by many sharpers, and the agrcult-
ural press has exposed the tricks and
frauds attempted, preventing much loss,
without Graduating the evil.
Dishonest schemes have been numerous,
yet there is one OF more "hideous mlenn
than many Others, emboldened by success,
still more persistent under exposure, fortl-
lying itself anew when driven from its Gu
trenchment; 1t Is the fraudulent commerce I'm
BOHEMIAN OATS.
IL has lived from year TO year, and ex-
tended its operations from state TO state,
under CALLING fire OF the agricultural and
local press. AS the department OF agricul-
ture, IL Ia assumed, was created for the
protection as well as the advancement OF
the agriculture OF the United States, and
has efficient machinery for gathering the
necessary facts, II has been deemed proper
to inquire into the extent, the geographical
distribution, Of this prolific crop OF fraud,
Tor the benefit OF farmers in states and
counties into which 1t has not yet pene-
tfated.
There are reports OF the sale OF hulless
oats at an exorbitant price in certain coun-
Ties in Wisconsin and New York as much as
ten years ago, but the swindle does not ap.
pear to have taken root IN those localities.
In its more recent development It is re-
ported on good authority to have been i'm
ported from Canada about the year 1880
and planted in northern Ohio, where II soon
attained particularly vigorous growth. 1t
was early exposed, driven to western, to
central, and southern counties, and II soon
spread through portions Of Indiana and
Michigan, and eastwardly into Pennsylvania
and New York. During five years It has
made its way into every western state and
made local incursions southwark into Ken
lucky and Tennessee, and is beginning to
be heard Of In the extreme east
In the March circular were included in
quiries whether the Bohemian oats had been
introduced, whether sold by agents OF seed
companies, at what rates sold, their quantity
and productivcness, and also what other
frauds had been practiced by Adventures
claiming to be agents for the sale OF goods
assumed to be desirable.
Correspondence the attempt, in some
form, TO sell this grain at eXorbitant rates
IN twenty-five states, and the presence Of
the agents OF the organized swindle In
eighteen. Ohio is the center OF the infec-
ton, reports having been received from
forty-ilve counties. Indiana makes return
OF operations in twenty-four counties:
from Michigan come reports from sixteen
counties, mostly in the southern part OF
the state, most Of them among the richest
and most populous, and from ten
counties in different parts of ILL
nois. In Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
Iowa agents have appeared at fewer points,
and only an occasional foray has as yet
been madeinto Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska,
and Dakota, on the west, and into Ken
lucky and Tennessee southwark. Agents
have appeared In several counties In west
ern New York item are reported) and In
pennsylvania, and few in West Virginia.
One is reported in New London, Conn.,,
and one In Waldo, Me. Altogether there are
100 counties where this fraud Is reported,
and II is possible, and indeed probable, that
q complete report would reveal Its existence
in 200 counties.
The mode Of operating has been exposed
so thoroughly and in so many places that 1t
would seem superiiuous to describe It, and
yet the returns show that 1t is entirely I'M
known in many districts, especially In the
south, which may soon be invaded by an
army OF depredators.
The losses that have accrued are already
immense; it would require further time,
and prove difficult undertaking, yet II is
claim ed that In some counties they would
reach $4,000. Probably 100000 would
not cover them in Ohio, and possibly tho
aggregate for all the states would reach
several hundred thousand dollars. A loss
OF 500 by one man is common, and some
cases are reported Of 81, 200.
One OF the early promoters OF the scheme
In northern Ohio, Henry L. Bacon, was last
year sentenced to seven years. imprison-
ment In the Ohio penitentiary, by court at
Akron, for forgeries In connection with this
fraud. Others should follow speedily.
The returns relating to quality represent
invariably that these Bohemian or hulless
oats are OF inferior quality, not worth as
much as ordinary oats. One OF the most com
peteut judges in the country--Mr. Ferd.
Schumacher, the weit-known oatmeal man
ufacturer Of Akron, Ohio-in a letter to the
commissioner OF agriculture, dated Sept
80, 1885, makes the following statements in
regard TO them:
~ do not want them for oatmeal even at
the same price with common oats. lido not
know of mill anywhere using them for
oatmeal, and do not know OF farmer
sowing them more than twice. I do not
know Of any section in this country where
the experiment with them has been sue
cess. They have no standing In any of our
grain markets.
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