St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-08
WHEAT CARRIED IN CARS.
Annual Report Of the State Grain In
spector.
AN INCREASE IN RECEIPTS,
Minnesota Famed Throughout the World
for the Quality Of This Important /
Breadstuff.

menus OF the state railroad ana ware
house commission have completed their
annual reports, which were yesterday
approved by the commissioners. .
Chief Grain Inspector j. A. James,
states the third annual report of the
grain inspection department is for the
crop year ending September l., 1888.
The receipts at Minneapolis were 1852
cars of wheat, against 71,0S2 cars for
SO.7ls cars against S5.O23 for
1887: at St. Paul 1881, against
ISIS for 1887, making total of 1928
for last year, against 1923 cars for
1887, a gain of 1892 cars. The falling
off in receipts at Duluth and the gain
at Minneapolis was unquestionably
caused by the demand for wheat for
home consumption by the millers, as
the margin upon flour was an induce
ment for them to do as much business
as possible. While the total number of
cars received the present year exceed
that of last year, the net bushels of
grain, after cleaning, will be smaller,
as most of the grain was quite dirty, and
the dockage for dirt, therefore, nee
esSarily greater. The question of dock
age is the most difficult one the
inspectors have to deal with. 1t is i'm
possible, with the very best appliances
in use, to always arrive accurately at
the amount of dirt and foul seed in
wheat, but a No. inspector. with suffi-
cient experience in docking, can make
the general average about right. How
necessary it is that the inspectors be
experts in the business will be seen by
the following illustrations: The entire
crop received was over 67,000,000 BUSH
els. Taking this quantity of wheat.
and supposing a mistake in dockage of
only one ounce to the bushel is made,
it would make
A DIFFERENCE OF 69,792 BUSHELS.
With the amount of wheat, ranging
from one-half to ten pounds to the
bushel, it viii be seen that this is not
an easy matter to handle. To the ele-
vator company, handling 100000 or
100000 bushels of wheat per year, a
small loss to the bushel in dOckage
would be a serious matter. From all
the information obtainable, l am of the
opinion that the dOckage has been
about right. When grain is shipped
out Of public elevator. the inspector
has also to be very careful to see that
nothing but clean wheat and the proper
grade is loaded, that will compare ia
WI dolo Will IuC odiHpiOo VI WuV0t oOLiC
out as "Minnesota grades" and known
markets, as well as in the
principal Eastern markets of this
country. There has beeno less
complaint and less friction between the
different interests in st. Paul, Mime
apolis and Duluth during the past year
than ever before. Each city is in charge
of chief deputy inspector, who has
under him a, corps of assistants. The
receipts of the year were 800, 731.96 as
compared with $84,373.51 the previous
year; while the expenditure was $751;
1866 as compared with Sc. 731 80 in the
preceding year. leaving the net earnings
of the department $9,235. There are
two reasons why the expenses of the
past year exceeded those of 1887. First,
it was necessary to pay the oldest and
most experienced men upon the force a
little more salary to keep them. See
Ondly, the crop was very difficult to
handle, owing to being SO full of foul
seed. IA
Last year tho chief grain inspector
recommended a reduction of % cents
per car might be made in the inspection
fee, but now does not think it would be
advisable to do so before -
- ANoTHERSCROP BEGINS TO MoVE.sI
G. W. Marchant. state weighmaSter of
grain at Minneapolis, reports that the
receipts of his department were S25,-
024.40, and expenses S22, S93.41; the past
year this department has handled ILL.,
159 cars. If all these were made up into
solid train, allowing forty feet for
each car, they would make train S42
miles long, or would reach from Mime
apolis to Chicago and back with twenty
six miles to spare. MI. Marchant makes
two recommendations First, that a
chief state weighmaster should be APP
weighing system of the state. with the
same powers as the chief grain inspect
or. Second, that at all elevators there
be man stationed below whose duty
among other things shall be to inspect
all cars received and note their condi-
ton.
I'll. A. Norton, state Weighmaster of
Duluth, reports that five elevators have
been built since his last report, and
were they all running he should require
more men on the force. But ali the
houses are not running, and it does not
look as though Duluth was going to get
very much grain the coming season,
and Mr., Norton preSumeS he will be
able to get along with less number of
men.
E. S. Warner. who has charge of the
registration Aand canceling of grain re-
ceipts, recommends that for the three
principal markets, st. Paul. Minneapo-
lis and Duluth, the warehouse law be
so amended as to require all receipts to
be registered. He also recommends
that the law.be amended soa as to cause
each elevator company to weigh up
once year, under the supervision of
state weighmaster, all grain in store.
This would show accurately the bust
ness of each year, and would also en-
a more careful study of the dockage
question.