St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-23
Juvenile Wheat Spectators
Find Themselves in a =.
Corner. s
The Expected Happens. and
Police Captain Harvey s.
Gets There. r
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Many Events Which Make a
Day Of News in Min q
neapolis. d
A PRACTICAL MAN.
A Needed Representative in the
Warehouse Com mission.

A Needed Representative in the
Warehouse Commission.
Col. &. S. Rogers. who generally
voices the sentiment of the leading
grain dealers of Minneapolis, has this
to say in the Market Record concerning
the appointment of the railroad and
warehouse commission:
Since the political side of the railroad and
warehouse commission is supposed to be un-
der advisement, by the governor and his
counsellors, it would be we'll for them To con-
slider also the practical side of it. The law
creating the commission was enacted to con-
serve public interest. Now if the purpose OF
the law in creating the commission is carried
out, so as to benefit the public to the fullest
extent, men must be selected with reference
to their fitness for their official work. 1t is not
fair to say the commission law was created 10
benefit class or to assist the governor in pay
ing of political obligations. There are many
practical grain questions to be considered by
the commission. and there ought TO be one
practical grain man in it. Among such ques-
tons is that of perfect uniformity in grading
From the man that raises the wheat TO the
miller that grinds it all are alike interested
in it. There is no real antagonism. 1t is the
best interest of all to have grade that is the
same for the same quality of grain at all
places and under all circumstances. That
we have not had such is probably due to in
experience of the commissioners.
Another question is the public warehouse
law. A law that is not practical for ware
houses to work under as public warehouses,
is worse than no law. A practical grain man
on the commission would, long before this
have seen where, by the exercise of little
practical common sense, the law as 1t stands
might be amended 3 all our elevators could
work under it. Now they are driven
out and forced to operate as private ware
houses. 1t is greatly to the interest OF ele-
vator owners to make their houses public
houses Receipts OF public houses are con-
sidered more valuable by Eastern loaners
tent as collateral for loans. There are many
other reasons in favor of the public ware
house system. For lack Of few small prac-
teal amendments the public, as well as the
owners, loose the benefit of a public ware
house system. intended for them by the
trainers of the law. There is another ques-
ton calling for consideration here. 1t is
wheat stealing from cars in the yards here,
after the seals have been broken.
the seals, the state inspector and the sample
man. After that the cars are plundered by
thieves, seemingly as q profession. There
have been instances where wheat has been
weighed before and after, by deputy state
weighmaster and as high as forty bushels
difference found, but more commonly the
loss reaches five to ten bushels in each in
stance. such losses usually fall upon the
shipper from the country, be he farmer OF
mission, working for the public, could frame
such suggestions as would greatly aid the
legislature in mitigating the general evils
complained of, in the working of the present
grain law, if not in removing them alto
gether.