St. Paul daily globe., 1891-04-18

MUM lING, AL I'LL IS,
the Lake Superior Transit company
show that the Winslow
Carried Away
from Duluth 10000 bushels of wheat,
thus leaving 10000 bushels of which
there is no record of inspection.
The books of the Lake Superior Tran
sit company show that on July 2S 1886,
the propeller Japan carried from Duluth
| 10000 bushels of wheat to the order of
G. ii. Graves & Co.. shipped by the
same, and 10000 bushels of wheat to Or
der of George Spencer, shipped by the
same, but the books of the inspector
fail to show any inspection of grain on
this vessel.
The books of the transit company
show that on Aug. 10, 1889, there was
shipped out by the propeller India $4,000
bushels of wheat consigned to c. q.
Graves q Co. and shipped by the same,
while the books of the state inspector
fail to show any record of the lnSpec-
tion of such shipment.
The books of the Transit company
show that Sept. 4. 1886, the propeller
B. w. Blanchard carried from Duluth
$4,000 bushels of wheat, consigned to
the order of G. ii. Graves & Co., and
shipped by the same, while the books of
the state inspector fail to show any rec
ord of the inspection of any such ship
, ment.
Again: Sept, 9, $4,000 bushels; Oct.
8, 25,2 220 bushels, given by the books of
the Transit company. but not mentioned
by the state inspector.
Mr.. Fulton suggested that the report
of such shipments might be found in
/ the daily reports.
The daily reports we're examined. but
no record was found of the shipments
of such grain.
September 2S, 1887, by the books of
the state inspector, there was inspected
into the propellors India and l.. A. NJ.
from elevator "E'' 22,95O.50 bushels of
| No. l hard wheat, and also from eleva-
tor sd" 5.049. 10 bushels of No. l hard
wheat, and 5,059.10 bushels of No. l
| hard wheat, partly erased in lead pen
ellis. The books of the Lake Superior
Transit company show that there was
| shipped 2S, 600 bushels of wheat for Van
Dusen, Elliott Il Co., and 1862 bushels
OF wheat for G. II. Graves & Co., of
which there is no record.
j. w. Cross was deputy grain inspect
or at Duluth from August, 1887. After
Mr. Shelley left the department and
Mr.. Fulton became chief deputy in
opCCtOt hLOW VI lain UcllIS ldhSu
| into the elevators and then loaded out,
| reinspe cted and loaded out at
A Higher Grade.
| than it went in at. That there were
cargOeS that went out the same way;
that w. s. Moore had a number of them,
and Van DuSen had one or two. That
he kept book to record the cases in
which the grade has raiSee and another
grade put on it. That he could not tell
how many cargoes there were, but there
were good many, he should think
about 100000 bushels. That the differ
ence by reason of change of grade would
be about or 5 cents per bushel. Some
| of these cargOeS which have been raised
were shipped from the elevator in Su-
perior, witness thought that the Great
Northern elevator had some, and was
| sure SawyerS' elevators had.
The report proceeds to refer to work
made by clerks engaged to compare the
bills of the Northern Pacific railroad.
The lists compared refer entirely to
the years 1883, 1889 and 1890. There
were forty-one cars of wheat and sew
enty-eight cars of screenings in 1888
shipped from Duluth, of which there is
no record of inspection. Twenty-Five of
! these cars went to Milwaukee, 80 to
Minneapolis, 2 to st. Paul and 13 to mis-
L
| 21S cars loaded with wheat and 7S with
screenings, of which there is no record
of inspection. Of these 5S were sent to
Milwaukee, &c to Minneapolis, "a to st.
! Paul, 20 to Chicago. A to the mills at
| Duluth, to Omaha and 27 to miScel-
| laneOuS points.
The committee calls attention to the
| fact that the wheat shipped out on the
| Duluth. South Shore q Atlantic with
out inspection was billed out as screen
ings, to which the testimony is COM
| plete. Also the fact that it appears in
| the testimony that 100000 pounds of
screenings shipped on the Transit COM
| pany's boats was put into the same hold
| with 1,600 bushels of No. hard wheat
| in the vessel.
! In 1890 there were 1872 cars loaded
with wheat and shipped out of Duluth,
of which
The Record Fails
to show any inspection, and the list
| shows that there were billed from
Duluth 40 cars billed as screenings.
In the years 1888, 1889 and 1890 the list
| shows there were 651 cars loaded and
| shipped from Duluth, which the record
| of inspection fails to show. These cars,
| estimated at 600 bushels per car, would
reach the amount of $4,000 bushels.
The report or the committee closed
with correspondence relative to Mr..
| Ripley desiring to cross examine wit
nesSes and have his side of the case
| laid before the committee.
Mr.. Ripley refused to appear before
the committee, and his reasons were,
because the committee denied the cor
porations of which he was SuperIn-
tendent the right to be represented by
counsel or to be represented at all.
''They are denied the right to be con-
fronted by the witnesses, or to have the
opportunity to crOSS-eXamine them, or
to know the testimony that is being
given in SAID proceedings. or to know
the nature of charges made against said
companies OF against myself"
The report concludes with a reSolu-
ton, in which there is the following:
We respectfully call the attention of
the house to the testimony of the vari-
Gus witnesses relating to the improper
cleaning of cars while being unlOaded,
and the spilling of wheat at the time of
such unloading,as we'll as the testimony
in relation to the so-called pocket bins
arranged under the shipping spouts in
the elevator, and the milling of grain i'll
shipping it out of the elevators, and es-
pecially to the fact that the testimony
shows that the Lake Superior and Union
Improvement Elevator companies own
or control all the public elevators in
Minnesota on Lake Superior.
THE MINORITY REPORT.