Morris tribune., 1891-06-10

wanted to get him out of the way. |
was his custom TO change the inspector
between West Superior and Daluth fire
| quently to acQuaint them with the ele
| vators.
In the cross examination by Mr.. Er
| win, Mr.. Fulton said that he had don
| everything for Mr.. Cross. He had save,
him from being discharged by tn
| board His Instructions were always t,
| give the wheat or the owners the benefi
of any doubt that might arise as to th'
grade of wheat, and he followed ou
these instructions 10 the letter.
Under the cross examination by Mr.
| Severance the witness emphatically de
MED that he had ever practiced any dis
elimination against Barnes, Thompson
q Co., as testified to by Mr.. Cross. H,
produced papers signed by various firm!
in Duluth corroborating his statement
State Inspector Clausen was recalled
and examined for an hour or more OF
the rules of the inspection department
| and if they were strictly enforced. He
thought the rules We're as strict as could
be made under the law.
A. ID. Thompson, 4 grain commission
man of Duluth, was put upon the stand
and he and Mr.. Erwin occupied the
rest of the afternoon. The attorney
wanted to find out the true inwardness
of the pit, but Mr.. Thompson did not
give him much satisfaction.
AT o'clock adjournment was taken,
Screenings Shipped at Midnight.
ST. PAUL, June 6.-Edwin McManus,
chief weigher at Duluth, was put on the
stand, and an hour spent in listening to
h hfc 1c ~ Tn hn
examination by Mr.. Erwin the witness
said that when he first went into Office,
two years ago he heard of some vessels
that We're loaded at Duluth being short
at Buffalo. He had some correspon-
nenCe from the officials at Buffalo show-
ing that about 100 vessels had been
short at that place during the two years
he has been in office. The shortage ON
IN average was about 20 pounds in 1000
bushels. One vessel was short 600 BUSH
els. Mr.. Severance asked that Julius
Smith be brought up from Buffalo to
answer a few questions, us he was the
man who had been making the charges
of shortages. The matter was laid over
until the contents Of Mr.. McManus' cor
respondence can be ascertained.
The witness further said that the loss
transported by the lakes did not fall
upon the people of this state, but upon
the vessel owners.
j. |. Thomas, agent of the Northern
Pacific and the South Shore and Allan
tic at Duluth, and T. A. Kemp, agent of
the Omaha, produced their books. The
latter testified that on one occasion he
was asked to get two cars to elevator E
u hn in,
after 1850, and they were pulled in be-
fore midnight. They We're billed as
screenings. He could not remember
when it was without looking up the
records. Nothing was said about great
haste.
Charles Cam a Duluth grain
dealer testified IL .yor of the elevators.
Eric Had His Ears Open.
ST. PAUL. June 9.-Eric Olson was
placed on the stand to tell what he knew
about buying and selling wheat at the
country warehouses and elsewhere. He
told what he could about ten different
firms and then about the manner of
weighing at the country stations.
Have you ever had occasion to con-
plain of these local buyers ?"
Ne, AaYe generally been treated |
we'll enough.
DO you know of any time when they |
gave you short weight?"
mo. l remember one time I took a |
ot of wheat to an elevator. It had a lot !
If pigeon seed in it. We gave it test |
md they treated me very fairly. But |
saw another man come in and | think |
perhaps they took out a little more out |
If him.
Thus it went all along. Eric knew of |
nothing out Of the way from his own
knowledge, it was all hearsay.
Buffalo Scales Incorrect.
Mr., Berry gave an account of his trip
% Buffalo a year ago last fall, He said |
he trip was made at the solicitation of |
he elevator people and the state weigh
master at Duluth. He first went to |
Duluth and watched the loading of the |
hip Italia from elevator D. Then he |
ook the train to Buffalo, where he |
the unloading of the ship at |
he Niagara B elevator. The cargo
weighed seventy-seven bushels short,
Ind Mr.. Berry called for a test of the
cale. 1t was found to be slow five
pounds to every 100 bushels, and this,
ogether with about five bushels which |
vas refused and left on board, just
tDOuI maze Ine discrepancy, MIR. Berry
;uen went to five or six other elevators
md found most of the scales out more
,r less, in favor of the Buffalo compa-
lies.
Overases Not Reported.
G. M. Rees testified that during his
wo years term of Office as weighmaster
n Minneapolis he had received between
'O0 and 400 complaints of shortage.
)verages were not reported, but his
nen had examined the tickets of weight
md found nearly as many averages as
hortages.
"As to wheat being stolen, continued
he witness, ito my certain knowledge
here is in Minneapolis great deal of
,rain stolen from the cars while stand
ng on the track.
He had not been able to fix the amount
# wheat stolen in the course of year,
,ut 1t was many thousands of bushels.
ie explained that the elevators, mills
nd commission firms had sample men
Who took samples from the cars they
we're interested in, and it was difficult
o tell the thieves from the authorized
amplers. He suggested that the cars
'e resealed after the samples were
AIKEN.