New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1892-04-20
THE REQ Mn ESDATIoSs-
Some Suggestions to the Next State Leg
isiature. :

Some SuEges tions to the Next State Leg
isiature. ,
The committee .eels called upon to rec
ommend to the legislature the passage OF
appropriate legislation tending to greater
protection to the producing and shipping
interests of the state and the greater eff
cheney of the present grain and warehouse
law. Its suggestions in this regard are
made as follows:
All railroad companies OF and doing business
In this state should be required TO construct and
MAINTAIN TRACK SCALES
at all OF their respective stations In the state
from which there were shipped during any pre-.
cedIng year at least sixty car loads of grain; and
as a reeompense to the said companies for pro.
yiding such service. and for doing and perfOrm-
ing whatever else may be found necessary aud
should be allowed them. The COMMITTEES
believes that it would be no less than
interests TO require by law that common car
riers be held responsible and accountable for tho
full amount OF grain received by them on board
their cars, which should i'll all instances be evil
denced before the cars leave their respective sta
tons by appropriate receipts; and in considera-
ton OF such responsibility and accountability
and for loss by shrlnkage and transportation
or other cause, thu said companies should be
allowed to tax assess one-haf OF 1 per cent
OF the amount received.
Second-Public warehouses should be required
by law to ascertain at least once during each
crop year the amount OF wheat in their bins and
OUTSTANDING WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
which should be done under the direction OF the
railroad and warehouse commission at such
time as the com mission may deem most practi-
cable and the results thereof should be made q
matter of public record. Public warehouse men
desiring to withdraw their license should be re-
quired to correctly ascertain the actual amount
OF grain on hand i'll their warehouses. and the
amount of outstanding warehouse receipts and
other obligations under the SUPERVISION and di-
rection of the railroad and warehouse commits
sion. before such withdrawal is granted, and a
similar aseerta1nment OF the condition OF pr.
waite warehouses should be required before
| license to do business as public warehouse men
Is granted TO such private warehouses as desire
to cooperate under a license.
Thlrd-In view OF the great Importance OF tho
subject and the vast interests involved, the
committee, without committing Itself to any
policy OF legisation, earnestly recommend that
the next legislature consider the ACCESSIBILITY OF
passing a law providing
CONTIGUOUS TO DEEP WATER,
at public expense, Wareho uses sufficiently large
TO afford storage without mixing the grain OF
different grades, for grain produced IN this state,
and for which service the state shall receive or
may impose mi Moderate charge.
observation-disclosures the committee would
recommend that the next legislature. either by
memorial to congress or otherwise. take some
steps to counteract the evil influence of wheat
gambling at Chicago and other great grain
centers. In view OF the fact that the operators
at Chicago are enabled to exalt or depress prices
at pleasure they have become a constant
menace to the greatest interests OF the North
west. Their influences in this respect is demon
strated by the remarkable fact that in the face
they have been able to hold wheat at abb
normally low prices, and from which circum-
stance the farmers of this state have suffered
appalling loss The influence OF that market
is at all times so great and uncertain that no
man with safety hold wheat for single
day. It may no doubt be accepted as q fact
| that for some time past
THE RULING PRICE OF WHEAT
has neither been determined by visible supply
nor the estimated amount OF grain in the
country, but rather upon the quantity which
wheat gamblers have felt disposed at any mo-
ment to precipitate upon the market. This be-
Ing true, there is no basis i'll reason upon which
a careful and prudent business man may pur-
chase wheat for future delivery or for the pur-
pose OF legitimate trade. So long as this condi-
ton OF affairs continues Minnesotas great
| staple crop will depend less in bringing wealth to
her people upon the legitimate demads of con.
sumption than upon the whims and caprices Of
| grain gamblers in Chicago. This is eombina-
ton which beegars all others by far in its PERM
/! cious effects upon the public We therefore
! and most serious consideration of the next
| legislature.
Fifth-The committee would recommend. il
practicable that public elevators be required to
| construct scales and weigh grain upon tho
| ground floor before the grain is elevated SO that
| the unloading OF cars may be under the super
| vision of state weigherS.
| The committee would also recommend that
| under circumstances should grain or screen
| lngs be permitted to be shipped out of public
| warehouses without weighing and inspection.
| GEORGE GEIssEL, ANDREW FRENCH
Chairman, f.. SEyATsoN,
/ JOHN Day SMITH. n. G. CAswELL.
2. E. BARRETT. JOHN ZELcH.
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