The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-05-06
Minority Report Of the Grain Investigation,

Minority Report Of the Grain Investigation
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To HIS EXCELLENCE ovn mr Of tb STATE Of Minnesota
c YOUR attention to before the committee
uv 2nd 1891 in Martin Wyman grain commission
Merchants at Minneapolis 10TH 1891 follows The total
receipts at the four principal spring wheat points since Apgos n
ming Minneapolis 49, 7SO246 Duluth Chc
60 2eo327 Milwaukee, 1924 4makng total OF s44o3979
bushels during the same Time asC anu
5791O322 n 1889.
1.-THE gathered Minneapolis manufacture at that point
regarded simply gathered for and Tor foreign snip
ne,t after manufacture governed by the compet
price wheat at Duluth the nearest point to
apos cheap shipment Therefore, the wheat gathered At Min
should logically by the at Duluth
and be considered part portion the Duluth aggregate
calculating Duluth wheat the market OF the world
The same principle Milwaukee and Chicago
point fixing wheat By adding Duluth and
Minneapolis Of SO bushels as against 2
14 Chicago Milwaukee, little three times as
aggregated at Duluth and Minneapolis as aggregated at
Chicago and Milwaukee.
Under supply Duluth Minneapolis should
have three times the power influence and every otner element III e
price grain Chicago and Milwaukee What fiction
application of the law supply and demand to the
market at Duluth and Minneapolis Chago win the wneac agg
gated Milwaukee having little 21OO0OOO bushels to its
price 63 million bushels gathered at Duluth and Min
napo most certainly done by power other the law
supply this reasoning let it
this oses the fact that the lake and
from Duluth to the seaboa as reported the testimony taken
the Duluth the
nearly equal freight Chicago the seaboard
reported the Auditors office OF the Interstate
the highest authority These rates
are as
Lhh Valley Transportation Company connection with the
iehgh Valley Philadelphia export per
Duluth Minnesota Lake and rail line Of freight
from Chicago pounds" this being
per This therefore, different but centper buhe
favor Chicago that the
from tonnage Chicago
practically the from Duluth the aboard it from Chca
go the being equal what fac
E what what influence it which permits Chicago with twenty
govern price million bushels Duluth?
situation the Duluth and Minneapolis markeshr PROSTATE stu
the influence OF unnatural combine doub told and de-
sced when it ascertane from the testimony and admitted fact
that the price OF at and forced to be the price
Chicago freight Duluth quote the
of the Minneapolis Northern
which 100 elevators this state and the
which gathered 100000 bushels
with the Mr. Psbuy
morning with the fuctuaon Of the Chicago marke
that right The Chicago market reflected back
Chicago market less freight here Chicago amt it? Answer
practically Question Now absolute fact isn't it, that the
from Chicago and Duluth the
WE'LL posted Question Well ground
they are same ought Just for
foreign market it Chicago Answer Yes rates freight being
the same they ought to-
of the a combine douby
read from the testimony Mr. Tesbe Secretary the Railroad and
Wa Commission, follows
(By Barrett the paper
have the Pioneer May 3d 1890 The
date the Chicago from which have just quoted? Answer
Question What the quotation of No. hard Duluth
day. No hard 91A Question Will you
the other The Chicago oun what the quotations Cca
go No hard? Answer 9SA for hard wheat special bin
Ihope point
that the
Now what what influence could possibly make the difference
between Chicago Duluth power foreign
supply and demand arbitrarily this difference Why
63 million bushels wheat at Duluth and Minneapolis control the 81
Chicago Milwaukee may brethren
committee understand the combine what under
that word Ii brethren the committee
arbitrarily preor
at agree
reached this combine