The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-04-14
TIE RECOMMENDATIONS.
Some Suggestions to the Next State Leg
iSlature.


islature.
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
Ill this state should be required to construct and
MAINTAIN TRACK SCALES
at all OF their respective stations in the state
ceding year at least sixty car loads OF grain; and
AS a recompense to the said companies for pro-
Vldlng 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
justice to such producing and shipping
interests to require by law that common car
rlers be held responsible and accountable for the
full amount OF grain received by them on board
Ihelr cars which should ill all instances be evil
denced before the cars leave their respective sta
t!ons Dy appropriate receipts: and in considera-
ton OF such responsibility and accounta Dity
or other cause the said companies Should be
allowed to tax Or assess One-haf OF / per cent
OF the amount received.
second-Pubiic wareh ouses should be required
by law to ascertain at least once during each
crop year the amount OF wheat i'll their bins and
the amount of
OUTSTANDING WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
"hlch should be done under the direction of the
railroad and warehouse commission at such
time as The commission may deem most practi-
cable and the results thereof should be made
matter of public record. Public warehouse men
desiring to withdraw their LICENSE should be re-
CURED to correctly ascertain the actual amount
OF grain on hand in 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
nj tha E
vate warehouses should be required before a.
license to do business as public warehouse men
is granted to such private Warehouses as desire
to cooperate under a license.
Thlrd-ln view of the great Importance OF the
subject and the vast interests involved, the
committee, without committing itself to any
policy OF legislation, earnestly recommend that
the lleXt legislature consider the adviSa bitv of
passing a law providing
CONTIGUOUS TO DEEP WATER
at public expense warehouses sufficiently large
TO afford storage without mixing the grain of
different grades Tor grain produced Ill this state,
and for which service the state shall receive or
may impose moderate charge.
FOurth-Furthermor 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 constant
menace to the greatest interests of the North
west. Their influence in this respect is demon
sCEdteu ny the remarkable TACT that Ill the lace
OF an unprecedented shortage in the old world,
they have been able to hold wheat at alb
normally low prices. and from which circum-
stance the farmers OF this state have suffered all
appalling loss. The influence OF that market
Is at all times SO great and uncertain that no
man can with safety hold wheat for a single
day. 1t may no doubt be accepted as a 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
ityvI hio,
wheat gamblers have felt disposed at any mo-
ment to preclpltate upon the market This be-
Ing true, there is no basis i'll reason upon which
a careful and prudent business man NAV DUR
chase wheat for future delivery or for the pur-
pose OF legitimate trade. So long as this condi-
ton OF affairs continues Minnesota's great
staple crop will depend less in bringing wealth to
her people upon the legitimate demads of con.
sumption than upon the whims and caprces OF
grain gamblers in Chicago. This is combina-
ton which beegarS all Others by far in its PERM
cous effects upon the public We therefore
recommend that the subject receive the earliest
and most serious consideration of the next
legislature
Fifth-The committee would recommend, if
practicable. that public elevators be required to
construct scales and weigh grain upon the
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, E. SEvATsoN
JOHN Day SMITH, N. G. CAswELL,
P. E. BARRETT JOHN ZELCH