St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-12
Wadena, hail-struck and all, ought to
have graded No. northern. He based
his opinion on the looks of it.

Ills opinion on the looks OF IL.
How should No. northern look?"
Il should say it had TO be grade of whea
that was sound-perhaps not less than fifty
eight pounds to the bushel-dry and III good
marketable condition. Blue STEM or any
kind of fife wheat ought to grade No.
northern"
would you grade any soft wheat as NO.
northern?'
4 don't think we have any soft wheat
there
''rhat isn't the question:
''If could see some soft wheat | could
tell" 4e
Answer the question"
II don't claim to know the inspection
rules in Duluth All l Know is that my COM
mission man wrote me that the misgrading
was steal y iip
''Witness acknowledges that he knows
nothing about the inspection rules
Il don't acknowledge anything OF ihe
kind. know when l see slashing good
grade of wheat
That's all you know about it?''
Witness acknowledged having written
the following in Minneapolis weekly
paper: 81
To cap the climax. Chief Inspector Clausen
goes to Duluth, raises the dockage. and makes
the incest wheat l ever saw grown lnspeet
no. 2, when there were buyers scramDllng
for it at the grade that it WIS going at. ana
when there was margin of three 10 nFe
cents on Duluth prices to ship to BuHalO.
But suppose the Pillsbury English syndl.
cate at Minneapolis had TO be heipeo out
in some way. as there is an eXpors
demand for wheat at Duluth that would
probably stop its making SlOUDO or SloVoo
day Between the bears in Chicago those
whoopers-up of big crops-the Minneapolis
and st. Paul newspapers-Chlef inspector
Clausen and the general managers OF the
railroads, all trying to protect the Whea,
stealers in the elevators along our rallroau
lines, it looks as though The farmers wives
and daughters would still have to wear gar
ments made of flour sacks ornamented win
the four-X brand, which is not an uneom-
mon thing i'll our agricultural districts
Witness contended that he had seen
such clothing as he described, but 1t
was on the clothes line. lie said he had
heard a boy say that the elevator men
said there was raise OF grade When
Clausen goes to Duluth.
Then you have no definite knowledge on
which to base that assertion"
No: the pa Ders tell us when Clausen goes
to Duluth, and my car went No. when he
was there"
The witness, continuing, said:
II feel that all grain loaded by Independent
BUYERS has q harder tussle than any other.
Elevator companies have told me tnat they
had some pretty poor stuff that went through
ali right. | feel that every car loaded Dy IN
dependent BUYERS is reported by the elevator
companies to their head office in Duluth"
Witness was shown Sample OF
wheat. and asked what he would grade
it. He replied:
mo. northern, if it came in with six or
eight loads of other good wheat" -.
Mr. Clausen-I waut to introduce this as
mple to go before the commission as re-
jected wheat-nearly all goose wheat.
Shown another sample, he said he
should grade it as No. northern, If 1t
came in with six or eight loads of good
wheat.
Mr. Clausen-This sample. under the rules,
would grade rejected, on account of mix
ture of goose wheat.
Witness was Interrogated at length
regarding people visiting cars for inde-
pendent buyers, and admitted that he
never ordered any one out OF his cars:
Relative to the railroad commission and
their treatment of his complaint, he
said he was satisfied that they hadn't
power to keep UP with the railroad conf
panies. Witness admitted that while
he had been in the wheat business so
long, and knew so little about the buSi-
ness, it wasn't surprising that there
was so much ignorance about the grain
business among the people OF the North
west who are less posted.
"If the committee is curtailed in its efforts
by laws which it doesn't make, ana wnlch
may be defective and incomplete, are not
these criticisms unjust!
II don't think that should pass Judgment
Oh that"
Witness admitted that while in buSl-
ness in Iowa he had been in a pool with
the buyers. The object was to get such
a margin as they thought they ought to
have. He was most always bull, and
that's how he became to be whipped by
the bears in Chicago. Had experienced
loss in weighte in shipping to Chicago.
Chairman Geissell-You needn't put that
on record. I'm getting tired OF this foolish
ners it7~
Mr.. Clausen-I have an object in these
questions am irving to get at Mr.. Stoves
career as he has assaiIedi the com mission. 4
want to show his character and his unrella-
biity as a witness. If am not allowed 10
do this his evidence ought to be stricken out
/ have right to defend myself when as
sailed. All want is fair play. ~
Chairman Geissel-If your object is to i'm
peach his testimony don't see as we can
prevent 1T.
MIR. Causen-lt will take me two days with
the witnesses shall bring to show the falsity
of his charge, ana if l can't be allowed to do
it his testimony shall be stricken from the
record
Chairman Geissel-If you have anything
further TO show about Minnesota Inspection,
question the witness.
MI. OlduSEII dShGu lidt IL HC WClC ltOt
to be allowed to bring such witnesses as
he desired, the entire evidence of the
witness be stricken out. II want to go
back into the career of this witness and
impeach his testimony"
Mr.. Erwin said that stories about the
man were not in the line Of impeach-
ment.
MIR. Clausen-H this committee allows
people to come here at this late day and
testify without corrobOrative evidence,
l should be allowed to bring my wit
nesses.
Mr.. Erwin said the grain growers OBJ
jected to striking out the testimony
relative to the grain inspection. The
evidence showed a fraudulent and cor
rupt inspection of two cars OF witness
grain. and it should stand. If the de-
PENDANTS could explain it away let them
do it.
Senator Smith asked Mr.. Erwin when
the grain growers expected to close
their case:
MIR. Erwin-We have no case. We ale here
to investigate.
Senator Smith-We are see-sawing along
here with no defn ite object in view.
Mr.. Erwin said no one intended at
the outset to attack the inspection de-
partment. But the attack had come out
incidentally, and the department can't
be whiteWaShed by striking anything
from the record.
Mr.. ClauSen said he had never been
allowed to call witness to defend the
department. They had been here, but
had been crowded out by new witnesses
for the grain growers. and he thought
the balance of the time should be de-
voted to the department.
MIR. Erwin said If they could impeach
Stowe, let them do it.
Mr. Clausen said Stoves evidence
wass all hearsay, and if the committee
was satisfied to accept it as such, he was
content to let it go in that way.
Mr.. Stowe said that there wasn't
much that he knew. But he did know
that it was different buying wheat