The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-19

gentleman upon the floor of either
house would presume to mock tn e
farmer with provision covering
more than page of the printed
bill which pretends to give him the
| right to receive his wheat on track
as now, and then, with a proviso.
takes it from him again, unless he
desires to pay an absolutely extra
one and a quarter cents per bushel
for the privilege.
do not know why the mystery
! was made of including the Wiscon-
sin terminal houses where some
large corporations are interested,
| without naming them, but 1 do not
make any point of this mystery.
I do know that this clause of this bill
| is purely and entirely in the interest
| OF the elevator man, and against
the interest of the farmer to the
| extent of cent and a quarter per
bushel. You see that it is provided
| that the elevator man shall desig-
nate the elevator after the farmer
has designated the terminal point.
What does this mean? Nothing per-
haps serious, but that there is pos
| slbility of the wheat being delivered
| from some elevator where there
will be two switching charges extra
to pay, thus taking another half
cent from the value of the wheat.
| do not lay any stress upon the
point, l merely say that it is pos
sible.
To my mind the proviso which
puts all storage wheat. or wheat de-
livered for shipment into the hands
of the elevator man, permitting
him to profit by the superiority OF
the wheat received from the farmer
and to give him in lieu thereof
terminal elevator wheat worth one
and quarter cents less than wheat
on track, is as conclusive evidence
that the bill was hastily passed
over, as is the absurd and ridicu-
lous provision in line 81, page
which prevents an elevator from
issuing but one receipt in day.
mo two receipts or orders bear
ing the same date shall be issued
during the same year from the same
warehouse" So that if I take in
Smiths load Of wheat and give him
receipt for it, will have to ask
Brown to wait until tomorrow for
a receipt for his load.
At line 40 of page and following
you are to ''properlv indorse" your
ticket or order-are to be the claw
full holder" and if cars or vessels
to receive your wheat 'shall have
been furnished' it don't say by
whom or when, you are to receive
your grain within twenty-four hours
thereafter. A mass of red tape does
not seem necessary and is not now
| practiced, the ticketsobeing good in
| the holders hands without embar
rassment or doubt as to lawful own
| ership.
Ending this remarkable section,
which seems to be sort of patch
| work, is provision that the owner
of the grain shall have the right to
demand his grain in state public
! warehouse, if any are blished by
| law.
AS this Senate bill No. 371 estab-
fishes state and public elevators by
law, and the elevator man holds
still his 'prior right and liberty"
| this provision doesn't seem to
| amount to much.
Sec. 5. Provides for sending of
sample in case of dispute and makes
the chief inspector the judge of the
quality Of the sample. No provision
is made for the Identification of
the sample, and unless the patries
lin disputeo agree, in which case
there is no need Of an arbitrator by
the chief inspector there does not
seem to be any chance under this
provision to reach any practical
conclusion.
Here is a case: Elevator man A.
| and Farmer B. disagree as to grade
| and dockage. B. desires to send
| sample to the chief inspector. A.
| saws have no desire to arbitrate
and declines. B. then sends a sam
| pie Of Eat least three (3) quarts" in
''suitable sack, properly tied and
sealed. express charges prepaid"
A. declines to have anything to do
with the transa ction. The inspect
or gets 1.-THE equitable sack" and a
letter from B. He inspects the
wheat in the sack and notifies the
parties. It is conclusive evidence
of the grade or dockage, or both,
|
acter would receive if shipped to
the terminal point and subjected to
| official inspection"
What of it? What does it prove?
Is there any way to show that the
sample is sample of
! the wheat about which A.
and B. jangled2 B. may say it is,
and A. may say it is not, or say
nothing. And there you are. Moth
ing is determined; nothing settled.
This clause like the rest Of the bill
is a jun BILE of words without clear
ness and apparently without much
purpose.
The inspectors certificate would
amount to this: II have received
| sample of wheat from B. Such
grain if shipped to the terminal
point and subject to official inspec-
ton would grade-." He might
| add a date at which his opinion
| should terminate, as 1t is well
known fact that the inspection is
slooser'' or "tighter'' at times.
Suppose the wheat was shipped in
and didn't grade as the chief inspec-
| tor thought it would. What tn ena
| Nothing.
What purpose is served by enact
! ing such stuff into law2 What are
you trying to doa To fool the farm
| er and make him believe that You
are legislating for his benefit9 APP
| peal to any member of the legisla-
| ture to read this section 5, and to
say what possible relief can come
| from its provisions.
Sec. 6. Provides what the rail-