St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-02

Reduction in Fees the Cause
How the Crop Was Dam
aged.
A. c. Clausen, chief Inspector of
grain, has submitted report TO the
railroad and warehouse commission.
He says:
The receipts of grain which have
been subject to inspection during the
season just closed have been as follows:
At Minneapolis, 100, l65 cars of wheat,
4.129 cars corn. 4,O39 cars oats, 552 cars
rye. 1919 cars barley, 1915 cars flax;
total, 115,279 cars. At Dnluuh, 65.741
cars wheat, 493 cars corn, 235 cars oats.
Isl cars rye, 146 cars barley, SIS cars
flax; total, 67.325 cars. At st. Paul, $50
cars wheat. PSI cars corn, 922 cars oats.
s cars rye, 100 cars barley, 229 cars flax;
total, $500 cars. At st. Cloud, 1.24l
cars wheat, making grand total OF
lS6.345 cars of all kinds of grain, or
123, l07, $50 bushels,
The inspections out of store during
the same period were as follows: At
Minneapolis, 1914 cars wheat, 1,034
CdIS COI IL. lsCOO Cdlo puNSs OJO Soio
1,04S cars barley and $40 cars tlaXSeed;
total, 4S,S36. At Duluth, 1.405 cars
wheat, SIS cars corn, cars oats, e cars
rye, IS cars barley and cars tlaXseed;
total, 1857 cars. At st. Paul, 1916 cars
wheat, Col cars corn. SCI cars oats. "a
rye and 1.125 cars barley; total, 1908
cars. At st. Cloud. none. Making a
grand total of 55.356 cars. In addition
to the above there was inspected "out
or store into vessels at Duluth as fol-
lows: Wheat, 81, 22S, 21S bushels; corn,
374, 737 bushels: rye, 81, 534 bushels; bar
ley, y, l49 bushels; tlaxseed, 345.S97
bushels; being a total OF 35,OS6. 1876
bushels.
A BIG DEFICIT.
The total financial receipts of the
inspection and weighing department
for the crop year Gncluding 81, 172.04
interest on deposits) were Sl3I, 2S6.26,
and the expenditures were S172, 2Sl.2O,
showing deficit of $40, 994.S4
Mr.. ClauSen attributes this result to
the reduction Of the inspection fec
from 20 TO Is cents per car, and 20 cents
for weighing. together with the fact
that the crop is lighter. AT the close of
the year, i'll August, 1892, he says the
surplus was SS4. 1896. and in view of
that the reduction was made to get rid
OF the surplus, and appears to have
succeeded. He recommends that the
fee be restored 10 ~ cents
CONDITION OF TIE CROP.
The wheat crop of last season in the
territory naturally tributary to North
western markets was deficient in volume
as compared with that of the preceding
one, the result OF the years work in car
loads received indicating a reduction of
about ID per cent. An extremely hot
temperature during the latter half of
August caught the wheat in its formative
stage, preventing the heads from filling
out well, and slightly pnched the ber-
res, which resulted in crop rich in
quality but lacking in weight. The sit
uaton was a somewhat anomalous one.
The bad weather prevailing at a critical
period OF Its growth had Stuuted the
development OF the grain, thus reducing
lis weight per bushel and therefore its
milling yield, while the same conditions
mad been instrumental Id largely in
creasing the normal percentage of
''giuten,' and thus presenting a rich
SINP III VI uu1IlliGS,
AS result of the hearing, at which
all interests were fairly represented, the
rules were amended by the adoption of
the following clause:
Hard, ttlnty wheat, containing no
appreciate mixture of soft wheat. NAV
be admitted to the grades of No.
northern and No. 8 wheat, provided the
test weight OF the same Is not more than
one pound less than the minimum test
weight required by the existing rules
for said grades, ana provided. further.
that such wheat Is IN all other respects
qualified for admission into said
grades"
he experiences and results of the
year have Vindlcated the judgmen mt OF
your honorable board in this important
matter.
PROTECTION FROM STEALING.
MIR. Clausen especially conimends the
practical working Of the law of '93 re.
curing railroads to furnish police pro-
lection tor cars until full delivery has
been made, aud then re-sealing after
Inspection before delivery. Tie mum
Der OF reports of small shortages at the
different WelghmaSterS' bureaus have
been reduced fully 90 per cent during
the operation Of the sealing system, as
compared with the number recorded
during similar period the year pre-
VlOuS.
THE COUNTY, WAREHOUSE LAW.
HE primary object OF This measure was
toeXteDd the jurisdiction or the commits
sion over the local markets of the state.
where nine-tenthS of the grain leaves
the producers hands, for the purpose of
correcting the general evils which might
prevail, and furnish the farmers with a
tribunal before which complaints
OF injustice or oppression could
be preferred. One of the prominent
features of the law, and the only
one which directly affects the work of
this department, is found in section 5.
which, briefly stated, provides that in
case OF disagreement between the nor
son delivering the grain and the local
Warehouseman as to the proper grade
or dockage of the same. an average
sample Of at least three quarts of the
grain III dispute may be taken bv one
or both parties and forwarded to the
chief Inspector at ST.. Paul. which shall
be accompanied by the request in writ
ing OF either or both of the parties.
Under this provision there have been
up TO the present time a con-
slueraOie number OF samples re-
ceiyed at this Office, and the opin-
ions returned by lis have been The
means of settling corresponding num-
Der OF disputes and grievances. While
II would be somewhat premature 10 pre-
diet that TINS condition is likely to con-
tlhue, the measure. thus far, in its prac-
teal effect, seems to have proved a
panacea for many ills, real or fancied.
which formerly existed. The records
OF this office show that l,O0S out of a
total number of 1850 country elevators
and warehouses, located on railroad
right OF way. have complied with the
provisions OF law by taking out licenses.
In concluding, the inspector SAYS that
inspectors and weighers are at St. Paul.
minneapolis, Duluth and Superior. In
Guiding railroads, mills and elevators.
they are at ninety-four points.