St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-05

business, they sat quietly down and
waited for such chances as those that
came last fall. They would not quite
meet the competition of the farmers
house when there was no blockade,
and did not handle as much wheat
among them as did the independent
house. This season they handled more
than usual because Of the inability of
the farmers house to keep open during
the busiest season. Had there been
adequate supply of cars the independ-
ent house would have handled more
than half Of the wheat marketed in
Mcintosh.
1t was at Mcintosh that there was
complaint in 1894 of the weights given
by one of the houses. The scales were
examined. The result was that a lever
reaching under the scale platform and
operated by means Of a loose nail In
the floor near the scales was dfscov-
cred. Then two farmers, Andrew Mel
son and Andrew Higdon,
SPRING THE TRAP
and the appliance was removed forth
with. They allowed the buyer to weigh
hopper full of wheat, and when he
gave the number Of bushels they OBJ
jected, and finding the nail, proved
their assertion that the scales were be-
ing monkeyed with, for they took turns
in standing on the nail and demonstrate
ing the effect upon the weights indi-
Gated on the beam. Their claim was
settled, but their mouths were not
closed, and the matter was thoroughly
ventilated.
There was some track shipping from
Mcintosh. but not nearly as much as
there could have been could the farm
ers have obtained cars during the rush
of the wheat during the fall and early
winter. After the rush was over and
the farmers house could receive grain,
there was not the same occasion for
direct shipment, as the producers could
gain but little over the prices paid by
Larson. The farmers, however, who
hauled to Fertile during the rush saved
or cents over the prices paid by the
line houses for the same grades.
Ole Erickson lives three miles nearer
Mcintosh than to Fertile, and he had
1000 bushels of wheat to sell. When the
farmers house was blocked here he
hauled to Fertile, and got No. l hard
for the same wheat that the line houses
at Mcintosh would only grade No. 2
northern. He saved enough to pay
for hauling his wheat to market, max
ing from to cents on each bushel.
After the blockade was raised he
hauled to Mcintosh, and sold all his
wheat to the farmers house.
Jens Hegelson hauled to Mcintosh
until the farmers house was filled up
and when the other houses would not
give better than No. northern he
took his wheat to Fertile, where it
graded No hard. He made cents by
hauling the additional four miles, it
being four miles further to Fertile
than to Mcintosh.
Ole Severson lives nine miles from
Mcintosh and eighteen miles from Fer
tile Until the blockade closed up the
farmers house here he sold to the farm
ers' house for No / northern, then the
other houses would only give No. 2
northern, and he took his wheat to Fer
tile, where he sold for No. 1 hard, and
made over cents a bushel.
Christ Olson hauled some wheat to
Fertile during the blockade and it
graded No. hard. The distance from
his home to Fertile is sixteen miles, and
is only thirteen miles to Mcintosh. He
would rather sell at No. / northern at
Mcintosh than haul the, additional dis
lance, besides the roads are better to
this place.
LARSON'S CLAIM
O. Larson, of the town of Winger,
hauled two loads of wheat to the Min
neapolis & Northern, line house at
Mcintosh, during the blockade, and
claims to have lost two bushels on each
load. He used the same sacks, and
they were always filled alike, but he
received two bushels less on each load
sold at the Minneapolis & Northern
than on loads of the same number Of
sacks hauled to the farmers house at
Mcintosh.
John S. King, living three miles north
east of Mcintosh, hauled three loads
to the line houses during the blockade,
and neither would give him. a better
grade than No. northern. He sold
two loads to the ST. Anthony &, Da-
kota and one to the Minneapolis &
Northern at No. northern. He after
wards sold some to Andrews & Gage,
Independent, at No, ! northern, and
carload to the farmers house at
which he received No. northern.
Andrew Adams lives seven miles
southeast of Mcintosh and during the
blockade hauled two loads here and
sold to the line houses for No. 2 north
ern the best grade they would offer.
The day before he had hauled two
loads of the same wheat to Fosston
and it was graded No. 1 northern.
Edward Tinberg and Thron Engle-
bertson were two farmers who made
three or four cents bushel by hauling
their wheat to Fertile during the
blockade at Mcintosh. They have only
eight miles to haul to this town and the
They considered themselves well paid
for hauling the extra twelve miles.
Andrew Trovanton wanted to ship
his wheat direct and had stored it in
the farmers elevator. When the car
he had ordered had arrived the agent
refused to allow it to be delivered at
the farmers house and said Trovanton
must load from the track. AS he had
already stored his wheat in private
bin in the farmers warehouse. he had
to give up shipping direct.
Inglebert Larson, the buyer for the
Farmers Elevator company, said they
shipped all their wheat to Duluth and
Superior, as they received better treat
ment there than at Minneapolis. The
commission charged at Duluth is only
one-half of cent bushel against a
switching on trackage charges at the
head of the lake but these are frequent
ly deducted when the wheat is shipped
to Minneapolis. Mr.. Larson thought
there were some strange discrepancies
fixed by the state inspectors and cited
two instances where they were I'M
doubtedly in error He shipped, early
this season, some wheat from the crop
of '94, and it was as good grain as he
had ever seen. When it reached Mimi
eapolis it was graded No. 8, while all
of the wheat shipped from the crop Of
'94 had graded No. hard. He thought
this indicated a disposition to grade
down the crop Of '95. On the other
hand he shipped some wheat that was
a bad case of rejected, for it was
smutty, frosted and dirty. This was
from the crop Of So and was graded at
Minneapolis No. / northern. three
grades better than it was entitled to.
He had found the inspection to be far
more uniform and much fairer at
Duluth than at Minneapolis.