St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-22
NORTHERN GRAIN TO THE
ELEVATION
1T IS GRADED DOWN A PEG.
HOME OR SELLING 1T AS
NO. z.
THE WARREN BOARD of TRADE
the Elevators From Continu-
ing Their Squeeze.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WARREN, Mimi, Jan. 21.-There IS
no dearth of information bearing upon
the iniquitous case of the elevator COM
bine at this place during the shipping
season last fall. The elevator people
put their foot in it and when they
saw the cloud ready to burst tried to
blow it away, but they only succeeded
in making it burst sooner than might
have been the case had they adopted
a more Conservative course. When they
had brought the storm about their
head they were willing to make an
example of some of their employees, and
were ready to make the proposition TO
that effect, but were promptly informed
that the people knew that the men
who bought the wheat at the elevators
were acting under orders from their SUI
periors, and those Were the ones wha
should suffer the penalty of the law If
anybody did.
When there was talk of a special
grand jury to investigate the charges
1t is reported that one of the superin-
tendents of line elevator inquired II
it would be satisfactory if the blame
was placed upon the local employees of
the combine and if the citizens would
withdraw their opposition to the line
elevators. and let it so at that if a
victim or victims were provided The
result would have been to brand the
| innocent as criminals, while the guilty
sat quietly at hon. and enjoyed the
| fruits of their acts committed under
pain of dismissal. The business men
of Warren were not engaged in that
sort OF business, ard could not be ca
1oled or led into ary such trap, and
the consequence was that Mr. Super
lntendent may have reason to quake
until the next grand jury, which meets
! In May, has adjourned. He may have
! occasion to quake after that time. for
1t is reported that there is sufficient
evidence available TO secure his pun
lshment instead of the innocent enl-
ployes of the company.
CREDIT TO ROYEM.
The refusal of q. J. Royer1. who early
IN the season was the buyer for the
Minnesota & Dakota elevator here, to
continue in that position entities him to
no little credit, for he had the manhood
to throw up a good job rather than to
follow his superiors' ORDERS The
change came about in this way: Mr..
Glbbs, superintendent of the M & D.
line OF elevators, came to Warren on
| one of his trips of inspection, and, 60
ing into the warehouse, reached into a
bin and brought out a handful of fine,
| hard, clean wheat. He demanded TO
| know what grade had been given for
1t, and Mr.. Royem informed him that
he had bought it for No. / northern.
Thereupon Supt. Gibbs went in to the
air and passers by heard a stormy war
Of words between the superintendent
and Mr.. Royem. Mr.. Gibbs ordered Mr.
Royem not to buy any more of that
wheat at higher grade tnan No.
northern, and Mr.. Royem refused to
obey. According to reports they had a
good time while it lasted, and Mr. Roy
EN- said that he would buy grain at it's
true grade or not at all. Supt. Gibbs
then went out into the air to cool off
and Mr.. Royem remained inside the
warehouse and continued to boil One
Of Warren's prominent citizens hap
pened along a this time, and. pointing
to Supt. Gibbs, who was hurryinS down
the street, Mr.. Royem spoke his mind
after this style: IF that man thinks
am going to give a grade of No. for
the finest wheat ever raised in the Red
River valley he is most deucedly mis-
taken. 1 simply won't DO ii, and if he
wants man to do that he will have to
find some one else. for I am through
with him and the elevator company"
Mr.. Royem was as good as his word,
and quit the service of the elevator
company. He chose to be a man, and
every man in the county honors and
respects him for the stand he took.
TWO ESTIMATES.
Here are two estimates of the storage
capacity of the elevators at Warren.
The first column is the estimate which
probably is agreed to by the line ele-
vator people, while the second was fur
nished by a prominent member Of the
board of trade and a leading citizen of
Warren: