St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-12
THANKFUL TO THE GLOBE
For It's Expose of the Minnesota
Elevator Ring.

Elevator Ring.
To the Editor of the Globe.
I have read with great interest the
exposure of the elevator ring in the
G o b e, and the farmers ought to be
very thankful to the G l o b e for the
way that paper is handling this mat
ter without gloves. l do sincerely hope
that the G l O will keep this whole
sale robbery before the public from
now on and until election, that the
farmers may elect able men, who will
pledge themselves not to rest before
they have passed laws that will break
the combine, by disposing Of the pres
ent state inspection, or adopt some
other measure that will produce the
desired effect.
Holloway is a small station on the
Great Northern, where there is shipped
annually near to 900 bushels Of
wheat. Holloway is no exception SO
far as undergrading wheat is con-
cerned although it is not SO bad as
other places reported in the G 0 b e.
Last year the farmers raised a tremen-
dous amount of wheat in this vicinity,
all Of which was No. northern wheat
At the beginning of the threshing sea-
son last fall. all the wheat graded No.
l northern, but after q short time, the
buyers for the Interstate company
shipped 1000 bushels of this wheat and
upon the return from the company, he
was informed that the wheat only
graded No. 2. In the meantime, the
buyer for the Northwestern Elevator
company hadn't shipped any wheat yet,
so he kept right on grading the wheat
No. /, and consequently received the
lions share of the wheat for a time,
but it was not long before the super
intendent came along and then things
changed. From that time on the buyer
gave the farmers to understand that
they could take their choice between
having their wheat graded No. 2, with
ordinary dockage, or No. ! with two
pounds off extra for dirt, that was not
there. The writer is a heavy producer
of wheat, and was informed person
ally, by the buyer for the Northwest
ern, that he Ghe buyer knew my
wheat was No. l, and that there was
only one pound of dirt in it. but in
order to grade it No. /, he had to dock
me three pounds per bushel, or else
grade it No. 2, with one pound off, as
he had strict orders that he could not
violate. 1 objected to this, but my
objection was overruled; and now I
take an appeal to the G l o b e. Many
farmers hauled their wheat right
through Holloway to Appleton, eight
miles farther west, where their wheat
graded No. / and received from one to
three cents more per bushel. In the
latter part Of the fall, pretty near all
the wheat graded No. 1 in Holloway
also. The reason why Appleton buyers
gave better grade and paid two cents
more per bushel, is that two railroads
go through this town, besides there Is
flour mill, which pays one cent above
market price.
I want 1t distinctly understood that
| in no way whatever blame the Hall
oway wheat buyers for undergrading
the wheat, as l know full well that
they simply had to obey orders against
their better judgment I heard from
good authority that the elevator COM
pany held the buyers wages for the
loss claimed by the car by grading the
wheat No. 1 in the beginning of the
season. The writer alone lost between
$3.50 and 5000 from undergrading and
excessive dockage. "A Farmer.
Holloway. Mimi, Feb. 10.