The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-25
THE FARMERS GROWL
Icy CLAIM THAT THE PArOT~E
roryTRY Has BEEN INJURED.
~~.ss.se Grain Inspector Lawrence
SAYS Action of the Com ma sssfau In
AxvsneIng = heat Standard Wa.
wreng-Hr. Reed Reptile. to Him.

skx<t r.
~.n4 rcsgnds Tor Nc. grade wheat waA-H-
sn the past y was bat afky-e.znf. seems
5 azFs raised q great str ansrx re
fxrrtrx ard gran dealers. Ex-Srafe Gram
frsoerter I.awTsn -s rays that e "a 81 ar4s
AZ. ant the present grain c3urfz~on~r
rH Rees szys that Mr. Lawrence dos
a. xrsz what ns is taking zhosff pa.h
4 fsen have gene into print about Ia
ra.ser Ever grain buyers are divAsd 4.
ger views
Rseertly TIE -TnteIIIxencer publishes
trnr lnteTVlaz With ire regresentaffvs
Il locai graz hslEs. IN which hs -
sasksd the grain commission for lis ae4Ion
e raising TIRE stantard- lie also altered
gar i would Eork 70 TIE aerrt-ue-. ~
IL rate and % the great financial gosa ~
re farmer.
Ez-Iaspeetor Lawrsnee agrees WITH hs-n.
rs lives q Garfield. Whitman count
shsrs ae mas n extensive grain business.
L recent interv.ew he said.
r fhink that the 1sfy-nfne pourH a. RI
s-s II too hsga. and thar ths razto~sfv ~
fss rhsss % tae state wfI rot xraaa -
o. Several test weights show that ~
ssza9ase shoaid net be over asty-ssght
csssGs T. has never 5@sn required before
az why II shou}3 have been adopted a.
MS tine passes ne.
Z cave made n appeal from thesy d.
ess;9r- although y Is possible that / nay
lse acne money. Yes. 7 may lose a rrazs
deal But Il ne end the farmers VIII
ssssr. The grain men VIII not taze All
e. oaus Nor VIII We De the enEy losers
~Og course. new tnaf I have bought a
raod deal o. wheat that r. my affair but
wsk ne next Ios L Eir - d!fY~rsT* n
lie sS9 ire farmers VIII be paid for the
paarsr grades And ] am psrfectly free 81
szr tsst % not believe the majority OF
80
.oa VII reasA to that standard.
sAs ysf II the northern part OF Whit
nxz and the southern parz Of Spokane
ssgnsiss the wheat IL uncut The farmers
hxss nos beer able 20 get the machinery.
or cogr.e. beng more matured wnen Il Ia
euf II viii BE likely 70 be tribe
hesraed
~And DONE bellows the stories hear
q lsrgsr Yss'ds. I believe that there has
hssa larger acreage. bar the yield OF Pa
Iasse cnunsy. while slightly larger than
at ysar. Is not any larger than FIR sew
srsI years past. II fact. the Yield from
tie western portion Of Whitman and walls
eaanfiss Is larger than that OF the PaIogse
sssnfry.~
me Post-rnteiligencer IL In receipt OF
snmnanscation from State Grain Com
missioner W. Il. Reed. In the course OF
rssch be says.
lad two communications. both from Gar
asA complaining that the state grain
esnnisslon hss done wrong 20 the farm
sfs q the Pal5uSe country IN advancing
ths present standard. The persons chiefly
nsn,inred IS complaining are ]. G.. Law
rsn-s ard r w. Lawrence. warehouse
ser. Fer two years. just prior 70 this
Yszr. r ". Lawrence vas the chief grain
snEpscsor OF the state.
A. ~fn&
= tsas fftT-nins pounds Il 100 high. and
Is not customary. The first year Of r. w.
fzwrsnee's term as chief Inspector the
-. weight was fixed By him and Senator
r C. MeCroskey ard myself. as the grain
epnnssiersrs. az hfty-nine pounds Prior
. that the exporters had always held 20
st lesst affy-aine pounds for No. /. The
second Yssr Of Mr. Lawrence's term the
test weigh. was axed az dsty-efxht pounds.
vas IN favor Of that lower weight that
year because the larger part % the wheat
& tie state was Hzht weight Mr. Law
rsnce vas opposed % any less weight than
ffty-niae pouaas even in that year. san
ssar McCrosksy and I were tn the ma
trity On TRAIT polas and Il was therefore
sssahishe6 AZ hfty-efght pounds. This
ygss the majority or the unchanged wheat
q the state weighed fifty-nine pounds or
Isye. fnasrngeh as the farmer could get
Standard than on a Iow one, T. az commits
saasr, xss strongly f. fsver % the higher
fss weight % afty-niae pounds this year.
! bought Il would hs a serious loss %
t1s farmers OF the state when nearly al
sas uaaamagad wheat would weigh nffy-
rsas pounds Or ever 70 have II sold on
fssyslsht pounds grade.
The CHEF inspector. Mr.. Wright. and
iae athsr commissioner. Mr.. Stewart. we're
rstser n favor o. the ffty-elghs pound
Standard this year. So u a mistake was
naas II fixing u az lfty-nine pounds X
vas made On ny urgency and was my
faasE
~Rut there was M mistake made IN ax-
NC a; ssfy-nine pounds Fer With hard
an exceptional car al the wheat re-
eevRd from the pAi9use country tAts year
sasA vas bard. not hleached and was
~ excessively foul wFth wild cats. weed
Ssa ard char. has tested Hgty-nige pounds
= avsr. The sa1e point IN both these com
aaaleaiieHs from Garfield Is that the test
segnt = afty nina pounds IS too hiEh-
Asx. mari youi There - bar very Nttie
Nafat E~ewn IA she Paicuse c1untry This
Fssf rot damaged by raln o. not over feat
farexhfng whieh WEtshs less than ffty-
re ro1nds Tia excessively foul Rnf zoft
asa elsaehea wheat would ret b. No. :
sysn iaeuEh sftv-stTeH pounds Sere che
aA.eard weiEh' Tae allowance - fareiE n
~is asd chaE IN TO Standard - No. I
- as axet fals year IS SO considerable
- 10 nfan having any kN1wireTe -
gar car great Oh the u esltty 0f the
Erissiga en- thst heas. The commission
~aas ne standard sanu1e OF No. ! club
TIA Dirty -his year solely Tor ths nrefe--
- e t1s E1'cuse farmer No s'her ais-
- q Il state this year has suen toGl
aasu - iris standard. Dout lose sight
:. 1s fsEt-thay she~s is practically 20
sae'sacAed Cry wne1t ~ the Paissgas eos1n
rs year Retsa Re- reasonably wH
ssARs1 shat .En< Iezs than Hste-rtre
s1s A 10 ttas act wheat. tee Car
I'm seT11ff-ies-1c SAYS roth 1E about
b1sashei whtsf always "a tHhs lfEht
- - TRAIT tnf Meesrs. Lawrence de-
lc#er we.-at standard 81 NJ
ssss g thst t'ea-net wheat might PASS
- u T. sewer h2s passed aE N :.
- = " Lawrence wHs cTirE Inspector
rs thFn AWAY afectei On account a.
Asfed I, asa r0t pass az No Z before
As'e sHs0ef taw weet srte e~e-s
sf wheat Is u-s we~r1 IS mura -
mer as sefr- being h}ta SEA art
l.e not HuA Hsves Ara psss as No I
4 Eouis eass s.xty poands 10 the
Or arn % Red & e.. Sought stT C.
0e ae~Ht year asa some
Saeat 0r 5ts arrival a. Ia aFfsa
icsprct4~ g. 81 Tzwrs1-s sr4ersi
seetsS e. sreelet ~ h5aa asa Aud
aes rr1ce~ 1-ssr the gra fln< - fAat