The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-13
DECLARE A BOYCOTT.
The Kansas State Grain Deal
ers' Association
Passes Resolutions PIedging
Their Membership
To Ship No Grain to Kansas City
Commission Men Unless Weights
are Properly Certified.


sociatiOn adjourned today. having ta-
ken steps towards making a determin-
ed fight to secure correct weights of
grain consigned to Kansas City COM
mission dealers.
For years Kansas shippers have suf-
fered a loss of from two to twenty
bushels of wheat per car because of
the system of weights used by the
commission men. The shippers have
complained and sought relief but to no
avaiI.The meeting held yesterday, last
night and today and participated in by
q members of the association, and at
tended by State Grain Inspector W. w.
Culver and W. w. Price of Atchison,
deputy inspector, was for the special
purpose of taking action towards Sc
curing relief.
The association practically declares a
boycott on the two Kansas Citys un-
less the commission men and others
furnish the shippers with certificates of
weight OF cars and grain upon the
track scales OF elevators. In defining
thelr position the members OF the aSsO-
clatlou adopted the following resoIu-
tiOnS:
Whereas, There has been a long and
continued complaint from the members
OF this ASSOCIATION against what they
cain to be the LAJusU weights at
Kansas City; and
Whereas, There has been evidence in
troduced before this convention, fully
proving the racU o. unjust weights at
Kansas Guy; and
Whereas, We, as an association, have
time and again asked the Kansas city
board OF trade to take some action to
protect our interests; and
Whereas, Such appeal has been ig-
nOred by the Kansas City board of
trade; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the members Of
the Kansas Grain Dealers ASSOCIATION
October 10, 1897, hereby serve notice on
all receivers OF grain, commission men
and elevator owners i'll Kansas City,
Kan, ana Kansas City, Mo, that on
and after 80 days from date, we each
for ourselves, do hereby pIedge our
selves, that we viii not sell or cOnslgn
our grain to any firm in Kansas Guy,
Kan, or Kansas City, No, which VIII
not guarantee to furnish u certificate
OF weight furnished by Il duly appoint
er WeIgnmaSter, under the laws of
Kansas or Missouri. said weights to be
taken from track scales located in ele-
VatOr where grain is unloaded.
Tne resolutions We're prepared and
submitted by William Bateman OF
Cortland, n. 3. HeneKs Of Harrington,
and l.. H. Hammett of Schroyer and
We're adopted by a unanimous vote.
Every grain dealer in kansas Will be
asked to sign these resolutions ana
JON the association in this fight.
ne elevators charged with the most
systematic and persistent injuSuces to
-
kock Island and ROsedaIe at Kansas
City, Kan. However, the practice OF
.robbing the shipper" as Secretary L.
j Smiley put it today is not confined
TO those firms. The system Of detraud- !
ing shippers by false weights, which no |
man can discover how they get, is gen /
eral and the only way we can secure |
redress IS TO refuse to patrOnlze them /
unless we receive fair treatment
The association voted to expel the |
Mohitt Commission company OF Kan |
sas City, unless that firm stops bidding /
for the grain in the hands OF elevators |
and shippers in the state which do not |
belong to the association.
Because of assistance rendered the !
association in the fight to secure ac- |
curate weights it was voted today to |
make W. w. Culver, chief inspector, |
and W. w. Price of Atchison, honorary |
members of the organization. Both |
gentlemen declined the honor. Mr.. /
Culver suggested that owing to the fact
that he represented the interests of all |
grain shippers in Kansas it would not, |
in his opinion, be advisa bic to become !
identified with any organization. Mr.. |
Price declined because he feared the |
governor might not approve of it.
The association endorsed, by unan-
imOUS vote, Mr. CulVer's new rules as
to the inspection and grading of Kan
saS grains.
In his report Secretary Smiley criti-
cised the diffidence of the administra-
ton and the deputy inspectors in TAX
ing up complaints made by the shippers
as to the faulty inspections some times
made. He called attention to the fact
that some of the inspectors know moth
ing of the grain business and are there
fore liable to mistakes. Under those
circumstances it should be admitted
that the dealer who has had large eX-
perience Will manifest better judgment
than an Inspector" he says.
The representative of the Kansas
association will meet with representa-
tiVeS from Nebraska, Missouri and
Iowa at St. Joe, October 26, to complete
arrangements to join the national asso-
citation of grain dealers.
The attendance OF members and firms
in the session Of the Kansas associa-
ton was as follows:
E. J. Smiley, Dunavant; NJ. H. Roller
Bailey & Connect, Bailey
vile; BrunsWig Elevator Co, Summer
field; Valley Falls Grain Company;
Arlington Elevator Co, Arlington: J.
E. West, North Topeka; J. c. Cioings
er; r. B. Wallace, Winchester; Mcleod
Bros. Marietta; n. b. Heneks, Herring
ton; n. 3. Heat Willis; John Dixon |
Huron; Geo. w. Cole, Horton; J. H.
Powhattan; WeIlesvilIe Grain
Co; Smith Craig, Randall; L. Cartel
you. MuscOtah; A. H. Bewsher repre-
senting Greenleaf; A. M Baker Atch- |
ison; J. w. Thomas, Home; Oniei |
Hardware and Grain Co. Axtel and |
BaiIeyVille and Chas. H. White of Sa-
betha.
The association adjourned to meet in
annual session in Topeka in January.
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