The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-12-07

shell. Immediately after the sale Mr..
Riheldaffer wrote Capt. Sanders how
he had managed the deal and bow it
finally came out, and Capt. Sanders
wrote in reply that he was much
pleased over the grade and price and
congratulated and complimented Mr..
iRiheldaffer very highly on his success
full effort.
On the outside, even after writing
this letter, he pretended to think the
wheat was entitled to q No. l grade
on it's merits, but he did not appeal
from the inspection, as he might have
done in an hours time; neither did he
ever suggest to Mr.. Riheldaffer, or to
anyone else, the propriety of doing so.
He said, in the presence of four wit
nesses, that he wanted to defeat Eus-
tbs, and that be made all that he could
of the matter during the campaign for
the purpose of bringing reproach up
on the Republican administration
through the inspection department.
Capt. Sanders son, the other party in
the deal, stated that while his father
was we'll satisfied with his wheat deal,
he and the son talked the matter over
together, and decided to say nothing
until the campaign was on, and then
make the most of it, Both the cap
tain and his son, when called before
the department, appeared to be in
dignsnt over the fact that the article
had been published, but failed to
write q line to this paper correcting
the same. The Captain and the son,
prior to the election, attempted to in.
fuence as many voters as possible
with this deliberate fabrication, not
only out here in the country, but in
St. Paul and other places where they
happened to be, saying in addition to
that already published that the wheat
from the same bin was>given three
different grades,
This is published in justice to the
grain inspection department, which
insists on the deepest, fullest and fair
est investigation of each and every
charge made against it, by the next
legislature. The officials claim that
they will not be represented by attor-
neys but that the State must have it's
attorneys, and that they will answer
every question with entire frankness.
As to the acts, sayings and motives of
the two men, one of them swimming
in wealth and the father of an only
son-as to this deliberate inaccuracy
of statements for mere political Of
feet, we leave the people to judge.
In making this thorough investiga-
ton, and confronting nearly every
one connected with the affair the Ga
zETTE representative learned good
deal about complaints and wheat in
spection-about how the Minnesota
standard of grading was being kept
up, and how some men attempted to
break it down, and an article on in
spectlOn will appear next week. But
two or three complaints, the principal
ones made before the grain. inspection
department, are here worthy of space
The first came from the northern part
of the State. A farmer refused the
grade and price of an elevator man
but paid the latter two cents per bu-
shell commission for handling it
through his elevator. While doing
this the wheat was plugged" by mu
tual consent. Arriving at Duluth it
was given low grade. The farmer
sent out a terrible roar, and this was
used by the Democrats in their last
campaign. The grain inspection de-
partment commenced an inyestiga-
ton, and found that the wheat