The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-20
|aIL DOWN FOR PORTLAND.
REED TALKS ON
sTaTE GRAIN STANDARD.
=. fixing the Grade nj Fisty-EfEht
pounds the Washington Com
mission Did so ut the Request

I seertai itspafcH II the ~lntelii Esflcsr-
TAroNA. De Is-W. II Reed, OF the
~,fA grain commission. VINO Il one OF the
s~prfsals ~ Toe suit against the O. K
IL oonpan5. al Spokane, filed there
= week i decidedly strong In has views
y. n re wheat standard tie i
In-.~,sily a. losgerheaGs with PorIiaB3's
arrs.n,sar ~ Commerce cofaruittee on this
irosn,. aad when talking Of their action
t,e.Ay sac;
| Tn Portland Chamber OF Cofnmerse
fesr.aitt@e. in fixing the wheat standard
r. Pays. The " s.sisasssEsstsslS state
80 - Wal.a Nala wheat q G.. 'cluo'j
T. unfortunately axed al fifryeighr
ogsnss 80 io@ basis was no doubt
IL fsr =. pgrposz. ~ making an easy
lg~ase ~ dea. on ir tDe country seeing, III
Tasniaxion, taere Is d large percentage OF
- i % say. the Washington fifty
tsirr. pound standard was made that
H. - 'UAsningt0n's large percentage
IL 4gsf ~aeat would pass for No. ! ia
aTafoala ana 1eatt.e tnan ia Portland an
- tn4ir fft} nine pound standard. ON
H. Portland chambers own statement
Ia : lne proper DEDUCTION Are ~ TO
1eoaelga1e that y ASKING on s large per
esntage o. light wheat viii De driven Ivy
jWssn.ogt0n's fiEy-elgat puun1 standard
H. No I 70 Portland 10 bs. there graded
Ia No under their nfty-nine pound
a.sa5ard7 Does Portland claim SUCH will
IL It's effect on the interior shipper. OF
IWashlng,on wheat? Obviously they don't
leek for such Il result. for the oregoHian
4 Al me 7th edirUTialIy says. Interest and
eoasuson sense ought soon 10 pat an ei1d
L. THIS since tie coming legislative SEES
soa al Olympia val give All opportunity
10 pige mo Estate Inspection iaw of the
fsstute BOOK. Does the DyssoDian aant
sthe state inspection .aw wiped off the
Estute books 81 Washington because liz
4.erts wheat 10 Puget sound Isn't il
Il nd Hz.s' Esft he.
D,eg3uisn IS using for Portland ia seeking
1 q aaYe the Washington: state inspection
az sipe1 OF tae statute book?
| TIE Gfeg oman says; The action Of the
exporting grain merchants Of Portland In
| x,.aFng the official grading OF Washing
| ton wheat IL necessary for the interest OF
! Washington farmers and for protection of
4. tss reputation of Washington wheat ia the
l yoFa's grain markets Those VINO fixed
1 the oficia. Washington grades apparently
J xEew nothing practically about the gat-
te. r. the good natured attempt to mako
/ NE highest grade easy they made the
s.ighl requirement too low. and the re-
! ssa is there Is 40 grade for the beat
1 Washington product
~No grade Tor the best Washington prod
set9 PorlIsnds grade was fixed at fi.ty-
nine pounds FOR No. | club and sixty pounds
fof No blHes;en. 1t made no choice mill
lng sraac - California always does, and
fror,!auds highest grade weight and that
soUe FIR blUcgtem. Whereas he Wash
iax,un grain commission fixed No az fif-
Is Eight pounds for both club ana blue
raae for both al sixty and a half pounds
Il there, tAen. no grade for the best
Washington product Cub constitutes
ihree~fourths Of the crop Of Washington
AsaYy a. biuestem. II Portland IS so Inuch
I szefel-ei OVER me alleged lack of a grade
l 1T Washington for the best Washing on
l product. why d!d L iimit the wrigAt OF the
hest Washington product of club II nfty
4 tin pounds Why did !, in effect an
| hosHce 70 the world that there was 10 sl&-
l typound club but that the blucs,tem ran
y % s.Nty pounds? The weight rest estab-
1 lisasi by the Washington state grain com
1 Mission says. ia effect. according 10 The
o~eEsntan'= deduetiye method Of reason
zlrs, testing nftF-eight pounds. Is No. |
wheat, sixty -And-a-haif pound wheat
/ VI "a the state Of Washington produces IN
!. Afgs quantities. AMI hence requifes a
grade. Is choice milling whe.t'
1 The weight test established by the Port
lsnd Chamber az Commerce says. by the
Washington club No ] wheat tn appear
aac- testing fi!ty-etsht pounds, ~ at No.
u wheat. Washington NJ bluesfeTn
Z wasaf iu appearance testing dffv-nfue
j pounds n not No. ] wheat moreover, the
I weigh Of biuestom wheat is naturally
!. sTester than that Of club. and Washington
l sSs ne choice milling grade OF either club
/ Or biuestem, hence Portland docs not Tx
1 Standard for such hIgh-cla2s wheat
IN the lace Of this reasonable constfuc-
1 tta pf Inc meaning OF the TWO standards
/ according - The orsgonian'x method of
feasonlng. Ihe Portland Chamter OF Com
i mtrer and the orcgonlan say that the
y washington grain commissions grades
| Afl'iy aeCry the character Of Washington
MI sod that they furnish no grade for
TIE iest VI ashingtuu product
DIRECTLY ;p the oregonian's charge Il
~ .S1afsat ashiIiGtou commission there
eNs's ihe further fact thar all the Seattle
kiS.H dealers excepting exporters all The
I spokane grain dealers. nearly an the IN
e1tna grain dealers exporters excepted and
mes. - ne Eastern Washington farmers.
hHf II ih'm expressing themselves hV
Ptull.fis ErNt go the state commission ad~
Fofat'd fft} eight pounds A. The stand
/ a. for N T. and the Chronicle, Of Sua-
va ard Tie Posi- fstsIligtncer OF Seattle
stt'et last year. ef!foTi8ly. that Rofne
J helKa' that the commission In liking the
/ s'shtard ln lS97 AT ffty-nlne pounds had
sFifv1 hN N exporters II "a quite
certain that thc Portland Chamber ~
!. ''of'~rre ssusruittrr ia rNtug the stand
az .hS YEAR AZ ffty-nine pounds is rot
- 80 tti' arse ~ bribery by exporters
! q i@.t committee vas made az If expJr-
F>l"'tt-s tNi0E 2 standard for sN-
'.'fS would certainly not - open 10 the
..a'kf - lt berry nor are t1ey open II The
fAiiH'-tiea t'la' thrY liked ne standard for
. purpose - Afuritt-0s the farmer rather
'htH ;h.msrl s>'