Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26


the floor Of the Board Of Trade. At
that time the public warehouse men en-.
tered the grain business In competition
with dealers who were forced to pay
three-fOurths Of cent a month for
storage In the warehouses. The public
warehouse man Is a licensed servant
OF the State. and owing to the advan.
tage he derives from not having to pay
this storage toll. he is enabled to con.
troll prices. The warehouse man can
also sort the grain stored In his Gle.
vator, remove the best and obtain Is
cents bushel more for II. Great quan.
titles Of grain stored by dealers In these
warehouses are boarded for storage
charges. The market Is 'beared until
prices are such that the warehouse
man can buy the grain ut low price.
besides reaping the storage profit. The
present methods are an encoura cement
to bucket shops. and bucket.shop gam.
bling serves the purposes of the ware.
house men In bringing the price Of
grain down below the cost of produc.
tlon. The warehouse men are virtually
the railroads. who reap the profits"
The Ice trust, % menace to everybody.
will come In for dose that will shake
1t to. the foundations.
There are several other trusts just as
bad that will receive much attention.
Rumors as to bills to bc introduced In
the next Legislature are already cur.
rent. 1t Is said that the Illinois Dairy
Union. which secured the passage Of
the anti.butterlnc blli by the last I.cg.
lslature, will cause to bc offered blll
providing for the appointment Of u
State dairy Inspector ana the apprO.
prlntlon OF sum OF money to secure
the enforcement Of the antl-buttertne
law. 1t Il probable also that q bill
amending the law may be Introduced.
and 1t Is certain that bill repeating II
will be offered. The present status Of
the anti-butterine law Is not satisfnc.
tory to the farmers. The attempt to
enforce 1t by the arrest OF several but
terlne.makers was practically fail
ure, as the prisoners were discharged
by the court on wrIts OF habeas corpus
The farmers will have to make q
strong fight In the coming Legislature
II they wish to keep the law on thu
statute books. 1t IL said that one Ol
the gins bills, but whether the frOntags
or consolidation bill. ,he man who tOlt
the story could not say. has been fount
defective by the companies attorneys
A bill to cure the defect will be intro
duced, 1t Is said. soon after the Legls
lature meets. A dozen or more bills 4
repeal the Case garnlsl,ment law vii
be introduced as soon rs members ca,
catch the Speakers eye at the first SOS
sion. and nearly every Democratic
member from Cook County has ready ;
bill repeating the civil.service law.
Chicago Is one OF the greatest grail
centers OF the world, ana condition
here frequently affect prices every
where. We have here a large numbe
Of grain elevators. with Il storage ca
paclty Of about 0O.OOO.OOO bushels O
wheat. They are chartered by law. an,
the owners act rs trustees or custodian
of other peoples grain. The grain Is IN
spected by an officer of the State. an
Is graded No. I, No. 9. No 3, rs the cas-
may be, and generally IL sold by thl
grading. and all grain Of the secon
grade Is then poured together. the ware
house man giving receipt for SO man
bushels of that particular grade. An
when this receipt Is again presented. h
does not give back the same grain, b,
simply SO many bushels of that grade
!. It was soon found that all grain Of tn
: same grade Is not equally gOod-ther
will be No. . wheat almost equal to NJ
1, and there will be No. 2 wheat fallin
close to No. 3. And IN all those case
where wheat Is sold. not by the grading
but rather by sample--as for millin
. purpOses-the best quality sometime
, brings several cents bushel more tina
the poorer quality, though OF the sam
> grade. The warehouse men saw th'
!. they could sell by sample the hest qua
. ity of a particular grade aud supply II
= place by n lower quality of the sam
, grade and pocket the difference. III
would reduce the average quality OF IL
whole pile. ana In case the owners
any of the pile should wish to sell Il
2 sample they would suffer In cons
4 quence. The elevator owners went in'
the business of buying and selling graz
o ami mixing 1t with that of their custom
= ers. 4 suit was brought to enjOln the
}. from doing this. Much evidence W;
y taken, and after 4 full hearing Judi
Tuley. the Nestor of the bench of Oh
n cago. granted the injunction on II
: grounds. among others, that the elev
Q tor owners We're trustees or custodian
n of other peoples property, that the Il
Q terests Uf the public demanded thu
these custOdians should be dlslnteres