The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-02
PRODUCE PAPERS SUSPEND
THE MAN WITH BUTTER OR EGGS
TO SELL NO LONGER HAS A
GUIDE
AS TO WHAT OTHERS GET
The Enemies of the GrindeIand Law
Trying to Lash the Legislators
Over the Head of the Voters of
the State-Superior to Profit by
the Latest Development in the
Situation.

The produce commission men are push
Ing the fight for the notification of the
Grindeland law requiring commission
dealers to furnish bonds, and placing the
amount in the discretion Of the state rail-
road and warehouse commission. All the
commission dealers of ST. Paul. Mime
apolis and Duluth have sent out circulars
announcing that no more goods will be
received on consignment, and to carry the
war into the enemys country 1t has been
agreed that hereafter there will be no
more official quotations on produce at any
of the three cities Hereafter the farmer
must sell his produce at whatever he is
offered for 1t. without any fixed market
rate as a guide. In pursuance Of this
plan yesterday the Daily Produce Re
porter
SUSPENDED PUBLICATION
and the market papers in Minneapolis and
Duluth followed suit. This action, accord
ing to the leading produce men, Is expect
edto raise such strenuous protest among
the producers, whom the Grindeland law
was designed to benefit, that the railroad
and warehouse commission will modify it's
position, even should the attorneys for
the commission men fail In securing a re-
argument on the const1tutionality Of the
law.
"Of course there has been no concerted
action in this matter said a prominent
produce commission man last evening
However, I believe nearly all of the
firms in st. Paul, Minneapolis and Du-
luth are agreed to this course Hereto
w Of nf h11ff 70, tn
stance, was sold in the market the fact
and the price have been at once made
public. If the shipper who sent in a lot
of butter did receive the full price quoted
there was an instantaneous kick. Now
he will have to write in and notify his
house whenever he has a consignment,
and accept the best price he can get, or
else bargain with the buyers whom most
of the firms will have in the field. The
daily market papers suspended publica-
ton today because of this determination
on the part of the commission men. This
action, Of course, is not going to benefit
the farmers, and we expect that the rail-
road and warehouse commission will be
lead by them to modify It's views.
This Grindeland law is an outrage in
tended to make
POLITICAL CAPITAL
for a few of the legislators. 1t provides
that We must furnish a bond, and leaves
the amount to the discretion of the state
railroad and warehouse commission. The
commission has decreed that the bond
shall be 10 per cent OF the aggregate Of
last years business. Now most of the
houses do not have a capital of more
than $4,000, while on that capital they
will handle during the year $500, 900 worth
nj in INV ga Cali Ia
goods, for instance, may be worth ST.
900 car, and 200 cars in a year will make
an aggregate of $200,0 000 OF course the
goods are constantly going out, and the
money being rapidly turned over This
firm doing a 100000 business is required,
under the law and the ruling of the
commission, to furnish bond of $50, 900.
This has driven US out of the commission
business.
GOES TO SUPERIOR.
"In Duluth the result of the enforce
ment of the law will be to drive the
commission business across the border to
Superior, Wis. The Duluth commission
men will either have to go out Of busi-
ness or move across the bay. On the
Minnesota side will be men forced to buy
and sell outright. Buying for the lowest
prices they can get, and selling at as good
a profit as possible. On the other side
will be a fixed market, with quotations.
and dealers ready to receive consignments
at market prices. The result IS obvious .