The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-18

clean. and whether or not all of the
grain shipped In such car is received in
register the weight of such a car, and
your committee As convinced that where
an elevator Is not provided with track
scales the weighing of cars is, to a GER
tain extent. only guess work, and IL one
or the weighmasters was called into court
TO testify as to whether or not he had
1weigned an the grain shipped In or un-.
i9aded from such car, he would be un-
aple 10 give from his own knowledge
1esIimony IN such a way as to make it
competent evidence in any court in this
ommend that all public elevators at the
terminal points should be provided with
track scales and where this is done the
expenses of an additional man to see that
the cars are properly unloaded, properly
swept out and that all the grain is prop
mat the state weigher, when he certi-
f1es to the weight of the grain in any car,
would know positively that all the grain
mad been weighed.
We will state. however, that very few
complaints have been made before this
committee as to improper or irregular
Weignts. but there is no reason why
Welgnlng should not be a mathematical
certainty. which 1t cannot be as long as
the present system in some Of the ele-
yators Is in vogue.
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eraDie testimony has been taken before
your committee and the same Complaint
INA thal mas been so prevalent in regard to
the inspection of wheat Is equally true
Wnen It comes to dockage: that is. ths
excessive dockage has been more fire.
9ue que IN the early part of the season
season has advanced, and no reasons were
given by the department that have con.
vlnceo your committee that this was q
necessity. any more than that there was
u necessity for grading ri
Ear ehhaiy part OF the season and lighter as
me season advanced, and your committee
d doc see Sc no reason why the amount OF
u . should depend upon guess work
pure and simple; the amount of dockaee
could and ought to be determined to q
en- annia certainty by sitting or 9TH
from carelessness or less work. yerv fre-
quentiy guess at the number of p0ain6s
socn ana such car should have, but in
deem 1t necessary and Just to the denerto
ment to state that very large Dronor-
~ ion OF the wheat comes from the farmer
insnec SInoi.i0a that makes the work Of
Inspection ana dockage very difficult
RECOMMENDATIONS.
ot IRON lnt the testimony taken. and from
hiloWiedge. we cannot in any too strong
rdins uaee condemn the practice of shin,
prHg uaacleaned wheat. Great losses are
ice, and especially was this true dprine
- tne ~ last year, as it appears that from
70 ~ per cent of the weight of the whaat
S v.dipeeo ~ was dirt and screenings. the
h ha.ue " same and freight paid thereon
Delng dead loss to the farmer. This Loss
amounts am to about 2 cents per bushel For
n mus h loss the Inspection department can
entirely at the door of the farmer Aes
-, us us LOSS could and should be avoided
ny the farmers cleaning his wheat
AS TO COUNTRY ELEVATORS
o, we also conclude from the information
4tppealned, that at many Of these elevators
grading unfair. eiiu 'he
Ell MS appears from the official reports on
NE with the department, and we are M
ho,e TO see why the railroad and ware
10 stop this unlawful practice. '''p
II. IN this connection we wish to call at
t 1T,i.ion 70 chapter 14S Of the laws of 1875
hou nous piL re any elevator or ware
gard OF the laws Of this state its license
snail, upon due proof Of this fact. after
Pbeoper nearing and notice to the license.
mouse commission"
,, We peleve the existing laws furnish a
slInclent remedy for the said evil
n eve; Individual aggrieved should make
d % EIolnpialnt as provided by law, and the
raliroad and warehouse Commission
s sh when 1t can be determined from
Inc me reports eP sent in from these elevators
OCiHS V1OldLeQ, DrOmntlv
bring the violators of the law to refnr,,3y
or revoke their license. 7-oi LIZ
but as a surer and speedier relief. at
Wth;n + every station in the state, it is
hhvtnnsay TINS evil by procuring a site.
pouildlng and operating his own eleva.
s s4r OF warehouse, and we cannot too
slionsly recommend to every farming
community to promptly avail themseives
oL tnlS privilege, as the law in this re-
spect is ample and comprehensive.
STATE PRISON BINDING TWINE
The committee has thoroughly inve.-
ligated all the charges made against tha
f. f. cfIro managers IN respect to the manu-
lac and sale of the binding Irvine dur
Ing the season of 1898, and from such In
Vestigation have unanimously come TO the
conclusion that the charges against the
prison managers, referred to in the JacoJ,
son resolution, are not true the commit
tee being fully satisfied that the nrison
managers s have not directly or Indirectly
Iacture or sale of Irvine.
we pelleVe that Mr. Wolfer Is an hon
t tSs ana emclent officer, and think his tes-
,antsay explains many questions in con-
inectlon with this matter, and therefore
incorporate the same in this report.
Wnlie We admit that it is shown that
more tW1ne than in former years was re
served for cash orders from farmers we
think. however, that under the then eYo
lstlng conditions it would have been adj
x, a to have restricted the sales to
80 Sesi uSe1ieiS, ana reserved a still larger
amount for cash farmers orders
And your committee Is fully Of tba
opinion that the legislation had On the
subject of distribution in the future IF
the prison Irvine, as regards sale
and distribution will fully answar
the purpose for which it is in
tended. and that no reasonshIe
complaint can be had in the future on
snls subject, as long az 1t is impossible
LOT Inc prison management to manufac-
lure less than one-half of the Irvine need
ed In this state, and as long as there is q
large discrepancy between the price Of
other Irvine and that manufactured st
the prison., there will always be more or
less scramble and more or less dissatis
faction among the farmers of the state.
but this can only be remedied by an in
crease of the Irvine plant, and large
output yearly, that will in time satisfy
all reasonable demands
We freely confess that we have been
unable to give all the time necessary TO
the work assigned to your COMMITTEES. as
other work has compelled us to devote
less time to this subject than the subject
Is entitled to- yet we believe that we have
to certain extent been able to answer
some of the questions that were SUBJ
mftted to your committee, and believe
that some good may result from our
labors In this respect. All of which Is re-
specially submitted.
WAS AN JMpOSTOn