The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-10-25
THIS Is LIMBS ''REFORM
GRAIN INSPECTION
Dapper Hotel Clerk Inspects All the Flax Received
At Minneapolis
Ignorance, Incompeency and INSTRUMENTATION in the
Weighing Department.
Some Weighers Are Able to Divide by Sixty and
Some Are Not.
Governor Linds Statement Disproved by One of His
Own Employees.

The worst criticism that can b
made, however, is that the department
is politica machine. Weighers are
free to leave their work at any time to
attend convention or primary. or to
spend what time is, In their opinion.
necessary for the welfare Of the party
in their res pective precincts. Night
weighers have often been allowed to
attend caucuses, and not only the sub
stitutes, but the men who were re-
lieved, drew pay. 1t would be aston
fishing to. know how many instances
there have been where two fees have
been paid in this manner for one
mans work.
Among the delegate who attended
the Democratic convention In Hen
nepin county in June, to elect dele
gates to the state convention next day
were fifteen state weighers, and most
of them were elected as delegates t.,
the state convention. This does not
take into account others who went to
their counties elsewhere in the state.
The standing of a weigher is mater.
ally strengthened If he can represent
his precinct at a convention, and he
is permitted all the time necessary for
his campaign.
In his speech accepting the guber-
Material nomination, Gov. Lind said:
There has not been single instance
of complaint, either from the East or
from European markets, either as
to shortage in weight or grade, of a
single bushel of wheat that has passed
through the Minnesota service. Prior
to that time, and under the admins
tration of Mr.. Clausen, complaints
from Buffalo and from England, both
in regard to grades and shortages in
weight, We're persistent and common"
This is absolutely false. 1t is not
likely that Gov. Lind intended to mis-
represent, but his information probab-
ly came from his chief inspector, and
the INSPECTOR certainly knew better. The
compla ints in shortage in weight on
cargo shipments from Duluth TO Buff
alo- have been as frequent, and the
amount Of shortages as great durfns
the administration of Gov. Lind and
the present railroad commission as
they ever were in the history Of the
department. There We're so many
complaints of serious shortages on
cargoes from Duluth to Buffalo during
the past winter and spring that the
Duluth weighmaster grew frightened.
Finally State Scale Expert Neale
went to Buffalo and made an investi-
ton, occupying three weeks. The re-
port made by Mr.. Neale to the COM
mission explains itself Here are a
few items of it:
Il watched the unloading Of the
stea mer Queen City, with wheat from
Duluth. This cargo comes out forty
four bushels short on load of 100, 600
bushels. There was some damage, es-
timated at six bushels; my estimate
was twenty bushels"
II Tailed the steamer Lansing, lad
en- with $4,000 bushels of wheat from
Duluth, into the Kellogg & Niagara
3d." 1t came out 104 bushels over. I
noticed that some of the grain was
damp, which may have more than
made up for the actual shrinkage In
transfer
It watched the unloading of the
steamer Tracy, laden with $4,000 BUSH
els of corn from Duluth. This came
out twenty-sa--en bushels short"
''I have noted various shipments from
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