Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

1t Is not very agreeable piece OF
information for the producers of the
state to be told that the present sys-
tenn Of wheat inspection is discredlted
among eastern buyers and importers,
yet such is the fact.fO our wheat is
90 longer bought on certificate but by
sample. The chief grain inspector at
Buffalo in answer TO a charge that our
wheat was mixed with inferior grades
at that place, shows that the accusa-
ton, which was made by State In
spector Reishus, is untrue. for the So
called inferior grades Of red winter
are actually selling from 3 to 5 cents
above one northern, and not only this
but the Buff alo inspector further says:
"When | was in the northwest last
spring l endeavored to tell the people
through the press that they could not
sell No : northern or No. northern
to eastern or foreign buyers by cover
ing it with No. l northern certificates,
and it looks to me as though they had
come to realize the lact.' It is up to
Reishus and his defenders to do some
neutrality-suspicious. Sun.
The above IS most respectfully re-
ferred IT, Boss Lawson for explana-
ton. We might remark also that the
Morris Sun is not the only paper to
notice the discrepancy O. service and
decline of inspection. Our exchanges
from all over the state mention it. 1t
is notorious especially in the face Of
the great ''holler' we all heard from
the pops two years ago. Yes, let Boss
Lawson rise in his place and without
looking towards Esosing Or O'Brien
exDlain Whitman ArUns
We presume Bro. Wharton simply
took for granted that the defamatory
article printed aboye was true because
it was printed in other republican
sheets in the state. That is the most
charitable explanation we can give.
In the first place MINES ota grades
were never in better repute among
eastern and foreign buyers than at the
present time. In Liverpool No. ]
northern is quoted just II cent below
California No. /, while in former Years
it has been as much as l. cents lower.
In the second place Reishus never
made the accusation n above mentioned.
It was lie, manufactured and circu-
lated by the wheat ring thieyes Of our
local terminals in the hope of drawing
out indignant replies from eastern
wheat officials, which statements the
former could use in their dirty polit-
ical work in this state, in their efforts
to again secure control of the grain
inspection. Thatis our 'explanation.
Now we want Party Slave Wharton to
substantiate his accus ations or else
admit that he is wrong. Any man
with spark of manhood within him
would do that. It is a serious charge
to say that the farmers are getting too
good grades to suit eastern buyers, par
ticularly when made by a newspaper
that is supported by town dependent
upon farmers for it's trade
Yes, the pops "ho] Tered" two years
ago, and it was because they were be-
ing euchered by the wheat ring. Even
Party Slave Wharton "hollered" one
or two faint "hollers' when he acci-
dentally rubbed up against an indig-
nant farmer, And the ''holler" was
effective. But now the wheat ring
"ho]lers" because its game of swiping
the early wheat at less than regular
grades has been stopped; and 10 and
behold! Party Slave Wharton joins in
the chorus. We dare him to sing the
first two lines of the wheat thieves
song, as follows:
"Reishus' grades are bad and wrong,
But Clausen's grades were true:'
You dare not publish that statement
in your paper in bold type signed by
yourself. You dare not DO it. Then
why sing in the chorus, poor, abject
Party Slave Wharton?