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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13
Trading and Weighing Wheat.

rYo,v this is Done in Minneapolis, the
Largest Primary MarketIn the World.
Univ the State Supervises the Work.
The Enormous Elevators which
.,ore the Wheat for the Mills, whose
produce is Eaten Throughout the
World.
Much has been written from time to
time concerning the wheat growing in
d,,stry and milling interests OF the North
west but there are many interesting
,setures, including the methods of mar
Jetinq. inspecting and weighing the
AIN crops, which are but meagerly
:s3nderstood. 1t is we'll known that Min
nesota and North Dakota constitute the
areatest wheat. producing region in the
99,orld. and that the famous No. Hard"
1.-The Red River Valley is in strength and
nntr;tiye qualities several points ahead
NJ anv wheat grown elsewhere on this
continent. 1t is also generally under
stood that Minnesota is the banner
cheat state of the Union, and
that Minneapolis is the largest prim-
orv market and milling center on
+be Globe, All who have taken the
trouble to read about it in the newspa-
ners aud official reports have learned the
r,rrnber of carloads or bushels Of the diff
erent kinds of grain which have been
marketed at the terminal points within
certain periods. But that which people
generally know but little about, and
1nany know nothing about. is how grain
Is sold, graded and weighed. To give
this information, to describe, so TAR as
sossble, the history or experience of a
rar Of grain from the time it leaves the
shipper until it is unloaded and paid for,
is the primary purpose of this article
ANYTHING beyond this will be only incl
dental.
TERMINAL POINTS.
1t should be explained that by 'termin.
al points" is meant points where the
greatest bulk of the grain is marketed
and where the service of grading and
weighing is, on that account, performed
officially by the state. There are two
such terminal points, Minneapolis and
Duluth. Minneapolis became a famous
grain market on account of her numer,
Gus Touring mills and linseed oil mills
whose machinery is turned by the water
ofthe Mississippi as it rushes over the
Falls of st. Anthony; and Duluth has be.
come a rival market because it is the
head of the lake navigation. There are
other cities in the state which receive
and store respectable quantities of wheat
to supply local mills, but the great bur
den OF the grain yield from Minnesota
and adjoining states is poured into tht
laps of Minneapolis and Duluth. Wheat
ola quality not suitable for milling pur
poses is shipped from Minneapolis tc
Eastern markets, while on the othel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

arc IIIUNNU IOI tuII-
ate to have their interests so efficiently
guarded by the state of Minnesota. The
humble farmer who loads his whole crop
of wheat into one car and ships it to a
terminal station may rest assured that
his wheat will be graded as honestly and
weighed as accurately as though he were
a millionaire. And all this withno effort
on his part and only nominal ex-
pense.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

hand good mining
wheat comes in a
steady stream from
Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska and Mis-
souri,.
Minneapolis has
thirty.one Touring
mills, so me of
W hich are tn e
largest ever built,
and their output is
shipped every
where i'll the civil
lied world. In or
der to store a
quantity of wheat
sufficient to supply
these mills from
one crop to an
other there are
thirty.nine eleva-
tors with a storage
capacity of a trifie
more than 30,000,-
600 bushels.
Duluth aud Su-
perior (the Duluth
terminal includes
BOTH have nine
Touring mills, some
OF them very large
ones, and nineteen
elevators w hose
storage capacity
IS a trile more
than 21,000, 900
bushels. Others
now building and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13
Total, 17S, 40, O26

The number of cars weighed during the
same period was 202,293.
That system OF state inspection as
we'll as state weighing is beneficial to
the growers and shippers of grain in
the Northwest is evident to all who have
had any experience in any branch of the
grain business, or who have given the
question even a moderate amount of
study. ]. J. Hill, who is both producer
and transporter, as we'll as man of
judgment and discernment, opines that
wheat-growers OF the Northwest receive
from one to two cents more per bushel
tor their wheat because of the system of
state inspection; and there are others,
scarcely less able to judge, who think his
estimate too small.
THE COST OF STATE SERVICE
is twenty five cents per car for inspec-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

is inconsiderable. Heretofore the average
number of bushels of grain shipped in a
car was much smaller than at present.
Grain cars are being continually made
larger, as they are built, so that now the
average load contains 800 bushels. At
twenty-five cents per car, the expense
per bushel for inspection is a little less
than one-third of one mill or double that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

to the eye and feet, and level heldS
so piled with heaps and ridges
that their owners scarcely recog-
nize them. The hovel is as regally
rooted as the palace, the rudest
fence is a hedge of pearl, finer than
a wall of marble, and the meanest
wayside weed is white flower of
fairyland. The woods, which frost
and November winds stripped of
their leafy thatch, are rooted again,
now with an arabesque of alabas.
ter more delicate than the green
canopy that summer unfolded, and
all the floor is set in noiseless pave
ment, traced with a shifting pat
tern of blue shadows. In these
silent aisles the echoes are smoth-
cred at their birth.
Fox and hound wallow through
the snow a crumbling furrow that
obliterates identity of either trail,
yet there are tracks that tell as
plain as written words who made
them. Here have fallen, lightly as
snowfakes, the broad pads of the
hare white as the snow he trod ;
there the parallel tracks otanother
winter masker, the weasel, and
those of the squirrel, linking tree
to tree. The leaps of a tiny wood.
mouse are lightly marked upon the
teathery surface to where there i:
the imprint Of light, swift pinior
on either side, and the little story
OF his wandering ends-one crimson
blood drop, the period that mark
ed the fms. In the blue shadow a
theIbottom of that winding turroV
are the dainty footprints of ;
grouse, and you wonder why he
so strong of wing, should choos
to wade laboriously the clogginI
snow even in his brietest trip
rather than makehis easy wa
through the uuressting air. SUD
denly, as if mine had been sprun
where your next footsteps shout
fall and with almost as startling
Mess, effect another ofhis wild thong
e bursts upward through the III
'ked white floor and goes whirrin
Gathering away, scattering in pow
? ruin the maze of delicate tracer
snowfall wrought; and vanishe
ring an aerial pathway of naked twie
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

statei inspector, and
the certificate of
weight from the
state weighmaster,
which always ac-
company his &C
count of sale. en-
able him to figure
out to a cent what
his car brought in
the market. Arm
ed with this infor-
nation, it is not
easy to see how any
undue advantage
could. be taken of
him.
Honest ditferen-
ces sometimes arise
between the com.
mission man, repre-
senting his client,
and the purchaser.
T hese differences
are referred to an
arbitration com
mittee ofthe Cham
Der of Commerce.
The committee is
composed of men
of intelligence and
character. who are
totally disinterest-
ed and impartial,
and who have no
motive other than
to do justice to
both parties to the
controversy.
The growers and
shippers Of grain
in the Northwest
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

The sweet bay tree, or laurel, was sa-
cred to Apollo, and in both Egypt and
Rome it's leaves were used to decorate
the victors in games or in war. These
leaves are much used now in the culinary
art, the practice having been borrowed
from the French.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

many different elevators, are unloaded
at the same mill, and all hold out in
weight, the result shows that the scale
at that mill is accurate. On the other
hand, should all these cars hold out ex-
cept one, it would show that the eleva.
tor scale on which that car was weighed
was too slow.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13
Vermont in rlidwinter

In these midwinter days, how muffled
is the earth in its immaculate raiment,
so disguised in witness that familiar
places are strange; rough hollows
smoothed to mere adulations, deceitful
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

sellers. There are something like one
hundred commission firms, the aggre-
gate membership OF which is estimated
at $50. The elevator and mill men and
commission men, with their clerks. ac-
countants, stenographers and supernu-
meraries, would make an army of about
1900 or 1000.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

ton, and the same amount for weighing.
This fee, small as it is for one car, pays
the salaries of the officers, clerks, inspec-
tors and weighers, and all the incidental
expenses OF the dual department. While
it constitutes fund of respectable pro-
portions in the aggregate, the amount
paid by the individual shipper or grower
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13
BAUER'S
INSTANT
Cough Cure.

Will cure the Cough or Cold at once.
1t is acknowledged by all to be the Best
Cough Remedy and is warranted to
cure or money refunded. Get bottle and
tryit today. % and SOC. Samples FREE.
Ask for Bauer's Instant Cough Cure
and take no other.
ia. STANTON, Druggist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

A good illustration of this principal
might be furnished by taking one hun
dred clocks, placing them in a row, and
starting them to running. If ninety.nine
ran practically alike, while one fell be-
hind, it would be evident that the ninety
nine were properly, and the one improp-
erly, regulated. 1t is simply deciding the
matter by the weight of evidence. When
it is found by this or by any other test
that scale is not working right, the ex-
pert is notified, and he Immediately
makes scientific test with ton, or two
tons, of Government test.weights.
The weighers are trained in the BUSH
ness, and are always on the alert tor
leaky spouts or for anything else about
the elevator which might be wrong.
Their ears become educated to that ex-
tent that they are sometimes able to de-
tect anything wrong in the operating
machinery by the sound Of the running
grain. No class of men in any occupa-
ton are more contentious, impartial or
more devoted to their work, than the
state weighers-from the beginning Of
the state service down to the present
time; and it is this impartiality and de-
votion, as we'll as the excellence of the
system, which have given the weighing
department OF the state reputation su-
perior to that of any other in thecountry.
An idea of the volume of the business
done by the weighing department may
be had by reference to the following
table, which is compiled from the last
report of the chief grain inspector. The
table shows the number of bushels of
different kinds OF grain weighed at Min
neapolis during the grain year ending
Aug. 81, 1900.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

No time like the present to begin
to save money. Times were never
better. No possible excuse for a
man or woman to claim they are
not able to lay aside a little money
each week or month. Our office
hours are $50 to p. m. Saturdays
and THIS of month 7 to 8 p. m.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

vidual kernel of handful. The color,
the weight, the variety, and the kind
as well as amount of foul stuff mix
ed in it, all enter into the question and
help to decide the grade. The trained in
spector sometimes not only uses scale
to help him in his decision, but calls to
his aid every one of his five senses.
When the proper grade has been deter
mined, as well as the number Of pounds
per bushel which the grain must be dock
ed for dirt, the grade and shrinkage are
entered upon the inspectors book A
card containing the grade shrinkage, car
number, date of inspection and name OF
inspector, is also stuck in the surface OF
the grain. The Inspector and his helper
now move to the next car, the door Of
which has been opened by the sealer
where the same performance is repeated,
and so on until all the cars have been in
spected. The sealer now returns over
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-13

stores or Offices are open, and be-
fore the conclusion of the vague
dream which rounds out the morn
ing siesta of the late sleeper, the
corps oil inspectors are in the midst
OF their activities. On a side track
IN one OF the railroad yards are
hundreds of cars in an unbroken
string, which arrived during the
night. They came from the states
of Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and
Wisconsin, and in them is every
known variety of wheat, oats, rye,
barley, corn and fax. The inspec-
tors must'examine and pass judg-
ment on the contents of every one
of them, and that quickly; for by
ten o'clock a sample with card
showing the inspection of every
car in the different yards, is expect
ed to be on exhibition in the Cham
Der OF Commerce. The man who
begins the work is the sealer, who
commences at the end of the string,
and carefully records the number
of the seal with which the door IS
fastened. He next breaks the seal
with long iron bar, opens the
door, then passes on to the next
car. The "helper" then climbs into
the car with the aid of step
ladder, and with a grain augur,
which works on the principle Of
butter trier, procures a sample of
the grain. Samples are taken from
different places in car, and as the
augur reaches to the floor, it is al
most impossible for a shipper to
run a lot of screenings or dirty
grain in one end, or spread it over
the bottom, which is sometimes
done, without being detected. Now
the inspector takes the sample,
turns TO the light, and, letting a
quantity OF it tall from one hand
into the other, scrutinizes it until
he is able to decide upon it's
proper grade. In case of doubt.
he examines almost each indi-
vidual kernel of a handful. The
the weight, the variety, and the
as we'll as amount of foul stuff
ed in it, all enter into the Aquestio
halo +o Jao;Ja = ha r~oJa Tho Ten .,
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

the department after prayerful delib
Grafton and consultation with the an
tiquated red tape winders of the gen
eral postoffice. Now it has been TAX
en- up by some police commissioners
who think the comfort of the finest
should be as carefully looked after.
Kalispell has not as yet had a free pos
tai delivery system, but the police
force will probably have an option
from Chief Johnson to wear shirt
waists his summer If they please. At
any rate the club would hang more
gracefully in that new mode than it
now does, sticking out behind, under
a frock coat when the police are
trailing on bike.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

Tom Johnson, the record breaking
mayor of Cleveland, o., and who is a
democrat all over, has instituted some
reforms in the government of that
city which causes the old-timers to
blink. The property owners of the
city are to be made to pay their just
proportion of the public tax, the city
is to be rid of the unsightly old build.
ings which have been an eyesOre,
even if he has to increase the fire de-
partment to accomplish the improve
ment and Tom Johnson proposes to be
the burgomaster in fact.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18
THURSDAY APRIL IS, 1901.
HELP FROM WASHINGTON.

The friends of w. S. Taylor, the
man who is charged with completely
in the murder of Goebel, that he might
usurp the gubernatorial chair of Ken
lucky, are much worked up over the
rumor that Governor Durbin, of Indi-
ana, has expressed his determination
to honor a requisition from the COVER
nor of Kentucky for Taylor's return to
that state to face the music. Cover.
nor Mount protected Taylor, but the
new governor looks at matters in a
new light. He has given it out cold
that he will not assume the RESPONSE
bility for saving Taylor from arrest
and prosecution if uhe authorities Of
Kentucky are prepared to back up
their claims for the return of the
pseudo governor to that state with az
fidavits and new testimony that will
prove his connection with the conspir-
acy which ended in the murder of
Governor Goebel. 1t is to be hoped,
in the interest of justice that Governor
Durbin will remain steadfast and not
allow his course to be determined by
the national administration. Senator
Deboe has gone posthaste to- Washing
ton, direct to Mckinley and Hanna to
urge them to disapprove of Governor
Durbins proposed action. The aid
of other administration powers behind
the throne, is also to be in
voked, such as Mr.. Yerkes, of
Chicago, who delivered glowing
eulogy Of Taylor at the Philadelphia
convention. Ex-Governor Bradley's
testimony at Ripley's trial is deemed
conclusive evidence of Taylor's COM
plicity.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

1t looks as though Japan contem-
plated low, undetermined attack upon
her enemy China, in the proposed
determination of rats the world over.
This is cutting off the food supply with
a vengeance. However, this is not ad.
mitted in the world war against rats
proposed by Japan. That nation, after
an exhaustive investigation, has reach.
ed the conclusion that the rodents are
a menace to humanity. Consequent
ly. says DR.. Nagusha, a visitor in Chi
cago, the Mikado's movement is to
appeal to civilization to exterminate
the rodents. It is declared that the
rats spread contagion and destroy
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth Of property each year. The
plague, says DR.. Nogusha, would lose
half its terrors should the rats of the
world cease to exist. He has beer
studying the plague in Hong Kong
Japan and other oriental countries.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

The ex-honorable Thomas H. Carter
would probably anticipate more enjoy
ment during his Montana tour as Nc.
Kinley's chaperone if he could only
be assured that Colonel Sanders would
find it convenient to take a sudden
trip to Guam. But the colonel is not
built that way, and flanked by Colonel
O. F. Goddard and some of the other
old school republicans will surely be
on hand to give Thomas H. the bad
eye.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

China is getting fine object lessor
concerning the practical workings Of
Christian civilization. The foreign
ministers have fixed the indemnity
China must pay at the amount she is
able to pay. The Christian princi
pie of forgive us our debts as we for.
give our debtors is intended only to
be spoken in the course of public wor-
ship. It's practical application would
be "maudlin sentiment" not 'busi
ness"
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

A recent decision by Montana
Judge concerning the power of peace
officer to make an arrest in the night
time, will be carried up to the su-
preme court, by order of the Billings
city council. Judge Loud stated from
the bench that no officer was empow-
cred to make an arrest for an offense
committed in the night time, even
within his presence without first hav.
ing obtained a warrant. The same
council also passed an ordinance es.
pecially instructing police officers to
continue to make these arrests, with
or without warrant, by day or by night
Should the supreme court coincide
with Judge Loud in his Interpretation
of the law there will be very little
need for police officers. as they cannot
preserve the peace. A constable
will be all that will be necessary t.
serve papers next day on man who
was drunk, or fighting or committing
any other misdemeanor after dark
Lawlessness would abound in ever!
town in the state. Judge LIQUIDS rul
ing may be a good law, but it is a lonl
ways from being good sense.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

w. A. Clark denies that he is en-.
gagged to Miss Laube. 1t is now up to
the lady to prove that he of the dough
is mistaken and does not understand
what constitutes matrimonial en-
gagement. If she has letters or other
documentary evidence she can doubt
less exchange them for some of Clark's
long green.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

Alex Devine, who has been post
master at Anaconda for a long term,
has finally been ousted. J. G. Eng.
fish, assistant United States district
attorney has been named as his sue
cessor. Alex Devine is a democrat
and it is wonder he has held the
job so long time unmolested.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

There will be a chance next month
for the Inter Mountain to dig up that
old campaign hymn, which first ap
peared in the Standard, we believe
five years ago, entitled: when Bryan
Came to Butte" A little tuching ul
and substituting Mckinley for Bryan's
name will make it fair jubilate.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18
FOR FARMERS INSTITUTES"

The last legislature passed a Law
for the encouragement of farmers in
stitutes. 1t is matter in which the
farmers of Flathead county should be
interested, and for their information
the Bee herewith prints the text OF
the law:
Be it neacted by the legislative assem-
bly, of the state OF Montana:
Section l. The board of administra
ton Of the farmers institutes as pro
vided for in this act shall consist az
follows:
The governor of the state and the
director of the Montana experiment
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

A Seattle young man has been ar
rested for whispering to his best girl
while at church with her. That young
man will have invested SO wisely
when he pays the fine and spends his
evenings more comfortably at his best
girls home. There can be no dan.
ger of talking too loud there.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

1t must be a hair pulling job for
the Helena Herald to denounce
Thomas H. Carter and uphold the Nc
Kinley administration, all in the same
column.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

A meeting of Montana cattle and
horse growers is to be held at Benton,
Friday and Saturday. Many railroad
men will meet with the rangers.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

There is no chance for Vice-Presl-
dent Roosevelt to do much for him.
self while Mckinley is off junketing.
Teddy is realizing the empty honor Of
brevet title.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

Gambling has received solar plexus
blow at Havre and all the layouts have
been stored away in the cellars. No
gambling of any kind is now going on
there.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

Letter carriers have been accorded
the privilege of wearing shirtwaists as
part Of their uniform In the heated
term. This decision was reached by
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-04-18

We have a large line of the lates
styles in Ladies' and Children's Fine
Shoes, and prices the lowest at the
| New York Store.