The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-07
GRAIN DEALERS
HOLD ELECTION.
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slieves said MA. Carletons cerealist OF
1.-THE department. Of agriculture, WASH
Sington in his address this morning be-
STORE the grain dealers convention at
htheS, Metropolitan opera-house.
s;have Investigated he<market for mac
saroni wheat at Duluth, New York,
sGalyeston and other ports, '+said Mr..
sCarleton, land I found that this va
& riety is selling as we'll abroad as any
k.other wheat. The price paid at Gal
weston was 7Tscents a bushel .at
q New York !771s cen ts--thattNls,sEh hair g,
sgcent more thali5wassp lid at. the same
tsports for, Turkey wheat. sa&
~ I'm fact; the farmers have"made un-s
adusts comparisons in estimating the
aValue of macaroni wheat. They have
compared it with the cash wheat III
sthe Minneapolis market, and they Tor
sget that the price of wheat mere mas
s.been artifcially inflated; that 1t IS
sselling at from to 10 cents above the
Spriee it really should bring Tor eX-
8Dort purposes. But compared WIN
Eother wheat bought for foreign mar
xketSE n1acaroni wheat is sellnS aI d
livery reasonable figure.
- The American crop or macafonl
Swheat this year was estimated oy NY
ECarleton at about 100000 bushels,
Etho 1t might possibly be as much as
Mcrop was 100000 bushels, he said,
fand in 1901, when the macaronl was
s.first introduced on an import scale,
fthe crop was from $4,000 to loV'ooo
bushels. ! There are now twelltS-em IVY
Emills handling macaron1 wheat gnu
Hall but five are on the borders OF the
Eigreat semiarid region stretching
8aIong the Tooth meridian from CANADA
ITO Mexico, a region where any Wheal
Iexcept macaronl cannot De ta1Seo III
,bpaying quantities. $50 49,.
s. 100000 Bushel Crop.
+ 1Enon one Of the many stereopticon
Sslides used by Mr.. Carleton to Illus
strate his address was shown the
xGloyer farm In North Dakota. Here
minneapolis farmer raised 100000
bushels Of nacaronl wheat TINS year.
.&the largest crop Of the season.
a. Telling of the numerous experiments
%made y-the agricultural department
ITO secure the best wheat for every
Esection, Mr.. Carleton said that the de-
apartment Is now testing no less than
$500. varieties. Many of the most
Sapromising varieties had come from the
sCrinnea in Russia. The Turkey wheat
aof Kansas is really Crimean. wheat.
The department. had succeeded in
sextepding considerably the area In
(which hard winter wheat may be
grown with success. Such wheat is
,snow raised in South Dakota; and Mr..
carleton believes that it may eventual
s1y be grown turnout the whole of
alowa. - -,
y Question of Grades.
@s:s"Accurate Methods of Grain Grad
Ing" were discussed by Carl S. SEQ
field of the departme nt of agriculture
@tFhee relation. of the department to
grain inspection" said Mr.. Scofield
athas been purely in the nature of a
scientific investigation into the prob
1enls which confront a grain inspector
The certificate method Of selling grain
throws a heavy responsibility upon the
grain inspector; he needs a thorc
knowledge Of his subject and adequate
apparatus for his work. Accurate
methods Of grain inspection do not in
YolYe:th test of every sample of grai1
Judgment of, the grain inspector, t.
Settle disputed cases. s. and to. give =;
basis for uniform grade rules. = 2. i
THE accurate method of gradin;
flax, as developed by. the late MI
stevens, of the Chicago Board D.
Trade, was cited as an Illustration
sThis4 method proved highly successful
and Is now in use by the Minnesot
sgrain inspection department.. The in
Nestgations Of hezdepartme of agri
culture show that such a method ma
also be successfully applied to tn
grading of the cereal grains.
1T has been shown that the mois
ture content of corn determines ii
keeping qualities. 1t is entirely prae
ticable for inspection departments t
measure accurately the moisture cor
tent of corn and thus know when it
E.. In danger. of spelling. 49,
This subject is SO important as I
deserve most serious consideration
Grain inspection must become a MOI
important feature of our grain trad
If the system of contract selling
@generally used in this country, is i
continue to flourish. Further tha
this, the development of our expo
trade in raw cereals depends mo;
upon the efficiency Of our grain i
spection system than upon any 9th
one factor. We grow the grain in tn
country that Europe and Asia nee
but unless we have a system of cor
ymerce that will deliver that grain
our foreign customer In disable conc
tlon,s We; cannot hope successfully.
~ compete with other large prOduci1
.,Gountries.'"---4---. = = .-.--..-.
- Il. p. Bacon Talks Rates.
E. P. Bacon Of Milwaukee, who h
been actively interested in the work
the Interstate commerce commissic
a. described the. unfortunate. results
The supreme court decision to the
9tfectl: that: the commission - had
~ power to prescribe railway rates. =
cording to this decision. the comm
y sion must content itself with decls
b, ing that certain rates are excessi1
it rests with the railways whetf
they reduce such rates. x, .::,SS
9 :. Manifestly, as Mr.. Bacon insist
the commission is thus powerles
xs effect the objects tor which it y
created. Amendments to the law e
trolling the commission are irnpe
lively. demanded. Congressman m
g be moved to that end thru their ct
stituents whose efforts should
aroused by the grain dealers and
a:ether business men. The coun
should learn whether congress is to
controlled by the people or the corp
atoms. IS. .r.
The Insurance Branch Prospers
.s A. E. Reynolds of Indiana, charm
of the executive committee of
Grain Dealers National Mutual F
Insurance: company; of Indianapo
pointed out the prosperity Of the co
pany, and urged the grain men
q consider the advantages of mutual
insurance. The company, he said, j
assets of $263,593; surplus Of s2f
I. 983, and '797 risks, averaging So!
each and amounting to $1,919,O
s.,Within nine months the company |
sustained but two losses. The prt
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