The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-06
MINNEAPOLIS GREETS
GRAIN DEALERS OF u. S.
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made to influence railroad officials to
meet the wishes Of the grain dealers.
Mr.. Stibbins drew attention to the un-
happy results following the introduce
ton Of politics into the business Of
weighing and inspecting grain, which
results that had been felt severely by
all dealers at East St. Louis.
G. B. Murray Of Cincinnati made an
address upon agricultural statist tics.
Captain /. P. Rumsey Of Chicago pre-
sented a report from the delegation
sent to the national board of trade.
This evening the delegates will en-
joy smoking concert and vaude-
vile entertainment at Elks' hall.
Next Convention PuHers.
Preliminary to the opening Of the
convention representatives. of the
various cities who desire to have the
convention come their way next year
took possession Of the field and the
lobbies Of the hotels. Buffalo, Mil
waukeea and Toledo are all reckoned
in the lead. This may be, tho, be-
cause Toledo was not largely repre-
sented and because the Milwaukee
delegation was not due to arrive until
this evening. Il
Among the delegations on hand this
morning We're over hundred repre-
sentatives from the Indiana Grain
the Chicago board Of, trade, a goodly
delegation from Oklahoma and large
representation from Iowa and other
adjoining states. sA s.
Plans for Tomorrow.
Tomorrow morning the convention
program will be: Il IT,,
Report of nominating COMMITTEES; cleo
ton of officers. Address, Accurate Meth
DDS Of Grain Grading" c. S.. Scofeld,
botanist in charge of grain grading inves-
LEGATIONS, department of agriculture,
Washington, D. c.; report of trade rules
committee G. A. Burks. chairman, De-
catur, ILL.,; report of auditing committee;
address, Experiments of the Department
OF Agriculture for the Improvement of
GRAIN M. A. Carleton, cereaIist, depart
ment of agriculture, Washington.
In the afternoon the delegates will take
a trolley ride. IS.
AT o'clock p. m there will be a prom
enade concert at the chamber of COM
merce. ~ &c. - -.
Three Experts on Grading.
Three chief inspectors of grain, each
at the head Of the inspecting staff in
one of the important centers of the
grain handling industry, foregathered
at the West hotel this morning and
discussed the various matters which
bear most upon their particular call
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In a sense, it's the enlarged Erie
canal or bust, with the grain men of
New York city" said George H. K.
White, chief Inspector for. the port of
New York. ..Since the railroads have
begun to discriminate against New
York and in favor of Montreal and
the Gulf ports the grain trade in New
York has certain1v suffered
Where the rate is cents from Chi
cago to New York it is. cents from
Chicago to Montreal and this differ
ence in the rate in no wise corresponds
to the difference in the distance be-
tween Chicago and the two points. For
given us q special rate which helps
some; butwhen that goes out Oct. is
we will be Ia a bad way, T fear. T..
Our great hope is: Of course, in
the greater rieaIeanal.sJN ow the
canal will carry, % goat LOADED with
about 1000 bushels Of grain while the
new canal should carry one with a
load of 10000 But before that canal
is built: the people must vote on a, tax
levy. of $101,000, and you can realize
that the people who do not live on the
canal will certainly vote against it
The people Of York state are very SEN
sitive when you touch their pocket
book @s- r. '.' ..G5-s
The Inspectors Woes. - ...
Mr.. White is not appointed by the
state but serves thru the selection by
the New York Produce Exchange
Chief Inspector BidwiIl Of Chicago is
on the contrary. appointed by the
state. 49, -r
"Your state inspection laws are
modelled after ours adopted in 1871
and copied by Missouri, Kansas
Washington and Minnesota said Mr.
| BidweH this morning. They are all
right, but doubt if another man in
the country gets into the trouble over
them that do. II.
There isn't day goes by, that
somebody does not come to me with
an awful roar about the way wheat
is being graded. Everybody thinks he
is getting. the worst of it and every
| time you. give man a grade that he
thinks is too low he begins to cry and
say. that you are trying to drive the
grain away from the market"
get that every day as bad as you
do said Mr. White. - -,
| And so do T." said John o. Foer-
ing, chief inspector for Philadelphia,
the conviction that the grain inspector
does not have the happiest kind of a
life. -. NJ TT. q
An Exhibit of Grades.
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One CT the centers of attraction for
the gram dealers: is the exhibition of
samples now being given, in the Old
Colony building just across from the
Chamber Of Commerce. The exhibit
contains samples of contract grades
from New York, Chicago, PhiladeI-
phia, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
New Orleans, Baltimore, Peoria, In
dianapolis and Burlington, Iowa. This
exhibit will be useful for reference in
the scheduled debates on uniform
grain grades. liz
| A Big Bunch of Boosters.
From the valley of the Illinois come
James Bruce and j. A. Jameson OF
Marseilles representing the Illinois
Valley Grain Dealers association
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