The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-09
NEW START FOR
GRAIN INSPECTION
COMMISSION WILL MEET NEXT
WEEK AT SUPERIOR.
Citizens Assert the Movement Is
Neither Dead Nor Moribund-Their
Purpose Is to Win Peacefully if They
Can, but They Will Fight if It Be-
comes Necessary.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Superior, Wis, Sept. 9:-The move
ment for Wisconsin grain inspection
and the doing away with Minnesota
has been sleeping, but will start anew
upon the arrival of the members of the
state grain and warehouse commission
next week.
The situation is peculiar Everything
| is tense on both sides Of the bay, SO
| far, there is no certainty that the Great
Northern road is not to carry out it's
the spring that the road would furnish
equal facilities for Minnesota or Wis
consin inspected wheat. The Great
Northern has leased it's greenhouses
here to the A. D. Thompson company,
but there are no longer the "private'
signs that were on them soon after the
lease was made. There has, 80 far,
been no definite statement that the
| Thompson company will not buy all
| Wisconsin inspected wheat that is Of
| fered to it. In fact, there has been a
claim that its lease bound it to take
such action whenever Wisconsin in
spected grain was offered 1T.
49, Talk Of "Cold Feet.''
| Applications have been made by Su-
perior Board of Trade men to get into
the Duluth Board of Trade. These men
say they want to get in to protect their
business while the fight is on and while
they are not able to handle their grain
here. That is probably the true reason,
altho there has been talk Of "cold
feet.' But the application of one Of
these men was torn up and thrown In
the waste paper basket. One other was
given to understand that he would not
be admitted and two other applications
admitted at all, they will have to with
draw from the Superior Board of Trade
1 and renounce the city OF Superior alto.
gether. This is the ludicrous side Of
the situation. These Board of Trade
men don It know where they stand.
Then there is another interesting side
to the situation. The Duluth dealers
cannot understand why their wheat u" to
arrive'' is not snapped up by the east;
ern millers. The Commercial Record
prints an interview with Duluth ship,
per in which he says that he cannot
understand why the eastern men 90 not
: been offered them with the dates OF
sailing actually specified. He says that
, with much wheat to arrive in a week OF
! ten days, the outlook is a long way!
from being at all encouraging.
On the other hand, Superior Board Of
! Trade men say they have, plenty o.
: | orders from eastern IlleTS 1ol = dill "
arrive, and that they can sell grea
quantities of it under Wisconsin in
= spectiop.
! Another phase to the situation is tina
shown in the writing to Attorney Gen
: eral Moody by Senator George M
r Young of North Dakota. It may no
: result in anything being done by thu
|; United States legal department., but 1
q shows the tenor Of the feeling. there
: North Dakota wants the inspection.
d Determinations have been charged
q by the board Of trade against Superlo
and the inspection system by the = ortn
Q ern Paeifc> road. This Is in the matte
f of switching charges under the Wlscon
sin system and for grain coming here
: This may enter into the fight. -,
! Superior people are hoping they cal
:. win peaceably, but if they can t the,
= are bound to fight. The Great North
: ern road asked for a conference witt
II the commission when it met the mrs
l. time It was told this conference woul'
. be granted, but the railroad wanted -, IN
~ commissioners to 60 to st. Paul. I'M
!, they refused to do. If the commlsslon
! ers grant a conference it will be he'll
l here. # the railroad officials; do no
q want to come to the head Of the lake
10 there will be no conference.
Superior citizens are only sorry ina
y the grain men ever allowed the !nspec
s. ton measure to be so amended tina
h Minnesota inspectors may have perm!s
m sion to come in here under certain Gil
n cumstances.