Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-08-26
GRAIN INSPECTION AGAIN.


Senator Young of Valley City, who
has long been interested in the matter
of grain inspection at Superior, has
applied to the attorney general of the
United States for an opinion and &C
ton, if there be any grounds, upon
the complaint that the railroads have
begun to hold up at Duluth grain con-
signed to Superior. The grain has
been inspected, they claim, at Duluth,
without authority from the consignee,
and Senator Young's letter in which
he presents the matter to the attorney
general is as follows: s.:.. - bike.
t"The natural grain markets for
North Dakota are Minneapolis, Mimi,
Duluth, Mimi, and Superior, Wis. For
many years the grain entering these
markets has been graded by inspectors
appointed under the provisions of the
grain and warehouse laws of Mime
sofa. The Minnesota inspection sys-
tenn has never been satisfactory to our
people and our grain growers have
suffered great injustice thereby. It
has been operated too largely in the
interest Of the terminal elevator COM
panies. ..'t
During the session of 1903 of the
Wisconsin legislature a bill was intro
duced providing for the establishment
of Wisconsin grain and warehouse
commission for the state of Wisconsin
and providing for licensing and in
spection of grain in the city of Super
ior and other points in the state Of
Wisconsin. s5.', .
"A bill substantially the same as the
one referred to was introduced in the
legislature of Wisconsin during the
session Of 1905 which was passed and
has since become a law Our legisla-
ture endorsed the bill and urged it's
passage. enclose an unofficial copy
of the bill. You will observe that
section 2 provides that before tns
governor of the state of Wisconsin ap-
points the commissioners he shall re-
quest the governor Of the state of
I North Dakota, the governor of the
state Of New York and the board Of
trade of the city of Superior to re-
spectiyely recommend person or per-
sons for appointment upon such COM
mission.
These commissioners have been
making extensive preparations for the
past month or SO to weigh and inspect
consignments of grain to Superior
from North Dakota, South Dakota and
other states. Certain interests in
Minnesota are opposing the Wisconsin
inspection scheme. Among other
things, it is given out that the inspec-
tors for the state OF Minnesota will in
sist upon inspecting all grain which
passes through the state consigned to
the city OF Superior II this. is per-
mitted to be done, It will delay the
shipments. It is obvious that grain
consigned to Superior will, under such
conditions, fail to reach there as soon
as grain consigned to Duluth.
Having failed to receive any conces-
sions from Minnesota, we appealed to
Wisconsin That state has passed a
law satisfactory to our people, one
designed to protect the eastern millers,
as well as the western farmers. It
should be borne in mind that the east
ern millers have suffered perhaps as
much from the railing of grades and
other manipulations as the grain
growers OF North Dakota and other
northwestern states.
IF your view is that the Minnesota
grain inspectors cannot grade or
tamper in any way with the shipments
Of grain from North Dakota consigned
to Superior, Wisconsin, / hope that
your department will take vigorous
measures to see that the right OF ship.
pers are not interfered with"