The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-04
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COARSE GRAINS
STATE GRAIN INSPECTOR MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT.
Shows Market Falling Off in Wheat
During Last Crop Year, but Receipts
from Inspection Work Were Larger
Because Of Increased Business in
Corn, Oats and Barley.

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Because Of Increased Business in
Corn, Oats and Barley.
r. w. Eva, chief grain Inspector, has
presented the report Of his department
to the railroad and warehouse commits
sion, covering the crop year ending
Aug. 81.
marked falling off in the volume, Of
wheat. There was a good gain, IN coarse
grains, however. The report says in
part:
The total number of carloads Of
grain inspected on arrival at the six
terminal points, Minneapolis, Duluth,
St. Paul, st. Cloud, New Prague and
Sleepy Eye, amounted to 202252, di-
svided as follows: Spring and winter
wheat, l25,564 cars; corn, 5,315; oats,
24,0S9; rye, 3,421; barley, 22,563; flax
''There were inspected fout of store :
for the same period: Spring and win,
ter wheat, 5000 cars, and 1852, 400
e haa into nden vessels coarse grain GIN
1926 cars, and Is, 47S, o52 bushels into
vessels; faxseed, 4 1899 cars, and II ,613,-
l43 bushels into vessels, making a
total 'out inspections { Of 82,578 car
loads, and 49,77S,685 bushels into YES
sells of all kinds of grain. =
"Compared with the business Of the
previous season, the result shows a
falling off in the receipts of wheat
amounting to 1871 carloads; rye, Ill
carloads, and in flaxseed Of 9,238 car
loads. There was, however, gain in
receipts Of o coarse grain as foll 6Cy
loads; barley, 3,036 carlrkds; or a net
loss in receipts Of all kinds Of grain
amounting to 6,136 carloads.
OF the l25, 564 carloads Of wheat re-
ceived during the year, Ills cars
contained winter wheat; 1891 cars of
western white; 1887 cars of western
red; and lO9,l60 cars Of northern
spring wheat. ..
Inspection and Weighing Fees.
AS per order of the commission, the
inspection and Weighing fees were re-
For inspection ':on arrived,' OF
''into store,'' for each carload Of grain
Except faxsee6, Is cents; for inspec.
ton "out of store'' from warehouses
to cars Except faxseed), Is cents pei
carload, and 80 cents per 1000 bushels
into vessels. .,,.. j.. y IS ... .-...
On faxseed the charges shall be
On faxseed the charges shall be
as follows: For inspection . on arri
val,'' or ''into store" IS cents pc,
carload. for inspection 'out OF
store' from warehouses, IS cents pei
carload into cars, or SO cents per 1000
bushels into vessels. The charges fol-
| weighing faxseed shall be as provided
below for all other kinds Of grain.
The charges for weighing shall be
weighed tson arrivel,''a or 7inte
store, - Is cents; for weighing "out OF
storeo from warehouses, Is cents pei
| carload to cars, 80 cents per 1000 bush
| els, into vessels. a. 60 d, :
t,s@-,..:& Finances. II.
The amount of revenue received from
I all sources during the season was as
! follows: ~, ~ ~ NHf s. 4
| Inspection department ...r........ $4,000 8:
Board of APPEALS ap grain samples soid
Interest on deposits In state treasury 2034S 8;
Globe company, refund on subscrip- Z ~ e.
| Country elevator ncenSeS.... l IO6Ut
| -, Total receipts. $25l 1893 Il
The disbursements during the same
pr Rod were $2S1 ,106.60, resulting in {
y y
The surplus from the preceding year wa!
1914, 3 1882, leaving a balance on hard
| Aug. 81, 1905, Of $94,61O90. Of this
amount 1894, 547.3O is deposited in the
state treasury, and $63.6O is for uncol
lected fees due from the Minneapolis in
spection department. The reduction il
the inspection and weighing fees, which
took effect July /, 1905, reduced the ne
earnings for the months of July ant
August, $7,777.67; Had the fees re
manned unchanged for the crop year, thu
stead Of $297.5S. -,
Reinspection and Appeals.
"Out Of a total Of $4,000 carload
of grain inspected 'on arrival and GU
Of store 30,947 cars were held out TO-
reinspection, with the following results
In 14,153 cases the original grad
and dockage was confirmed; grades wer'
raised in 1882 cases, lowered i'm 3 ,34.
cases, and in 1918 cases the dockag
was changed, .
"Appeals to the board of grain ap
peals were made in II 900 cases, in 7,85!
Of which the decisions Of the chief dep
uties were confirmed, and in $50 case
changed. - > = - - =. r.
| Bad Order Cars. =.
| ~ L uo uuMuGI Ol CARS received dC IN
terminal points and found in wha
might be termed bad ORDER were OIL
out Of a total of 202,352. OF these
1881 were without seals; CAT with seal
broken;s 1,0l9 with open end and sid
4 doors; 878 with leaky grain doors; 25
with leaky end, side and bottom; 81
4 with no fastenings; 1880 were poorl
fastened and twenty-eight with door
off. y.,=
i Dockages.
stOf the 1oe,160 carloads of sprin,
wheat inspected son arrival at the 81:
terminal points during the year, 14,91
were locked one-half pound a ,bushel
Sc, 1854, one pound; 20,643, one and one
half pounds; l0,997, two pounds; 1890
two and one-half pounds; 1908, thre
pounds; .2,770, over three and at a
average Of four pounds, and 1890
without any dockage. The net aver
age dOckage ON total reGeints at al