The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
.VINDICATES STATE
GRAIN INSPECTION
FORMER ACCUsER RETRACTs HIS
CHARGES AGAINST COMMISSION.
Minnesota Officials and System Have a
New Document with Which to Con-
found Senator McCumber of North
Dakota, Who Recently Assa1led Them
on Floor of Senate.

The Minnesota railroad and ware
house commission today received COM
plete vindication of the charges of COR
ruption made against it by Senator Nc
Cumber of North Dakota in congress,
and insinuated in a recent opinion by
Judge Sanborn Of the United States
court Of appeals, thru an affidavit Of
Frank R. Crumpton.
Frank R. Crumpton is the Superior,
Wis, man who prepared the statistics
on which Senator McCumber based his
statements and Judge Sanborn his opin-
ion.
Crumpton, in his affidavit fled today
with the state railroad and warehouse
commission, says that for sixteen years
Past he has resided in Superior, all that
time engaged in buying and selling
grain; that he was a witness in the case
of Gregory, Cooks & Co. vs.. the Wis
consln grain commission, March 20,
1906, in which case he, first gave testi-
mony under oath on his own computa-
tions, contending that 26,Ol4OOO bush
els more of wheat had been shipped into
than was reported as being received.
This was for ten-year period begin
ming Sept. l, 1892.
Owns He Was Wrong.
Crumpton, in his affidavit, says he
Hnow knows that the original computa-
ton made by affidavit was not a true
many respects, tho at the time that
affiant made such statements affant
| believed them to be true.
'Affant now knows his original COM
putation failed to take into account
the following items relating to receipts
and shipments Of grain:
"First-A clerical error in original
computation. increasing the apparent
excess Of shipments over receipts by
| 100000 bushels.
"Second-stock Of wheat in store
in elevators on Sept. 1. 1892, Of 1,554,-
900 bushels 80
"Third-- of wheat in store
Sept. l, 1902. Of $4,000 bushels.
"F ourth-Wheat received by eleva-
tors in D9luth h,superior harbor and
subsequently shipped out to flour mills
at Duluth and Superior from Sept. /,
1892, to Sept: |, 1895, amounting to
30.6S6,0O0 bushels.
Fifth-Amount Of correction that
should he made in number Of bushels of
wheat used in the production of -four
in said period Of time on account of the
use in said original statement Of affiant,
Of calendar years instead of crop years,
amounting to 100000 bushels.
Sixth--The amount of allowance that
should be made for tare on account of
dirt, foul seed, etc., on 224,216 900 bush.
els Of wheat reported as having been re.
ceived by the Minnesota state weighing
| department as gross bushels, amounting
to 4,671 900 bushels.
Seventh--An amount of allowance fol-
transfers of grain between elevators OF
the same system.
l. Letter from Senator C1app. -
The railroad and warehouse commits
sion has received letter from United
States Senator Moses E. Clapp il
which he asserts he does not believe
federal investigation of the affairs Of
a state grain inspection bureau cal
legally be made, and that he does MOI
believe the accusation made agains
Minnesota s warehouse commission were
: taken at all seriously by congress.