Sisseton Posten. [volume] (Effington, Sud Dakota [S.D.]) 1902-19??, 1906-06-29
.RETRACTS CHARGES
F. r. CRgMPTON OF SUPERIOR
WIS, CoRREcrs STATEMENT
ON GRAIN STATISTICS.
FORMER FIGURES BASIS OF SEN.
i SATIoNAL sPEEcH BY SEN.
A AToR p. J. McuMBER.
tBy C'has II ThorHton.)

When the Hon z J. McCumher
United States senator from North pa-
kota, in the course Of a speoch made
In the United States senate ob March
80 1904, said that % 000 0O0 bushels.
In round numbers. more grain was
shipped from Duluth Superior than
was received during the period Of Ten
years ensng Sept ! r9O2, he uali-
fed the statement by saying that he
was not speaking with personal
! knowledge, but Was quoting from an
article in the Superior, Evening Tele.
gram ofFMay 2,aaO3. written by II. c.
etivers, and had never verified the
figures ny an examination Of the rec
ords, although such records are open
TO inspection al. air times
In q personal letter to the writer
stivers stated chat the basis Of his
aYtich ip the Superior Evening Tele-
syam was sohs, hgures compiled by
FsR. Champion, Of Superior, and which
were used bG 2hin IStivers) without
verifying them~in detail It.appears,
anerefdfe ,athat the basis of'ali these
fEuros Is the compilation made by
Frank n. crumpon OF Superior who
hasslately again gone into the matter,
andY Is now Satisfied that his original
figures were incorrect. and has made
an afIdavit, iretractine all OF shis for,
tner figures. said affidavit iu sub
stance being as follows
That he js the same Frank r,
Ciumptop who. at the sessions Of the
WIsdnsin Legislature IN the winter
OF 1928, used In arguments and con.
veTsaNons with members Of the Wis.
| consin{ legislature and in. private cor
respon9enoe tho statement that dur
ing the, ,teu wears from Sept, 4, 1892,
to Sept /, 1902. 2G.Ol4.0O0 bushels
more Of wheat had been reported as
shipped or manufactured into -four,
from Duluth and Superior. than had
| been received, and that this state
ment dwas made in support Of q bill
chen pending before the Wisconsin
legislature providing for the establish
! mopt Of Wisconsin inspection, and
! that so far as he knows he is the only
person who ever made or used, or
! testified to such q shortage of grain.
! That since that time said Crumpton
! has examined into the matter more
! carefully and has made use OF all
available statistics OF the grain move
rnent through the port OF Duluth-Su-
| perior and now knows that the orig
inal' computation made by him was
! not true or correct statement That
the error In his original computation
vas due partly TO a clerical error by
himself. partly 10 not having taken
note to the grain In store al the be-
ginning a& end Of the period men
toned. and largely to the fact that
during the first, three years Of the
! period mentioned he failed TO account
for 3o,6S6,000 bushels Of wheat re-
ceived directly by the mills and not
included In the official figures Of re-
ceipts, but he did figure the -four
made from this wheat into his total
shipments He made a further error,
against his own theory Of an excess Of
shipments over receipts, by falling 10
take into account the dockage on 224,
900, 900 bushels of wheat, amounting
TO 467l 900 bushels, v hich almost eX-
actly accounts for the difference be-
tween his two principal errors, above
noted The afiiant Crumpton con
cludes his affidavit by saying that after
a careful and paiEstaking examina-
tion, in the light of this later and
complete Information, he is now con
vinced that, during the said period Of
ten years ending Sept / 1902, there
was no excess of shipments OF grain
from the elevators at the Head of the
Lakes over receipts of grain by the
said elevators, and that in all state
ments to that effect ne WAS acting
upon misinformation, and that he
makes this affidavit for the pNrpose
Of correcting the misstatements and
of showing the true facts The af-
fdavit in full is as follows:
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
Count, Of ST Louis-ss.
Frank r Crumpton being Hrst duly
svorp. deposes ana Saws a. follows
That be is now and has been for sixteen
years last past continuously resi- lent of
the city Of superior. IN the state Of Wis
cousin. sud has been during All Of said
reriod engaged In the business q luyihg
aul selling grain.
That afiiant is the snug Frank r..
CTumpton who was n witness iu the case
OF Gregory Cook 4 Go. ~ Wisconsin
1 Grain Commission, Whics was tried before
Ju',p Parish In Superior Wis. on or
about Match .. 1906. In which case atiiant
| gav. testimony under oath as 20 q cont
putatiou made by afiant %, O. The amount
Of wheat received and shipped lN the cl"-