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.ffTRRfS CRARGEs
W. n cRuMPToN OF SUPERIOR.
\ WIS., coRREcrs srArgAENr
ON eRAIN STATISTICS
FORMER FIGURES BASIS or SEN.
sATIoNAL SPEECH Nv SEN.
AToR p. !. M'cuMsER.


When the Hon. p. J. McCumber,
United states senator from North Da,
kota. in the course og speech made
In the United States senate on March
80. 1904. said tnat 2S.000.0O bushels,
In round numbers. more grain was
shipped from Duluth,Superior than
was received during the period OF ten
| years ending Sept I, 1902, he quail.
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 of May 2, 1903, written by H. G.
Stivers, and had never verified the
! figures by an examination OF the rec
0rds, although such records are open
TO inspection at all times.
In personal letter to the writer
Stivers slated that the basis of his
article In the Superior Evening Tele-
gram was some figures compiled by
F. r, Crumpton of Superior, and which
were used by him (Stiyers) without
verifying them in detail. 1t appears,
therefore, that the basis OF all these
figures Is the compilation made by
Frank r. Crumpton of Superior, who
has lately again gone into the matter,
and Is now satisfied that his original
figures were incorrect, and has made
an affidavit, retracting all Of his for
mer figures. said affidavit in sub
stance being as follows:
That he Is the same Frank r..
Crumpton who, at the sessions OF the
Wisconsin Legislature in the winter
of 1923, used in arguments and con-
versations with members Of the Wis
consin legislature and in private cor
respondence the statement that dur
ing the ten years from Sept. 1, 1892,
TO Sept. /, 1902. 26,014,000 bushels
more OF wheat had been reported as
shipped or manufactured into flour,
from Duluth and Superior, than had
been received, and that this state
ment was made in support IF bill
then pending before the wisconsin
legislature providing for the establish
ment Of wisconsin inspection, and
that so far as he knows he is the only
person who ever made or used, or
testified to such 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
ment through the port Of Duluth-Su,
perior and now knows that the orig
inal computation made by him was
not a true or correct statement. That
the error In his OF Ell oo.l ltion
was due partly tc cereal 9r.r by
himself, partly IL not nayIns 1aken
note to the grain in store at the be.
ginning and 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 30,6S6,000 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 further error,
against his own theory of an excess of
shipments over receipts, by falling to
take into account the dockage on 224,
100000 bushels of wheat, amounting
to 4,671, 900 bushels, which almost ex-
actly accounts for the difference be-
tween his two principal errors, above
noted. The afiant Crumpton con
cludes his affidavit by saying that after
a careful and painstaking examina-
tion, IN the light of this later and
complete information, lie is now con.
vinced that, during the said period of
ten years ending Sept. 1, 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 he was acting
upon misinformation, and that he
makes this affidavit for the purpose
Of correcting the misstatements and
Of showing the true facts, The af.
fidavit in full Is as follows:
STATE or MINNESOTA, .<~r-
County Of ST. Louis-ss.
Frank r. Crnmpton, being nrst duly
SWORD, deposes and saws, as follows, m
That he ls now and has been for sixteen
FehTB tdhK phSt cOhtiuuOuSiy "a INSiuSut w
the city Of Superior, In the state Of Wis
consila, and has been during all Of said
Dpefi0d engaged 10 the business OF buying
and selling grain. aa1 t'i Ease ~
That afiIant Is the same Frank r.
Crumpton who was a witness In the case
OF Gregory, Cook q Co. VS.. Wisconsin
Grain Commission, which was tried before
Judge Parish in Superior, Wis. OH or
about March %, 1906. In which case afhant
gave Testimony, under oath, as to a. com
putstion made by afiant as to the amount
of wkeat received and shipped by the elc
yators located upon Duluth-Superior harbor
during the ten years from Sept. /, 1892, to
Sept 1, 1902, and from which computation
Il appeared that 28014,000 bushels OF wheat
had been reported shipped and manrfac-
tured into fiour mere than the amount re-
ported as having been received by said ele-
yators during the same period Of time.
That afflant Is the same Frank Il. Crump.
ton, who, at the sessions OF the Wisconsin
legislature in the winter OF 1902 and 1908.
used said computation In arguments and
conversations with members Of the Wiscon-
sin Legislature In support OF a bill then
pending In said legislature, providing for
the establishment OF Wisconsin grain In.
spection commission, and that, so far as
aftiant knows, af1ant is the only person
who has ever made or used. or testlfedsto.
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