Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-10
LETTERS FROM BEE READERS
ssorstary kovann Of Omaha Grain BI-
change Replies 70 Weeping WstOr Editor,
METHODS OF INSPECTING GRAIN IN OMAHA
Man who Buys Has Nothing to DO
with Either Grading or weighing
of Grain-Man who Abused
Horse Scored.


OHnMhh 1EAhh EAGhah&Ns
OMAHA, March Ito the Editor OF the
Weeping Water Republican, Weeping
Water, Neb.; There appeared in the Mis-
cellany" column of The Omaha Bee Of
March an editorial from your paper which
reflects seriously upon the Omaha grain
market. l feel quite sure that 1t is not
your intention to be unjust TO this market
and am impelled by this conviction TO set
you right on the subject.
The grain shipper of Weeping Water
need not depend upon the within OF any
buyer in this market as to the quality or
weight Of his grain. The Omaha Grain ex-
change was organized for the purpose OF re-
placing Individual Judgment by impartial
collective judgment and, II your grain deal
ers will sell their grain to Omaha on
Omaha terms" they will be furnished
with an inspection certificate and weight
certificate issued by this exchange which
will give them scientific grading for their
grain and weights as accurate as any hui
man agency can make them.
The exchange spent 10000 last year alone
IN order to perfect the department OF
weights and inspection. We have in charge
of that department a man who Is recog-
nized in the grain trade as one OF the most
competent Judges OF grain in the west, Mr.
George 3. Powell. Mr.. Powell was for If
teen years chief inspector at Peoria and
for six years chief clerk to the chief in
spector In the great Chicago market. II
any honest difference of opinion arises as
10 the inspection made by the track In
spectors, your dealers have the benefit of
Mr.. Powells Judgment upon their grain. II
they still feel that they are not satisfied
with the grade, they can utilize the ZAP
peals" machinery Of this exchange and call
g. To- Hsr NIn 10 ,aV,Nfkf np
which is composed Of seven competent, ex-
perienced grain men. II any one of these
men is interested in the shipment he must
retire from. the committee, thereby insuring
your dealers an impartial. collective judg-
ment OF number OF experienced men.
The exchange maintains, and pays for out
Of its own funds, tallyman at every ele-
vator in Omaha, South Omaha and Coun-
ell Bluffs. whose sole business II Is to check
the weighing by consignees Of the grain.
These men are switched about from time to
time In order that they may be kept from
outside influences such as might be present
II they were permitted to remain at one
elevator all the time.
BY inference. you accuse Omaha dealers
OF being unreliable and intimate that they
do not deal honestly with your people. 1
cannot believe that It was your inten-
tiOH " tdho any pOslllOH anu l. DsS
leave TO call your attention to the fact
that the receipts of grain at Omaha, over
75 per cent of which originated I'm Ne
braska, have Increased materially every
year the exchange has been in existence.
Last year we received 45,o0O,O 900 bushels
of grain, against $4,000, 900 in 1905,
while the nearest market, "down the usual
way. SOUTH" decreased nearly 10000, 900
bushels in 1905 under 1905. If tho methods
employed at Omaha were open to serious
criticism, II is hardly possible that these
results would have been obtained
Doubtless you are often in Omaha,
either on business or pleasure bent. The
next time you come here 1 hope you will
call on the Grain exchange and give n
half hour or an hour to personal investi-
CATION Of our methods of inspection and
weighing. We feel that we are entitl ed
TO credit for the high plane upon which
we have placed this service and we would
like to have the opportunity of convincing
you and. through you, your readers, of
that fact. Yours truly. e. ]. M'vANN.
Secretary