The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-01-24

end the producer pays for the losses
I, resulting from false inspection or GER
LITIGATION losses. At present every
grain market has it's own system Of
grading and inspection and no two
systems are exactly the same. The
result is that the same kind and quail
ity Of grain, shipped from the same
field, entering markets in differene
states, is graded differently and nam
cd differently, creating confusion and
general loss to the producer.
9. Under the present system of in
spection all carloads of grain arriv.
ing at the terminals are locked a GER
tain number of pounds per bushel to
cover dirt, undeveloped kernels, or
any foreign matter in the grain. AS
all this can be removed, and is re-
moved in the elevators, it should not
affect the grading. 1t is, however, Of
ten excessive, and while the farmer
peg II 1lCiE41I VII IL dllu SClo HULL
ing for it the purchaser sells it often
for a very good price.
slow National Inspection and Grading
Will Remedy Present Injustice
1. Under national inspection all
inspectors will be free from political
influence. They will W no alleg-
lance to buyer or shipper. Their de
cision will be free from bias. Their
grading will be under rules and regu-
lations adopted by the agricultural
department. They will have as a
guide all OF the experimentation and
accumulated knowledge of the depart
ment, acquired by years OF study and
Investigation and laboratory work on
grains.
2. Proper provision will be made
for reinspection in case'of complaint
in place of the present system of al.
pealing from the deputy to the prin-
cipal, whose interest demands that
he shall sustain his deputy general
ly.
8. Owners of elevator lines could
not instruct their buyers under a
national system not to give above a
certain grade. The difference would
be Immediately apparent as soon as
the same grain was inspected at the
terminals. And they could not long
do business under such instruction
when it became publicly known that
the local grades were below the err
minal grades.
by the national inspectors to resolve
every doubt in favor c. the purchaser
and against the producer whereby
such purchaser, as is now the case,
would secure one-half to two-thirds
of the crop at a grade lower than that
to which it was entitled.
). Under national inspection it
would be impossible to ship out three
times as many bushels of the higher
grades as are taken in the terminal
elevators. Under the present system
the buyer, by controlling the person
mel of the board of inspectors, prac-
tically determines what grade he will
buy in at and what grade he will sell
out at. The department inspectors
would apply the same test on grain
received as shipped. out.
6. If the shipper mixed his grades
such mixture would have to be again
inspected and graded by the depart
ment and such grain could not be
sold in the market under a false GER
tiicate. This would give confidence
in II American standards and facili-
tate our export business in wheat,
corn and flax the same way that our
meat inspection has facilitated COM
merce in meat.
Z. The producer of North Dakota
or South Dakota, for instance, has not
the slightest voice in determining the
personnel of the political inspectors
of his grain in Minneapolis, Duluth,
Superior or Chicago, where he must
sell it, nor can his voice be heard
as to the proper system of inspection
or grading. Under national inspec-
ton he can be heard. Through his
representation he is brought in touch
with the department, which must list
en- to his complaint or suggestions.
and if we'll founded will seek to ap-
ply a proper remedy. In addition to
this an inspector, if found incompe-
tent, may be discharged or removed
to another section of the country
where he might be competent.
8. Under national inspection it
would be almost impossible to secure
false certificates as to grades to as
sist in gambling deals on the board
of trade.
8. Dockage would have nothing to