Arizona republican., 1908-05-03

the grain is graded too low. or if the purchaser thinks that il is graded too high. either one of them can call upon the board of trade samplns depart
 ment to obtain an official sample and official samplers mark the grain so
 that no one else knows to whom the samples belongs: The committee of appeals of the boayd of trade decides upon the grade If the grain in case the parties are Stiil further dissatis- fled as to the State grading. By this means, the committee can pass fair. unpreiudicial judgment. not knowing to whom belongs the grain under dis cussion.
 Better come and see how they do it." suggested enc of the private sam piers as he gathered his samples to- gether. He led the foreign investigat-
 or past the shouting brokers on the floor to the sample tables. Then
 they stepped into the elevator. it rose.
 and the voices in the pit grew fainter and fainter. In. the sampling depart ment of the board of trade. among the l thousands 'Gr bags of gram. was the busy chief sampler. The visiting man
 saw various appliances for testing the grain: an intricate machine for de- termining the amount of moisture in it and various other appliances for determining specifically the grade of the grain.
 GETTING A GRAIN STANDARD. You see we have a standard sample to compare other grains with" ob-
 served the chief sampler as he poured
 out tray full of wheat. At the
 earliest possible time of each crop sea
 son the State Grain Inspection De-
 partment. the committee Of appeals of
 the board of trade. the sampling de- partment and myself, all work togeth- CT to get q fair sample of grain that
 will \be standard. and which we can
 use as that in comparison with some
 other sample we are in doubt about.
 "Hm' said the visitor. looks like q good bit or work-all this. Tt is
 a lot of work" replied the sampler And the actual work of handling the
 grain in sampling isn't all. We have
 a big force of clerks to keep account
 Of the work and to file and record the
 results. Then there's the weighing de- partment. Have vou seen them do that yet?'
 An hour or so later the foreigner entered the biz dusty doors of d big
 public grain elevator. On the track
 in side was a car of grain being show eled upon a conveyor belt. An elevat- or whisked the two up to the top floor
 where grain was being emptied into q bin that was siXty-five feet deep. on the floor below were the scales with the board of trade deputy weigh master and private weighman in charge. Each was keeping a record of
 the weights. To prevent any possible mistake. the figures on the scale beam
 were in combination with letters and both O. these were tO be recorded by each weiSher. The combination of letters had tO correspond to the figures so chances of mistakes were slight. These weights were recorded in the main office.
 Endless mics of grain cars. of bright colored grain mammoth bins and dusty men; these are the factors of tho grain exchange operations that few people consider or even know about. These factors brought the foreigner to the realization that grain dealers are mcr- chants who buy and sell on boards of trade because the buyers and sellers of the world meet these, and that without