Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-11

Tie grading Of grain upon its physi
cal appearance is condemned by the
grain commissioners of the state, H
O. Brown and J. T. Clifford, in theil
biennial report just. submitted. Grain
in the opinion of the commissioners
should be graded upon it's CONNER
cial or milling value, determined by
accurate chemical analysis and bak.
ing tests.
I'VE find that wheat was graded No.
3 northern" say the commissioners in
their report, ION account of its badly
bleached color, made as good -four
and the baking test was equal to
the best hard or No. l northern grade.
Also smut in wheat affects the grades
just to the amount of smut it con-
tains. Take, for example, a sample
of our best northern wheat and let
it contain smut, and it will be grad
ed as low as No. 3 or rejected. This
we also believe to he unjust. All
wheat is washed by the modern mills
of our country, as we'll as smutty
wheat, in order to properly temper
it for grinding. We understand that
the cost Is no more to condition smut
ty wheat than any other wheat, the
smut being all removed by the same
operation This is another good rea-
son why it should be graded upon it's
commercial value.
I'VE find, and it is freely admitted,
that about all cargoes loaded out of
Duluth carry one pound and often
times more dockage per bushel that is
not taken into account or considered
The mixing of the different grades as
they are inspected in and the grades
they finally take, on our inspection, is
unjust and works to tn" disadvantage
of our state.
I'm justice to the farmers and grow
ers of grain We believe the inspections
department, from the samples to the
board of appeals inclusive, should BE
taken out of politics and come under
civil service regulations, so that no
person or persons connected with the
service would depend of holding his
job upon the success or failure of
any political party
mo doubt, the matter of weighing
grain at the terminal at Minneapolis
and Duluth and other weighing sta.
tons have been more severely COM
planned of than any other department
OF the grain business, but We believe
not always justly from the fact that
shippers do not always weigh their
grain"
After setting forth the methods en-
ployed in weighing grain at the ter
minals the commissioners state that
the Minnesota law requiring the ship
per to place card in the car giving
the shipping weight, is not complied
with in more than one case out of
ten. 1t is very important that this
law should be complied with, for
then the state weigher would notice
any difference between the state
weight and the shippers weight,
while the grain was still in the hon.
per, and the matter could be imme-
dlately investigated. If the loss was
caused by leally condition of the
car he would have a valid claim !
against the railroad company, and as
the shipper would know his actual |
loss settlement could be more easily {
obtained.
The number Of bad order cars, that
s, cars without seals or doors or hav-
ng leaky sides, ends or bottoms, found
~ the state weighing department for
he past five years will average more
han $4,000 cars each year at Mime
lpolis alone.
On the question of durum wheat,
ne commissioners believe that sey-
nty-five per cent or more of all dur.
I'm wheat received at MINNEAPOLIS is
['ixed with northern spring wheat
nd made into patent -four. At the
duluth and Minneapolis terminals
bout 3o.000,0O0 bushels of this wheat
received annually, with a differ
nee in price of from 20 to 25 cents
nder the northern grade. Minneap-
lis alone received about 100000
ushels of durum
AS O. solution for conditions existing