Gunnison news-champion., 1914-09-18
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Grain and Hay Exchange and by other
parties, and the testimony of the Dem
ver Exchange inspector, Mr.. Il. D.
Joerger, was produced in court He
testified that il did not grade No. 1.
All of the other Denver witnesses testi-
fed to the same fact. The plaintiff
produced evidence to the fact that the
hay was property harvested and baled
and that it would grade No. l. Their
testimony showed however that the hay
stood in the shock from fifteen to
twenty days and that during this time
it IVES rained upon two or more times.
1t also showed that the hay ives baled
within two weeks after it was put in
the stack. The defence brought in evil
dence that the hay could not lay in the
shock from fifteen to twenty days and
be rsned upon and then be first class
hay They also contended that it would
not be No l hay if it were baled within
two weeks after it was put in the stack
Ranchmen of Gunnison county placed
on the stand testified that it should be
in the stack at least thirty days before
being baled and so opinion differed.
This case brought out the feeling
among some of the ranchmen that the
Grain and Hay Exchange was represen-
tative of only . few of the Denver deal
ers and that the seller was compelled to
take whatever rating the exchange was
willing to give him, irrespective of
grade. Mr.. Joerger on the other hand
who is Inspector in the hay department
and assistant Inspector in the grain de
partment of the exchange. in talking to
a News Champion reporter contended
that under the rules of the exchange the
ranchmen were given fair treatment
and were treated all alike, whereas
formerly they had to take in many
cases whatever rating the purchaser
placed on their hay. He pointed out
that he never knew the seller of the hay
he inspected and that he was not paid
by the purchaser for the inspection.
He declared that hay must be inspected
and graded for the protection not only
of the producer, and the wholesaler, but
also for the man who buys from the
commission firm. There must be some
system he said, and it is the purpose Of
the exchange to provide this system.
OF course it is up to Denver commits
sion men to prove that they play a
fairer game than commission men in
the fruit business are reputed to do. and
it is up to this self-constituted Grain
and Hay inspection department of the
exchange to prove that they are as
vitally Interested in giving the ranch
men a fair deal as in representing the
commission men. In other words that
it is not wheel within a wheel.
On Wednesday morning the trial Of
the case of III. F. Trampe VS.. Edwin
Miller. Byron Martin, Marshall Davis
and Charles Miller came on for trial be-
fore the court and was submitted TO the
jury late Thursday afternoon. In this
case Trampe is suing the defendants for
so, 100. He asks s., 100 for actual dam
ages and S. 600 for punitive damages
1t appears from the evidence that
Trampe charges that he was attacked
by the defendants at the time of the
school election this year. He was bad
ly beaten so he charges. There were a
large number of witnesses, there being
sixteen on one side and twelve on the
other. The jury was out when this
was written late last night. but we just
learn has brought in verdict Of not
guilty.