The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-05-06
BRADSHAW SAYS HYDE
DID NOT STATE FACTS

James T. Bradshaw, State Grain and
Warehouse Commissioner, when here
last week to inspect the State, Grain
and Weighing Inspection Department,
told Post-Dispatch reporter that
references made by Governor Hyde in
his address recently before the Cham
Der of Commerce to his department
were misleading and showed that the
Governor was unfamiliar with it's
work.
The agricultural consolidation bill,
passed by the last legislature, abol-
ishes Bradshaw's position and Brad
shaw has been active in moving for
referendum on the measure. The
Governor, in his address, spoke of
Bradshaw as an example of the "per-
petual jobholder" with 1870 to ITO par
ty retainers under him on the state
payroll, and said the inspectors had
been looking after only five cars Of
grain day, on an average.
Bradshaw said that the six years
during which he has been in charge
of the department no more than 12O
men had been employed by him at one
time. There are now 107 men in the
department, AZ at st. Louis, So at
Kansas City and IS at st. Joseph. OF
these, he said, only two are party
committeeman James Fitzsimmons,
Democratic City Committeeman Of the
Fifteenth Ward in st. Louis, who is
chief clerk at the office here, and Hem
ry Streutker, Democratic City Com
mitteeman of the Tenth Ward, who is
a clerk. Both men receive $3.50 a
month. They were appointed at the
request of Gov. Gardner and are ca
pable and efficient, Bradshaw said.
800 to 400 Cars Inspected
at is not unusual for the inspect
ors to work over 300 or 400 cars a day
during the summer months, when
grain is moving" Bradshaw said. SIN
st. Louis last year the department in
spected 70,536 cars in the terminals,
20,546 cars at the elevators. 22,l1s
cars when they were weighed in, and
20,546 cars when they were weighed
out, and 1O5 cars in transit between
elevators. The department also ex-
amined 227,58s sacks of grain, 1922
722 bushels of grain weighed in from
barges, 1 711,995 bushels of grair
weighed out of elevators and 435 cars
of grain sent out by barges. A great
err amount of grain is handled at Kan
sas City.
"St. Louis was the only office to op
crate at loss. Its total disburse
ments were $131, 52s.54, while its re
eeipts were $119,99S.29. The loca
force consists of four clerks, 13 weigh
ers, nine samplers, 10 inspectors,
chief clerk, deputy chief inspector
and a registrar and an assistant. Tn,
office hours of the clerks are from
a. m. to 5 p. m. The inspectors, sam
piers and weighers are at work at
a. m. every day and frequently oil
Sunday, for which they receive no ad
ditional pay. During the rush season
2 they are forced to work late at night
] with no extra compensation.
), "Not Perpetual Jobholder"
az am not perpetual jobholder'.
e was elected originally to the board o
: Railroad and Warehouse Commission
: ers which had charge of the work i
: 1912. This was my first public office
: When the railroad commission wa
: abolished shortly afterward, Governo
: Major appointed me to the present pc
: sition. Gov. Gardner reappointed m
and my present commission expire
: April 16, 1928"
e The records of the State Auditor
: office show that in 1919 and 1922
: Bradshaw turned in to the state treas
IS ury 1884, 1O0.12 in fees collected by h
l., office, in addition to which he di!
bursed $65,480.15 himself during Al
IS gust, September, October, Novemb'
: and December, 1920, to pay salari'
d of employees for which the appropri'
q. ton had become exhausted. This SUI
l. came out of his fees also, which make
total of $4Os, 5s0.27 collected by IL
N department during the two years. Coz
t tingent, travelling and other expense
4 of the department during the tv
e years totaled $4s,704,67, that paid |
10 warrant through the State Treasure
J. totaled 1921, 1895, to which must
r added the SOS, 4S0.15 in salaries pa
IN by Bradshaw out of the earnings I
the office, total for salaries and e: