Show NEXT NOT TO TOBE TOBE BE Amendment in Agricultural Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation Ap Ap- Ap- Ap Bill Provides Entering Wedge AN INJUSTICE IN GRADING Claim North North- North Dakota Senators ii ot t Ha lIts L C I 1 Millions III Ions Through h Grain of Unfair Grading Service Republican Special 2 The fhe amendment amend amend- Washington June merit ment In tho the a agricultural appropriation bill placing In the thc of oC the thc Secretary Sec See the sum of oC 10 of Agriculture letI y o and anel grading of for Cor the time inspection grain Is loo looked upon lJ by the thc advocates ml legislation as an nil Im Important irn- irn of of this class McCumber Mc- Mc c- c Senator wedge entering time past paRt has had hada Cumber for some sonic pending Jendin before the thc committee a bill hili agriculture providing pm for tor or grading on standards of grain This Tills and auth creating revolutionized the bill Jill would have handling of or grain ala at shipping points large elevators arc are anti ind where tho the the committee was located However cr time to as Carns far Car faris farns willing at this go not Senator desired His His' colleague ns is Senator Hansbrough however how how- ever er who Is a member of the committee com corn drafted an amendment which was adopted by the committee and andIs andS Is S the thc one In iii the bill bi as s passe passed by bythe the he senate This amendment ment is as follows L I h Ji Amendment t. t o To enable tho lie Secretary of oC Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Agri Agri- culture 10 to establish at such points of export a as he Ito may deem icem expedient laboratories for Cor the purpose of examIning examining exam exam- ining Ining- and amid reporting upon the nature quality and condition of or any sample parcel or con consignment of seed or grain ain is allowed to cover CO the expenses and he is authorized to re report report re- re port upon such samples parcels or consignments flom toni time line to time and the reports so made shall serve a as a basis for the fixing of definite grades of to be determined by the Secretary Agriculture as the evidence at hand may Inlay warrant Senator Hansbrough made the f following following fol fol- lowing statement as to the effect of this provision Effect of if Plo Let us sec see what would happen If Ic f that became a law and law and I think It itou ought ou ht to become a law The he result resul be hc that th the Secretary of Agriculture Agri Agri- Agriculture culture would probably establish a laboratory at each o the thc three ts M. M at f Ui t cw TorK San Sa ad co NOW Orleans Orl i and c afiM- afiM af n made le II of ot the thc grain proposed to 16 IRS be- fiX ox- x- x p train from 11 those e pints tho the rv Issue a u c Hc t as af to to the grade Krado of or such uch gr BrainI grain Brain ln I I venture venturo to M say Mr 11 President ni that lint pa fO soon as we wc enter upon this no foreign buyer of or grain win will consent to accept a cargo carro of or grain shipped from this hits countr country unless It Is accompanied by a government I cate I venture the time further su suggestion hon tion lon that t at under uder t the e. e provisions ns of or this amendment no shipper of or grain In Inthis this thimi country will viiI wi think of or sen sending lur a a. cargo of grain rain abroad unless it St Is ac accompanied ac- ac companied by the lie government certificate cate his own certificate and an his own inspection already stand condemned con con- before the 11 country and before the world McCumbers s View In regard to the amendment Sena Sena- tor or McCumber said ald in part parl sena-I sena Now Mr lr President this thi amendment amend amend- ment meat is the tho rather wc weak rc result of an all effort efort on 1 my hart pait to enlist the tho atten atten- aton- aton tion ton iou of oC the time committee on agriculture and anti forestry and al also e time the attention of or the lie senate to grave abuses that have been heln sustained su h by liy tho lie agricUltural agricultural tural section of or Minnesota North Da Dij- Dij DI- DI kota Montana i South Dakota and amid to some extent nt Nebraska r 1 h have YC made an ni earnest earliest effort fort to i bring this matter mater before the attention of congress and to Secure secUe legislative enactment for toi 01 the purpose of curing the great gi which are aie now lieu In- In upon a portion porton of oC our public OU The amendment Is 18 III in the tho right di di- di it I is facing congress and action toward a OP OPu I of u vast ast 1 tn t. t L' L n to every ono one of or I 0 j n lI 5 a step I 1 sa In the right but ut It Is the thc stop step or of an Inch when In iii fact it ought to ho bo one or a mile mie Grading Unjust t. t It ul is no easy thing for Cor a e al IV of oC thc thic Dakotas to stand by and for years f see fl from m to 5 out of oC the thc Inha Inhabitants Inhabit Inhabit- lants l- l ants of nr his i state h by reason of an UI un- un unjust lust just system 01 of oC C grading and o of grain crain at a n t 1 P l t ov over r w which that thai state has no imo Jurisdiction Tt cJ It I is extremely hard when I cou couple lo with that further edge the th that there Is 18 a and speedy and a full ful and adeqUate remedy against a anco ance or of this evil I have Introduced 1 0 l a bill to lo remedy vides cite tho ui that mat lo the thu matter maler federal Ced bi that hill bill hi pro- pro provides that at 11 the terminal Points may mav In In- In NI ct subject and or grade Interstate time the Iraln that Is hs the thc or foreign com com- merce it has ha done this hits the grado ra o has a national hoard character a na- na a that will follow wi the lie ot or grain It may tn In go this counti- counti Int tU any other othor country to Which it Il I Is con a JL I wi cure or of which 1 am om constrained to at this time for fOl the rean that that haG bi b cn reported from Crom the committee on and forestry and this me the s alo only opportunity to lay before the thc In tog the tho great that lint are beIn be- be whom n I in or of by the h PC people PlC part The Tho North the Dakota senators Placed conate a t lar large J u of evidence o In 11 the w wa vay v pt corr eP corr-eP spond d' d cace court cc c t the ti abut OU ht to K br bc I b by byNorth gia Ban gan nt- nt r m r drew cow or of the tho Colorado comment Tho two have senators from North th ee a In North Continued on Page Two TAVO GRAIN GRAI N N NEXT EXT TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE INSPECTED Continued Ii Horn flOI lC One One resota nue and Wisconsin Wisconsin that that Is in ing and should start start- startle both the time country country country coun coun- try and anc tho lie senate In ton ten years time the the farmers of or those states havo hav beer heer swindled out of hl bushels 18 o of wheat wheat Thoy They have not only been swindled out of that much wheat hut but the they have been swindled in th the grade of or their wh wheat at by being paid for their thel wheat as ns of an quality when they should 1 have been paid the time rating and the thc pa pay that goes goc oe to a higher quality The Time system of fraud Is carried on through the lii agency agene of state officials at least It must be bc with wih their thel connivance am and knowledge I doubt douht If any of the revelations revelation of or fraud and amid graft glar that th time the last lat year ha has ha produced could be bc eon eon- as a. startling starting almost as us horn as have been beon the time revelations revelation made b by the tIme two senators from 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