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congestion, occasions on which more than a thousand cars of grain remained 

 unopened in one railway >;ard after the morning sampling had taken place. 

 Secondly the two agencies which mutually check each other and the possi- 

 bility of appeal have caused the grading and the quality of the grain placed 

 on the market to be such as to provide a firm basis for trade, and have eli- 

 minated most of the abuses due to bad faith and to the opposing interests 

 of sellers and buyers. 



The cost of sampling is negligible. The sampling bureau charges 20 

 cents for each sample at Minneapolis and 50 cents for each sample at Duluth, 

 these rates having been raised from 15 cents and 40 cents, respectively. 

 The fees of the State department for inspecting and weighing are 40 cents 

 per car per thousand bushels for wheat, oats, barley, rye and speltz ; and 75 

 cents for flax seed and Indian corn. 



