MAGIC OF THE MIXING-HOUSE 



assertions of demagogues or reckless agitators. 

 The eloquence of the story to which they 

 referred is partly contained in the fact that 

 whereas the farmer that raised this wheat 

 was docked two or three pounds a bushel 

 for these screenings, they proved, when act- 

 ually taken out and weighed, to amount to 

 no more than three-quarters of a pound. 

 Also in the other fact that, although these 

 screenings properly belonged to him, they 

 were calmly seized by the elevator men and 

 sold for eight dollars a ton. The committee 

 further reported on this: 



We find that all of the dockage or screenings taken 

 from the grain has an actual value and believe the 

 shipper should receive this value. This matter of dock- 

 age is one that could so easily be remedied, and the 

 shipper given the benefit of the screenings actually- 

 taken from his grain, that the wonder is the present 

 unjust custom of not only confiscating the screenings, 

 but in addition compelling the shipper to pay the 

 freight on them to the terminal point [such as Minne- 

 apolis or Duluth] has been allowed to prevail so long. 



And as to the point made by Mr. Manahan 

 in his testimony, the committee said : 



We find that the Eastern millers want the grain as it 

 comes from the farmer, and it is an injustice to the 

 shipper as to the miller to prevent this, as is now done. 

 The shipper must accept the inspection rules and cus- 

 toms which have been forced upon him by the powerful 

 combination of elevator and railway interests, and the 

 miller [meaning Eastern miller] must take the grain 



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