THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



that is ofiFered to him by the "grain trust" so-called, 

 and not in the condition as to mixing that he wants it. 



Coming from such a source, this testimony 

 as to the "powerful combination" to which 

 we have before referred may be regarded as 

 conclusive. 



Besides the profits on the changing grain 

 grades and profits from the sales of screenings, 

 the elevator had still another source of rev- 

 enue in these transactions. The committee 

 noted that there were also 



the charges for handling the grain and the proceeds of 

 the sale of wheat and other grain taken from the 

 screenings. For we found that all screenings are care- 

 fully cleaned over and all good grain taken out, and that 

 the good grain taken from the screenings is shipped out 

 as screenings in order to avoid inspection and appear- 

 ing in the amount of grain shipped out of the elevator. 



We can now begin to glimpse the profits in- 

 volved and to understand the power they bred. 



In one year the terminal elevators of Duluth 

 made this record : 



Received Shipped 



Grade of Wheat {Bushels) (Bushels) 



No. 1 Hard 599,602 648,607 



No. 1 Northern 15,187,012 19,886,137 



No. 2 19,693,454 15,178,999 



No. 3 7,035,133 1,971,355 



Rejected 892,241 94,626 



No Grade 2,561,505 468,922 



They shipped out 4,748,130 more bushels 

 of the high grades than they received, and the 

 source of this addition is counterbalanced 



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