THE STORY OF THE NONPARTISAN LEAGUE 



was done to compel all grain men doing business at 

 the head of the Lakes to confine their business to 

 Duluth. Then all terminal elevators located in Supe- 

 rior suddenly were closed as public elevators and be- 

 came private elevators operated by individuals holding 

 leases. As private elevators they were able to dis- 

 criminate in the business offered them, and this dis- 

 crimination took the form of refusing to receive any 

 grain inspected under Wisconsin rules and by Wis- 

 consin inspectors. It does not require anything further 

 to show you how Wisconsin inspection was put "down 

 and out" and why all of our grain must now be graded, 

 inspected, and weighed under Minnesota inspection 

 rules. 



The committee relates that it attempted 

 to have a hearing with the Duluth Board of 

 Trade, and met with some of the officers and 

 members for that purpose. Before the session 

 opened members of the Duluth Board took 

 exception to the fact that State Senator Hud- 

 nall of Superior, Wisconsin, had been invited 

 by the committee to be present. At the last 

 convention of the Bankers' Association, Sen- 

 ator Hudnall had spoken about the system 

 of grain-grading in use in Minnesota, and had 

 made statements to which members of the 

 Duluth Board vehemently objected. The 

 committee had now taken him along to de- 

 termine whether these statements were true 

 or false. The committee's report says: 



Members of the Board of Trade absolutely refused 

 to proceed with the conference while Senator Hudnall 



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