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was present, notwithstanding the fact that your com- 

 mittee stated that if the conference could not proceed 

 while he was present, his statements would have to be 

 accepted as facts by the committee. 



Objections were also made by members of the Board 

 of Trade to the stenographer who was present at the 

 request of your committee. 



Your committee withdrew from the conference for 

 the purpose of considering the objections raised by 

 the members of the Board of Trade. Being present 

 at the invitation of the board, and feeling that our 

 request to have Senator Hudnall present long enough 

 to go over the statements made by him at our conven- 

 tion, to which exceptions had been taken by the board, 

 was not unreasonable, and also feeling that an effort 

 was being made to throw such restrictions around the 

 conference as would make it of no value whatever to 

 the committee, it was finally decided that we would 

 withdraw and not attempt to proceed farther with the 

 conference at that time. The committee thereupon re- 

 tired from the conference. 



Farther on the report has this highly sig- 

 nificant passage: 



Following this attempt at a conference with the 

 Duluth Board of Trade, your committee entered into 

 correspondence with a large number of Eastern millers. 

 This correspondence was of considerable interest, and 

 disclosed the fact that the Eastern millers cannot ob- 

 tain grain at Duluth except in the condition in which 

 it is offered to them as to mixing. They want a cer- 

 tain proportion of the grain of good grades just as it 

 comes from the shippers, but can obtain it only after 

 it has been mixed and the higher grades reduced in 

 quality. 



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