152 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. [1 Sepr., 1902: 
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“The inspectors in determining the grades are supposed to know absolutely | 
nothing as to the point from which the grain came, or who the shipper 7 
consignee may be, nor would it be easy for them to obtain the informatio 
It would also be impossible to furnish such information from the inspech® 
otfice, as the only record to be found there is the car number and initials, 
date of inspection, name of inspector, the grade and dockage, and te 
inspector’s notations or reasons for his grade. By this means, stl 
impartiality is maintained respecting the inspection, and the grading of ea) 
car is fixed without knowledge of its origin or ownership. | 
“Inspection certificates are furnished in all cases when requested, wheth® 
applied for in person or by mail; and all the records of the office are open ® 
all times for examination by any one interested. | 
“We are informed that, though hundreds of carloads of grain arrive each | 
year with good grain on the top of the load and poor or damaged and dit | 
grain below, it is a rare thing for such cases to escape the observation of the 
inspector on the track, as the brass plunger which is used for probing # | 
grain generally brings up evidence of the deception. As a check upon SUG | 
fraudulent dealing, the rule laid down for the guidance of the inspector in su“ | 
cases provides that— ~ F: 
No inspector shall in any case make the grade of any lot of grain above that Fe | 
the poorest quality found in that lot when it bears evidence of having been “ plugg® — 
or “doctored.” iz 
“Tf, however, by any chance such cases escape the track inspector, they | 
are usually detected by the inspector at the elevator or mill while eid 
unloaded, in which case the attention of the chief deputy inspector is called ® | 
the matter, and the grade is reduced in accordance with the rule aber ii 
referred to. When cars are honestly and evenly loaded, the grades are matt | 
as liberal as the rules of inspection will permit, and the benetit of the dou | 
given to sender in all cases. P | 
“When all the cars have been dealt with, the deputy inspector imm® | 
diately repairs to the chief deputy inspector’s office, where he prepares for he 
track-book a report of all cars inspected by him. The clerical force of # | 
inspection office is at this time kept exceedingly busy furnishing informal 
verbally or by telephone, to the members of the Board of Trade respecting 
grading, &c., of the contents of the various cars, these particulars being nee | 
sary before the grain can be sold and disposed of. In the meantime ‘a 
helpers, who were left at inspection point, are engaged in carefully closing $ ‘| 
car doors and sealing them with State seals, making a record in each cas?” | 
the seal number and the hour of the day when the seals were attached. ne] 
“Tt is made incumbent upon each inspector to report in writing to ‘ as | 
chief deputy inspector all attempts to defraud the system of grain inspectiO?, 
established by the Railroad and Warehouse Commission or Board of 
Appeals; all cases where warehousemen deliver or attempt to deliver ™ 
grain of a lower grade than that called for by the warehouse receipt ; av! she | 
attempts of receivers or shippers of grain to instruct or otherwise influence © 
action or opinion of himself or any other inspector ; and the chief deputy in8P | 
tor must report all such cases to the chief inspector ; private inspectors and ot | 
persons not connected with the department are not to be allowed in the % | 
during inspection. Deputy inspectors have immediate supervision ove! iof 
helpers who are assigned to duty under them, and must report to the ¢ 
deputy any negligence or inattention on their part. a 
‘During the busy season, when the quantities received are large, the Me. 
tion of deputy inspector is no sinecure. As already stated, his labours ©, 
mence as early in the morning as the light will permit, and he is kept consta? 
busy climbing into car after car until his work is completed. He must 
rapidly in order to get the report of his morning’s inspection on ’Change 1 
later than half-past 10 a.m.; and if he be not thoroughly trained, physi, 
active, and mentally keen and alert, he would, of course, not be able to 
factorily meet the demands of the position. 
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