Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1920 — GETS FEDERAL APPOINTMENT [ARTICLE]

GETS FEDERAL APPOINTMENT

Albert ,R. .Hopkins Is Made a Federal Grain Inspector. A. R. Hopkins of this city has been appointed federal grain inspector and will make his headquarters here, but will answer calls from ■grain dealers .in other places, as his license permits him to examine grain any place in the United States. Under the federal grain inspection law all grain shipped must be inspected, either at point of shipment or at destination, the expense of which is borne by the shipper. Some states also have a state grain inspection law, and .it is a distinct advantage to the shipper to have inspection made and certified before the car is sent out by a federal inspector, as * such certificate goes unquestioned. Mr. Hopkins's long and active connection in the grain business and present retirement made him eligible to the position of inspector and he easily passed the examination after “brushing up" a little at the Chicago office.