The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-28
FINANCE AND MINING.
qBe Question of an Outlet
For Our Grain.
,pcgTpTs OF ORE AND BULLION.
...,on sharp's View - lions Board
DE Trade Disadvantages OF Cache
over southern Counties-Bank
Receipts-The mines.

~ vas much impressed" stated a
ointment merchant to a HERALD
p.9-esentative yesterday, with the
;aus Of your correspondent, last Sun
say on Utah's Touring interests, par
,;cnIarly with that part of it wherein he
s-,ggests that some prominent man
rte Bishop Sharp be asked by Utah
farmers to present their grievances to
hose who control the railroads. Ithas
.in,e occurred TO me that We have a
means which ought to serve US better
than any other I know of in getting
Ibis question into shape-Zion's Board
n Trade, a branch of which exists in
overy stake, or every county. What
more important and fitting task could
tbey undertake than to solve this ques-
tiof-onc of such vital importance to
The great class OF farmers in our Terri
tow and one that, in my opinion,
forms the key to the restoration OF
FOOD times-how to find an outlet for
6nr surplus grain? Conference will be
here III Il lew I'd =, anu L oh pOoO OH
the Boards Of Trade will have represent
atyes in the city. Let them hold
a meeting as soon as possible;
hear the reports of what grain each
county has more than she needs for
her own consumption: then let them
appoint delegates to inquire into
where the proper markets Tor
Utah products lie, whether IN Mon
tsna. idaho, Colorado, or all three;
let them figure on the freight rate they
must have to compete with the States
now supplying those points, and then
let them unite on some good man, or
set Of men, to lay the whole thing be-
fore President Charles Francis Adams,
and whoever else has the power to grant
their PRAYER. lions Board of Trade, in
nv o6ninion. could do q great deal to-
wards helping the farmer.
Cache County Is supplying Wood
River and some points in Montana with
wheat and -four but the railroad rates
will not allow districts farther south to
compete for this trade. With some
favor from the D. & r. g. folks, there
are many points in Colorado which
Utah could supply, but at the present
rates the grain OF the east can be laid at
those points cheaper than we Just across
the border can deliver it, The d. & r. I
G. have cut a little on outgoing freights,
and several Utah merchants have been
enabled to ship heavy quantities OF pota-
toes into Colorado al paying figures. But
the Colorado potato men have become
aware OF this. and have covered our
prices so that those shipments have
again ceased. Oats, We Yesterday
learned, will probably soon find a good
market in Butte and Heleua-but here
l a9ain Cache Valley will be the only dis
. tHct TO reap the advantage The corn
/ crop OF Utah for "a i total failure,
and eastern corn Is all that is seen in
the market. A local hog and stock raiser
yesterday received a car load Of eastern
white. delivered il this city at $142 per
bushel.
Bishop Sharp WAS yesterday asked
what he knew about the TACT OF the U.
rs delivering Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska grain into Idaho ANA Mon
tana, at rates less than Utah could lay
II down Tor at the same points; he re-
pied that he knew little about it, being
unacquainted with the local prices OF
gram In the three States named; the L. !
4. though, he said had to compete !
with the Northern Pacific for Montana |
trade, and some low rates might be !
allowed on that account.
The dividend on the Utah Central has |
Is yet had no effect on the stock. two !
MockS have been offered at - in the !
past few weeks without takers.