The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-08
NOT HURT BY THE TRUST.
RICE MEN NOT WORRIED BY NEW
ORLEANS COMBINATION.

| ORLEANS COMBINATION.
The Situations in New Orleans and ga
vannah Entirely Different = Rice
Milled Here on the Toll System-An
Advance of q Cent Bushel in Toll
This Year-Prospects for the Crop
Harvesting to Begin in Two Weeks.
! Interviews with rice men hers show that
the Savannah market is not even remotely
affected by the situation in New Orleans,
| The mill system at New Orleans AMI Savan-
nah widely varies In New Orleans the
mills are buyers here they are
toll mills In New Orleans the
mill men combined to fix the price they
receivers and planters came forward and
said; 1--WE will putup mill and not be at
the mercy of a syndicate" The fight there
is purely a local one. Savannah has passed
that danger point long ago, and as result
Of its foresight the Planters mill was es
tablished
The mills of Savannah are not buyers.
They are toll mills and receivers. Brokers
and planters stand on common ground, and
| their relations are pleasant-nether has the
advantages of the other The factor, the
| receiver and the planter take their rice to
| mill and take their turn.
| Rough rice is received on storage and
| pounded on toll by the Upper steam rice
| mills, the Savannah steam rice mill, and
the Planters rice mill
ONE CENT ADVANCE IN TOLL.
The rates are uniform, but the mills have
made an advance OF l cent per bushel
charges over last year. The toll last year
uyao a a1Nf dc
rough rice. This year they have fixed the
toll at 10 cents. The mills claim that there
was no profit in milling at cents. The
crop last year was short, and if 1t had not
been for the Java rice brought here for
brushing, the mills would rot have been
able to run as long as they did.
The mills have also added this new feat
ure to their rules: They reserve the right
to supend milling from June 30 until the
new rice comes in. new rice to have preced-
ence in turn and Old rice TO be milled as op-
portunity will permit, any expense in
handling old rice to be charged on turnout.
As there Is very little, if any, old rice on
hand, this new rule will hardly be notice
able this year. The comparative statement
of the board of trade. issued last Saturday,
shows that there was then but 1000 bushels
Of rough rice and l. 1888 barrels of clean rice
IN this market-that is, Of the domestic arti-
Gle, so that it is to be seen that the market is
very bare. There about 10000 bushels of
Java rice in this market.
PROSPECTS FOR THE CROP.
A. G. Harmon, of Harmon g. Cope, was
| seen yesterday by a MORNING NEWS re-
| porter, and he spoke very encouragingly of
the rice crop. Ali depends, he says, on the
harvest. II there is dry weather during
harvest, he predicts an increase over the
crop of 1885, when the receipts
were 100000 bushels. The fresh
cts last year were destructive to
the crops, and the receipts went down
to about 100000 bushels. This year the
most favorable crop reports have been re-
ceived from the Satila, Ogeechee and Sa-
vannah valleys, the turnout not
only giving promise Of being
quality. Mr.. Har non says that one planter
on the Savannah river reports that on 200
acres he expects an average yield Of so
| bushels to the acre, which is an increase
| over the usual average of fron 10 to 90
| bushels to the acre. Mr. Harmon says
that the planters will realize this year com
pensatory returns from last years losses by
the floods in the rich deposits which fer
tilted the rice fields and have contributed
to the Increased production of the flooded
fields of last season.
THE HARVEST TO BEGIN IN TWO WEEKS
Mr.. Harmon's advices lead him to expect
the new crop to begin to come in between
Sept. and 10, and that harvesting will
begin between the 18th and latter part of
August. He does not encourage the hurry
ing Of the rice i.lto market, claiming that
the grain wants to lie properly cured, and
that the high grade of rice cannot be ex-
pected until the latter part of September
aud in October He exhibited a sample of
the new cropof Louisiana rice, which he saws
is later this year than usual. and the sample
will not grade high.
MIR. Harmoa's attention was called to the
| complications that have risen between the
rice millers of New Orleans on the one
| hand and the rice receivers and planters
on the other, and lie said that it has only
local significance there, and that it will not
at which Ilaces tae mills toll the grain. and
| are neither receivers nor brokers.
THE SITUATION AT NEW ORLEANS
He has understood that one of the mills in
| New Orleans desired to sell their mill to the
proposed RECEIVERS and planters trust.
| When t ne mills cease to be purchasers and
come to adopt tbs toll system, proved to be
| popular with the planters in Georgia and
| South Carolina, the Offences will cease to
exist, as they have done here.
Mr.. Harmon was asked what the advices
| are from South Ca DINA as to the growing
crop, aad he replied that the same favorable
reports of the Georgia crop will apply to
| South Carolina. With dry harvest. the
yield will be large, aud the quality of the
| grain will be the very best