Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-03


Markets at Home and Abroad
Tn connection with Wichita's immense
stock and packing house industries, it
will doubtless be matter of interest to
the readers of the EAGLE to know some
thing about the growth and wonderful
development of our grain market. We
have to glance backward but seventeen
years to see the pioneer manufacturer
the miller, with small plant, the water
mill, with a capacity sufficient to grind
for farmers who came in on horseback
with their sacks Of grain. He was satisfied
to take "out his toll, wear his whitened
clothes, and the old watermill of the past
is almost as traditional as the ''Old Oaken
Bucket" The miller above described
little dreamed of the wonderful
things that are going on IN MS
line of business in Wichita today. There
is strange contrast in the wild plains
then and the finest agricultural section OF
the country now; of the solitary Santa fe
trail then, and the thousands of miles OF
railroad centering here and stretching out
their long iron arms over the country now
of the Struggling frontier village then, and
the busy moving metropolis with It's 40
600 enterprising Inhabitants now. People,
back in the older states are slow to believe
these facts but they are facts ali the same.
The unhealthy reign of real estate specu-
lations of few years ago, is now thing
of the past but it may be said truthfully,
that during all the period of depression
that naturally followed the over-exclte-
ment in speculation, that business
moved right along, and during the
darkest hours of the night the men
who had the commercial Interests
of the city at heart did not take their
shoulder from the wheel but kept moving
right along and as a result every depart
ment of trade and commerce has at last
been placed upon solid and lasting foun-
dation with the grain market on one side
aud the stock yards and packing houses on
the other as strong and substantial pill
lars of support.
GROWTH OF THE GRAIN MARKET.
Upon careful Investigation made at the
grain elevators yesterday the fact was as
certained from figures down on the books
that J. w. Hawn & Co. have thus far dur
ing the present year handled 1,12s,000
bushels of grain. AS the immense crop
has Just commenced moving, the above
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the present month, and to include the
amounts handled by the two mills the
amount by the LIST of January $780,
will not fall far short of 100000
bushels. In fact. during the past
year the grain business has grown to such
immense proportions that the elevator ca
pacity falls far short of the demand and
surplus cars cannot be obtained for NOV
ing the crops.
This is not only a local trade but it
reaches from Chicago to the seaboard, the
bulk of it going, however to Texas, Colo
RADIO, Arizona, Georgia, Arkansas. Louisi-
ana and other southern states AT the ell
eyators yesterday $1,000 sacks were re-
ceived from New Orleans for sacking
grain and this supply will last only about
thirty days This is the first lot of sacks
received d, re by the car load, and the or
der was made to supply the growing de-
mand In the grain business from thirty |
10 fifty men received constant employment |
and with tho Proposed increased capacity
still a larger number will find employ
ment.
GRAIN IN THE COUNTY.
Mr.. ]. l.. Nessley, of the firm
Of Dale. Nessley & Beebe,
at the elevators yesterday, making some
deals, and trying to get cars for the trans
portation of grain. They handle five cars
day, and are sometimes delayed in get
ting the required amount. He reports a
fine business in grain throughout south
western Kansas.
He spoke in highly complimentary
terms of the EAGLES market reports, and
its efforts to build up the grain and stock
business. and said the paper should be in
the hands of every progressive farmer in
this section of Kansas.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS.
Mr. J. w. Balsch, one of the most en-
terprising farmers of Sedgwck county, |
was in the city yesterday, and in speaking
of the crops said that thousands of acres
of corn were yet standing in the fields |
and that farmers were paying 81 a day |
and board for laborers to husk corn. He
says that not one-third of the |
crop has yet been moved, and he thinks |
that farmers would do well TO take the adj |
vice given by the EAGLE and hold their
corn for better prices. MIR. Balsch has
several thousand bushels of corn which he |
proposes TO hold until spring and says he
has no doubt but that he will receive %
cents bushel for it. He says that farm
ers are feeding large amounts of grain to
stock in ali sections of southwestern Kan
sas.
OTHER LOCAL MARKETS.
There are no material changes in
prices in the cattle market and there is
still good demand for good butchers
grades at quotation prices. The hog mar |
ket shows more signs of activity than at
the close Saturday. A good weeks bust |
ness at the stock yards Is anticipated.
The coffee market is firm and shows signs |
of still greater activity. Local jobbers re-
port the demand double when compared |
with the corresponding period of last year. |
Several large orders were received from |
surrounding towns yesterday by dealers |
here This demand confined almost ex- |
ciusiyely to parched coffees and but very |
sma amount OF green coffee is handled.
Apples and fruit with cooler weather will |
be firmer.
In eggs, poultry and butter the prices re-
main firm. Other markets are feRtureless. |
wichita Live Stock Market.
Furnished for the EAGLE by Eldridge & Camp /
bell live stock commission merchants.
WICHITA. KAN. Dec =
CATTLE.
Receipts $50 shipments 100 The bulk of the re-
reipts were billed through. several punches OF
butchers cattle however We're IN the mark.t
Among the sales bunch OF choice corn-fat
rD,ys about Is . which sold for 2lsc. An