, 1890-11-27
THE0THER SIDE
A Grain-Buyer Airs
His Views.
THE FARMER IN LUCK
But the Poor Wheat-Buyer
Has a Tough Time.
THE PRICES MAY DROP ON HIM
rhey Also May Rise, but That
Doesn't Count-The Other
Extreme.
THE PRICES MAY DROP ON HIM

Elevator Company to q REVIEW reporter
Yesterday, "but prefer not to see my
name in print" The REVIEW has been
favored with a great many articles on
the causes Of the wheat blockade, low
prices prevailing and remedies for them,
but has had nothing from the other side.
"rhe wheat buyer has perhaps as
many grievances as those correspond
ents, WHO, for personal reasons, are at.
tempting to show the farmer he is
shamefully abused by collusion be-
tween the railroad companies and the
warehouse men to defeat him in realiz-
in: the value of his products, but, u n
like those correspondents they are not
seeking personal prcicrmcnts, and do
not feel like taking too much of your
- space to air themselves"
" "Will you tell us something of the ton.
mage fthe Palousc country and in what
condition 1t is at prcsent?'
"lour correspondents who have been
feeding the public on silly twaddle about
what they know of the crop statistics oi
Eastern Washington have been so utter
ly reckless IN their statements and
given out figures SO opposite to truth
and fact that the correct figures and
true condition of the present situation
woulu make your readers feel like Gulli-
yer felt when he found himself among
the giants"
"How WIS that?n
"Read CULVER. There Is more truth
In IL than there is in the articles referred
to. Your TekoA and other correspond
ents have recently asserted that Eastern
Washington produced this year 40, OOO =
600 bushels Of wheat and 10, 900. 900 to
l2OO0OOO each of oats and barley, while
the correct figures based on exactly
what each farmer raised, as taken from
statements prepared at great pains and
labor, which We know to be right, show
that the total wheat crop OF Western
Idaho and Eastern Washington, or ali of
that country lying between the Snake
river on the south, the Northern Pacific
/. railroad ON the north and west
J and the Cnur d. Alone mountains
on the east produced only
100000 bushels of wheat, which
is an enormous yield for the acreage
Take the Tekoa gentleman's figures and
divide them by the number of wheat
stations in the territory described, and
you Will find each town averages
1900 900 bushels, which would give such
towns us Oaksdale and Garfield about
1000, coo each. or more than is produced
by the total receipts of any fifteen towns
In the Palouse country. Adding his
oats and barley he has 90, 600 U0J bushels
OF grain, or 1900 trainluads! | mention
these things to show how ridiculous and
unreliable are the articles on the wheat
situation with which the papers are
Hooded.
THE entire makeup of these articles is
as unreliable as the above. As we said
the entire country produced about
100000 bushels Of wheat, 6,oO0, 600
OF which has been marketed and 3 900,
DO bushels paid for, leaving something
ike 100000 held by farmers, much of
which, of their own choice, Will be held
by them ior spring delivery. This is
time honorcd custom farmers in all
Countries follow"
what about the railroad companies
f. refusing 10 transport this wheat and
4 thatthey and the buyers are In collusion
a to force farmers to sell ut these low
priccs"
These charges are as false and ridicu-
lous AS the tonnage statements have
just exposed, and come from the same
Irresponsible source. They were started
by political demagogues during the late
campaign, who had 10 merit to recon-
mend them to the voters, and thought
by appealing to prejudices they could
road companies have been and are now
doing everything in their power to move
this wheat. At the opening of this crop
there were cars enough west OF the
Rocky mountains to have taken good
care of this wheat, bur owing to specu-
lative turn in Eustorn markets they
advanced beyond Coast values and
farmers insisted on shipping East, and
ran every car out of the country. There
Is where the cars are; II takes six
weeks for n car to make this trip, and
should the railroads undertake to ac-
commodate such trade it would require
5000 more cars than they could
ordinarily use. The fault IL not that of
The railroad companies. They made
smple provisions for moving this crop.
but II was unexpectedly turned in an
unnatural direction, running all the cars
into country where the clamor for
Them is greater than it Is here, and once
East, railroad companies can not In
reason be expected to haul them empty
1000 miles when in duo time they Will
work this way loaded.
>, Nor do the railroads know that the
Eastern markets would allow shipments
mat way, as fluctuations OF 10 10 ~
cents in a few days is common In
Eastern markets. The West is our
natural market. and, one year with
another, offers tho best prices. Here we
are within forty eight hours ofa market,
East A car will make six trips TO the
sound where IL will make one east, and
when 1t goes west 1t can return at once
Tor more wheat. In the early part of
The season a few farmers who had their
grain ready for market. took advantage
Of Eastern prices, forced buyers to ship
east and before the bulk OF the wheat
Was ready for the market, ran every car
out OF the country and left no transpor-
taiion for the majority. Should railroads
ou'id 6,OCO cars that would lie idle ten
This trader
After this was done and transporta-
hon was out Of the question, the money
market began tightening, leaders gave
warning they were likely to withdraw,
ana II was only question of q short
.,lhe TIL Eastern markets should go to
pieces as they have lately doue, and
nothing was left for any one who was in
she market but to anticipate the crisis
aha save himself from ruin. Bankers
ana business men did the same, or we
tnouid be In the same condition the
last Is now in as to money. Had cars
oeen lett In the West and the Legitimate
warehouse men allowed to unload their