The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1892-08-05
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TIE RICE MILL QUESTION.

WE note ID The L0nisiGnG Planter
ana Sagar Manufacturer Of Jnly 3olh
the following quotations on rice:
For Ire week ending July goth,
rough fico rnled At s225 and $3.50
psr barrel, and clean rice a TO Cd eta.
per pound, and the same day last year
rongh rios was quoted At from s8.25
10 SAID per barrel, when clean rice
was quoted 81 Sd 70 "a cts. per pound.
We invite the careful attention Of
our rice farmers 10 these figures. There
Eaa difference last year Of only three
fourlhs 81 cent between the prices Of
clean rice when there was difference
Of $3.50 barrel between the different
grades Of FongL rice, when this year
The difference IN tbepriees Of different
grades Of rough rice il only 10 cents.
The price Of clean rice Of best grade
il only ihTee.fourths Of cent below
that 81 last year.
Here il food for reflection. II the
mills last year could pay $4.75 for
rough rice when clean rice Of best
grade was worth 8 cents, how is u
that this year, With clean rice Of best
grade At 81 ceuta, they are paying only
82.85 barrel for best rough rice u
Thia briggs US to the subject Of rice
mills. Some Of our noighboFS think
that the best plan is TO erect small
mills a. different points along the rail
road, 10 mill the rice, instead Of build
ing one large mill at some central
point but we think our neighbors are
IN error. Al mill that can only clean
200 barrels Of rice per day will cost
according 10 the figures Of the Jen.
nings Exporter, $4,000 six Of these
mills located at different points would
aggregate $4,000, according to onr
arithmetic the Reporter makes il S04,.
O00), while large mill that will clean
1900 barrels of rice 8 day will cost
$4,000. II lisa well known principle
that The larger scale any business il
conducted on, the less the cost Of pro.
dnctlon. The expense Of running .
400 barrel mill is almost as great o.
chat Of rnnning a l2oo-barrei mill, and
for sI& 900 one could not have all the
machinery and appliances necessary 70
handle the rice automatically, which
goes 90 far toward reducing the cosI
Of production, or cleaning the rice.
And what would these small mills
do with their products They could
not each afford TO put a man on ths
road TO iind . market for their clean
Eies; and 10 ship Il to New Orleans
they would be at the mercy of Tbs
combine, just az they are to-day with
their rough rice. Whereas, with .
large mill it wonId require no more
akIlIed men to Fun it than email mill
and tie number Of ordinary laborerl
wonld bs very few more.
We are ii favor Of Lake Charles fol
ths location, beeauss here We have tws
ralis0ads and The Calcaaien river 4
supply ihe mill AID b which 10 sbiE
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