Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-02
InE OUTLOOK ron MnEAE


An esteemed correspondent, writing
from Richmond, Cache county, Utah,
asks the following pertinent AMI im-
portant questionii
Edifor Descrci Ncian
Ae you In possession Of any inior-
ma ion regarding wheat mhrkoisg Can
you toll with any dogfoe 81 certainty
anything about what Will DO tho market
price thia ihli3 Can you tel whore our
outlet viii DO for our surplus whoaII Tho
general impression here seems 10 DO that
wheat will rulo worry low In price.
For answers 10 and views upon all
or any Of these questions the columns
OF the NEws afu hereby opened to all
who, from observation, study or
experience. are In possession Of
Information that would DO Of
value to our Richmond CORES.
pondeni and other whoat.gtowors
aud dealers throughout tho mountain
country. We are pleased 10 be able to
open the discussion today with the
Views VI Superintendent I. q. Weber
OF z. g. NJ. l., an institution whose
Interests are 40 varied, whose expert
euce In 40 ripe, and whose sources OF
Information are 30 numerou, ami far
reaching that lie uttofAnces have come
TO be- regarded Ra authority Of the
highest order. Colonel Webber say;
"At or about harvest IL the most un-
certain Of all times la which 10 have
decided ideas In regard 10 the probable
price Of wheat. This average Of this
-y-stts yield la Utah, .fom the best In.
formation we can got, IL that II Il bet.
ter than that Of many year,, and the
query lie natural, us to whether a good
crop IL not rather the product OF n
favorable season, than from any extra
care or additional labor. In other
words, we might ask II rs per cent
more grain IL raised, Ia the grower ~
well satisfied with lower price Ms he
would be without that extra supply2
Then n production Ia n abundant
elsewhere, and prices rule low there,
how canaan outside market DO available
for this aurplus2
"WheGt has been sold In Chicago
and New York Mt lower price, within
Aweek past, than during any previous
period Of record, 90 cents being the
latest quotation por bushoL II Utah
was shipping to Chicago, II would cos,
90 cents per hundred pounds by the
carload, or 30 cents per bushel. That
would only leave to the Utah shipper
the ridiculous price Of 20 cents per
bushel.
"Nor. II We turn westward, Is the
outlook any richer In promises. Wheat
10 quoted In San Francisco at %! cents
per hundred pounds. IL would cost
from Utah common points 8S cents por
hundred freight, and tho Saeking for
that market would cost d cents extra,
10 that the shipper would only realize,
say - cents per bushol, or 3 cents In
advance OF Chicago prioes.
"li our Sanpote farmers were to ship
(belng Julside " what IRE called the
common poinls), 2il cents per bushcl
isall they would realizs-a dilemma TO
be avoided II It can be done.
AaNAN ~ ~ NhnNAANN NINN 10 NAlIlH
ping wheat, which IL worthy Of notice.
Whsn wheat was seventy-Hye cents to
one dollar per bushel, the railroads
made the rate which prevails today.
Now the pro rata Is materially
changed. II they could be Induced TO
give proportionalo rate, II would look
more fair; but TO Insist on thirty cent
per bushel rate ON freight TO Chicago
ana make wheat here take a competing
price Of twenly'slK cents only Is either
an anomaly In the railroads or an
etlectual barrier TO expectation.
"rhus completely barred from ok.
poriation, Is there any nearer
aud more profitable dem,ni2 The
people have rocu advised years ago 90
lay up grain, but the condition OF tho
labor market has been such that but
lew have mrpus now 10 invest in
wheat, ~ AS TO make any special al.
vance IN price. Some have urged ,h.t
Instead OF trying 600 export wheat 90
any time, it should be- fed Tor beef,
mutton or pork The latter partition
arly has been lugggstoI, iua5much as
We Import large quG1uuoB ot p0rs.
hams and laFci anu some outside farm
ere claim to have proven that such
eediuR Will net 81 per husael at least
or wheat. Moving up town We noted
inly today bran quoted at So cents per
hundred. | this was roller mills
iran, the price Do out of calculation
With ils value, and chopped or crushed