Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-19
WHEAT BROKERS PUZZLED.
FIFrY-rHREE AND oNE-TouBTn
CENTS A BUsHEL
Is All They Can Get I'm ChicnEo'
and the Farmer WIN Get Less
Than Forty-Five Cents ~ 1t
Does Not Oct Any Worse.

| ...t... ,t.,. In che ,,,op,orxy ~ the
| preNious ''ine ~ ~ -
| Oldest brokerG OF TINS city. some oi
| them recall as sort OF "Reminiscences
fine before tho war when wheat
ranged between IS amid 60 cents, but
49,. -, ,,r,ar,.ir MS "a dates
'neg "'e Noi'
and the exact quotations
where VIII II stop.
How much lower II may 40 no one
| -. - H. o,,
seems aplc 10 Know III iuSN '"e W.
repeated expression that the bottom mas
| dropped out OF the market seems APP
,r.,,,.,,+. a. ,,Is irs,sros and ~ ia not
| P'"Pi'"t' "' ',''9 80
near so much OF an eNaBeratioh as
when used frequently to describe a
| sulden downvard huctuation. for
-. ,-.-,-. ~ -,
| wheat mas peeh uroppihs on iioii d
| quarter to more than u cent day with
| perplexjng regularity for some time
-, 40 T., -, a. 10 ,o,hins yin
P"'' '''u
su.euIntors Aman.d.
e...,,,.,.... ~, .t,,,,,i,, a..,, rho,.
Sfevuio'o'S "ie Simply "ii"Au' my
cannot account for 1t except on The
ground of the prevailing dullness of
| 1,,,t,,.. ~ ,,,,aro, ,.a-,,,,, ~, ,noraV
@''u s'"I'' w y,
| involved in such a comprehensive and
comnIicatad n~obIan that II ia dificult
-. ..,....,,.,.,,, a.. -, -
ioi 'he must S"s9e'uus " s"e9h 'io
probable outcome OF the present DOWN.
ward movement
He "Don't Kuow yotbinu.-
-, q ,-,- 49,.
M"St VI 'he Ol0Ne'S 90 io' NNo"
| what to say about wheat. and one was
found yesterday who would not say
on,,thIrr II u,os Nail y And.rson
W., ,,,.r,,.ato5 ~ ro,,tiad' ,svSii,oa;
is moi wnrtb ss much now as II was
,yhnn 4, US ,.or,I ,,,nrs ,Lar a. "a
now . ,ri m Nv addaI n,editat,we,,,
~, ,,,t 4, "a ta,,,,,. tI,a,, a. 80 w., :
we not az 10 i,,, ss 4, is rn,, "S9 "'i II
", $50 ,,ao,J" - 800, Loci, ,b,,,.
yybcat than NJ Andsrso,, ,,,n,,tS r0t
answer in such a diplomatic way that
they knew nothing.
Some of Those Who Know,
Some of the fellows who bought yes-
terday on a tin from New York that
| wheat was n purchnse know more now
thnn tbey d,s dav before v y,,s Ie
| They didn't know ANYTHING at ali yes-
terday, Tor they didn't have any more
| sense than To 90 mud buy wheat
| The only snectators who seeni 10 he
happy are the ones who acted ON the
| advice sent out by some wag the other
| lHN tn 'Hell cotton and Whnut and
wear diamonds and high hats" They
| haven't got tbeir diamonds yet hui
they are out OF the hole.
Az miller Sees II.
y A Mcclellan superIntendept or tho
| Cameron mills, was annlted tn ro,. in
FORMATION Ike other mon ~ ti,is
Generation. he cannot remember the
| lime who nwhest yyaE 40 low .iita Mr.
| Anderson also he cannot tsIt VIII ths
sltuntinn should Inc ne n ts Ia -
called reading something dav ~. tue
| aRo about wheat bcinsr aa low ss o. a.
nToacnt lime soma fortv ,,aars ~
when evervthIrs, In tho c1ur,,',s n,,s
an extremsi,, low mice 10 J,d 49, -
mep,hcr u,hsther tbc orticia g. ,,,as.t,,,
oa,,5,,, Ss ,st nJou. tne Grop
| II indedd there were any definite and
| reliable data TO he obtained In those
days, Crop reports and bureau esti-
mates are or comparatively recent
origin.
| Record Of the Decline.
| =. NuIlhs uWWh 10 tiie petlou at winch
.ne rveVru vi nuctuhtlohs seems 70 nave
teatloli 20 present. prices, ne said
W.. tna' WHEAT haa peyh srauuelly deelin-
ils ever since the ran o, 1881, when 1t
,Anteu IN price rom u 10 VI. 20 per
uusnel, IN 1872 the new crop opened up
az hnout ~ Genus, as near as he could
reo9lleNt' ana dechhed before the sea-
son cloHe 70 40 cents. In 1889 wheat