The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-09
a Daua IN THE MARKET.


Plsaty Of Splendid wheat 70 Give Away
-Caltfornia's stoicn Glory.
c. G. Austin OF the wheat firm OF c. @.
Austin & Co.. has returned from AN ex-
tenssve trip into Eastern Washington.
Idaho ami Oregon and bought nearly half
q million bushels OF wheat for local and
export trade He reports wiscat as SELL
Ing readily at from 2e TO 80 cents per
bushief which, however. Is a ruinously low
price for the growers. He says that near
iy all tho wheat Is in the hands OF hank
ers and merchants and the farmers have
no alternative but to accept just whatever
they can set and under the circumstances
the prices quoted are below all reason.
Concerning IDS trip Mr.. Austin said last
evening:
While in the Eastern part OF the state
went through Douglas. Kittlsas. Lsn-
coin. Spokane. WaatAman. As5sin, Gar
field. Columbia. Waila WaHa. Adams and
Franklin counties and Umaaaia county In
Oregon. and Latah and Nez Perez coun-
ties in Idaho. Wheat growing districts In
the eastern part OF the state had yieau
this year OF about is.eoo,o 900 bushels and
there was about 2i.eoo,ooo bushels imme-
.tiEateiy tributary to the Sound country.
Whitman had the largest yield. produce
Ing about s,eoo.o0o bushels: walla wasia
county. 4.e0o.ona: Columbia. 1000. 900: Spo-
kane, 2.ooo.oOo; Asotin. 100000: Garfield.
1,ooo,o 900; Adaans. 10000: Lincoln, loo. oeo:
Franklin. $4,000; Douglas. 500 DOC. ard Kilt
ttaas. 100000. In idaho. Lstah county
produced abort 1,5oo.ooo bushels and Neg
Perez 100000. In Oregon. Unatilla county
prodIcest about 100000 bushels. being an
excellent yiekL
.'Thc crop in Whitman county was an
average one. although a good deal of the
upper paiouse country suffered from the
unusually wet weather which damaged
the crops. ! found the wheat in thu poor
country. IN what Is classed as the lighter
districts. TO be in many respects the best
In both yield AMI quality. In lower walia
Wafia and CoiuisFbla counfies. in the
lighter and less valuable land districts.
the yield was excellent. In the foothills
and On the richer levels the bate spring
kept the ground wet ana the wzfest was
fafe In starting ard did not stool well.
In the Eureka Fiat country. w9ferc n The
farmers get one crop In three they are de-
ing WELL the Yield Was enormous, and the
wheat Large and fine. proving the best
milling wheat OF the wsiosc district and
bringing Tire highest price. In this local
ssy the average crop L. ten bushels TO the
acre and this year the yield was thirty
bushels TO the acre The yield In sise VII
ctnsty Of Lewiston was also large and
saw one lot OF wheat OF $4,000 buahe,s
any man saw,
a. -
the wheat sent TO San Francisco. the mar
ket there for six weeks being better than
anywhere else. They found some market
for the damaged wheat OF the upper Pa
lotHse country ard also Disposed Of q good
deal OF first class milling wheat. ] be-
Eeye that tsfe San Francisco people got
some of the first csass Washington wheat
and mixed * with ua,e California wheat
for expert, eealing 4; as California wheat
wfsscgs as the market assrsss brings an ag
ssr.age price OF cents per hundred pounds
over our wncat. California wheat ~ no
finer ar better than the wszeet grown here.
bis they have szae reputation down there
and cher wheat brings rncre tsan the
waisa wasaA wheat. as all tire grain in
this rsa~t az the country is e~ronscu&ly
cals@sf. As soon an the wheat here reaches
California. A. foses bis Identity ard be-
cs1nsz whatever the San Francesca mcr-
cfKaue has a mind 10 cali Il. This eossi al
be remssssed by grain Inspector. ars1 that
Is jssst what - needed, ard the matter
should come up for consi6era Lon before
sha rex. legislature. BY this means We
could baisd Up our own grades according
10 their value and there would As no other
stasa ssssfs gzrr IRE credit sksr al abe fpesss
grain, 70 cur Injury ami Disadvantage