The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

Ine Biz Bead Yield u sornewAes A,nn-
pointtng In QUmnzIsy. bts. stse quality Il
bettsr than last year. ProknDav .wc-
tharus o. fhe &9.o09 acrea tr WnisrAn
county are planted II wheat The acre
49, u Increased aome each year cy rbA
breAktn~ Up OF new iar.ts. In aaaitfSr TO
the rsxuhr arsa which has been aasowe1
70 summer faliOw. Thus me area In a9desA
s0sesery year. and while the yies2 IL not
% great This year a. Aast- the additional
acreage makes the ossxvus about TIE same.
Much Of the grain coming In. both Of
CLUB md bius STEM IL of superior quail
tfy. though. OF course. there IL good
deal Of sssr1rslken wheat owing 10 the spell
Of heated wsAther In Eastern Washing
tor.
The price Of grain ianas always SYM
pathaxeB with the rise and fali In wnsas-
When there ID . denrexsson OF the whsxat
market. grain Anas are In poor s1eszsand.
winiss with = rise their value Increases
II look Tor ~ Steady. continued Grw or
grain right along now. Ter cars a day
would mean 10 cars q month wssieh -
quite = business. A. we have had 10 cars
In The seventeen DAYS Of this month. No
ere ahead Of that average For sssoo-
ten days or q week. extending from about
October to "a. wheat seemed to have
been held back This was probably De-
cause the farmers were waiting for higher
prices."
There In so-re complain. among local
dealers this year. a. there has been In the
pas that the q. X. Il ~. company cis-
eliminates In favor Of Portland Tais -
not done openly. but while freight safes
are nofnsnalIY the same. The company re-
funds so much per hgassael- Money vas
tlgsas this year. and people on the soufa
would no. put out vrain sacks through me
country The o. X. Il y. company CID
distribute ina sacks. an. shereos Gre"
much business to their waFeao0sss-
Freight rates from the Paiouss country 70
Sound points or ForslaIsi are -. 49, az.
per buxael: from the Nalla WaiiA dis
trtc, = cents. and from tsse country aoous
penaleton ia cents. -.
one OF the best posted grain men IN sns
city. and formerly grower IN iAs
louise. said yesterday: in the best par %
the Paiouse country, where they faAae ssis
largest amount OF wheat 10 the acre, me
$1,000 IN rrsfe of The last few weeks will
eu,os,nt 10 as much az the average mort
gage indebtedness on sueii farms IN the
pa,ouse country az are mortgages IN
other words IL viii amount 10 ABOUT ss-s~
per acre additional profit, and there al"
few. il any, farms In the Paso2se "hieh
are naorsgaged 10 that extent In 1879 ana
1891 wheat ran up 10 % anu ~ cents !"
that country. and land values were su1siu-
lated 70 such an extent that many par-
chases were made al SO TO 500 al acre
One man had 60 acres OF the best land
In the Palouse 1t yielded about forty
bushels TO the acre. lie was thirty man
and n hard worker. Dat had been 80
pressed by hard times IN the past that ne
had mortgaged his farm to bank IN
Spokane for $4,000. For three years ne
paid the interest regularly. Last year ne
coper,rsea 10 QUIT. He went 10 the bank
ard told them IL they would allow him
10 take a horse with which to leave the
roslntrv they could haze the farm. lie
had been 30 regular with the interest and
in all ways so desirable customer tnas
they urged one more trial. agreeing 10
furnish the seed II ne would remain and
cultivate II He stayed. Three days ago
he son his crop for enough 10 pay the
mortgage and put money In the bank a.
we'll He IA now the most rabsd gold man
you ever saw.
Farmers everywhere are converted by
this change in their fortunes"
Compared with Former Years.
The comparison OF the present prices
with those OF the last few years gives
good idea Of the strength Of the markets.
In isas and 1894 the average price was
about 10 cents per bushel- In 1893 the av-
erage was about a. cents In February OF
1896. after the bulk OF the crop had passed
out OF the hands Of the producers the
from a. cents where IL stood AZ that time,
to 70 cents This limit was only reached
at terminal points.
other GrAIns.
other grains have sympathixed with
wheat. Oats have so q a noticeable ex-
tent though not subject to the influences
that are affecting wheat. The local de-
mand has pat their price 70 sis per ton
on the fats, against 81 month ago.
The statistical standing 81 strong owing 20
the feet that crops are short In Eastern
Washington, Oregon. Iowa and Nebraska
When the crcrs Of the two last states ara
lfhers, they ship IN enough oats To head
OF any market advance here. II must be
borne IN mind that the consumption OF
oats. owing 20 the passing Of tire horse
and other natural CAUSES has materially
decreased. Probably SIC today "a equal 20
$as which the farmer used 10 get In the
"soot old days" So IL IL question
whether eats VIII further enhance in value
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