The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-15
WANT KANSAS CORN
AND KANSAS WHEAT rs GIVEN TIE
ROYAL PASSWORD.

Old Grain Men in London Market Thought
Topeka Is In Africa-Compiaint From
Southampton Commission Mon That
all Grain From Kansas That Would
Otherwise Bring Good Price is Mix ed
IN the Elevators In This Side and the
other to Raise the Grade OF In ferior
Articles.
Some weeks ago the Eagle published
q letter from H. A. ". Corfleld, commits
sion broker at Southampton England.
In which reference was rnade to the in
PRODUCTION CT Kansas cereals, especially
kaffir corn. into the English markets.
Later Mr.. Corfield wrote Whine &
Whine Of this city as follows;
Southampton, Eng. Nov. 80.
"Winne & Whine. Wichita, Kansas:
81 send under separate cover copy
OF the London Corn Circular which re-
ports yesterdays markets You Will see
what / said about Kansas When ]
first mentioned Kansas a year and
half ago. people in the trade said, where
is Kansas / had some kafir corn
from Topeka and one could hear on the
markets when it was being sold that
Topeka was in Africa. ! mention this
to Snow you that Kansas has the best
agricultural products in the world. But
most of Kansas produce has been ham
died in the wrong way. 1t has been
mixed in the large elevators in the east
and again mixed on this side whereas
it might be put before the public as il
comes from the farms, only cleaned, ana
it would establish a better price, which
means a lot for Kansas and her people.
Kansas white corn sells readily here,
but can't get any. 1t all comes mixed.
And corn meal, not pound in South
ampton today. A large business can be
done ir it Also castor beans-200 tons
asked for on the London market yester-
day. Kaffir corn, rice corn and alfalfa
seed all have a demand. / might say
l have all the old men down on me
here because they do not want a Kan
sas man to see what use good grain is
made Of in the way Of mixing. Yours,
II A. W. CORFIELD."
The article from the London Corn
Circular referred to by Mr.. Corfield is
in part as follows, relating to Kansas
wheat:
"A notable feature this week has been
the active demand for Kansas qualities.
which at the mills modified prices Of
2Ss 90 TO 29s elf. for good grade. have
Row come to be relatively the best
value offered on our market 1t is only
a short time back we felt compelled to
enimadvert on the quite impracticable
figures asked for an article, which, al
though possessed of very useful attri-
butes, 1t is useless endeavouring to at
tach value to it it does not possess,
and which the trade will require some
time to be educated up TO. Between
Minnesota and Kansas there remains
gulf, counfenanced in more or less de-
gree at all times by London buyers, who
JUS. az the present time want all the
strength possible in their bags for stiff
ening up the English make. Without
doubt, however, Kansas is using splen-
didly this season. Compared with last
year the remarkably good value shown
IS more a question of quality than price.
OF supplies there is no great bulk 20
boast OF, but the season having been a
fire one the wheats are stronger. Quite
recently we reported that Minneapolis
had gone TO Kansas for some of its sup
ply; such action speaks volumes for an
article which is being taken readily on
spot at sos Sd to 31s for finest and 27s Sd
bakers Winter wheat f1ourS, as
whole, are IS to 3s above London parity.
The Toledo district is the only one capa-
BILE of sending US good supplies at rea-
sonable figures, the crop there having
been better than in other sections. The
trade in low grade has been moribund
for some time past, but negotiations are
now proceeding for certain parcels on a
basis OF los Sd elf. sellers. As judged
from the bulk shipped over from the
last of the old crop, recent arrivals show
a decided improvement in quality. Not
SO long ago the Duluth mills were send
ing us stuff on contracts that was not
far removed from red dog, and on which
arbitrators gave the buyers something
like IS TO 3s a sack This is admittedly
an extreme case, but ii serves to show
the loose and careless methods adopted
by shippers when inferior biscuit fiours
are in question Red dog is out-of-joins:
hardening up to los sd elf. forward,
this article can be bought ex granary at
los Cd
MIR. BEALY KNEW SPRAGUE