The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-25
KANSAS FLOUR
TO THE FRONT.
London Merchant Says 1t
Stands at the Head.
T. Herbert MediIl Who Visited
Topeka Monday
GIVES US A BOOST.
Wheat Products Command a
Good Price
Provided They Come From Kan
sas, Says Medill.

''Kansas flour today leads the world
on the London market
This declaration, so complimentary
and important to the Sunf1ower state,
was made by a young man with some
thing of a foreign air in the lobby of the
Copeland last night. His name appeared
on the hotel register as 1T. Herbert
Medill, London, Eng.," and he is a
member of the big flour firm of S. H
Medill & Son of that city, a firm which
handles flour of American manufacture
exclusively. He was talking to several
Topeka millers, and he continued:
Our firm handles the products of
mills in various parts of the United
States, but I must say that flour manu-
factured from Kansas wheat has pres
tige over all. Between it and the eX-
port flour of other countries there is no
comparison
Mr.. MediIl came to Topeka to see Mr..
Herbert Hackney of the Topeka Milling
company, with whom he has business
relations. He arrived from Kansas City
last evening and left this morning for
ST. Joe. From there he will go east and
expects to sail for London within the
next two weeks. His trip to this coun-
try is for the purpose of arranging
for the shipment of flour during the
coming summer and fall.
In discussing the standing of Kansas
flour on the London market, Mr.. Me-
dill said:
Time was when we had to actually
force Kansas flour on dealers to dispose
of it at all. That time is not so very
long ago, but conditions have undergone
a wonderful change. The people of Eng
land now realize the superior quality OF
the Kansas product, and in consequence
the demand for Kansas flour is in
creasing every day. The prestige 1t mas
gained will continue to grow, and pre-
dict that within the next few years
Kansas flour will be at premium on
the markets of England. Better flour
was never manufactured, and the naVor
and frmneSS of the Kansas wheat is
responsible for it.
with the demand there is now in
England for Kansas flour, the Kansas
farmers need never fear that they VIII
not be paid a good price for their wheat.
With the increase in demand there Will
be room for more manufactures in the
state. 1 think that within short time
the farmers of Kansas will find that it
will pay them much better to turn
more of their attention to the raising
of wheat than to any other line of ag-
riculture.
while discussing this matter I want
to issue a note of warning in reference
to the securing of wheat went on Mr..
Medill. Grain dealers must realize
that they are endangering the prospects
of their state by shipping secured wheat
and give up the practice. Secured Wheat
results in very inferior flour, and if
flour of this character gets into the
English markets it is bound to hurt
the high standard that Kansas flour
has gained for itself. 1 know it is very
difficult to sometimes tell secured wheat
and in this way millers are imposed
upon by the grain dealers. While, of
course, millers should keep a close
watch on this kind of wheat and turn
it down unhesitatingly, 1 think the grain
dealers should realize that it is injuring
them in the long run to put forward
secured wheat"
Mr.. Medill intends to make another
trip to this country next spring and ex-
poets to put in several weeks travelling
through the wheat sections, especially
in Kansas.