The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-09
KANSAS BIG WHEAT CROP.
mn 200 CARS WOULD ne NEEDED TO
CARRY THE GRAIN.

rro,,, Of the Railroads to Avoid . Csr Fam.
,,e-kausas Farmers Bu,inS Luxurie'- Old
n.h,, Paid On-Geod. Lack Stories what
Lan,a, Is Doing With Its Money.
SAUNA. Kan, Aug. s.-A serious problem
ia oonfrnntlng the railroads OF Kansas that
az handling the big wheat crop. The annual
car anime is at hand. and 1t promises to be
worse than ever before. provided the rush
,g the grain TO market is as great as Is antici-
mated. Every year when there Is a good wheat
crop The railroads Of Kansas have found DIM
Guilty in furnishing cars fast enough to haul
the wheat away from the elevators, and this
year the crop is by far the greatest ever known.
In years gone by when the wheat crop has not
even approached the phenomenal crop OF this
year. elevator men have been unable to get
cars in which to ship the grain brought TO
thsm. They have filed up their elevators
and all the available cars. and In many In
stances they have stacked the wheat on the
ground In great ricks as hay Is stacked. and
covered it with sheets OF canvas. Unless
the farmers themselves hold their grain this
wear. this method will have to be followed to
n greater extent than ever.
Tie railroads are doing everything in their
pover to guard against a car famine. As soon
AZ II became evident that there would be a big
crop OF wheat TO handle. the transportation
companies began TO figure on carrying II.
They made arrangements to borrow all the
cars they could secure from other roads. Tho
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe has just Sc
cured 400 additional cars from Eastern lines.
and the Union Pacific has made arrangements
for a considerable foreign equipment. The
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific has built
within recent months nearly 5000 new cars.
and II will have use for every one Of them and
more besides.
A staisician has figured that 1t would re-
unire lOO. 1000 cars to move the Kansas wheat
crop at one time. This would make a train
7s miles long. one that would reach half way
from Kansas TO New York. II would require
a75o cars to move the crop Of this tSaline)
county alone, sufficient to form a solid train
OF wheat twenty-seven miles long.
The Kansas farmer has already begun to
change his golden grain into golden dollars.
Tho hum Of the thresher Is heard on every
hand, and the roads leading into the towns
are traversed daily by four-horse teams haul
Ing great loads Of wheat to market. But the
wheat movement Is not yet well underway
compared to what 1t will be later, Many farm
ers are holding their grain for higher prices.
They are out Of debt. have money In the bank
and are not compelled TO sell their wheat at
once as In former years. Others cannot secure
Llreshing machines Immediately, as the re-
cent heavy rains have interfered with the plans
OF the threshers. The beginning OF the move
amount Of money into circulation, and already
there l. increased prosperity on every hand.
Kansas farmers are once more going In for
the Injuries Of life. Some of them had not
known for years what it Is to be out Of debt.
but this year the farmer In debt will be the
rare exception. And he will not only be out
Of debt, but he will have money In the bank
as well.
Within the past few weeks the dealers In this
city who sell vehicles have put In stocks Of
1nbbe,-tiEed Phaetons and carriage Ss, and on
weekly publications which circulate almost
exclusively among the farmers. because II is
tho farmers who have the money; In other
ber-tired class. Rubbsr-tired traps are not
the only things that the farmers are purchas-
ing. Piano agents are beginning to canvass
the rural communities. while sewing machine
agents are very common The reason for
these things Is very apparent when II Is known
that the 1000 farmers, Of this county. alone
nothing Of what they will realize from other
sources.
spdustrial and business enterprises are also
a portion Of the trade and prosperity which
viii follow the marketing OF the wheat. A few
years ago Eastern capital sought investment
~ htns"s ~ way VI ioans' ~ cannot ma
nNer.lhtn, III tna' way now. VERY Few larm-
es ar. p"IomipE lnonsyi ahq the Few porrow
VIC, ,nen he.I y rnu nelenpors more ad-
,So asae,s ., i tm o omeg !, - seGufs II tnlougn
ahr agents Ut aoan eompahies, hiew DAYS age
q oaI asen, aSe"t va .ekp.,a,ins a loan oi
t."e a per cent ln,snes'' Just a. ne thouHht
81 mau ,Ie VA ~, a a yomns .asnner came
aiu,g anu o.e'eu .ne oorro"er sisoo on mo
The result is that capital, both local and that
mn.n voIhe. I.on ~ us, ~, mNostriSnl'
70 seralh1 ynne. ~; .had az no, y inauss
H. ro .'"s IL inn, sTT" pv,'Gn
r ~ an If Saina md iS the ,erri,orr ,rrntauy
minus wv VI oo'.i auu w ~ usiduoit uiDu-
%'y !" ,"s u,S ,hehrbe. nv SCVov,Vp puSntls
VI a " coz w. 90 ~ u,nnb ~ n " nHh pilis
for 4 bi5bar a,,rrs "N "N " VI" "0 "e"
:" honsfuI SIGN N, Kan.as l. ,bot The
land i. nassin1 onca mora into the hands ~
hsld bv Fastern ca niiaisis W. WWhen iba b hlmS
broke /, Kansas n few wears apo half az he 'w,d
IN n III Sssrd 49, oae lanu
and Taif n nS ths rsmainder was eaoSrttnnna"o d
~ hell" Tho o,rners NH tbro,gh Hnsa H.,
came s,iii harder and bundreds ~ fap,nors
closure b.,ama almost daitv occirranca. ana
r1l;",s If - wara sold mndsr H. 80 "ne
Tbe land IVA. gsnornlIv Md in Nv Tho mor,naaaos
and inan en- onias yo,,nd tbono oiyan r,oosss
OF IarTa trncts and the FORMER ownsrs hscoma
rnera tanants aud re,ters The Loan com nanu.s
dd moi want the land hut thew WAITED tbsi9
monnv a"d as fast a. thaov ba ve yo,,nd q marra,
fnr tba lad Tho, hawe snId i, In he naott
two var n graot many farms have no -
back into tho nossession on the men who tili hem
and ,his yn,r ba hulL ~ tha ran,oindar Nil u,
sn' I Mr. year ,ns quiz ki Oh w. remslnHer pS VIZ iho 40
whoa, cron ,his vaar MISREPRESENTATION br thoir
alfaita onJ onrn spd oo,ta onG boss 'nn
foI their farms.