The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18

problem more troublesome than they have
had to contend with In years Wheat
Is worth but = cents bushel in the
warehouses OF Eastern Washington. Ac-
cording to the view of the average wheat
raiser It ought TO be at least q per bushsi.
An entirely unusual scarcity OF deep sea
tonnage Is responsible for the low price
o. grain Never before in the history Of
the state have charter rates been higher
than they are today.
Miles G. Moore. the last territorial gov
ernor cf WASHINGTON and now a Walla
Waiia banker and wheat grower. who is
mere or a business trip. declares that the
merchants ana transportation companies
are responsible for the trouble.
The farmers are not grain exporters"
said Gov. Moore at the Butter yesterday
They have no knowledge of the shipping
business, They rightfuIly expect the COM
mereial interests on the Sound to look
attcr the deep sea end of the wheat busi-
ness Wheat carriers are very scarce
cnarfer rates are high and OF necessity
the price OF wheat is low We believe
that II the commercial bodies and the
business men OF the Sound cities would
pestir Themselves and get US ships to
carry our wheat. different story would
be told and the wheat growers would get
something like fair profit on their
wheat
Exporter Favors Low Price.
"one thing can be depended on--the
wheel broken and the -four mill man viii
not 40 anythin~ to serd the price OF
wheat inward. In the nrst place, the ex-
porter is interested IN low prices for
wheat u does not make any difference
% MIN whether the farmer makes any
money or not. The lower the price Of
wheat the better he likes II.
FOR examrIe. grain exporter goes
into Easfern Washington today ana buys
wheat ~ - rents a hushel for February
or March delivery. He charters 4 vessel
ny cable. to load At Seattle or Tacoma At.
say, % shlllinRs next February or March.
re has the advantage Of an exception
ally low price Of wheat AT present, with
all the chances Of q raise in his favor.
The -four mill owners want cheap
wheat Why? 90 thev can manufacturA
cheap hour tn be sold In the Orient IN
competifion with rice, In order 70 make
the orientals eat nomr II must be snld
-four mills are not going to do anything
70 bring wheat CARRYING vesseis to the
Sound. They are satisfied to buy wheat
"The farmers Of wasbinston are con-
fronted By q ship famine. not car
t e III. rSe.. rssf NE Y the ea .
Which Wiz .nsss E e ss:s ra ss
hard conditions on the Sound due to the
scarcity Of wheat tonnage There IL no
cas f sss ~, wat v s. want !. more sh;ps
Of the Sound cities would take the matter
up they could materially benefit condi-
lions n Eastern washington. They could
furnish the Information through public
channels that there II approximately 20
on0e00 bushels Of wheat to he marketed in
0-ernr. Washington and Idaho. OF this
years eron and nearly 100000 S''' were 'ers
raised In 1900.
Business Of seaboard Cities.
III the owners Of wheat ships knew
that there are 70. 100 hssshels OF wheat
TO be exported from washington and
the North Pacific coast fast enough II
u the business Of the esaboard cities II
thew wish the farmers to PROSPER, To see
to ,. i thai more ships are provided, They
rectlon. The prosperity Of the Sound eit-
les depends on the prosperity OF the farm
ers Of the state. It II tiue for the bust
attic. Portland and Tacoma to bcstir
Gov. Moore was prevailed on to talk
bersd that as a Silver Republican ne aided
in the orEani,ation OF that marty In WASH
ington In 1896
voted n CO Msx,nlsy. 'sd he , an,
Charlie Towne had advised all Silver Re
pubiicans n become Democrats In good
standing But I could not be Demo-
crat The silver question Is settled. In
the discovery OF new ana very rich gold
deposits In various parts Of the world
and in the perfection OF the methods OF
saving the gold after II II mined. the
danger once threatened hy the single
standard has disappeared. There Is plenty
OF gold for the worlds needs Moreover.
the position taken by Bryan and his fol-
lowers on the expansion question was a
fatal error. We want the Philippines
washington win be the chief beneficiary
from the policy OF President Mckinley In
the Orient. The American people are
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