The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-31
Washington's Crop This Year Will
Break ALI Records.
FAIR PRICES ARE ASSURED.
Late sprinw Grain Has Been Slightly
Damaged In PaIouse Country, bst
Elsewhere QuaIity VIII BE Ex-
ceIlent-Enect Of Trouble In China
Yet Uncertain-Charters May Go
HfKher-Mr. r. Cardin Returns

An optimistic view OF the prospects I'm
store for tho wheat farmers Of this state
f. taken by II. Cardin. a leading grain
buyer of this city, who has Just return
cd from n trip through the wheat grow
ing sections along the line OF tho Great
Northern. The crop now being harvested,
he says. VIII DO larger by millions OF
bueheis than any ever before known In
the state. while the quality win be OF the
best and prices fair.
Wheat In every section that visited
will be a splendid CROP" said Mr.. Cardin
yesterday. II did not get down az for
~ the Paiouse country. where the harvest
IL a little later than In tho counties
visitad but reports heard from there In
dictate that the late spring wheat has been
nipped trife by the heat. resulting In
n loss OF possibly 10 per cent. OF the crop.
elsewhere. however. the crop was never
better. This year 1t will be enormous.
have been saying 900 bushels all
nIong. but this IL probably too optimistic.
II II reaches 26. 100000 II win be maEnin-
cant showing. as the largest crop we have
ever had In this state was about q. 000. 0cn.
THE old wheat that IN now being thrown
upon the market In Eastern Washington
n selling for Is cents. and that believe
VIII be the ruling figure throughout the
season Prices may vary from 70 TO 30
cents. but most OF the crop that IL sold
Will probably bring about 45.
II do not look for any decided fiuctua-
ton In wheat prices Crops In some parts
OF the United States are very poor. bur
thia fact has little influence on the mar
ket- II 10 . world question and a crop
failure In few states has little influence
On prices in Liverpool where our wheat
II sold"
not 50 much question OF the price 81
wheat ~ the price OF charters For some
time past charters have been abnormallv
high and this has had the effect OF de-
pressing the price OF our wheat, which Is
governed BY tho quotations in Liverpool.
CHARTERS now range from 40x to a. Oi.
whereas they should be about a2s.
:, "a rise or rali Of ] shilling in the price
cant IN tho price Of wheat downward IL
charters go up. and vice versa and there
seems 20 Be no Immediate prospect OF any
bic " Tho Orient may lead to still higher
chArtsrs, tho present increase being due
10 large degree 10 tho taking over BY the
s sovsrnmsns Of large number Of cargo
- not yet certain how tho trouble
In China viii affect the wheat market. I'm
g the present time It has had a depress-
nsturaly be reflected BY the wheat mar
net. II the trouble II patched up soon
without var II n probable that II will
nave no effect en- wheat prices. What
reached II q question,
This -four trade will, of course. he had !.
W demoraiixed. hut II the allied powers
SHOULD send an army OF million men to
China a. might be done. II L. probable
that In feeding them the loss OF the Chi
neee trade would not be noticed The
bulls OF Chinas great population does not
100 our nour anyway. and the PRINCIPAL
demand u from the seaport cities.
Reports from California Indicate Z par
t1al failure Of tho wheat crop there. II Ia
Estimated that the crop which should have
reached ono tons will probably not ex
coed 10000, This news had a depressing
gRect on the price OF charters and upon
tina price OF grain bags as we'll both OF
which are good barometers OF the Pacific
coast wheat crop. Hut the effect OF TIE
crop nsws on charters was counterhal-
nncsd by q stifYcninR In rates caused by
the war pews from the Orient
"on the whole the farmers OF Eastern
Warrington have every reason TO be han
ny. There IL going to be large wheat
crop with fair rriccs and that means pros
perity for thsm. Ali through that section
money IL plenty and the people contented,
They are strongly Republican this year.
the revulsiou In feeling In really wonder
full They are satisfied with conditions un-
dor President Mckinley and will vote 10
continue him In Offfreh