The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-29


Total bushels received. IS. zos ISL s.. 5gS.051
Total bushels ezPOrtej--.- g, J57 So ,.55,5l5
1t is well known that the wheat crop
last season was irregular, certain States
producing large crop, while others were
a complete failure. Kansas and Nebraska
raised large crop Of hard winter, while
Texas and Oklahoma raised the soft yari-
cites. so that by reason OF this abundance
and the shorter haul the Gulf ports have
steadily held their own and been able TO
underselI our market constantly. Ohio
Indiana, and Illinois had unqualified fall
ures- and our market was consequently
without the usual movement from those
States So pronounced we're these condi-
tons that Ohio millers were constantly in
the counties Of western Maryland for
wheat. while New York mills ransacked
the counties Of southern Pennsylvania and
the valley OF Virginia. There was scarcely
any demand for soft winter wheat in Eu-
rope, the foreign consumer using the ua-
tive article 10 the exclusion Of th=. i'm
ported. made dearer by the high ocean
carriage and restrictive tariffs. and when
compelled to buy gave the preference to
hard winter, which the Gulf supplied, OF
the hard spring via Boston and New York
Our market consequently dragged YEARLY
along at an abnormal discount. and
strange as II may seem, found IN a com
I-eting PorJ-New York-its principal Gus
toner
In an endeavor 10 protect the nearby
grower Baltimore has besmircned her rep
utatIon IN the importing countries of Eu-
rope through permitting the presence of
garlic in her contract or shipping grade.
This prejudice is decided and general. 50
that while today there IS scarcely any Of
this detestable pickle in our elevators our
exporters cannot place our wheat 10 ad-
vantage. not few important ports ostra-
Ching II completely while others enter
tain proposals from ali other ports be-
fore giving consideration to tenders from
our OWL small wonder, then. that traffic
in this important cereal has declined
quite % per cent and IN place OF the for
meT large volume, aggrega ting millions
OF bushels, destined 10 every important
Notwithstanding market in Europe we
have descended to one small cargo to
Cork for orders and a semi Occasional
parcel A remedy must be sought and ap-
piled feaCessly If we are TO continue as a
whcat-eXporting port 40 other market
suffers garlic TO be present IN its con
tract grades.
with corn there is q different tale 10
tell no fault is found with BaItimore's
contract grade of corn. No market of the
world Is comparable with us among the
corn using ports OF Europe for the abso-
lutte reliability Of the grade the uniform
ity Of quality and the satisfaction ezpe-
rienced Ia Its use Merchants from Swe-
den TO France and from the Rhine Prov
inces Of Germany 10 the westerumost port
of ireland have given the assurance Of en-
tire confidence and trust accorded to cur
shipments. The causes Of our decree sed
receipts must be sought elsewhere New
York and Philadelphia Increased their
movements. and the formers quota was
not furnished by the canal any more than
was the latter's. During no small por-
ton Of the year our members we're com
PEELED 10 remain in enforced idleness. ard
H. IS no e1aggeration to say that no firm
was accorded the opportunity of employ
ing its full capacity and energy in secur-
ing the movement Of grain to this port
These were matters of transportation
which the trade could not remove Or rem
edvr