The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-20
FOR one MILLION
BUSHEL ELEVATOR
An Effort Worthy of Wichita's
Ambition.
GREAT WORK FOR 1902
Initial Steps Have Already
Been Taken.
SUCCESS A CERTAINTY
One Million a Year Can Be
Saved by Enterprise.

Initial steps have been taken TO build
. million busheI elevator IN Wichita. Cor
respondence has been opened with men
who can do It and If they fail home bus
mess men and producers can do it. All
the people in Wichita and in the hard
wheat belt should make up their minds
To accomplish some great purpose during
the year 1900 and this should be IL. No
greater achievement can be planned and
executed
A million busheI elevator can be built
FOR $4,000. IL would save the produc-
ers In the hard wheat belt l.0Q0. 90 an
auaIy or five cents on ~ 100000 bushels
Of wheat. Il would benefit Wichita in
giving il a tonnage that would inevitably
cause il TO be made q basiug point and
hence q schedule of freight rates that
would not only enable the wholesalers to
compete with other commercial ceHters
with advantage, but would benefit every
consumer in western Kansas and Okla
h0ma.
There is more than 100000 on deposit
III the banks Of the nard wheat belt one
half Of one per cent Of il would build
million bushel elevator and ad a million
dollars annually 70 the Wealth OF the beet.
1t IS an astounding proposition when one
thinks Of il.
The time is ripe now for such a pTopo-
siti0n. here is a well defined movement
among the producers of hard wheat 10
establish a string of farmers elevators
ali through the belt and If they are sue
cessful they VIII need I'D immense central
elevator as an auxiliary. In fact a larg7
auxiliary elevator centrally located is cs-
sential TO the success of the smaller eIe-
vators IL resolves itself down to this
then, that mutual success demands a big
elevator in Wichita. When the farmers
o. he u-nnnr faf TO-.
or rates approaching them, it VIII be
when wheat is shipped in train load lots
As Iong as IL cannot be shipped in train
loads there is scarcely any hope.
The hard wheat Of the world is raised in
the counties surrounding Wichita and il
is the best wheat in the world It's value
depends largely on whether the producer
controls IT or whether il is controlled by
spectators. 1t can only be controlled
by the producers 10y having an elevator
IF large capacity within easy reach IN
which it can joe stored until IL becomes
necessary TO the manufacture of hard
wheat -four which is having an iHcrea sed
demand every year. OF course the entire
output of the best cannot be stored at one
time. but enough of 1t can be
10 Influence If not absolutely 10
regulate and control prices
And then. gain with an elevator Of one
million bushels capacity. it can De graded
ready 10 rthe most eNaotiug market
The matter was mentioned last night
70 Mr.. -. ". Blaine Of Pratt man
whose business and Iihe Of thought bring
him in touch with he opinions q nd inter .
eSts Of the farmers
4 million bushel elevator" he said .
would be great boon to the wheat pro- /
Queer There is absolutely no reason (
why it would not enable the producers Of .
hard wheat 10 control the price Of II. The .
hard wheat area is very small and IS con- /
fined almost exclusively 70 the counties 4
surrounding Wichita ] mean now. under Z
stand me, the Kansas hard wheat which .
81 the best I'm the world. Wichita. by al .
means, should become the Kansas hard .
wheat market and every bushel OF il
should oe shipped 10 the Gult unless the .
eastern and northern mills VIII offer
better price FOR il. Kansas City is as
FAR from tide water and FAR -her than
Wichita is and 7 can't fer the life OF me
see why the producers have u pay eight .
or nine cents tribute to the railways bv .
sending II there They are simply losing .
from a million and oue-half to two mill .
lion and a half dollars annually by doing
SO. TX is within Nichita's power 10 make .
itself one OF the greatest interior wheat .
markets IN the world and il Is surprising
that its people DO not grasp the oppor-
tuniry
The commercial club and the business
men generally Of Wichita should take
this matter up and adopt il as the one
supreme purpose of their work Tor the
year Iq62. commencing now Tt Is nm en-
terprise Of such immense Importance 10 {
Wichita and Is capable Of being such r.
great factor in the working ont Of It's des-
tiny that men can AFFORD O. even teke
large risks 10 accomplish it.
The most logical direction FOR Wichita's
business genius "a take is the building u0
OF q great grain market. gre8t hog
the Greates tot these is grain.
= million bushei elevator is such a big
thing that Wichita can wen AFFORD %
1ut IN ten years. if necessary. steadily
working for IT'S accomplishment Tho
1eorle VIII ind that 1t IS not near such
q big task % get one III they 80 at II
-i-ht now ard make an Intelligent ana
persistent campaign Tor -.
s big practical scheme like q million
dollar elevator viii De fitting effort Of
s. ichita business Senius for 1879