The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-12
GRAIN MARKET
AT WICHITA
State Inspector Grades the
Grain Here.
GRAIN OF ALL KINDS
Is Now Consigned to the
Wichita Market.
GRAIN OF ALL KINDS

wichita now has what she has long
desired, whet market" said J. E. Howard
Of the Union Mills yesterday. 'Of course
=e have always bought wheat here from
the farmers. but what 1 mean by wheat
market is a place where wheat can be
sh.pped and sold on grade every day in
the week. month or year Wheat is now
being consigned TO this market just the
same as 70 any of the big markets OF
the country and it is sold on the regular
state inspection.
a little inquiry revealed the fact that
the grain men and the millers are all
OF the opinion that the grain market has
come to Wichita TO stay. They say dur
ing the past few weeks grain is coming
from all directions consigned regularly
TO this market and if the dealers could
not do as well here as anywhere else
they would not ship here. 1t was suppos-
ed by some that only No. wheat fit
fer the mills could be sold here but that
seems to be mistake. No. 2 No. and
No 4, and even rejected finds market
here.
Mr.. Culver, OF the Culver Cereal com
pany, sold FIVE cars of wheat yesterday
that had been consigned to his company
by grain buyers Of the surrounding towns.
The wheat Is all inspected by the state
inspector and is then sold for the grade
TO which il belongs. peaking of the bust
ness Mr.. Culver said.
Some people suppose that in sending
wheat here that they vii have to bill to
Chicago. 81. Louis. Kansas City OF some
other market with the privilege OF
wichita" like stock is billed TO Wichita
market, but that is a mistake. The wheat
consigned TO our firm is all billed to
Wichita fiat. If the wheat could not be
sold here we could get it out all roght
without the local ratee. We can sell
wheat here on the state inspection to
80 east just as well as they can at
Kansas iCty or anywhere else. The
country shippers are pleased with aur
market thus far because they are salts
fed that they get as much money out OF
their wheat as. they could get as much
money out OF their wheat as they could
get by shipping it past Wichita and they
get their returns quicker from here"
The millers are pleased with the mar
kct because it gives them a chance to
go on the market and buy their wheat
The Wetson mill buys a good deal Of
wheat consigned here and the millers VIII
evidently soon all depend on the local
market for their wheat to grind. The
wheat is sold on the inspection and then
the cars are run to the mills and I'M
loaded"
Mr.. Culver said yesterday that he owned
his own elevator but he wanted to see
the switch built TO the big Nevling ele-
vator right away so it could run. He
said they needed it and he did not care
how many big elevators were built here.
He seemed to think that Wichita was
destined to become a great milling anc
grain center and he believed more mills
and elevators VIII be built
The mills OF this city running on full
time as now grind about seven thousand
bushels Of wheat a day and that has to
be supplied and they usually try to get
8 stock ahead at this time Of year The
grain men all seem confident that the
market has come to stay and that there
Will be a market here for the grain thar
comes.