The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-23

Copyrighted, 1902, by W. T. Fosterl
ST. Joseph, Mo, March 20 Last hullc-
tin gave forecasts OF disturbance so cross
continent March % to -. warm wave
March - to ~, cool wave March p to -.
Next disturbance win reach Pacific coast
about March Is, cross west OF Rockies by
close of March 20, great central valleys
March 30 to 81. Eastern States April !.
Warm wave win cross west Of Rockies
about March 2S, great central Valley
March 3D. Eastern States April L. Cool
wave will cross west of Rockies about
March n great central valleys April -
Eastern states April 4.
Temperature OF the week ending March
~ viii average above aud rainfall about
About date Of this bulletin the great
hot wave will be In the extreme North
west with cold wave behind II. q mod
crate warm wave passing out on to the Al.
antic.
IN tho above mentioned order the most
important storm forces Of tue month VIII
cross the Western hemisphere bringing the
greatest Of extremes To the North Amer
lean continent at the close of the month.
General rains Will come with that storm
wave and in reference to moisture, will
leave the soil in better condition for pro
duclng a crop, but the cold weather to
follow will make the crop growing season
cold backward spring rois corn that
has been planted aud therefore this cold
smell al the close of March will be worry.
uufayornble 10 that crop along the 3sth
parallel Better wait and plant your corn
later
or course late planted corn Is in danger
OF getting caught by early fan frosts but
nothing can be gained by putting corn In
the ground to rot. Remember last sDring.
] then advised as ! do now and very sim
liar weather Will close this month Of
On March 10 the government report was
published giving the amount Of grain in
farmers hands at close OF February That
report was a surprise TO most Of the best
informed but was in perfect accord with
the advice Of these bulletins that producers
should not sell their grain this month. The
amount OF corn and wheht is surprisingly
small and a fair estimate based on supply
and demand would have Immediately put
corn at Chicago at rs cents, wheat at
90 cents.
But the millionaire spectators through
their big combination, saw their oppor-
tunity and determined to put prices down
and thereby frlghten the farmers into sell.
ing.
The records show that the farmers
double their sales about the time prices
20 TO their lowest and in order to gather
III the grain al below value hgures the
big spectators only have TO put up their
dollars and prices VIII 90 dOwA.
These great spectators are so powerful
that they entirely discredit the government
crop reports although the latter Is our most
reliable information, there Is no remedy
except more thorough organization OF
the farmers.
In Western Canada the opening Of water
navigation will be late aud the Manitoba
wheat viii come late into market This
will give winter wheat farmers better
chances to get better prices.
There Is powerful influence manpu-
lating the reports as 10 the condition OF
the growing winter wheat crop 1 get the
government reports direct while most peo-
pie rely on the colorng given these re-
ports through the press.
Newspaper editors do not purposely color
these reports but the great news gathering
agencies do and the Impressions given
out made the winter wheat crop appear
IN much better condition than the gov.
ernment report warranted at the close Of
February,
Thls question "a now up between the