The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-17
II, SOC, 900 1855 147. 200 OOt

12,60O,000 11-66 147 300 900
While this is thought to be a rather
low estimate, it can readily be seen that
the spring wheat crop will fall far below
that of Kansas. Minnesota alone has a
larger acreage than Kansas vet the es-
1mated crop given above is only bout
flower state.
Commenting editorially on the situa-
ton the Northwestern Miller SAYS:
The milling situation in the north
west is too dead to talk about says one
miller who knows, and his description of
IT is not far wrong Practically no flour
for export was disposed of and domestic
demand amounted to almost nothing.
Winter wheat mi1lers tell different
story Practically every merchant mill
IN Kansas is sold ahead to its capacity.'
writes the Northwestern Miller's repre-
sentative at Kansas City The sales
that are on mill books are very largely
for foreign account he continues. and
adds: The export sales of flour have
been larger in the past four or five
weeks than in any similar period in the
history of milling in the southwest
From the Ohio valley and Michigan, re-
ports of business are nearly as bright
while ST. Louis mills are having a CON
slderably improved trade over that of
two and three weeks ago. At other
points in winter wheat territory milling
conditions seem to be satisfactory AS
to the crop conditions in the northwest
and the commercial estimates made by
Il.
is said elsewhere in this number
THE actual output capacity of the
mills in the territory shipping from or
through Kansas City is not more than
$4,000 bbls per day. This is. of course.
a mere estimate, but it is doubtful if the
mills of the section make more than
that amount of flour daily during
even very busy season On this basis
and accepting the freight engagements
as the amount exported in six weeks, it
would take nearly one-third the total
output to supply the foreign trade of
the mills. BY far the greater part of
the flour goes. of course, to Great Brit
ain OF the July bookings the following
shows the distributions: London, 240,-
300; Glasgow, 160, 300; Hamburg, $4,000;
Liverpool, $3.50; Rotterdam and Am
Sterdam, "a, 800; Belfast. 95.300: Dublin,
26, 900; Leith, 1880; Baltic ports, GA, $50;
other ports, 47,100. London took nearly
one-third of the total, with Glasgow.
Belfast and the Baltic following in the
order named. Nearly half of this flour
goes through Gulf ports. New Orleans
gets 260, ,450 bags and Galveston $500
OF the rest Newport News and Norfolk
handle 2O4, 800 bags and Boston, New
York. Philadelphia and Baltimore, 241,-
$50 These figures incidentally show the
importance of New Orleans as a port of
flour export Kansas millers have rea-
son to be proud of the trade shown by
the figures. They place that section sec
ond only to the spring wheat milling
district in Importance in the foreign
trade and indicate besides that the for
eign business of southwestern millers is
increasing greatly and surely. The sta
tistics should also do much to convince
railway managers of the Importance OF
the flour tonnage from the southwest
and the possibilities of its development
The booking of nearly 1000 cars OF
through freight paying an average Oh