The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-09-18

The Journal has received wheat
quotations from many points in West
ern Oregon. and publishes a few Of
the below only TO show that the price
is absolutely fixed by the Portland
Elevator Trust. Week before last 75
cents was paid for wheat, and then the
price was dropped to 73 cents. Some
OF the mills and warehouses have paid
75 cents the past week when the farm.
ers refused to sell for 73. The fiat
prices from Eugene TO Oregon City
and on the West Side and the East
Side OF the valley are fixed by the
Portland combine. Distance end
freight rates make no difference TO
them and the only question remains,
what should be tho market price of
wheat? Following are quotations Of
Sept. 16:
General Wheat Prices.
Tacoma, bluestem, 7Sc.
Chicago, wheat SEC.
Portland, bluestem, Sic: valley. soc.
That is sacked and on board cars.
Oregon Wheat Prices.
Junction City, Sept. 14.-Agreeable
10 your request we beg TO say we
have paid for wheat the past week
73c. Junction City Milling Co.. by
Geo. w. Handsaker. Manager.
Tangent, Sept. 12.-In reply TO your
favor OF the 10th relative 10 the price
of wheat end oats here the past week,
will say that We paid 73c for wheat
and S1c for oats, and IL remains at
that price yet. Albany Farmers Co.,
by ]. f. jerks.
North Yamhill. Sept. live have
been paying 73c for wheat clear Of
smut; oats csc. d. p. Trullinger.
woodbum, Sept. 1--we are pay.
ing 7Sc for wheat. Woodburn Milling
Co.
Eugene. Sept. 13.--We are paying
7Sc for wheat this week. Paid 75c
last week Wheat is generally two or
three cents less than Salem price. an
account of freight. ]. NJ Shelly, Eu.
gene Mill and Elevator Co.
Albany. Sept 11.-Following your
inquiry OF the 10th. the price OF wheat
here TO the farmer for the past week
has been 7Sc. net to the farmers.
Gervais. Sept. 11.-Replying TO
your inquiry will say we have bsen
paying 73c for wheat the past week.
Corvallis, Sept. 13.-We have
bought as per cent OF the wheat 10 be
stored with us this year at 75c net TO
farmers. We reduced price to 7Sc
few days since. Benton County Mil
Co.
Harrisburg. Sept. 13-Yours at
hand in regard to price OF wheat We
are paying 73c per bushel at mill;
oats. S2c; barley. soc; all No. A.
Wilhelm & Sons, by James Douglas.
Albany. Sept. 11.-Yours OF 10th
inst. received. Have been paying
7sc the past week. Albany Farmers
Co.
Stayton, Sept 14.-Paid 76 and 7Sc
for wheat the past week. according TO
quality. John spanlol
Aumsville, Sept. 14-Paid 76 and
7sc for wheat the past week. Aums-
willie Mills.
Two independent Mills.
II will be noticed that two !nde-
pendent mills at Aumsyille and Stay.
ton pay as high as 7sc for the best
wheat while all the points under the
control OF the Portland trust pay 7sc
AS a matter Of fact. very few OF the
firms paying the trust price have got
any wheat TO speak OF the past week.
since they dropped the price to 7sc.
IL Is a fact that they have paid some
preferred farmers Toe while advertis-
ing to pay 73. The Rocky Point pool
and the Waldo Hills pool both got
7se and that Is probably what the
price should have been all over the
valley but for the Wilcox elevator
pool. and the education the farmers
are getting through The journal Is
resulting In very little wheat moving
at Use. All that Is bought at 7sc iG a
clear net profit OF about hve cents a
bushel 10 the trust or whoever gets