The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-09
should they have any to Offer"

| oA'S "oiAo' We nave Utcu ucIc 81
years and refer you to any Of the
commercial agencies as to our stand
Ing. Would like to have you men,
tion US to parties you know or ii you
will give us the names we will cor
respond direct. II it will be any
advantage to your shippers we will
advance say 40 cents per bushel on
draft with bill Of lading attached on
shipments of good clean durum
wheat and the balance will come as
quickly as the cars can be unloaded
and weighed. Our commission is
one cent per bushel. The expenses
will be freight, switching $3.50 and
inspection and weighing l5c each
per carload. We can sell in this
market all the durum wheat you can
ship. The cash market here today,
especially wheat, is quite strong"
VIII send man to buy your
wheat. Terminal elevators (grain
merchants) Kansas City, Mo-, writ
ing under date of Oct. %. 1905, says:
Would advise that we are probably
the largest buyer of durum wheat in
the market and will be pleased to
communicate with any of your ac-
quaintances or correspondents that
have the same for sale. We have
travelling man in western Kansas at
the present time, who we will send
to Colorado providing there is
sufficient amount of this grain .offer
ing to justify us in doing so.'
The possibilities of steady
market for durum -four for the
United States army is indicated by
the following communication from a
very large commissary headquarters
Office of Purchasing Commissary
U. S. Army, Oct. 27, 1905: Il have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 10Th instant
and in reply thereto, to say that l
have made a few baking tests on
durum flour with view of finding
which will make bread which will
keep fresh as long as possible, for
use as field service bread and while
travelling by rail, to replace as far
as possible the hard bread now in
use for that purpose. While my
tests have been limited in number
owing to lack of the flour, l will
soon make others as l now have the
materials on which to work. So far
/ am satisfied that durum has the
qualities for which seek, but more
extended experiments will be neces-
sary before any appreciable market
for the flour is created by its use in
the army
The Duluth Commercial Record
which has been against the extensive
cultivation of durum wheat ever
since its introduction by Uncle Sam,
In a recent editorial paid its respects
to durum wheat as follows: The
Commercial Record is always pleased
to admit an error and we hereby
tender to durum wheat our sincere
and abject apologies, etc.
Word to Colorado growers OF
durum. ''While l dislike" says
Prof. Olin, encouraging the ship
ping of crop that can be and should
be purchased at home by our mil
lers. vet l feel justified in issuing
this circular letter to durum wheat
growers in Colorado and urging those
wishing market to write one OF
the many grain merchants named
above. There is now and will con-
tinue to be a market for all this
wheat which we can grow. This
wear the failure of Russia to furnish
durum wheat for export-on account
of war in the Orient and a threatened
wheat famine in the empire-south-
ern and western Europe is looking to
the United States for its supply"
Importance of growing good quail
ity durum. If we can keep our
durum pure and of good quality, this
market once opened will remain a
constantly increasing one. DO not
grow this wheat on irrigated lands
neither think that any dry land
can be cropped to durum. A later
circular will discuss this phase of
the durum question. The market
is strong at present and indications
are that the unjust discrimination OF
past seasons against this wheat are
being removed and this wheat OF
the semi arid west and northwest Is
steadily coming into public recogni-
tion.
1t is another proof that worth
wins after a time, if persistent
enough. Exporters and grain mer-
chants having recognized durum as
an export wheat, it is now up to the
growers to turn this durum wheat
into the channels of commerce. Then