The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-09
PORTLAND FLOUR EXPORTS
WILL BREAK ALL RECORDS
Pacific Coast City Will Run Close
Second to the Mctrop-
oils.

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. Sex
porters of grain have grudge at
themselves for not engaging a large
| fleet of sailing vessels a month or two
ago when they could have been had
for from 23 to rs shillings a ton,
whereas they are now being held at
30 shillings or more if anywheres
near at hand The exporters could
| have coined thousands of dollars had
they ventured to gamble on freights
as some of them did few years
ago, but at that time they got
bumped.
Recently two sailing vessels, the
French banks Noemi and BrizeuX,
were fixed to carry wheat and -four
to Europe, the Noemi to load here,
while the Brizeux may be loaded here
or on Puget sound. The latter is
now en- route to this port from New
castle. Australia, with cargo of coal.
The Noemi is at Swansea loading coal
for Seattle. Heatly & Co. took the
Noemi while the Portland FIGURING
Mills company engaged The Brizeux.
This fact leads to the belief that the
Brizeux stands a very good chance
of being diverted here instead of to
the sound.
That Portland will send away more
wheat than any other port on the
Pacific coast during the season now
opening up in real earnest is the CON-
mon understanding among grain
shippers and it would surprise no one
to see the port beat her own records
in point of prominence among lead
ing wheat exporting centers of the
Do,t
land maintained third place in this
respect and she will not likely step
in front of new York for some time
but there is a possibility of the me-
tropolis on the Willamette gaining
second place for the year. The crops
are bountiful and it is expected that
the railroad companies will meet the
car demands more readily than last
year when ships were compelled to
wait weeks upon weeks for cargoes
The reciprocal demurrage law, it is
believed, will help the wheat eX-
porters greatly, since the railroads
will undoubtedly make every effort to
avoid being held up for 81 for every
day that the company fails to re-
spond with a car when ordered.
Wheat has been coming in fairly
freely, although by no means as rap
idly as desired, during the past sew.
eral days and exporters are promised
better service in a short while wher
it is believed that more cars will be
available Some exporters stated
yesterday that they have been getting
from 40 to so per cent of the cars
asked for since the beginning of the
season, which is little better thar
the service given last year
; That charter rates are climbing III
steadily is further indicated by the
fact that the British ship Yola. which
has been lying idle at the elevator
dock several months. is refusing 81
shillings in expectancy of getting
possibly So. The vessels reported
chartered yesterday were taken a
27s Sd, the rate established by the
Shipowners' association last June, bu
they are for February cancelline
dates which accounts for them ac
: cepting the lower rate.
The fact that vessels are being ia
ken February or March loading indi
: Gates that exporters are preparing fol
; heavy movement of grain to Europe
this season. Rising quotations in the
old world during the past few weeks
started the game and for several days
; vessels have been picked up as quick.
l ly as they offered, except where own.
ers have held for premiums as in
case of the Yola which is the only
available spot vessel at this port.