The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-18
||s WHEAT YIELD
1HOWS BIG INCREASE
claiIn That Shippers
4 Profits in Excess
Of Theirs.
pREsToN G. ADAMS.

o,cs commission 70 determine
not the railroads shall be
n raise freight rates,
.c|y stated in Wall street u
Il uush the railroads too hard
ijrht IL Is said in well-in
-rjes that the roads, or some
- provided with data as to
made BIZ some OF the larger
nj that. Il they are pushed
"a the inquiry, they will reply
about the business profits
oDers and by asking why they
"a closely urged with refer
oitalIzatIon and profits by per-
roorations whose profits are so
"a than their own. This po-
0ne OF the roads official POSI-
been foreshadowed in the
Ii By men close 90 some OF the
.<seutives VINO are making the
. sirenuously. II is alleged that
a arsument would have a con-
.lIect upon public opinion. Be-
. md oiher forms OF publicity.
Ia pressure on the shippers is
.|ntalned and will be urged
ID ever. IL is understood, dur
ming fall Such pressure may
||Ieetiye az In the past. but II
ID thai ways will be found 10
more influential. particularly
.11rs who are more or less
|ctndent on their banks There
||sdIy q very general and grow
A among the stronger finan-
|<sts that the present expose.
orobable light upon conditions
'1eble GesiEability and its ten
1isturb Industrial conditions. is
y deplored.
i that has not been given much
= heretofore. but which is COM
realized BY both sides, is the
f Ehich the public is Interested
1test and the prominent place
[ersy Is 10 occupy in public at
This has been felt more than
The controversy was officially
lhIcago, In past contests much
-Imony has been behind closed
has been Of such a technical
TIE public In general scarcely
! IL II Is the effort Of the
roT 10 have the facts under
M the!r standpoint. and the
making scarcely less effort 10
caee plainly before the couu-
|esult being a large public In
'he facts.
~ growers may have Il rising
that enjoyed by the cotton
,eiore long.
fd fequirements for the wheat
u Countries that figure in the
Hneat trade are 1852 600. geo
1ccording 10 w. 3. Snow.
|Ncially reported crops last year
!me countries of 3.s50,S1S. 900
n reaching this total the
aies is credited with a crop OF
pushels and Canada with l2O.-
<nels. The Broonhall estimate
Tor all other countries. the
ns southern continent. ArCen-
'Falia and India, part Of which
feeded. and none OF which has
1tered the v!cissItudes of the
placed al SOS. 900 900 bushels.
] 100000 bushels last year and
pnkhels in 1906. the previous
. This represents an Increase
" bushels over last year. upon
.pion OF a full normal rate OF
neSe countries on an increased
An actual falling below this
g would increase the apparent
'!ciency by that auch.
nasis Of crop production The
's;lHole for shipment during the
~ year is estimated al 554,-
.neis. The United States hclng
1tn Si 100000 and Canada with
INC requirements OF the i'm
ountries aggregate 500 900 400
lcaiung France with onlv So
ipreign wheat instead OF 100
y now currently estimated by
ofslFn houses in the wheat
y onls are the European wheat
81 out an additional burden Is
'on u because OF the generally
lop. particularly potatoes, on
-nt Taking the riost liberal
~ possible surplus from Nortn
.'1 antlcipating better than av-
4. IN Argentine. Australia and
- crops are yet 10 lie made"
enoy, there is still ma
se m the worlds wheat sup
= 70 statistics specially COM
me journal Of Commerce,
y. Nm industrial and traction cor
as W w distribute this month the
<s5seS, 20, These figures COM
nrsv.seo''o5 In September a year
..eese OF sl2.oi9. .4S6. In Au-
s 'p.al was SS7 595. or this
'uesate dividends will furnish
al increase OF sST, ,e0t. 5g5. A
,prporatlons have either in
~ rates or declared extra
~ Isse S lew additions appear.
1nxs VIII probably be called
up .ep sSo, 100000 10 the country
~ and the middle of Novern-
n movement should not
rnnue strain here. ina snuch
'',piuB reserve stands near
~ tne eleven weeks from
10 November 10 last year
~ ,ne Interior approyimatcd
h az isgs Il was in the neigh
onp.VVo'0o0, but In 1907 there
'uous demand up 10 the end
y me total called for between
VI August and tho end Of
nveooine $40. .oO0 200. while
S,n'e Se period in 1906 half as
'u"y $4,000, ,oOO) was with.
~ ib'en ~, that the traffic alliance
n Kst,.shstern Pacific and the
m Maisna Steamship company
III, an International freight
VIII southern Pacific traffic
rnnsn n tne Western Pacific cons
oS " II Is asserted 10 be the
M me Gould line TO make
prsr,a,, I, me Hartman road.
ldlfr.n,eo that for n few years
ana Tor maintenance Of
Pacif,n way VIII be light on the
a n.. uno this prompts the
~ n'eans TO start a rate war
.ranscc capturing a large share
tSsIIIisonunental and Oriental
n nng traffic moi oniy for
,yI Chinese and PhiijnnIne
EIflc r.a contest begins, the
~. canadian Pacific the Hin
int 81 81 Paul naturally would
hatIons, 'he plan 10 reduce pres
vsrs freight rates to the
flrs, several years ngo. this
NJ whaSun sun Tired. These rates
|tcidsan the interstate com
|oreIrn rn.t the Inland propor-
larise, rhtes must be given in
4c Worth ss.ooo. .0oo. 900 would
|tc roun eucn man. woman and
m,,o ,S,ooontry- And the nine Bill