The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-08-05
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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
THE GRAIN MARKET OF
BALTIMORE

This inquiry IS being made by the
farmers and grain dealers OF Frederick
county. The people see in the public
press the market quotations daily, and
they do not understand the conditions
and they are trying TO solve the mystery.
The quotations of the price OF wheat,
as published daily in the SIN and timer
icqR, during the week Of July, closing
on Saturday. the 23rd inst, was from
sixteen to TWENTY-FIVE cents higher in
New York and Philadelphia than it was
in Baltimore. 1t also appeared that all
during the same week wheat was selling
in Chicago from seven - nine cents
more bushel than wheat was selling
for in Baltimore City.
1t is said, and also pretty well known
here that the grain dealers Of Baltimore
have been making a great deal OF money
for years. and it is equally well known
that Baltimore has always been a poor
wheat market We are reliably informed
that the people OF Virginia and West
Virginia are shipping their wheat and
corn TO the South, and they viii tell YOU
that they do it because they have better
market there than they have in Baltimore.
Thousands OF bushels Of wheat are
yearly shipped from Frederick county to
Philadelphia, and the farmers are getting
from FIVE to ten cents more per bushel
than they can get in Baltimore.
Men have gone from both Frederick
and Carroll counties and have gone into
the grain business in Philadelphia and
are making money So that both the
dealers and the Frederick county farmers
are making money by selling their
wheat in better market than they can
get in their own State.
We see from a report in the same
papers that we have reference TO, that
the exports of wheat from Baltimore last
year, fell off more than iour million
of bushels. Look at the quotations
daily published of the prices paid for
wheat in Baltimore Is it any wonder
then, that the exports Of wheat have
fallen of'-rather IS it not wonder that
Baltimore gets any wheat TO export at alp
The farmers Of Maryland. and even
those living within ten miles of Balti-
more, can ship their wheat to Phila-
delphia and New York, and get from ten
to fifteen cents a bushel more for it
than they can get if they sell it in Balti-
more.
In addition to this Baltimore has had
for some years the benefit of a differ
entail rate on freight in its favor, but we
believe that they have lately lost that,
and have been trying TO have it restored.
1t does not look ike as if the difTeren-
tial rate has been of any benefit to the
farmers OF this State from the prices that
they have been getting for their wheat
for years past. According to the pub
lished prices a farmer living within ten
miles Of Baltimore can ship wheat to
Chicago. and get from three to six cents
a bushel more for his wheat than ne can
get in Baltimore.
OF course We mean that he can get
that much more over and above the adj
ditional freight to Chicago. The farmers
Of Maryland who have wheat to sell, owe
it to their own interest TO look into this
matter, for i, is greatly 10 their interest
to sell their wheat in the best market at
the best prices thstthey can get for it,
We have simply put the plain facts
before the people, and every farmer can.
by looking at the two Baltimore papers
which have been referred to for the
week ending July 25rd and they will
find full verificaiion Of the facts that
We have stated. OF course the Baltimore
dealers have made big money If these
facts are as published but the farmers
have been losing big money, and more
than they Can afford to lose, or than they
ought TO be made to lose.
If the farmers are not acquainted with
the dealers In New York and Phils-
.delphia, it is an easy matter to get &C
qusinied
The farmers are not acquainted with
the Baltimore dealers either. because they
sell to the county dealers who sell TO
the Baltimore dealers The country
dealers can Just as easily ship their
wheat to New York and Philadelphia.
1t is the duty of the home dealer to look
after the interests Of the farmers, because
the farmers pay the dealers, not the city
business men. Let the farmers ask the
country dealers about the wheat prices
that we have stated herein, and see if
they do not tell them that something is
wrong with the Baltimore wheat market.