The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-25
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agreed upon BY the railway and state
ofacials was 170.016,000 bushels with
a value Of $120.o0o.ooo.
Guesses Arc Higher.
OF the prominent men who have
been guessing on the Kansas wheat
crop since May I. J. R. Koontz. gem
eral freight agent Of the Santa Fe
figures being 13O,0OO.0O0 bushel1;
while Charles NJ. Sawye-. state bank
commissioner, is the most radical,
with an estimate of 1S0.O0O,00O BUSH
els. The meagef returns from the
thresher side are not sufficient to
the drift Of prediction in the last few
days has turned toward the bank
commissioners approximation. Prior
to that time the railroad man had the
popular estimate.
"The reports coming in from the
various counties are to the effect that
the wheat is running better than 20
bushels to the acre. Mr.. Koontz said.
However, the territ Try heard from
is small, and may net show an aver
age yield. An accurate estimate can
not be made till ". have returns from
some of the counties in the north
half of the state. But whatever the
result of the harvest may be, 1t Will
stand out as record breaker AS
has been said by Roy Howard. gen.
eral manager of the United Press as
ISOLATION, the Kansas wheat crop is
the biggest news item in the world.
The Santa Fe has had requests for
wheat information from more than
100 daily newspapers in the last
three weeks"
Based on Official Table.
The acreage shown in the table is
based on the April report of the state
board of agriculture, although the as
SCISSORS returns indicate that the acre
age is nearer 1000. 900 than $500, 500.
as reported to the board by the farm
ers themselves. The yield given In
the table is the estimate Of the aver
age man who talks wheat yield. The
price is the guess of several reliable
grain men and farmers who have had
wide experience in handling Kansas
crops.
Another Meeting 1t Wichita.
Several Topeka railroad officials,
state officers will go to Wichita July
1 for another general meeting about
the car situation. The object of the
meeting is to formulate rules to keep
the cars moving during the wheat
rush. BY so doing it is hoped that q
blockade will be prevented.
Charles n. Sawyer. state bank COM
missioner; A. E. Helm Of the public
utilities commission; State Grain In
spector George B. Ross; General Man
and General Freight Agent j. R.
Koontz Of the Santa Fe are members
of the general committee for the
Wichita meeting.
Rock Islands Preparation.
The Rock Island has $4,000 freight
trict Of the road, which includes all
Of Kansas and parts Of other states
in the southwest. Most Of the cars.
however, are now stationed in the
wheat belt Of this state.
President III. U. Nudge of the Rock
sas. was on tour of inspection of the
company's lines from Omaha to Dem
yer, returning to Chicago by way Of
Kansas. He was accompanied by
Vice President Ridgeway,, Chief EnS
gineer Morse and other prominent of
f1cials from Chicago and Topeka. !,
Mr.. Nudge declared that in his Ac-
quaintance with Kansas, extending
over a period Of a great many years.
he had seen nothing to compare with
the 1914 wheat
prosperity" Says Nudge.
1T is not only the great freight
business that the ailroads will have
from the wheat tnat COunlS, MT.
Nudge said, but 1t Is the general
prosperity that will follow. Millions
of dollars will be brought into every
county of the wheat district. 1t will
increase the business Of the railroad.
the miller. the merchant, the automo-
bile man. the laborer. men In all
walks Of life. It will be q period OF
wealth that Kansas, or any other
state, has never before experienced"
On the two main lines of the Rock
Island in Kansas. every station has
many big freight cars sidetracked
waiting for the flow Of Kansas wheat
to the markets. In a few instances,
trains have begun to move scores of
carloads of wheat to Kansas City,
Minneapolis and Chicago. On the line
to Oklahoma and Texas, the harvest
has been going on for over a week
or two. and in a few days the freight
trains will move eastward from Dodge
City, Bucklin, Pratt, Hutchinson, Nc
Pherson, Herington. Marion. yelling
ton and every city town, village and