Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-09
CALL ALL GRAIN
IN EUROPE "CORN"
j. c. Burks, Former Okla
homa Elevator Man,
Writes to Aftonite.
IS NOW IN PARIS
Farms Are Cared for Like
Lawns in London Is His
Observation.

Special to The World
ALTON, okla, July All grain
in Europe is referred to as corn
according to a letter received here
this week by Uncle John stephens
The letter was written 10y j. c. Burke
grain buyer. who formerly made this
part of oklahoma.
The letter Is dated at Paris, France
and is as follows:
"l have been iu Liverpool, London
and Paris for some time finding out
how the grain business is carried on
during war time. II Nas been re
duced to a government WopoSllloh
and they are doing Tho TuN ng ana re-
selling for less than they pay They
are waiting for new crops now IL
they come and are pushed for sale,
market will break As Gar as | can
learn there are NO ssns of peace
and war looks good fu" an summer.
"Au of Europe's biggest mills are
on the water where they take grain
direct from ocean steamers by sue
zion The smaller mills are on rivers
or canals and grain is brought direct
to them from ocean steamers on
barges. There are not many eleVa-
tors, A funny sight is tSeir high
three hundred and fifty bushels OF
wheat each. Very little grain is car
ricd by rail.
while Liverpool sends out the
quotations, London is the big market
Liverpool has option market about
like St Louis, while London is all
cash. The Baltic In London Is the
same as our board Of trade. They nave
no blackboard quotations. The rlrms
get cable offers from all over the
world and go around-half Of them
with silk hats on-and trade quietly,
and only in Cargoes. The corn eX-
change is where smaller lots are dealt
in. and you see samples Of grain from
all over the world. All grain over
here Is called corn. This corn cA-
change insisted Of grain exchange.
Liverpool quotes per hundredweight:
Thus l3 s. d. means l3 shilllngs ana
5 pence per hundred. One shilling
is equal to "A cents and one pence Is
equal to 2 cents. London quotes per
quarter and Paris per hundred kllo.
1t requires set of books to translate
and compare prices. Combination OF
all markets in the world make the
London prices.
London is PcCR lar.
London streets are lot OF wind
Ing paths. You are constantly dodg-
ing an old church. or the monument
Of some old fellow who ages ago mad
taken "A lot of men out and killed a
lot of other men. There are no tall
buildings and no surface street cars
but many taXicabs, with fares about
as low as our iitneys charge, Usually
traffic is tremendous and all goes to
the left.
paris is more like our own cities,
with regular streets, world Of trees,
and a beautiful place withal. In Lon
don YOU are consid dered odd If you do
not smoke cigarets. In Paris women
Of all classes insist on leading little
fuzzy dogs around, even in war Tune
"Flrms are cared for like our lawns,
and a little village will be cuddled up
together, but each home will have a
rock fence surrounding It.
"As vet ! have not seen submar-
inc or Zeppelin. | have been to the
spot where the Germans were when
they were so close to Paris. ! have
been within twenty miles of the fight
ing line and talk to wounded soldiers
every day. The only Information you
can get is that it is awful and that
they wish it was over. In places
where trenches are so close together
they are forced to keep changing men.
They get 50 well acquainted that they
visit and refuse to shoot each other,
even after a king or somebody else
has told them to- In small towns the
silence and the sadness is more no
tIceable than in the cities. Everywhere
you so you see women in mourning,
and the mails are full of letters edged
i'm black. You see officers and SOL
diers galore. but the most prominent
of all is the sign OF the Red Cross. It
is making history that will remain
Ions after the war is forgotten"