South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-04
GREAT INCREASE
IN WHEAT SUPPLY
Stock in 1869 Bins Twice
That Held by Them
Year Ago.

The commercial stock Of wheat
reported ia the survey made by the
department OF agriculture for Dec.
/, 1918. amounted to 2l9.-
434,S32 bushels. These holdings. by
1869 ADMINISTRATORS warehouses
grain mills and wholesale dealers
we're more than twice as large as the
stocks held by the same firms a year
earlier. the actual percentage being
2O6.t per cent Of the 1917 stocks.
The figures refer TO stocks actually
reported and do not represent the
commercial stocks of the country.
nor DO they include stocks on farms.
Visible supply Figures Compared.
The commercial visible supply fig
ures. as published by the Chicago
board Of trade for the nearest date
Gov. 30, 1919 show 121.561.-
000 bushels Of wheat as against 21,-
0S1.0 bushels a year ago. Cor
responding Bradstreet figures for
1918 show 31,5S4.OOO bushels for
1917. AS compared with the same
date OF last year. these figures as
well as those obtained by the more
extensive survey, show a very great
relative increase in commercial
stocks of wheat on Dec. I, 1918.
1918.
Other Cereals, Flour and Corn Meal.
The commercial stocks OF other
cereals reported for Dec. !.
1918. according TO the department
statement, were as follows: Corn,
13.193.7S9 bushels; oats. 61.67O. 351
bushels: barley, 74,4OO.7S7 bushels;
rye. 13,936.01O bushels. These stocks
represent the following percentage
of the corresponding stocks OF
Dec ! 1917: Corn, 1870 per-
cent: oats, GAS per cent; barley.
HOS per cent; rye, 1912 per cent.
The commercial stocks of flour
and corn meal, as reported for the
survey were: Wheat flour, white.
6.S97, 49O barrels: whole wheat and
graham -four, 133.1S9 barrels; rye
-four, 266,107 barrels: corn flour,
81. 676911 pounds: corn meal. 70
.S25,916 pounds; buckwheat -four
.12.5fS.309 pounds. mixed -four. 90
623.397 pounds. These stocks rep
resent the following percentage of
the stocks on hand a year ago.
Wheat flour, white, 1904 per cent:
whole wheat and graham -four, 249.i
per cent: rye -four. PISS per cent:
wheat flour, 22O.4 per cent; mixed
flour. PASS per cent.
stocks of Selected Commodities.
Elevator warehouses and whole
sale. dealers reported stocks Of beans
amounting 20 72S5.713 bushels.
while wholesale houses and ware
houses reported the following COM
modities and in the amounts indi-
Gated: Rice, 4999s.S1o pounds:
rolled oats. sO.4s9.666 pounds: can
ned salmon. 96,s93624 pounds: cam
ned tomatoes, PAS. 4S9.204 pounds;
canned corn, 111.336,010 pounds;
sugar. 164.356.634 pounds. These
stocks represent the following per-
centages of the corresponding stocks
on hand Dec. I, 1917: Beans,
154.5 per cent; rice. 69.6 per cent;
rolled oats, 1857 per cent: canned
salmon. GAS per cent; canned toma-
toes. 1903 per cent; canned corn,
1895 per cent: sugar, 1850 per cent.
Stocks Of condensed and evapor-
ated milk were reported by condens-
cries cold storages. warehouses and
wholesale grocers. as follows: Con-
oensed milk. 49.87s.129 pounds;
evaporated milk, TAG. 757.96S pounds
The holding OF condensed milk re-
ported for Dec. I, 1918, rep
resented 1877 per cent Of the stocks
hold nv tho Same firm a wear earlier
while the holdings OF evaporated
milk represented 72.S per cent Of the
December. 1917. stock.