The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-13
HE COT RESULTS
Judge Reed Woke Up Washing
ton Car Commission.
Cars and Expert
Coming to Kansas.

If the car service commission at
| Washington keeps its promise made
to Judge Clyde NJ. Reed, of the Kan
sas court of industrial relations, farm
ers and grain buyers of this state will
soon be getting more grain cars than
were furnished last year That was
| the statement made today by Judge
Reed upon his return from the con-
ference held with the interstate COM
merce commission and the car service
commission the first of the week.
The statement of Judge Reed to the
effect that the 1921 harvest would be
over before the present crop of wheat
| is moved and his assertion that the
railroads are not obeying the orders
| Of the interstate commerce commits
sion relative to sending cars to west
ern states. caused the sensation of the
| conference.
Efforts were made by the members
of the commission but Judge Reed
was armed with the mass of data on
| the car situation he has been collect
eleven months and when he had fin
ished giving facts and figures, the
doubters were silenced.
Car Expert to Topeka.
AS result of the revelations made
by Judge Reed, the car service COM
| effort would be made TO have addi-
| tional cars sent to Kansas roads from
| eastern lines, and it was agreed that
a car expert be sent to Topeka. to work
under the direction of the industrial
| court and to see that cars in service
in this section be unloaded promptly
when they reach their points of desti-
nation.
| The agreement to send this expert
was a result of the reports submitted
by Judge Reed showing that the rail-
! roads and grain dealers often hold cars
much longer than absolutely neces-
sary before they are unloaded or re-
| consigned. and that this greatly adds
to the acute situation.
Mills Near Close Down.
| Estimates made by state officials
| today were that there are no less than
90 large flour mills in Kansas that
are in a similar condition to the West
ern Star Milling company of Salina
| that has been forced to close down
| because it could not get wheat moved
from its elevators to the mill for
grinding The Western Star mill has
| bought 10000 bushels of wheat. but
is unable to get cars to transport any
/ of it, and claims its losses will aggre-
gate $4,000 day. Many other mills
! that have not been forced to shut
time because of the inability of the
railroads to furnish cars.
Crop to 156, 900, 900.
Another boost was given the Kan
| sas wheat yield today when Judge
Reed said it was being estimated from
the thresher reports that the total
crop will go above 156,000,00O bushels.
The officials of the state board of
agriculture would not comment upon
this, but there are many well posted
| grain men who believe the total crop
will be in excess of the 15O.000,000
bushel yield indicated in the last re-
port of the state board of agriculture
/ N
the great difference in the figures of
the last state report and the last gov
eminent report. The last government
report issued after the $50. 100000
bushel estimate made by the state.
placed the total Kansas yield at 123,-
| 000. 900 bushels
This was explained at the state
| board of agriculture as being due to
the fact that local agricultural stalls
ticians who make up the government
report are not allowed to revise the
| acreage figures compiled in the fall,