Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-12
FARM PRODUCTS
MOVE FREELY,
|. WRIGHT CLAIMS M
Unprecedented Freedom In
Transportation If Grain
Is Commented Upon

4 Crbasla If.,%Dec. 1O.--.AgrlcultufNs
products have moved to market with
an un y~recedented decree of freedom
this fail, according to Or. Ivan Wright
professor. of economies in,the Uniyer-
,sity Of illinois. Wheat has led the
PROCESSION, and apples potatoes and
other@products have followed, close be-
hind y }Es 81
Fatmers needed the money they
had the best car supplyIain history,
and many had found that holding Tor
h CHER prices did not;salWays pay
ing figures on the rush to market, he
ZIP to Nov. IL. ss,525 carloads of
boxes of apples had moyed. to mar
ket against 21,13S last year; 7.$1b
carloads Of celery against 1896; n
white potatoes 128,45S carloads
against 1os,s35 the previous
fairly indicated by the shipments from
the Big Four leading states, Mime
sofa, Maine. New York and North Da-
kota, which aggregated $4,000 car
loads in August, September and Oc-
tober,; and this Is equal to the com
bined shipments, from the IL leading
potatoe states previous year.
Wheat Movement Pronounced.
1.-The movement of grain, and espe-
cially that of wheat has been even
more pronounced. The southwestern
wheat crop is harvested first and con-
sequently moves to- market earlier
than the wheat crop of the north
west. However, the crop has been
marketed with unprecedented rapid
y Sup to Oct. l it was estimated that
66 per cent of the Kansas crop and
~ per cent Of the Oklahoma crop had
been marketed. On. the same date
last year according to the U. S. Blu
real of Markets only 40 per cent OF
the Kansas crop had been moved on
the farms. j .t-s"~
"Since harvesting the northwest
ern wheat crop hi moved with equal
rapidly to the sou h'vestorn crop. In
%neapolis and Duluth totaled more
than 47h million Of bushels which
was about one-fourth larger III IN the
receipts of SEPTEMBER a year ago The
stocks m the termina! erevat ors were
nearly three times as large at the end
of September as a year; ago"
Many reasons are ass cned for this
market this fall. Prof. Wright noted,
but the fundamental reasons may be
{ summed W. he said. as these:
Psyc ho'Og'cal Reason Seen.
1.-THE first IS a psychological reason.
Some farmers have been , stung by
J holding crops foriahigh3r prices II
this never was more true Than m:H20.
Last year they held for higher prices
!; and watched prices steadily decline.
They have not forgotten this and they
have learned an important lesson in
practical economics by it, and that is
that the. farmers in the United States
alone do not have any control over the
! price of product as long as their costs
of production and prices are above
those Of other countries.
In the second place the FARMERS
have had a more ample supply of
transportation facilities this fall than
ever before. This is perhaps due pri-
marily to the limited production Of
other countries which releases n
larger number of cars for the moving
agricultural products. THIS is a mark
for the farmer. When transportation
facilities have been available he has
marketed his crops in spite of exorbi-
tant freight rates and exceedingly low
prices. 'E .%@
The third and perhaps one Of the
F, most important inducements to the
farmer tto market his ~crop early is
that of absolute necessity to raise
money tc m CT his past DE, Indebted
\ nessy'Etth h m cnhant and ban.er.
MnnN am rs have ) fra2el up 10
~ lnis f'''s. X 5is iy and
my can n; il ~ SIT sell"