The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-23
GALVESTON, TEXAS


readers lots of information about
Wheat Shipments through the Gulf
ports to Europe, and the great i'm
portance of the building of the talked
of Golden Belt railway through this
western golden wheat field country to
get the grain to those ports, $50 miles
closer than to the Atlantic ports,
thereby saving much time as well as
expenses to the wheat growers.
This week we are in receipt of a
beautiful illustrated Souvenir book of
nearly hundred pages, with valuable
information on the Port of Galveston,
sent US by Hon. E. H. Thornton,
traffic manager of the Commercial
association of that city, which is sure
ly entertaining and interesting, and
we are now more impressed than ever
that it will be one of the greatest
things of this century if Rush, Ellis,
Rocks and Phillips counties can get
direct communication with that port
for shipping of its grain.
With their wonderful system of
wharfage by which they can unload
every car of grain received within five
days and return the car to the rail-
road to be sent back to the
producer and home elevator for
more, with it's elevators holding
,3,60O,0OO bushels of wheat right
on the wharf. With its ship
loading capacity in which they
can load 25O,OOO to 100000 bushels
in a ship in half a day, and its abund
ance of ships always in wort ready to
take the grain 1T will prove blessing
to US wheat raisers in Kansas to get
a railroad running right there.
The Galveston News of last Satur-
day announces: ''For the first time
in history the Texas Gulf ports lead
the United States in wheat exports
for a month, as reported by the Ma
tional Custom House, Galveston
showing over nine million bushels
shipped for the month of May, New
Orleans 5,O82,OOO bushels, Philadel-
phia 2,2O6,000 and New York 1,914,-
600, Baltimore 100000, leaving
Galveston ahead over four million
bushels. It means the port is draw
ing increasedA shipments from the
neighboring states of Oklahoma and
Texas as we'll as Kansas, and the
great northwest. And the Export
Commission is reaching out for more
and hope to double the receipts and
shipments during the coming harvest
year"
They want the Golden Belt Wheat
to help them out if it can be brought
about, and if their export shippers
allow but one cent a bushel for the
next five years it would pay for build
ing this new road, and give them
twenty years leaway before the twen-
ty-five year bonds are due.
With the above immense showing
for May, June started off
in an equally big showing, and in
three days the Custom House shows
there were shipped 1,456,327 bushels
of wheat. Trosdale, Plant and La
fonta sent out the ship Jeff Davis with
100000 bushels to 1.-The ports of
Greece. D. Ripley & Co. sent 3OO,-
900 bushels to Antwerp in the Kar-
farli steamship; Lykes Bros, a car to
Greece with 355,0OO bushels, and
half dozen others to other ports. No
wonder they are reaching out for new
territory to ship them the golden
grain.
We have also received this inter
esting letter from the Board of Trade
of Texas City. right across the chan
mel from Galveston, in which they
tell the wheat raisers along the Gold
en- Belt they can take care of their
grain "Gladly, Economically and Sue
cessfully." It is only another point
er to our farmers and Hays why the
Golden Belt Road should be pushed to
a quick success:
Texas City Board of Trade
Texas City, Texas, June Is, 1921.
The Hays Free Press,
Hays, Kansas.
We have read with much interest
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