Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-13
Public Opinion
Grain and Freight

Clovis. y. ~ April ..
II notice here lately considerable
IL Icing suid about high freight rates.
wc are not well informed enough t.
know whether the rates are too high
or tup low. but We know something
terrible has happened which has stop.
ted the grain movement here and we
/ believe We are harder hit than any
other place ON earth We may be- cover.
ing toohlg u territory but the writer
has never been very far from home
and believes the above statements are
true.
For example We show the following:
S.OOo pounds ~ kafir today al soc per
hundred nets the farmer $500. our
charge Of Be- per hundred Tor handling
rcis us $40 The rates a. California
points including war tax ls sSc per
hundred which nets the railroad com.
pany $4,000.
You may ask why We don't ship 20
some other point7 Alright. our next
best point is Arizona. and our rate
there IL ~ per hundred with war tax
which nets the railroad $500 or $500
more than the producer receives. Again
you may saw. ship to Kansas city.
The rate 20 this point IL 6Oc per hun.
drcd including war tax and the Kan
sas city market today IL sos per hun.
dred. Take of the rate and Sc per
hundred for handling and the farmer
receives l5c per hundred or ~ cents
per hushcl. Can you beat this?
AT the present W. are doing moth
ing. The farmer can't thrcsh and haul
his grain 10 market aud receive enough
cash To pay the threshing labor and
hauling bills. The railroad COMPANIES
here are discharging men by the hun.
drcds because they have nothing for
them Ia do
Grain farmers are sitting still and
losing money every day. Nearly all
are broke. our estimate IL that there
are, IN the country tributary Ia this
point. al least 100 ears ~ milo and knfir
piled On the ground or In bins or not
throshcd. our spring rains will ruin
NJ least half II this crop. There are al
least 200 ears of kafir. milo. Indian
corn and cane and sudan grass seed
either a. move or rot In this distict
and II conditions remain normal for 60
days moro we will have the largest
wheat crop Ia move In the history IL
our district. at least 100000 bushels.
our rate tu Galveston ON export
wheat IL 31L. cents. ar 90 cents o.
Kansas city. July options closed today
at sl.o5. Take the rate and 10 cents
per bushcl for handling and the farmer
has 72is cents per bushci.
Has the bottom been reached Have
the present freight rates come Ia stay?
Have the railrosd companies discharged
enough men yet? Can the public read
between the lines? Who liz IL that II
going Ia start something and where ls
II going Ia start?
These are your questions. W. have
answered them ourselves Tor fear We
would make someone mad. The farm
era here are sore at some one. We are
Just little sore ourselves. Have YOU
GUESSED who We are sore at? And why?
I'VE believe that II H. were possible
fur the rates 10 he cut In half our 700
cars ~ grain would move to some mar.
ket. the railroad companies would re-.
ccive about $4,000 and our farmers
the cost 81 production. Though M we
said In the beginning. We are not well
enough Informed Ia know whether the
rates are too high or too low. II may
hc the best for all concerned for the
rates 10 remain as thoy are or maybe
they should h. pushed up again lust n
little higher. We are not railroad
Knockers. neither are we suckers.
Something Ii wrong.
\. W. LANE.
Manager Lane Bros Grain Co