Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-12-08
FAR N PRODUCTS
MOVED TO MARKET
WITH NO TROUBLE
NEED OF MONEY AND GOOD SHIP
PING FACILITIES JAKE 1T
EASY FOR AGRlcuLTURlsT TO
SHIP HIS GRAIN THIS YEAR.

Urbana, H. Dec S,--Agrlcultural
products have been moved to market
with an unprecedented degree of free
dom this fall, according to ID. Ivan
Wright professor of economies in the
University of Illinois. Wheat has led
the procession, anG apes, potatoes
and other products have followed
close behind.
Farmers needed the money, they
had the best car supply in history,
and many found that holding for high
err prices did not always pay, Prof.
Wright says in explanation. Citing
figures on the rush to market, he
said:
up to Nov. II, $685. carloads of
boxes OF apples had moved to market
against 81 ,l3S last year; 1875 car.
loads OF celery against 1886; and
white potatoes l2S,45S carloads
against 1886 the previous year. The
movement of potatoes may be fairly
indicated ty the shipments from the
Big Four leading states, Minnesota
Maine, New York and North Dakota,
which aggregated $4,000 carloads IN
August, September and October, ana
this Is equal to combined shipments
from the Is leading potato states the
previous year,
1.-THE movement of grain and es'
pecially that of wheat has been even
more pronounced. The Southwestern
wheat crop is harvested first and con
sequently moves to market carrier
than the wheat crop of the Northwest
However, the crop has been marketed
with unprecedented rapidly. Up to
Oct it was estimated tina. 6G 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 Z. S, Bureau OF
Markets only 40 per cent OF the Kan
sas crop had moved off the farms
Since harvesting the Northwestern
wheat crop has moved with equal
rapidity to the Southwestern crop. In
September the grain receipts at MIN
neapolis and Dulth totaled more
than Az million OF bushels which
was about one-fourth larger than the
receipts of September a year ago.
The stocks in the terminal elevators
were nearly three times as large at
the end OF September as year ago.
Many reasons are assigned for TINS
freedom in the movement of crops to
market this fall, Prof. Wright noted.
but the fundamental reasons may be
summed up, he said as these:
1.-THE first is a psychological reason.
Some farmers have been stung by
holding crops for higher. prices and
this never was more true than III
1920 Last year they held for higher
prices and watched prices steadily
decline. They have not forgotten TINS
and they have learned an Important
lesson in practical economics by IT,
and that the farmers in the Cnlteu
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.
ON tine second place the farmers
have had a more ample supply Oh
TRANSPORTATION facilities this iall IMAM
ever before This is perhaps que
primarily to the limited production o.
other industries which releases d
larger number of cars for the moving
Agricultural products This IS mark
for the farmer. When transportation
facilities have been available he has
marketed his crops in spite Oh eN
orbitant freight rates and exceedingly
low prices.
"The third and perhaps one OF the
most important inducements to inc
farmer to market his crop early
that of absolute necessity to rais'
money to meet his past due indebt
edness with his merchant and banker
MANY farmers have borrowed up u
the limit of their credit ability an'
they can do nothing else but sell