The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-22

Green's Fork, and there was but little
of it, cost the elevator so cents per
bushel. How much it cost the farmers,
and what they believe it should sell
for, is an entirely different matter.
The manager of the elevator said that
farmers were reporting ear worm and
mold damage at from to 10 per cent.
Also that the complaint was general in
that vicinity, some spots apparently
showing up worse than others. A little
old corn has been taken in at Green's
Fork this week at 40 cents. The coal
demand has fallen off little this week
but was quite heavy early in the
month, is the report. Wheat seeding
is done with, but a number of farmers
didn't wind up until October Is. They
were bidding S1.05 for No. 2 wheat at
Green's Fork on Friday.
No New Corn at Lynn.
I'VE have not been offered any new
corn, so far" is the report from the
mill at Lynn. I'VE are now paying
"a cents per hundred for old corn, but
not a great deal is being marketed.
Wheat has been so greatly in the
dumps that we are bidding only $1.05
for No / today
The manager of the -four mill said
that -four trade had picked up lately
and they had been busy until their
engine broke down, which resulted in
the present shut down for repairs.
Coal trade is rather quiet at Lynn, but
considerable coal has been sold during
the fall.
Milton Grain Company.
The Milton Grain company, with
stations at Beeson's Station and Ben
tonville, tell US that no new corn has
so far been offered at either of their
three points, so they have not made a
price on new crop grain, as yet The
manager said on Friday that he
! thought he might be able to pay up
| to So cents for strictly good article
Their price on old corn is now 40
cents per bushel.
| AS to wheat they had been bidding
| $1.05 up to Thursday, but the bids re-
ceived on Friday morning did not war;
rant their paying quite that much.
| They are buying from day-to-day on
| their shipping basises to outside mar
kets. Some late seeding was reported
! in the Milton district, but the last of
| it was done a few days ago. Milton
| also claims that some farmers are
| placing the damage to their corn we'll
| up toward 10 per cent from mold and
! ear worm.
Coal Lower at r. c.
Coal business has been fairly good,
and we have reduced prices so cents,
compared with a short time ago" is
the report from the manager of the
elevator at Fountain City. He says
I they are now selling a good grade of
soft coal at S6.75, from the cars and
at 81 from the bin. Old corn was
worth 40 cents; first grade new corn
! 35 cents, and oats % cents on Friday,
| it was stated.
One Editors Idea
! "The trouble with the farmer, as
! we have often printed out, is that
his exchange is below par. In other
words, bushel of corn or a hun
dred pounds of corn will not buy the
| same amount of other commodities as
it would in 1913" says the Prairie
| Farmer.
"The August commodity figures
! show clearly that this condition is en-
| tirely due to the fact that our market
| ing system has broken down, that
| the job of marketing and distribu-
| ting farm products is being much less
| efficiently done than it was in 1913.
| The price of food in August, 1920 of
1913, is exactly the same as the aver
| age price of all commodities. If the
| farmer received the same share of the
consumers dollar as he did in 1913, he
would be relatively as well off, on
| the average, as anybody else, and
would have no reason to complain.
furthermore, he would be able to buy
in the usual volume and unemploy-
| ment and closed factories would be
! much reduced"
To Which We Disagree.
| Admitting that the farmers dollar
| buys less proportionally than it did
| in 1913, as well as in actual volume,
we can not see where his marketing
| system has broken down" To us
| it appears that the contrary is true,
| and that much improvement in grad
| ing and marketing of many food prod
| ucts has come about in the past eight
! years. This applies to fruits, melons,
| potatoes and long list of vegetables.
| The apple men are down to the minute
with their marketing organizations,
| while the butter and cheese industry
/ is run almost as closed corporation