The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-14
MARKET NEWS IS
SENT over u. S.
Whole Country Now Included in
Federal Service.
BY LEASED WIRE AND RADIO

Extension of the market news Serv
ice of the United States Department
of Agriculture, involving the establish
ment of one of the largest commercial
leased telegraph wire and radio tele
graph systems in the world, has beer
announced by the Department of Agri
culture. The main extension is from
Kansas City to the Pacific coast, with
new offices at Denver, Salt Lake City
and Portland, Ore. In the Southeast
a branch office is to be established at
Atlanta, in addition to the field sta
tions already operating in that terri
tory which cover the major producing
district. Offices at several other South
ern points are being considered.
Additional branch offices for report
ing the markets on fruits and vege-
tables will be opened this month at
Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland and
Atlanta. Offices are now located at
San Francisco inc Los Angeles. A
live stock and meats service will have
additional branch offices at Denver,
Salt Lake City, Portland and Atlanta.
The leased wire system will run into
San Francisco and the entire west
coast will be effectively covered both
by radio n wire telegraph from San
Francisco. Final decision has not been
reached as to whether radio telegraph
or leased wire will be used to the
Southern states.
Congress Votes Money.
Authority for extension of the de-
partment's service is contained in the
appropriations voted by the last con-
gress providing for an increase of
about 100000 to carry on the work,
making a total approximately of ST.
100000. During the war the leased
wire system covered over $4,000 miles
and connected practically all the lead
ing market centers of the country. The
service was regarded as an important
factor in bringing the war to a sue
cessful conclusion by making avail
able at all times the fullest informa-
ton on the food situation. Following
the val the service was curtailed until
1t comprised only 1900 miles of wire,
and only a comparatively few of the
large Eastern and Middle Western
markets could be covered. Last Sep
TENDER an additional circuit was start
ed from Kansas City to Austin, Tex,
with a drop at Fort Worth.
Under present extensions of the
service the leased wire system will
cover approximately 1000 miles. The
circuit will extend from Boston south
to Washington, thence west to San
Francisco or Los Angeles. En- route
1t will connect New York, Philadel-
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natl, Chicago, Fond du Lac, Wis. Min
neapolis, st. Louis, Kansas City, st.
Joseph, Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake
City. A special line will run from
Kansas City to Fort Worth and Aus
tin, Tex. Contacts will also be made
en- route at various offices operated
by. state departments Of agriculture.
These will include Trenton, Lancaster,
Harrisburg, Columbia, Waupaca, Wis.
Jefferson City, Mo-; Sacramento and
Austin. The Southeastern circuit cor
templates reaching Richmond. Raleigh,
Clemson college and Jacksonville.
The leased wire circuits are in OPP
Grafton from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily
except Sundays, and through develop
ment of code systems are more inten-
sively used than any other leased wire
system in existence, in the opinion of
department telegraphers.
Controlled From Washington.
All traffic is scheduled and con-
trolled by the Washington office and is
transmitted simultaneously to all the
big market centers. During the night
the Washington office receives hun
dreds of kilograms from railroads re-
the carload movement of per-
commodities over their respec-
tive divisions. These kilograms give
the origin, destination, commodity and
of carloads in transit. The
Information is classified and tabulated
moved to all branch offices early
he next morning to show graphically
total volume of perishable fruit
vegetable products moving to the
cities.
Following this information the esti-
mated receipts at live stock markets
ire dispatched, followed by general
'eports on live stock, meats and other
PRODUCTS, showing supply, demand,
wholesale prices and conditions.
flashes on cattle, sheep and hogs are
Butter and egg quotations,
nd local quotations and information
rom the big markets on fruits and
egetables follow. During the day in
ormation on cold storage products,
eanuts, honey, hay, grain, feed, but
ar, eggs, cheese, live stock, fruits and
egetables moves over the circuits.
At the close of the day market sum
laries on all commodities are dis
atched for release to more thar 1000
ewspapers throughout the country. ]
pecial reports are also prepared for |
ado telephone or telegraph broad :
asting stations and transmitted to '
re offices of distribution. The infor- {
received over the wires at the |
arious branch offices is Immediately S
M ununicatad To nradI1carS and the q