Evening star., 1923-01-09
WINTER WHEAT
NFINE CONDITION
Tourist Business for Season
of Year Also Reported
Best in History.
BY .. C. BOYLE.

Special Dispstct TO The Star
NEW YORK, January a.--There Is
small likelihood that the spread be-
tween the relative prices q farmer
pays for what he buys and what he
receives for what he raises VIII be
diminished in 1923. Reports from
all over the country today indicated
that prospects for another large
wheat crop were excellent In west
Texas, growers declared today, the
1898 wheat crop already was assured.
Paintings in the south ard west OF
winter wheat have been exceptionally
heavy and the grain has Been asded
by weather conditions The big fields
OF the Miller and Lux and Baldwin
ranches in California never were In
better condition
Crops I'm Fine Conditions.
The dust-sown winter. wheat in the
Palouse and in other districts OF
oregon, washington and Idaho has
sprouted in splendid style, according
The carry over. from 1899 will BE-
heavy. Many farmers stfu have 20
per cent or more of their grain un-
disposed Of, Others are holding fruit
ana potatoes In storage for higher
Die conditions Improvement in Euro
pean affairs cannot alter greatly the
amount of produce continental ma
tons can pay for until after the
is2S crops are disposed Of Experts
hold out little hope Of change In TIE
expert situation for some time 10
come although there undoubtedly has
been an Improvement in markets to
South America and the orient
Temrist Business fsusAin@,
AS a consequence of these ccrd,
lions cries and means Of pain and
rage probably will continue TO arise
from AGRICULTURAL centsrs, BUT Before
too many tears are wasted on, rho
hard fate OF the tiIIer of the soil con-
SUIT railroad passenger agents. The
heaviest winter tourist travel in years
has begun snce the holidays. Officials
OF the Rock Island reported today
tnat the road expected TO transport
the greatest number Of people from
Iowa and Minnesota TO California this
year In the history of the road. The
interests of each state largely are
agricultural Extra s1eepers and ex.
ira sections OF trains are being re-
quired to transport tourists today
from the east and middle west to Col
orado- and California. Travel to Mex
leo is increasing after a lapse Of
Twelve years. due TO unsettled con-
ditions in that country.
Many Going Abread.
Vessels leaving New York for the
Caribbean are booked TO the gun
wales with winter tourists. The
trains on land highways leading to
the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida
are packed with travellers. Hotel
men with obstetrics all over the
country declared today. that they
looked fer the best and steadiest
travel business during the next three
months that they have ever expert
enced. Hotels in nearly every bust
ness and marketing. center are booked
well into March with reservations for
ing for sales meetings or conventions
as well as for tourists.
AS the farmer and the millionaire
are the two classes which can most
easily spare the time for travel dur
Ing the winter months. the fate OF
the .iarrner-in 1929 does not appear
hopeless.
:.,s. Nswr Era :ssen, In. Movies. q
Announcement .todayLby- a farss
manufa cturer of Photographic asup<
plies that a new motion picture cam
era had been perfected for Individual
and amateur use is believed TO mark
a distinct period in the advance of
the camera industry Many experts
predicted that Il would develop 70
almost as great an extent as the
radio craze.
The. advance in crude rubber close
TO the 3O-cent mark has followed tf4e
arrival of the absorption OF the ship
ments from the far east, which were
sent OUT of the Malay peninsula be-
fore the tax restrictions went filte
erect. The resulting dirninuflon of
shipments has strengthened the mar
ket position OF the commodity.