Evening star., 1924-06-20
MARK TWAIN WRONG
ON WEATHER CLAIMS
Merchants and Others Acting Upon
as Well as Talking About
Present Conditions.
BUYING REVIVAL APPEARS
Coming Harvests Will Greatly In
crease Purchasing Power.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, June 20.-Mark Twain
was wrong about the weather. He
said everybody talked about 1t but
that nobody did anything about 1t.
Merchants and buyers and joobers in
a score of different sections of the
country are doing something about
the weather this week. They are
buying or preparing to buy large
quantities Of goods. The harvest sea-
son now is under way and with the
advent of warmer weather the buying
power of the great bulk OF the popu-
lation of the United States has IN
creased
tion with agriculture are benentins
from the increase in the farmers pur-
chases. The wheat harvest is on in
Texas and Oklahoma now and Will
start in southwestern Kansas about
June % to July l. Reports from Fort
Worth and Amarillo indicate that the
farmers of that section are not gong
to hold their wheat. They will market
it at present prices. That means a
power to spend between 90 ana 30
cents for every bushel grown on the
thousands of acres planted to TINS
crop in the southwest.
There are enough men to handle
the harvest in the north central dis
trict Of Texas, Panhandle and flalns
sections of Texas. They are recelV-
ing around 81 day. The ofhcial
government labor agents announce,
be brought in from the outside to
accommodate the needs of the south
west That means potential pur-
chasing power of 100000 day from
the harvest hands alone. Four thou
sand men will be needed in the next
and TeXdS
counties, Okla. and they Will be paid
not less than SO to $3.50 day with
board and lodging.
Merchants to BENEFIT.
Kansas will need 10000 men from
outside the state to harvest It's "neaI
crop and will begin paying them s3;oo
to 81 day and board. inside the
next week. The southern part ol
Nebraska will start to spend money
from crops and wage returns aoout
June 25 in the southern section. while
the impetus to trade probably VIII
not strike Colorado merchants until
July or later.
Who benefits? First the merchants
for the buying of farmers and farm
hands is dependent at least TO sonle
extent on the harvest and the "eatn
er. Merchants have not hau me =
shelves overfilled. II the poyihs st ea,
their sections is active, they must
renew their stocks with consequent
profit to the manufacturer, the IN
dustrial workers, the producer OF ra"
materials and the railroads.
Grain md Cotton Improved.
Railroads already are making con :
cessions to harvest hands in order 70
exnedite grain shipments. These rates
are usually applicable only TO sroups
Of twenty five or more riding on one
ticket to a definite point. scores OF
thousands Of cars are held on slolnss
waiting their burdens of wheat "nlcIi
will WELD big revenue to the carr TIL ,.
The rain which fell over Kansas during
the early part of the week is declared
hv farmers 10 have benefited conditions
100 per cent. orow-
inp states are improving, accorolns
to late reports from LOUISIANA anu
Mississippi and the prospect 1or rev
enue to growers is far better than dt
the end of May. AS result, )oopeIs
in that section say business is I'M :
nroying. Merchants are sendlng IN
more voluntary mail orders than at
anv time in the last three months
These generally are for small guam ,
titles. but for prompt shipment ana
indicate a revival of consumer puy-
ing.