Show THE POTATO MARKET A gloomy outlook for the snipping of vast crop the potato market is undoubtedly at a standstill from all appearances heretofore markets for this product have been found in kansas iowa missouri eurska and other states but now the scene has changed and the states utah usually supplied have not only enough for themselves but plenty to spare texas seems to be the only door open for the sale of potatoes and even that field is being supplied byc ol 01 orado if we may judge from a statement in the delvar daily A bics last monday which bays arcele Gr cele potato pool ia shipping out potatoes at a lively rate some twenty carloads having been to texas in one last week vann it is under steed that greeley is the potato region of colorado and that ahe has not only supplied iier home markets but has shipped one half of her crop into texas the fact becomes apparent eliat utah potatoes are standing but a poor chance the main reason for this is the enormous freight rates for instance a letter received by our cleadius produce dealers jones snyder from san antonio tes that potatoes there are not hrinsin hr ingin more than per looes now to sell m at this price means hat our shippers would have to put them tm the card here sacked and everything for 35 cenis per hundred because the freight aratea on this amount to texas in carload lots is 72 cents new york even can afford to ship them to texas at and make money beranse the freight rate from that state is only 30 cents while from st louis it is but 42 cenap some time ago jones snyder were written to from san antonio fesa and were asked what aliey could chip potatoes froia provo for F 0 B abey quoted 45 cents the answer came too hish colorado and missouri are shipping in at less rates than what you quote hence there is but one alternative and that is fur the owners of potatoes to let what they have go at a lower kinra than are now holding them at the season id pacing and the markets are bein supplied and in two months new potatoes will be in the market and there will be little demand for last bearg article |