CAR SHORTAGE 



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Corn Enroute to Market. At a certain time of year, especially in 

 seasons of corn of low keeping C|uality, a car shortage occurs in the 

 growing districts. In consideration of this point, the following para- 

 graph is taken from the American Elevator and Grain Trade of Janu- 

 ary 15, 1907. 



"The Iowa Railroad Commission recommended in January, 1907, 

 that elevators in grain growing communities be of more reasonable 

 capacity, sufficient to care for the products of the surrounding dis- 

 tricts. Such increase in storage capacity would, it is believed, solve 

 the car shortage problem. But, as George A. Wells truly says: 'There 

 is no reason why the farmers shouldn't build bins sufficient to hold 

 their grain and ship it when the market is the highest. They can pick 

 that time as well as anyone else. Corn left in the field will not grade 

 and the farmer suffers the loss. Even if additional elevators were 



CAR BKFORE IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY 

 LINED FOR GRAIN 



