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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1878
Page
2
The piece argues Colorado must ship surplus wheat to Eastern markets to create demand for its high quality wheat and flour. It notes a glut at home hurts prices, urges action by farmers and merchants, and mentions the First National Bank of Muscatine, Iowa converting to a private bank after its charter ended.
Report from White River Agency notes Uncompahgre Commissioners delaying talks with Utes at multiple agencies. A trio of chiefs with interpreter Curti s left August 9 seeking meeting, but no word since. Weir starts 100 acres of crop breakup near Powell s Valley while a 25 mile road gains access to pine forests, built mainly by young men from nearby towns.
About thirty farmers and locals gathered at Freeman & Buckley to plan handling surplus wheat. A pledge seeks to withdraw one third of the crop from Colorado markets within ninety days by shipping out, shipping flour, or grinding into chopped feed, contingent on 40,000 bushels.
Unfavorable British weather boosted English grain prices with a one penny advance in leading markets. Cargoes arrived and sold well at sixpence to one shilling per quarter gain as continental demand remained active. Foreign buyers favor winter wheat over spring, while UK stocks are insufficient to meet consumption. Western receipts rose by 0.75 million bushels to 8,735,417. visible supply reached 9,749,049. exports cleared 8,202,321. Market values stayed near last week, with brief two cent fluctuations.
Messrs Lynde Wright & Co report the first car of Colorado wheat, grade No 2 spring, sold at 88c per bushel. Samples from A J Williams Washington Territory showcase Egyptian bunch wheat with 60 to 80 bushels per acre. Prices cited for cattle at Dodge City range from 8 to 18 dollars per head, with Western executive committee agreeing on livestock freight rates from Chicago to New York and other points.
Agreement restricts free passes to the person in charge of live stock with passes valid only on trains hauling the stock. The Hooper left Boston on August 7 with 177,50 bushels of grain for Europe and carried 589 cattle 690 sheep and other freight.
The Trisune highlights Union Colony gardens near Greeley with diverse fruits and thriving varieties. It notes extensive nursery work by George W. Webster, bearing apples, peaches, grapes, plums, raspberries, and blackberries, plus plans to focus entirely on fruit growing and sheltering measures against frost.
A Boulder Valley depot was struck by lightning as a bolt hit the building on the hill. It crashed through the chimney to the stove, tore the table, and passed through the floor to the ground. Several people in the waiting room were startled but none were seriously hurt.
Fort Collins shows growth with 225000 brick for the Agricultural College and similar totals for the new schoolhouse. Builders add store, court house, dwellings, and a brick hotel with a new landlord. Farmers meet to form a permanent organization while markets and miners face strikes in nearby towns.
Hon Alpheus Wright spoke to a half filled crowd in Greeley on the greenback platform. He traced war finance from specie disputes to greenbacks, bonds, and demand notes, charging the money power with contraction and tax by gold, and urged currency based on value rather than intrinsic gold. He contrasted French wartime finance with American policy and predicted gains for Weld Arapahoe and Boulder counties. James Burin refuted a bankers circular cited by Wright.
A Monday evening debate in Barnum Hall drew a large crowd with Capt Boyd and Mr A Haynes supporting specie backed currency while Dr Welch and A J Wilber argued for the Greenback theory of absolute paper money. Haynes argued against government issued pauper money as unconstitutional and Lincoln urged returning to specie payments with Congress redeeming Greenbacks in coin though they now trade near 99 cents.
Speakers discuss the value of greenbacks versus specie, noting bonds held by banks and trusts, large bank deposits, and taxes on national banks. They argue for issuing paper money, critique gold standard stability, and predict currency reform to honor contracts while expanding currency to pay debt.
After a Belford Patterson debate in Walsenburg Judge Belford and guests met at Fred Walsen’s house. Miss Julia Palmer stated Patterson had helped her and sought letters to Congress if Belford won. Belford promised a future meeting, possibly in her room.
The passage describes a claimed incident where a man threatened a judge over a written apology after an insult at a room shared by Bona Hengel and another. The Denver Tribune notes a pending telegraph promise of $500 for musical services to the Removelles post, raising Democratic character concerns.
Advertisements highlight Wm Hamman cash groceries on Main street and high cash prices for eggs by W A Nienors Co. W J Kinsey sells steel baling ties, Hastings offers fruit, Frowen's Drug Store stocks stationery and toiletries, Hamman's best cigars, City Bakery confectionery, H H Barton gold pens, Flower toilet stocks, and Measured custom gloves for $1.50. Monkey Ingalsee urges old clothes for the poor. Tyro F and more on Main street plus Rogers Bros silver ware and fresh fabrics and lime noted.
A local shopper alert notes a heavy sacrifice sale of Gents gaiters Kid Top Button Gaiters Buckle Gaiters and Gents low calf shoes in No. 5 to No. 6 plus Gents Serge and Cloth Top Boots No. 5 to No. 7. Buyers urged to call early to secure bargains Mosk Ingalshe.
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