Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1912 — Claims Remington Second Largest Corn Shipping Point. [ARTICLE]

Claims Remington Second Largest Corn Shipping Point.

Remington Press. We are compelled to mention a few facts concerning the amount of grain handled by our elevators, to uphold our reputation with our haughty neighboring towns. A careful investigation of the grain statistics of Indiana leads us to believe Remington the second best grain point in the state,, in the number of bushels of oats and corn hapdlcd each year. Several years the two elevators have shipped a million bushels of corn and oats and the average each year is not - far from below these figures. There is, of course, more corn handled than oats as this is a corn country. The indications are that fully 700,000 bushels of corn will be hauled to Remington this year. It Is no uncommoh thing these days to see all the side-tracks in town blocked with fears loaded with corn. We have observed wagons strung out for several blocks, waiting their turns to unload. One of our grain men told the writer that he had bought over 200,000 bushels of corn from January 16th up to Monday night, and over one-half of this amount had been bought the first five days of February. Thousands of bushels were sold the few days that 60 cents per bushel was being paid. A scarcity of cars has caused some delay in the moving of grain. One day last week six shellers were sending corn to one elevator. When it comes to a question of the number of bushels of oats and corn handled, we refuse to our hats off to any town in this part of the state.