New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-08
ABOUT WHEAT AND SPECTATORS.

GRANT Co, Wise Nov. 2S, 1891.
Mr.. TRIBUNE: Bought sold bargsined and con-
veyed. Read, then squib. You hsve frequently
boasted that Spectators could not purchase your
vices to help them prey upon the people. Bosst no
more. The Wheat mopgers have you as sure as 6O
cents will BUY bushel of wheat. 1 sent you short
letter few weeks ago, stating number Of facts re-
speeding the present whea crop, which no honest man.
knoring Tie true state Of tie case, dare controrer and
followed the same by little advice to wheat-growers
based upon these facts. You published tho advice
without tie facts, and squbbed it. l was once
newspaper publisher come 90 years ago., and in those
tim rs such transaction would have been considered
exceedingly dishonora6le. Have times 30 changed
since But you will say you had not roon-but that
will not be rue-for close besee your squib was
letter, three or four times as Ie1stny nom Aunt Iso
line Crder instructing the world upon the important
commercial matter Of saving soapgredse! Now re-
deem your.e-hunt up the letter, give the fact-fscs
them Il you dare am doubly sure OF the facts then
stated Even in boosted Wisconsin, the whest-crop is
very much below an aversge-the threshing machines
are proving it every day. For instance, know a man
who offered, after harvest to make bot of Thousand
dollars that his crop would yield 800 bushels about
20 bu.hels to the acre-and 1t was one Of tho most
promising fields in many niles and the threading
chine proved it less than lO0 This il common re-
suit bave heard Of 20 bushels 10 the acre, but IL
was too far of to ascertain the truth or fasity OF it.
Doubtless, ono person in q hundred may have an
acreage crap; and such result is forthwith blasoned
in all The newspapers (TRIBUSE and all that will lead
or sell themselves TO its publication. sins: l wrote
you before have been informed respecting the wheat
crop in Csnsda-and whoever dare boast OF that,
ought TO be compelled to mssticate sticky clam
ny" bread till he can get wheat that has only grown
once.
Now, you may publish this scrsp-an Of it-not
part with my corsent-snd then scrbbe an article az
long again about tor throw it under the table
whichever you think will best peaee your employers
But in honor demand the publication of the former
letter or promise to publish the facts in 1t if revrt
ten. Yours, in hope that you will recover yourself
from the snare Of spectators, A. p. JONES.
We beg leave to assure Mr.. A. P. Jones that
we publ.h bis letter rubatm with great esrgerness,
and trust it will conduce largely 10 tae amusement,
if rot to the edifcation Of our readers. We should
which be said we did not publish-if We knew
where to find it, for anything from 90 enormous
fool must be piguant and enjoyable. We don't be-
lieve another such can be found among Wiiconain's
six or seven hundred thousand Inhabitants. But
We have not the fanest recollection Of ever having
heard from Mr.. Jones before, though of course We
must have done so. What he tries to make out is,
80 far as We can understand him, that this years
Wheat crop in Wisconsin is light one-cons der.
ably less than twenty bushels per acre. We don't
doubt il; and add our testimony that the yield Of
this State was not more than half crop-less than
ten buahels per acre, in our judgment And, though
the current testimony afrms the existence of large
crops throughout the South and South West, ditto
in Southern Indiara and Ilrnois-with an unusually
good one in Michigan and other sections-we firmly
believe that the average yield Of the whole country
with the Canadss included, is below Gftsss bushels
per scre-and has been for some years back. II
Mr. Joness estimate il lower than this, let him
sesd it on mot too verbosely) and We viii publish