Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-11-11
The Wheat Prospect.

The Wheat Prospect.
All statistical information on the subject of
the wheat products of the world point to the
important fact that the United States is the
only country able to supply the unprecedented
demand for wheat this year In nearly all Eu-
ropean countries The returns of the imports
of Great Britain to September Both show that
the gross value Of the imports of wheat for nine
months is about $99, 900 600 of which the Uni-
ted States supplies $42 900 900 worth. The
proportion Of wheat received from Russia has
fallen from $4,000 900 to 1000, 900 hundred
weights, as compared with 1872, while that re-
ceived from the United States has Increased
from 600 900 to 5000 900 hundred weights.
Wheat is usually exported from the North OF
France, but this year il will have to be import
ed, and the importations of the South of France
will be largely increased. Germany, Hungary
and Southern Russia are also deficient in their
crops, and that European dealers have accept
ed the returns as thoroughly reliable, may be
judged from the fact that their exports from
New York alone during the fourteen days end
ing October 9th were 3, 50S, 469 bushels, an a.
mount unparalleled in the history of that port.
On the other hand, the receipt of wheat at
Milwaukee and Chicago have been largely In
creased the receipts at the former place of the
present crop being 8.555, ITO bushels, against
5,044, S05 for the same period in 1872
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CARPET BAG
GERS. Since reconstruction the government of
South Carolina has been in the hands ola most
unscrupulous set Of plunderers, who have def
ed all res RANTS of honesty or decency 10 their
exactions. Before the war the taxable proper
ty of the State was valued at $4S7 319, 1913, and
the average taxation was about $500 600 annu-
ally. In 1870 the valuation of taxable proper
ty had fallen to $l83, 9l3 317, and the depreci-
alton is still greater now but the annual taxa
ton has been increased to over 1000 900,
while the State debt has swollen from Sc 600,
| 900 to SIC 900 900, for which the people have
| received no substantial benefit.
OF this debt Of SIG. 900 900 the present State
| authorities admit that at least $1,000, 900 were
fraudrlenty and illegally contracted, aud the
tax payers insist that the lords representing
this portion of the debt are invalid and worth
less, AS to the bonds of the State 10 existence
before the war; nobody doubts their legality,
! and the taxpayers have never objected to their
payment The consequence is that these bonds
are worth more than twice as much as those of
the questionable issues
A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. 1t appears
that whiskey ring, formed of illicit distilleis
and United States deputy marshals and other
Federal officials, has been doing thriving bus
mess In North Georgia, by means Of corrupt
black-mailiog aud false imprisonment. Dis
tillers who have Systematically defrauded the
revenue have been permitted to continue their
operations on payment Of blackmail to Federal
officers, while innocent parties have been seiz-
ed and imprisoned on false charges, because
they refused to pay tribute to dishonest Off
Gals. It also said that a great number of
people were arrested on trumped-up charges,
and subjected to dsgraceful imprisonment,
| against whom no evidence existed, simply be-
cause they refused to pay the United States
officials money. One deputy marshal has con-
fessed that he swore out warrants against fifty
| different men Of whom he knew absolutely moth