The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-06-24
THE WHEAT MARKET.

49, SAA>NsO
The following table exhibits the re-
ceipts and shipments Of the articles nam.
ed during the "a hours ending A. M,
June 18th, as compared with the same
time last year:
Receipts. Shipments.
Articles. 1875. 1874. 1875. 1874
Flour, bbls.. 9,2O3 S,677 1855 e.S47
Wheat, bu.. .50,l9O 77,sn 10l,s5s 1888
Analyxe this. In 1874 the receipts Of
-four on that day were 8,677 barrels; the
shipments 2,S47 barrels; or $3.50 barrels
more than received. In 1875, on the
same day, the receipts o. -four were 0,2O3
barrels, the shipments, 1855 barrels; or
3,347 barrels. The shipments in 1875 ex-
ceeded those of 1874 nearly six thousand
barrels.
Turn to wheat. The receipts of wheat
June Is, 1874, were 1871 bushels the
shipments 1888 bushels; thus the re-
ceipts exceeded the shipments 57,433
bushels.
Upon June Is, 1875, the receipts of
wheat were 50,l9O bushels; the ship.
ments were lO1 1853 bushels. That is to
say instead of the receipts exceeding the
shipments 81 ,433 bushels, as in 1874, they
fell below the shipments 51,66S bushel!
Now what does all this prove?
I. That the receipts of wheat are less
in 1875 than they were in 1874.
II. That the shipments are five times
as great.
III. This shows very large demand
and moderate supply, instead of an inn
mense supply and glutted eastern mar
ket as has been represented.
Bnt how about the incoming crop?
We quote the following from the last
number of the Hoosier Patron, of Indi-
annapolis, Ind:
A SHORT WHEAT Croft may be that the
! injury to the wheat crop has been exaggerated,
but that it will be short one is unquestioned
Discouraging reports come from all quarters
except the southwest E. R. Shankland, mem
| Der OF the executive committee OF the National
Grange, writes to the Western Farm Journal
that as the result of inquiry and close observ-
alton, he is confident Missouri will not pro-
duce more than third Of a crop, and Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio will not average more than
one-hat each. In New York and Pennsylva-
| Lila, while the damage is not so great. it Is Sc
rious. Texas is the only State from which no
complaint comes, and there the very large
acreage sown is expected to yield the best crop
ever harvested.
The California crop we know is seri-
ously injured. and will be reduced one
third if not one-half.
The Chicago Tribune says:
| There is good reason to believe that the
| yield Of the United States in 1875 will be much
below the recent average. The lateness Of the
| spring in some sections, and the relatively low
| price of wheat in all, tend to reduce the
breadth seeded, while the ravages of insects,
etc, have resulted in replanting large tracts Of
| wheat land with corn and grasses. The crops
of corn and oats will he large. Especially if
the wheat crop in Europe should turn out not
to be quite 90 good as expected, we shall have
none too much wheat tor the supply of the
next twelve months.
We find the following kilograms in a
recent Chicago Times
Especial telegram
OMAHA, Neb, June l5.-Probaby not an
other such an immense army of grasshoppers
as the one covering an area extending in
breadth from one end of this State to the
other, and crossing the Union Pacific in a
northerly direction, has ever before been seen
A large number came to the ground all along
from Omaha to Columbus, aud bringing utter
destruction to many beautiful fields OF grain
Between Willard and Elkhorn great damage
has been done to wheat and barley. Near the
valley many farmers lost their entire crop in
half An hours time, while others
in the same, vicinity suffered but
little. Just north Of Fremont great damage
was done to barley. None of this immense
swarm Lit west OF Columbus; aud farmers in
central Nebraska are to-day jubilant over
their escape. The 'hoppers stopped fly ng
during the latter part oil the afternoon, and
those which lit along the Union Pacific have
taken wing and gone north to-day.
Especial telegram
ST JOSEPH, Mo-, June l5-The grasshop-
pers have nearly all lett this county, but the
farmers say that there is still another batch
Matching out, that will in all probability de-
stroy the crops that are now being sown and
planted.
Advices from Maryville, Nodaway county,
state that the 'hoppers that reached that
point last Thursday have devastated the crops
along the line OF the railroad, but have not
penetrated back into the bottoms, There
fine corn crop will be harvested.
From our own State exchanges we
cup the following.
1.-THE Pioneer Press will pardon us, we will
state that the grasshoppers are victorious. For
every one that has been killed, At least five
thousand have come to the funeral. the de-
VISITATION to crops south and west of US in large
sections, is complete. At this writing the out
look for the farmer is most discouragng. The
little pests make thorough work, and leave
only the bare ground behind them. Occasion
ally a field of grain has escaped. They do not
seem to trouble the oats much, but clean the
wheat-felds. They seem just now to be devot-
ing special attention to tender garden vege-
tabies.-Glencoe Register.
"Advices from the two lower tiers of coun-
ties in Minnesota, extending along the lines OF
the Southern Minnesota and Winona and st.
Peter railroads, ND to Saturday, give the fol-
lowing result: Commencing from the west,
Watonwan and Martin counties, wheat pros
poets are good, but with not over 50 per cent
of last years acreage, owing to lack Of seed
In the counties OF Blue Earth and Paribaut,
| wheat is fine, with perhapsa little less planted
tais year than last In Waseca, Free
born, Steele, Dodge, Mower, Olmssed,
wheat prospects are very fattering, with fully