The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-20
TIE CREAM OF THE PRESS.
onr,r STATE UNDFR THB COW
TnOL or GR.tSPING RINGS.
NEGOTIATIONS IN wheot' Wine Wool Wines
Chinese Labor' nnd h"',ron"S ,r"''"e


r,o,n ne theogo Tme'
o.,r,,vctlco. Aug. 10.-Sau Francisco,
.h,cn - virtually Csifoinia, - run Dy Kings ana
~, "r1 Az ttIultr uus "a lis Industries. n.lne
from the u-nei Wn,s,n ns si",'ss Rings. wheat
nm vine Ring, a railroad ting an anu,
Thinrs Ia or IA Z, and almost eN,tN IN, S,nu
" o. = , ',," many INUorers and PRODUCERS
'" s1n. mr. -sni year California hts sown TO wheat
sbost -y ,,.,,s,s Ny,1ed at about t;s 100000 We
49, az aort about three-fourths OF lhis crop or
noOJtV0 bushels enough TO io1u ou ,i'cLv ,,,,
,hts elf, nave held the CHANGERS ~ thclr unner-
s'fnl diet ton. Inc gr.nser could not borrow
eiu on lis county warehouse receipts; he
"cc,onrs.l ed to shin the wheat hero ana store
" ,s,tn some ufthc ting. and pav amuch higher
1870 .tlrtge At that. The ring would charter
,WW5n. t,un.ge in port and ihat to arrive during
~ soaaon me farmer then WINS left the liter
naive VI seiuns hts wheat at what they nnereo,
.S ,.,nnr,efug iOnnake from the Ting. either OF
Sh,cb was downright robbery. Or Myers from
,wsnTy.fnur whaat-grOw ing counties recently
n"It secret convention In this city. at which. "
a. nm Jefstuod. ARRANGEMENTS we're made tO cut
zee from these C4pti altsts and ship direct TO
iJyerp ,ol. the maiori were wealthy men. and
A. least three-fuurtns of the wheaterowing inter
est we're therein repre- en- ed. lhesc VI anaers are
IN better financial circumstance THIS wear than
usHaliy und consequently are m re- indenendent
II tn. wheat merchants. several VINO produced
a. ~ 30 CIV tons, and have several hMf-Jush-
Wnent Hing IN Hsdes before thew would longer
submit To sucn culd-oiouded robbery. Inc rro-
ceeutugs Of this mcrtiuI were not maze punllc,
but II l. underst cd that they resolved to free
themselves from the rlpacitv oi san Francisco
capitalists. or quit .i-ing wheat. All ,thiS mad
the effect Of considerably we. kening the hng,
n nothing more, and learning the nXet de-
termination II the granger. several capitalists
me forward and O ,neu nrS on country
wlt,hous receipts thinl never done before
IN the history OF wheat-grOwing In this state.
tonnage must come down, or farmers VIII not
sitp. The vessels can not lie IDLE neither can
tie Ring afford To tay 500 per vessel d de-
murrage. 80, II would : EN- the gr gers nave
Uu
htl. Aug. -.
From thc grape CROP Of last YER. 100000 gal
Ions uf wine were produced. We have about
b0.t0oVO vines growing, mostly OF the finest va
n ties The product this year Will be aoout
l2UOO.O0O gallOns. IL the Oill repealius the tax
on brandy made from fruits had passed. the
yield IN wine aud brandy would nhve reached
l5,OcO.tJO gallons. These fruit growers are also
endc.yuring 10 stand from under the oppression
OF the Wine Merchants Ring.
The wool clip OF this year Will be about 30
oOO,OOO pounds. valued at <j.UOO.OUO. AoOnt two
thirds Of this clip Will he sniDped u CHICAGO
aud New York. Some Of our bloated wool
growers own twenty, thirty, and even forty
The anti-Cninese cigar makers have formed
rnc against their shaved-head brethren Of'the
curporAted by law. has issued u STAMP TO ne
useo on CHAR boxes, eohtainnx cigars manu-
featured by white men. All foxes of cigars not
stamped are considered us ot Chinese n anutac-
ture, and given wide berth accordingly by
the members of all anu Chinese ufganiz itions.
II manufacturer Of Ct als vi ines TO Use these
stamps In order to lind sale among the anti
eoolie smokers. he must discharge a certain
number Il Chinese cig makers, and supple
ment their places with mcmoets Il ms organic
x-tiOn. Ihe number So employed depends uvOn
the amount OF cigars Manufactured.
Chinese emigration Il largely decreasing. The
several steamers arriving ldtely have not aver
aged 10 each. few months age, before the
great antt-Chinese upheaval. they brought from
SO to LOO each. According u the census of
1870 her were less than $4,000 Chinese IA this
htate. since that time nearly 100000 have
pounced in upon us-about rs 00U being wome n
OF Loose virtue, or rather, no virtue Il all. This
gives Us total OF auout lJJ.VO aimun-ey ed
healheus IN this state, ana neatly Oue-iOur'h OF
thai numOtr are IN san Francisco. A great
many eMicrdtc, some die, and few return to
theu heatuen homes. but thus decrease l. prob
abb overnal inced 10y br.u-. and Probable false
81, eurnts OF captains # vessels. hen their
vessels are heavily ballasted with Cinnamon
thb make their flse Returns IN order to escape
TIT ueuaily AZ Inst carrNtn an excessive num-
b.r Of y ssengers. The arrivals w t. the monta
OF My, tie time the anti-Cninese agitation be-
Ga. mounted to neirl, 1900 a montn. The SIX
tLine>e companies warned tneir cOuntrymrn
trat THIS climate Is unhealthy fur them, and
III a., together with the popular agltatiOn, has
well nisn stay ed the tide of Chinese en ration.