, 1880-08-19
Tho Total Crop Of the Stnto T1ifs Ycnr
Not Much Aboyo Forty
Millions.

u
broadcast in July fmpudeut]y exaggerated
statements of I'm c,rnntic o,nnunt nf 1yl,oot
H. s.nt /, =, o ssIl1 H. 'ous ~ m!,Ga.
nu 1'nG =, ~ u1 sonsraaleteu ny
but they all do It. Tho emulation Of decep.
finn nfrects nil classes of thu non,,latton Tho
anany end w. p . ino
o a,, ,an,t III ss nela
every other time, lies 10 the travel
ine inquirer iu Ju1y about tho i'm.
1ncnso ann ho ID ,,orrnatin,.
,,.h H%a' s'op np.o,sao. u ,n,, "t tsss,ai.t,
worthy Of historical critic, unless indeed
farmer far e when lie m makes @ his ns report Ito to TIM TIM
marlsct rho tolcrranl, oncrotor ,r1,o ,noEea
company wltl,outover seeing field Of wheat,
lies with practiced skill acquired IN OK
nlnintnv whv TIM 1Jnited statcs n,ni, nften
beats telograph messages over MS enterprls"
ing lines. The newspapers, from tho patent
boweled country weekly to the pretentious
daily OF tie Capital. throw all the trnlitions
Of OK Journalistic 1 ENTERPRISE M Into tue shads
with their elaooratcly Dnllt TIP and fortified
at1stcal s y tables eorst,anS tat the stat
fhan n,'x sxSr psanFss saioF9 AND COMMISSION MEN
:, lie c,ties liz oa 80 fo,ni'ah1g % w thn m o.bo,
classss: hit not m - nnnotnno,,atv' Theye n1a ~
m % asrecaple ynrlcty in thf, c,lrrcnt NJ their
ss 1nos uhtioIn!y e&nMgeeraEo " ner @ productive
nr aicnrecIat" Tia am6mt ~ tio crisn nv,
cortlinE' rs they Happen 10 be buiis Or or
ogn ,vhrn tho o,owinr crnm o ,vns o. oud'leef,
exposed TO iii extraordinary complication OF
weather, and insect parilss; and when there
was still some old wheat In storage to sell,
tlle commission men and the newspapers lad
4 grand lying match, the former Insisting
ltwns ul,hnimcd. Tho dealers rot the better
Of tho struggle for n time, md Mnloaded
their old wheat at considerably advanced
prices. Since they have accomplished this
md arc looking forward to purchases
Of tho now =, crop, their. interests
arc identical with those Of tho patriotic
linrs md emigration agents. There is no
more unseemIy strife, and . harmonious
outraged heavens from over the whole
length and brensltIi Of Minnesota.
Until within the last week the claim was
that tho present harvest would produce H.
10, doc, 600 In tho Red River Valley, one side Of
which Is lii Minnesota and tho other in Dn-
kota. The best WHY to estimate this
IS to compare It with estimates
In 1871, the first year after tie
grasshopncr-scourge left tho State the pre-
llmtnary estimates OF tho newspapers
bounded up like n spring from which q
plitatton Of tho crop which was permitted
was 40 ecu bushels. The Newspapers
kept the imposing figures standing Ii, their
cofu,nns, mid the Board Of Emigration
printed them upon m advertising g1iycloDo
Which was sow, broadcast over tile country.
THE oFFIcIAI. nrrunya
of this statisticinns oiilca m mcxt IVA vcar aho,vcd
tat t actnni Vail INV was iitf ilitfc S''uwG ,nmr
t tn ,uns c,,'.,nr.Ii,o tIf,xn Mf eI. Seaa
r o mH9 h,o,, rnoti, nraa 'put IT,
iaM nSola Rtt%ny ~ oGtcssea W e
nrnnhrts nrnfn cInmoTni for ID I'm I'M huai,.
eis. THO otllclal returns give itlleH, little
ee G asan 81 tJa9 saW o o
the world that tho crop Of HIinnesOta wns
about to reach a0 O0O COO or Is coo bushels
When tho of1lcial returns canie ir,to thu otllco
III IL 70 ts te ona rport sfts ot c
Commissioned Of Statistics llos bpcm tbs oilo
source Of Trustworthy Information about lie
after truth might gr,lsp to save Himself from from
drowning jn q tood Of lies, Thu system upor
which tie report was matle was estnitisi,ei
twenty years ago. Under it the Town Az
SCISSORS. when 1nnkinr their rn,1nls rail-
Ji,nc, collect statistics Of lis amount OF each
kind Of grain or othercrops haryestctl by eaoil
farmer the previous ycnr and Ills acreage
for thu DreSGrt Vfnr. ThH ASsesS0rH tnnka
retnri,s ia tho Col1nty AmItnrs' Whn IN t,,r1,
report to The Commissioner Ut Statistics. iIo
includes in his annual rcpoft statistics Of tho
product and acreage OF eacil crop by cDtt1,. m
tics. Tiese reports llayo been delayed bat
nowannDnrs for many veara ';rhis Vpar ar ~ ~
Infection u ialsehool lias attacked liz last
o5ttcs of CommissIonSr % % Of W Statistics ie ttssIs ~
THAT ingenious ofilcial out,iocs tic boldest
ia exaxearation @ Of % te nrosnretivn il wcat ~
crop. As iias been known for souso time, liz
'oA"'' T,,~ s~a1u.r ,,n,.o
=, ,,,rrasa,n M" ,Sis %s' ca enMs tea ,o.a .,,.
600; Tho newspapers h9ye been estt-
mating the a average yiela a. a. ~ iitteen L bushels
fraction Inst yGar y and two!ye and tlnlf tho
year before. Iills makes the conventional
boast OF 5000, 000, which Is not quite 50 out
rageous as Y was lust year, but Is venture
some enough now, It does not anlisfy
Of Statistics however, and te achieves
the crown!ng triumph of Mlnnesota mid