, 1881-07-23
The English Demand and Ameri.
can Supply-Estihnated
shprtage.
Influence Which 1t Will Prob
ably Exert upon Prices.
A Fair Crop Of Ali Grains in Nebras'
Ia, Iowa, and Minnesota.
In Southern Minnesota and Daiota Tho Wheat Will
Bs Abant an Average.
Further Particulars oI Tho Ravasss Of Tho
Army.Worm-Nany 0at.flelds Being
Destroyed.

WHEAT IN EUROPE AND AM ERICA.
Special Caxrrspeadencs of tn Chicago Tribune.
NEW YoliK, July 2o.-As tho seasan pro-
crosses Tic evidence steadily accllmnlatcs
that there Is 10 be m Immense deficiency III
our wheat crop rs compared with tllat or
last gear. both public and private ndyircs,
State md United States Government AErl-
cultural Bureau returns, NIL report very
great shortage. vnrl"a1sly estimated! 10 nE"
gregate ffom 100 0N to 1ho, ,0oo. 600 bushels.
At recent private gathering Of prominent
grain merchants 1T London. representing all
parts Of Europe. tho conclusion was arrived
at that Of wheat the product Of Europo
then bid fair tn exceed tint Of tho preyanus
year' by 15,000,0o0 quarters, or 12o0oo0oo
bushels, Since that meeting took place, how
ever, crop reports by cable from Northeast.
ern France, Germany, md sot1is portions nf
hungary have come rather. worse, willie
from no other quarters have They come bel
tcr .......
Including tile estimated oyerplns Of 950o0,-,
600 bushels reu,a!nlng from tic 1850 crop on
the Pacific Coist, It now lo0is exceedingly
doubtful whether tito United States will hnvo
MI exportable surplus for lS8i-'So amounting
TO over 100,o0o, 900 bushels, Which implies n
shortage from Inst years harvest OF Mbont
i:,5, ,U0.0 900 bushels; atln Of this quantity 'i1t
more than 8I.O0, ,MN bushels, pr lO.!Au,!t1W
European markets Sau.h nnli Central Amer
leu, West Indies, China, ETC., t,lklrE fruil It's
annually, chiefly III tlla sl,apo Ut Dltr, s0l,lu
1ij,Ooo,0O0 bushels, orr oQ0, ,0u0 quarters.
OF THE IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED HING
nOM
tic proportion from Russia was, In
....:9 per cent
1a77-'1S....... ...............-..,I+n per ceitt
1eIe- ~ PeE ee"t
and III thoso years tho Imports into tll1 United
Ki1gtio!.t we're mt 1lenrly St, large ns iii
1S7u-'SU, or ny they will E!e this cereal year.
Considering tho exhausted Suite Of EltruGcM1l M
stocks generally, therefore. a}t' sapgclally
crop % In tat cu,tIitry tie Dri,isl viii SCARCELY
be- nblc IL gut frDtn there over 1st9 ltr scent
Of tho total T1uretl tor the cnnll!s gear. a1ni,
It TINT total BY placed at lf.0o0,0oo quarters.
figure not ut all unlikely tu by reacl,ea. ,l!e
quarters. Fr0nl tsGr!llIny crop nGcttlnts uo
not fnyoF the pyniah!!i!ynf that country w
porting nuc1i wheat tho coiAing. yc1r, ccr-
H1y not nnd N eSsSS 81 rr y 9rat st .w d
send the United Killg.l9n o,0o :,ns 4Har,ers'
respssti'c'sMn very 2or,i full v.t es'Ma!s. 'a1,
90 Ss"4s Sslcs sS'a0 ot, sS0F's sS from Sf e ISL Isl
crops, which Is by no means promising, sllu
will hnruly send oMt CON, 900 net, or ain. 900
quarters. Chill. Austria, Hungary. Turkey,
etc., may be placed ut ,U00,0 ,0o0 Qlnrters.
Turning tO the wants Of
COUNTRIES oTllEi. THAN TItt: UNITED RING
Franco comes first rs tic most tulpnrtaDt
was about 1sA', ,oo0 o9o !lcctol!tres Of Isl bush
wheat there II lB77 wus l7,sY, ,s1si ncrta: III
1880 It was rctMrned ut ,:4,1t' acres, a,lC
Tho breadth. under cultivation tiIls season !:
not, probably, materially different fruln lint
tiuctIon ii France eq'ialed tho estiiia,et
consumption. and rs tho prtlslicctt
crop, II Indeed It. does mt fall 8 tc
Considerable CO Import ii lssl-ss viii doubles.
.nate u ass"ss vas ss SS hcstq,res, ct % lit til
trade generally to9k exseption to this g
fsred moro Or less Injury nfter The return:
was compiled, Tho i'aris Isniictln tlc
.!'e* paee' tho cropat y y " ,t, o hooI||tres
dsas'g''x os sy pSss gas5iuls. IL Tey wi % ia
b5.00100o buslels. rrubnbEy :e0N U!
bushels, or 4.oJo. .ooo Quarters, :wonll ~ fal
fnSs s fotvs fs'sts WSs @ q ' tsss' asn Ts s sa, IL
cereal year, md that Of th!s quantity one
half viii be taken frola thu limited siateS;;
Holland. Belgium, t;ertlany. Spain, POI
aEgssEatv ] Of :aop5 ,oGo 6usl!rls, or l,0o06 d
quarters. and to yet one'l.alf Of It from TIL
country,
IN TANuI.AR FORM
the foregoing estimates apl}'ear thus: ,,u.,,,.
Quilted States surp,us. ..,..... is,HD,o0 1W,olV
EsTIMArxn ExroitTs.
South and Central Atnerea, ooo ooo a. mn .,
rr%1s wsss lales' chlaa slo. =, SS ss 1SSS l6%s'S