, 1881-05-28

Ma3 Z tsf::: Sit Is S s:s:s sSis SsG 'sss9 steS
Also as oo bu tyu, nsnlnst Jal'Iu bu wuok pre-
saidu wci.kncwn operator on Change ycster-
any: "Thls dry weather Is cNlatuIty, especially
tU winter wheat. 1t Is stunttn8 the DEVELOPMENT,
sn TINT VIC havo shortor uars, and not 80 nluny Of
thum. Should 1t continue nnothcr weak It will
DO much worse. AS It Is, MEchl9nn aud 1T
diann eortnln1y will not ratso tnnro
than two-th[rds of II crop, and tho Ohio Yield
will 10 poor" sotno partlcs returned from tho
Davenport Convention report tint tho t1clds
look we'll In tho country through which thoy
passed. Our New York correspondent wrtns as
follows, undor dato Of Nuy -, whirh bchrs tho
nows to1cgraphed from Liverpool yesterday In
roTnrd to BRITISH anxiety about supplies:
nj n. hsss5ns 5o HH 5 T. ~, md
SssY ~; f MnHs nn e. s 81 FIT 1s E ~ T fsSr" t9
ana 9esobss n @stst tat liz sjo1 ' sr!ion u
~ w. xr vi !" eS Sn EGs @ as u III EEs
essSt sn a1 sss OF ''t0fo osi'9''
Thero WIS IL lively competition ut tho annual
sale Ut scnts In tho Gail board room ycatortlny.
Inst year tho nvernge prlco for tho best sonts
WINS nbout ESQ, while Mt tho safe yestortfay tho
average for tho sumo was over s6o0 somo single
soats selling AR high as 81, ,00l.
Tho L.lnlbermun's Association at its rncettng
yesterday adopted without eAunIo tho yard
prlce-l!st III lureo since Mny Z. It wins also
agreed thnt no inspector or tnoasnrcr 0r lumber
should be c1uplnycd by lnon,bers OF tho As soc!n-
ton unless such inspector or measurcr 10 duly
licensed by tho Association. A committee was
appointed TO walt upon tho rallroah authorities
with Wow to procuring better switching fuciii-
ties, that tho constantly increasing orders for
lumber by rntl may DO moro promptly attended
to.
THE WHEAT SITUATION,
10 IN Editor of The Chieuqo 1rtbtne
NEw Y0Rx. May .5.-lh all directions the
wheat and lour tradcs pEeacnt themselves In q
stAte OF calm. Whilst tur tho tlno buitig supply
and demand arc very evenly ba!anccd, tho un-
1ertOue OF tho nNrk0tA Is struug. aud tho fun.
dattou upon which present moderate prices rest
undoubtedly solid. Still, the Loudun, Now York,
und Chicngo markots, lilo lhosu In the Low
Countries aud at lsartn. Vienna, and Marsetltcs,
move quietly nlong Without auy feature ol spo-
eal Interest," tho slight vibration OF rrlceB o1nA-
Bioualfy uuticeube tcro uud there being iarYciy
duo to iocnl CAUSES, tho prOxrcas ot the ssnson
geuorally o1erinE. as yet, no rellnblo Glow
to the prpbnble future OF the mar
ksts, With. porhaps, shs exception, that
1t onors no encouragement to boiioyo
that tho coming harvest year Ia to bo more plon'
tlful than tho ono now drawing to u Close, the
lattor hav'nK gIvcn tho world a moderate and
hcn!thy Lowell of yatuc-oAe that gave furmors a
fair return for thoir labor wherever m average
Yield Of gond Eraln was Rathored and ono too
that hos not bcon Ut all burdousome to cou-
sumoes+
Whilst cortAluly rory backward. the growing
whcat, both In this country aud Europe, has Int.
tcrly been making hea!thy. but generally s!ow,
progress. In tho iuatn. wo have had Guild Mny
mot by any means aigOod thing 3or the wheat
plant. and tho outlook iu tho prlncipul wheat
growing countries scarcely warrants the ex-
pectauon that tho aggregate outturR Ia to rehch
!arger proportions thun it did last year. Europe
ntdY hasc n.nrc, especially " NMsslA praduoes III