Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
1880. ............ 81, So, ,517
1881. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 13 667 ,348
Decrease 1881. 1890, 1863 or IS per cent
The receipts of wheat at Chicago and Milwaukee
for the two weeks OF October:
Bush.
1880. O......................... 2,159,163
1881. S1......................... 976,3S1
Decrease 1881

Decrease 1881. 1,1S2, ,7ss or 81 per cent
These figures are official. and show less than
The Agricultural Bureau at Washington esti-
mated the corn crop as being about 60 per cent Of
that of 1850, which Was 1,5O0,OO0,0 600. This is an
over estimate, because the recent storms and hur-
rcanes in the northwest have reduced it still more
But, taking their figures, it would show reduc-
| bushel, would amount to a loss OF $500, ,OO0, ,OOO
| Then, II we figure wheat at one dollar bushel,
$50 II we also take into consideration the
decrease Of cotton production, potatoes, and other
eI hay and cannot make loss
cial editors OF the majority OF newspapers tell us
that this Is the most prosperous period the coun-
is based upon paper, ink and printing. Some
body is turning the hand-organ In the Dress and
financial Institutions, and supplying the investing
public with chromoS, photographs Autographs
undiscovered railroads, and gift enterprises. And
yet "water' is the thing most needed In this vcin
af e lime as was BY the
ing TO light Downright incompetency, sham and
m3isrepr,esentation 3n res M The incompetency was dis
TO extinguish the fire in the multiplied horse-car
stables The sham consisted in erecting building
ing it fire-proof. The misrepresentation came in
by not placing the proper name on the door-plate
which should have been s'The Morrell Permanent
the result of such fire would be il a gale were
blowing Diowlng and the Water-supply insufficient The
Is eonas are of too high in
city to indulge in enough land to build reservoir
Tor increasing the supply OF water.
IL seems that President German, of the fire de-
partment, wants to have 5,000 pounds OF Dynamite
In readiness In case q fire should get away from
him. Our own feeble impression OF what (iyna-
mite is equal to- would suggest that IL 5000 pOi1ndc
OF 1t were to be used at fire on Manhattan Island
there would not be much Of a city left, and yery
few people remaining to move their families ont
west. III the insurance companies would take the
matter in hand and double and treble the rate of
insurance on property, the probability is that
the largest property holders would begin to omen
their eyes and take some united action to cOmnel
the authorities to remedy the evil OF short supply
OF water. -ff-'
Stocks fuctuate as the one-man power dictates
II rumor Is true, Secretary WINDOWS portfolio is
to be handed to the gentleman representing Jay
Gould indirectly, who will buy largely OF govern
ment bonds, thus disposng OF the Surplus cash the
government has now on hand to redeem their
SAG, COO OF greenbackS now I'm existence In
ternal (or perhaps it had better be termed "nfer-
nal) revenue Will continue in the same condition
as long as the present party remains In power
There Is one thing to be said about President
Arthurs position, and that is that he has kept his
own counsel, and his new Cabinet at present
writing Is not publicly known He win find ft
most dimcult to secure an honest man
to accept the portfolio OF Secretary Window
unless he asks the writer, but perhaps. after all
1t would be aS wen IL Mr.. Gould were to control
the Treasury. He controls the telegrapha the
railroads and most other things, and he might as
well have the Treasury, too At all events tf he
had. the public would pe sure q What was going
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