The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-28
me Wheat SITUATION.


ii, P,o.ptetlys Yield This Year ~ Com
pared with Past Years.
utsuna GIpts o! y,'SrdnY.
II. Gu,lR asserted four weeks ago,
,hu taxing considerable pains to obtain
,or,d Information ss to the condition
,sd ,,teut Of the wheat acreage, that tn Q
Irr,n,s yield would he fully up 10 the
IV,rl0Aotbsr seasons, and, unless over.
uE.u By damaging storms or insects, the
Tplu Ior export purposes would not
IN much below that Of last year. Nothing
uorupd since that date TO materially
thInEs the situation so far 80 the present
eup when compared with the average Of
NloHs, ID concerned. The prospects for
InINrlre yield 10 quantity are good, but
AsQaGlity, Of course, cannot be definite J
determined until the crop is harvested.
Adverse reports have been spread broad
tNt IOr the purpose Of influencing the
stock Market but as they have been based
% reports from a few localities, where the
dIuIps has really been serioup, and not
Outhsprobabls yield doi the whole country,
iOonuch importance should not be attach.
tdlOthem. ltmusG be remembered that
ths crops ol 1879 and 1880 were very much
Iboeths average, and therefore 10 say
that The crop Cl 1881 Ia failure because il
iLlIhOTt ol the yield Of either one OF
those years "a miSstating the facts. As we
NdtEo weeks ago, a partial or even q
tnnl failure Of the wheat crop In one or o
ball dozen localities will not materially
ia.ct the aggregate yield OF the wheat
growing districts East Of the Mississippi
tVG' The prospect Tor an average yield Is
ntttnCdungng, 1t may be diminished
" PEI cent or even more, as compared
With liStyeAh In California also the crop
will Illl short, but the region Of country
ytg between the Mississippi river and
le mountain will nearly make up the
LOSES on the Pacific coast and In the
SlAia lying east Ot Missouri and Iowa.
Ihe iefeIgs In wheat Is very much larger,
lndIhe condition Of the crops Is most
hVoh0le. Il Ia certain, therefore, taking
ineElnlet wheat seCttOus as a whole, that
Inc Agg'egate yield will he fully up to the
svetaSe and not very much below that OF
Hiv OF 1850 Reports from the spring
WheM regions are altogether satisfactory,
ana me Indications are that the yield will
exceed that Of last year, but as this variety
oil wheat "a not harvested until the latter
par OIL July and In August, the Weld eau
not De correctly estimated, as Ii NAV be
greatly diminished by storms and insects,
However take the prospects, Of The wheat
crop the United States % q whole. there
y 40 reason to suppose that the surplus
oI export purposes this year will be very
IuCh, Il any, below heSveraVe. In Cali.
ioinl1, as well as in POme portions Of the
NA aud northwest, a good portion OF last
!ats crop ls still 10 the hands Of The far.
ae, o. dealer, and on the Pacific coast. Il
.i aAu Ihat the amour. held over will more
a.a .ola make up the deficiency In this
!Afs yield, ln Europe the accoupts
% the condition o the cfops Rrg
,sUoaGu1g. But enough reliable informa.
s...i wv aH oeer received to warrant the "a.
isillOn ~, lhatihe yield will exceed that Of
ny Nv !eaf and thatIhe Ell port demands on
as present cfop will be less than las.
I's I'a,i !hl' however, will be Offset by the
S.ls SuI'saAe IN the nome demand. Beer.
SjSul IN estimates that the United Kingdom
a tqalie 100000 bushels A week IFom
sIa sI1.lcs IhfouehOut the summer month";
d. n, ae ..s nfss Of September, which is abouI
sssI.l ss,ne aS lAst ysa' Other markets viii
HsSg'ts I'M ~ Shout 100000 a Week-makinV
SSSvvV ~, ~. ID al. This is a large quantity
T'S.,I I,Vut IafpIuS Ia fully tQuai 10 the taeL
i,S,SEpII,ng the demand Of both EnVlanC
Ess s " Y Continent The circular Of @. A
SiNSS'.yE9,, Of Toledo, says, with reference
G,sadllte Gu,,Gedllte supplies, that "feceipts q
EssGa'y 'eceivlng points are now
nv, nv, Atger than last year, but ina move
ID5 l'I probably not be oppressive
IN MY wy prospects are that our Coun
,ibu; secure near present prices 10
Gss,, ,i 'puIplla Of old wheat II they are pa
s,n, @ uuI Great Britain, with favorable
iussiEs iE'vsgects IN Europe, will probabl,
MY only bef current requirements.
rSs....g,I. .g,Itehi number Of the Findnsid
Sss s"t'S't, W referring 10 the same subisCl
iS,v.M M lhe United Kingdom and III
han. will have rather NOR
GS Il! ToWn wheat than lasL year; ths
Vi,,SI..ell IN the United States east Of IN
), ~ PPl aud on the Pacific Coast wi
ji.J' .J'uuslasfaoly deficient, but that III
SI u M, N'sL o. the Mississippi WIllbe lafRl
b,s,s.V Vueiate extent; that the wants
M, u !. c3u1tiies will still be large; an
h 6,sS shall have a very liberal eufplt
~ su lhem, There need, Conseduenll
SS ,SipNeRensiona ol very high or vel
b,aI p.leSa, the probability being thAI Il
u soS,,. ptSfetd y SE, on the safe and ECU
jai, a''e which II has enjoyed the pa