New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-11
SUNSHINE FOR CONSUMERS.

Bright sunshine has been raising grain III the
fields, and putting it down IN the Chicago
BOARD of Trade. Indeed, the recent helpful
weather has put down hogs, pork and lard more
than the corn on which the hogs are fed; 1t
has caused belief that corn will be so plenty
that the surplus can be used up only by great
increase in the raising of hogs. On Monday
Tn. decline in pork and lard was large and
rand. and was doubtless accelerated by the
reports of yellow fever at the South, but the
controlling fact after all is that hogs are sure
TO be very plenty and cheap IL We have another
large corn crop. The late reports are all highly
favorable. In 1882, according to Bureau es-
Inmates. Iowa Was but slightly behind Illinois
In yield of corn, producing It's, OOO,0OO bush
els. The July report of the Iowa Agricultural
Society affirms that the acreage In corn Is per
cent greater than in 1882. and that the condi-
ton shows gain OF per cent over the last
report, with further improvement every day.
These estimates would indicate yield OF
nearly 2OO, 600, 00C bushels in Iowa alone,
and the reports from Illinois, which yielded
1s2. 900. 900 bushels last year, from Missouri,
which yielded 170,0000O0 bushels, and from
Kansas, which yielded IA 900, 600 bushels, are
of the same general tenor, though less complete
details have rs yet been given. Nor are good
tidings lacking from Indiana, where the yield
last year was 1O7, 000, 900 bushels. These i've
contiguous States produced last year little less
than half of the enormous corn crop OF the whole
country. and though il ia too early yet to speak
with confidence "a to the yield of 1888, excel
lent reports from these great States give very
strong reason to hope for a large crop.
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only GLADDEN. the hearts of the farmers, not
only give promise of cheap and abundant corn
bread for the millions to whom that Is one cher
article of food, but help the consumers OF
meats every where. The pork supply is so im-
portant Fart Of the meat supply that all
meats are apt to be cheap when pork is aDund-
ant. and dear when the yield Of hogs is small.
Not in this country only, but In many and
distant lands, the price of American hogs is inn
portant 10 n vast number OF consumers. Ten
days of fine weather in the Mississippi Valley
br,ne cheaper meat to laborers In Europe
who may never have eaten American corn the
wires tell tho dealers of the fall in pork in
American markets, and the dealers make
greater haste to lessen their stock on hand.
few SPECTATORS are sad when food grows
cheaper. But the laboring people all over the
Western world have occasion to rejoice.
The wheat prospect has been steadily i'm
proving on the whole for some time past. In
parts of the country the winter wheat is
already beginning to be harvested, and few
days more will substantially determine the
magnitude of that crop. At latest advices, so
marked has been the recent improvement, it
does not seem probable that the yield will fall
70, OOO, 900 bushels below that of last year.
Az ainst this we have probable increase in
spring wheat, and every week of favorable
weather makes that probable increase larger
In parts of Minnesota and Dakota more rain
was desired Mt last accounts, but the outlook in
almost every quarter is cheering. The farmers
are made glad, too, by great crops of hay, oats
and potatoes so far as can now be learned.
On the whole, there is reason to hope that the
necessares of life will be reasonably abundant
and cheap for the next twelvemonth.