Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-10

The general business OF the country for the past
week shows some growth in volume. due to the
increasing purchases OF fall supplies The back
ward crops have bad the effect OF Delaying buyers,
and consequently the fall trade is somewhat later
than usual Building throughout the country con-
unues 70 maintain its large proportions, and alb
Serbs many millions Our imports are very heavy,
exceeding past figures with the exception Of two
years The volume Of business Is fully a large as
the most liberal calculations anticipated, but the
profits are small Sales are made at the very
closest margins. and in this respect manufactu-
rers and Joboers are meeting with some disap-
pointment The season has ben such as 70 leave
tine result Of crops still In doubt even at this late
day, though IL IS certain that there will be
considerable grain shortage. Throughout the
south the food crop Ii deficient, the shortage
In corn being estimated at IS 100000 bushels.
The late dry weather has done considerable In
jury, and it Is estimated that corn may sufr,r to
the amount Of 20O,0OO.0O0 bushels by frost The
most liberal estimates Of the total crop place 1t
now at 400 900 900 bushels or 900 bushels
less than last year. but about that much 10 excess
OF the corn yield OF 1884, The present conditions
render IL probable that even this moderate esti-
mate Is too large. Excluding the Pacific coast the
wheat shortage Is placed at 5000, 900 bushels,
while the increase OF population will enlarge the
demand over last year As a natural result the
grain export will be reduced, though the shortage
OF supply may send prices up, ana thus, in some
measure, compensate for the falling on. There Is
nothing to base any hope upon that the grain
crop may turn out better than estimated On the
contrary. the latest reports, showing heavy frost
saturday night Indicate that the aggregate yield
may rather fall below the figures given. Upon the
whole, the business situation is better now than
1t promised, some weeks ago, to be at this time
The August failures carried no serious conse-
Quences with them, banks have recovered from
the scare the failures caused and are extending
their loans and the general condition OF trade Is
fair for this season.
The democratic party OF Ohio Is now as a house
divided against itself. and Its fail on the day or
the coming election seems inevitable. The reform
democrats OF Hamilton county have carried their
hostility to the regular, or Mclean ticket to the
extent OF nominating another complete Ticket In
GLIDING every place to be filled The attempt to
persuade the reformerS to accept the regular
nominees for the legislature, and thus give the
party some show for the u. 8. Senat0rship failed.
Not single man chosen by the regulars was &C
ceptabie to the reformers. The fight upon this
Immediate question involving the rule OF the
Mclean wing, Is confined to Hamilton county,
but the party Is not without its auarrels in other
portions OF the state. In CuyahOga county
wherein Cleveland Is situated, there IS a row of
Similar dimensions and violence to that which in
cites factional strife In Hamilton. The county
democratic convention after stormy session OF
Yen MUIR hointtei Il ieSiSidIlye Ticket favorable
TO BO0kTalter. the defeated gubernatoria1 candi-
date. for L. s Senate. This was 30 distastefu to
SOM o! the democrats that the Cleveland Plafs-
dealer, the lead1ng democratic journal OF north
ern ONO came out and editorially denounced the
convention, and the methods employed to control
IT. The editor OF the PldtndedieT was candidate
before the convention, and he charges that Book.
walters lavish expenditure OF money beat him.
Thus, In the two leading counties of the state.
counties that are regarded as essential to party
success, the democrats are arrayed In hostile fac
IONS While party strife has been increasing
with the democracy, the republicans have been
pretty successful In harmonizing their differences
The weather bureau Is retrieving its rather dam
aged reputation as prophet Its predictions In
saturdays STAR OF coming cold wave have been
fully realized
There WAS a liohf frost rnr1ch tho ,,nzo. M.