Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-04
J Crop Of Wheat This Ysar---ln-
terVlew on the Outlook
R THIS COUNTRY AND For ABROAD
pc Interesting News for New Office
Holders About the Giving
Of Bonds.
NERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.


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ty small this year. ut would not sur
e me-" said Professor Dodge, the status
an Of the Agricultural Department, who
be best posted man on this point IN this
1T would not surprise me to see our
at crop fall pretty near as low this year
t did in 81. That was 3 very small
J, you know. csnuot make any ded-
predictions IS yet, however, for our
res on the situation on the FIRST Of the
9TH are not yes in. They are just begin
to arrive, but not in sufficient quanu-
to allow me to make q report or even
Etical guess about the condition Of the
ng wheat. We know, however, that the
ter wheat is to be very light.
Mr. Tsllmadge, the Milwaukee stats
IN, put the spring wheat crop some
|hty-three million bushels less than last
Yes, know" he said with q smile.
I don't recognize his figures as at all
tWorthy. You see he has not the sources
hiOrmation to make 1t possible. This IS
~ large country, and a private citizen
the limited facilities of personal cor
ondence cannot get accurate intormA'
iaom all ever it. Now, let me give
q pointer on this man Tslmsge. A
or two ago be undertook toget up some
res from q few of our agents, and ind
hat they happened to run about the
e as our reports Of the year before from
3 localities, he jumped to the conclusion
this was the case all ever the country
so Just took our reports Of the year be-
from the various States. In as many
0 of them he Just took our figures of the
eding year and counted them up o
z them TO the nearest number Oi mll-
5. In some cases he added few thous-
CT hundred thousand and in others sub
ded. Well, the result was that his fig
we're asay of He had guessed at it
great nerve but had failed on this par
Gar occasion When our figures came
tsn days hter they showed him to be
81 Of, So ssid the figures when the crop
harvested.
Sat indications point to q pretty small
here this year as well as abroad, do
notG'
Most certainly. That is shown By our
per reports, which show that the winter
At crop will fall over a hundred million
osls short Of that of last year. 1t would
SJe at all surprising If the spring wheat
, Of the United States be l25,0O0, 900
4. Bat this is mere conjecture now.
bin few days we shall have definite
rmstion about the spring wheat"
The reports from abroad do not indicate
rye crop here, do theyY'
No. The latest reports indicate q fall
OF of about sixty million bushels in the
of Europe as compared AiA last
And IndiaY
The crop of India will be about the usual
rT:.=.. WIaSther it will get into market
sFends largely on PrTcss5 transportation,
I'd the peope there who sometimes up
heir crop thfmse YES and sometimes leave
for sale. The wheat crop of India is q
cry peculisr one"
dHoE s6ous AUSTRALIAN
well, The crop there is little below the
7sngs somsghing below that Of last
"a"
so It lOOkn as though there was going to
oe naeshi1s q d scarcity OF wheat this COM
ing Jsrr
"fhsss VI hs, Of course, less wheat than
' he plteedBg 1sars. Because the crop OF
hi, year Is 10 be mall does not argue that
there "a 10 q q scarcity of wheat, however.
Thge i gil . considerable smount OF
Vk,sfin lbs couulrJ left over from other
VAN Do March last there was about one
kvrtI.d srd seveniy million bushels OF the
n utp in this country. In the three
rss,ls ,ires this there has been about six
t,.iys rilEon bnabsls consumed and fifteen
r7Eou b5shels soFn. Then there was prob
ak F;ts Of the crop of 1888 left over,
trs on ssafet 10 spppose that there is noJ
~ hoa us ndrdfsd million bushels OF
Xl,s, IN t.s cooHtr7 now. This, Of course,
!, ,0t ,iis, a q close estimate, but is based
r,,bs,-rat on hand three months ago
4 usual amount consumed and soRn
- me. The crop Of last year was
on abrosd, so that there IS q pretty
ar lly sbroad"
'Stlsf al the wheat seems likely to
II sb'; 200 OOO,O 900 bushels short you do
{ thir it likely TO have any marked
ectY'
No, Z marked effect except to give
ducerss better figure for their wheat
they have been getting this season,
SRhich they are certainly entitled to
efestipg to New once Holders.
ertiting here from Australia tell
kn Div:ag bonds there that is IN
;tihs ali over this country at this time
q 80 many new officials of all ranks are
I'd TO hunt up personal friends to go
heir bonds" Ii is q very painful feat
~ political life, to be required to ask
friend TO 20 on your bond, especially
n peither he nor you knows at what
Won may be liable by the esrelessness
dishonesty Of some subordinate, let
= sesms no other way Of doing it in this
NV Our new neighbors on the west,
ever seem to do it better. They have
ustTalis what is known as Fidelity
rantee Company. 1t is, in bret,
napy which for q certain sum guarsn,
your honesty or the honesty OF
cisrk or other employe. In
lords II does away with the necessity
asking your friends ito 60 on your
p if xou are SO fortunate as to be elec:-
! Office appointed as executor Of will,
DSseS plaeed in any position which you
-sCn;red 10 give bond for the faithful
|prmapce of duty. By this system the
wbo must give bond in order to enter
certain duties need not go hat in hand
ns irieud to get him to personally take
- hut With coed character he msy
. tySn>sparket and purchase his guar
The - IS he purchases FIRE insqr-
~ NJ no good reason why he
e1 } to insure his honesty any
ktlto s.;m to insure his house or
stmsn arse it would be purely q
Trey Non, for which the sp-
isssu ~ led TO pay 3 rtssor
es1 o. - ties are so low that
onth Oe set OF respect for
Cal skiing bim 10 60
~ 10 finish his hfe ,iams for col
S;eie a rather than,unicipal Off
mi the law, which Aelerks, ten
~. lis Justice, steppeolerks, two
M u ~ = .