New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-15
rTTCRs FROM THE PEOPLE.
40 STARVATION.

m. crop YEAR-RsrIMATE OF THE
nr.xr,ry or WHEAT REMAINING ON HAND.
=. "a, Ed,tor Of The Trtou"e. /.
SIN. The official statement OF exports VI
s,,,.tuos for the month Of May from seventeen pi'
, Marta aud late official statements OF acreage sown
e srs, u,,c the current year. warrant revised o.
" .,, ,,..nr,l,s ON hand which the probable short
80. =, the crop will render unusually important Dc
cunning with July. 1854. 1t Will 10 renno'"o9 80,
.fter comparing the consumption ana 'no
tr nineteen years. estimated that the surplus on
from preyious crops 53.s7o.olS o"snes u "no"
This was after making all the allowances NAV .,
.ued to be necessary account OF the aehc'ono' VI
ron NJ ss3 In weight The crop OF ssh ACCORDING W
.ne Agricultural Bureau 5i276390O bushels 10 guam.
.vv IA bv the Bureau judged to have been eqn'a
a. ,gb TO only 49s 1868 bushels OF 90 pounds each
Thus the supply for the past crop year was "'-
sso ooo 600 bushels to 566, GOO 600 bushels
The returns Of immigration for the last nan Oh sne
20. ,eaa show an increase Of population from thas
sourcs of l6i and adding per cent OF the popu"
zion July l. 1884 for the natural increase other"so
than by immigration. We find that tho pop"a''" '"A
arv 1. 1885, the average upon which es1imS.os VI WV
sumption for the present crop year are p"s.u' We
AZ 7Os 765 As was shown In previous iet'el' Ho
ammunition for food alone averaged ior siA'eo -,
P ,,,.,s Nor capita At this the consumption
o., ,od dnrinr tho present crop year would amount "
GA 300 7sl bushels The consumption ior so0" 20 "
estimated from the reported acreage, WHICH, Geo
IN the Bureau decreased for winter wheat W -'oo -
acres but for spring wheat there seems 10 havo
decrease. and the acreage may DO es'ini"''a
~ 1o7 a7s as in 1884 Assuming that tho consumption
,r .ead was 40 pcr acre, have for food ana seeo
consumr,iou during the year now nearly cioSeo VI
TSo statement just made by the Bureau OF for five
shows the exports from the Prncp srePT
months Of the year isSo aa fSe and imports for
al the ports up to the LIST OF January 1850 IL"
a a. s r and that the quantity Of wheat exportea M
Guiding -four wheat for eleven mohtns v the onan
was lOi bushels assuming ina. inc
0uantity going June will be neltner son a above
an aeductlng the exports aud the Consumption as
n,ea IT, annears that there should be on hand ehef
of wheat or Of wheat In the form OF nou, OH s wheat
Tn This Estimate the full deduction for weight @ S
by the for the last crop Is ntsv in bushels
the surplus remaining July /. 1885, will DO lzSo-o4'
bushels. ,,., ,nt.rest In view OF the re-
% rsynrt which estimates yield OF wheat TINS year
MT not more than 360 600 bushels. o1unr hv
m prcs By serious consumers
and perhaps by an excessive fnr the next
acreage But the wholly unprecedented %rplnss
which the country now happens 10 n .honS proye
serves as goSS Is sass Of the
tie supply available for the next year ,,o Country
473 900 bushels This Is ar more Hsa and there
s tSerefore every reason believe that the supply VIII
be adequate to the demand Tho n @ vcar and an
Bushels for seed and l6i bushels for food or In
oil al 7s4 600 bushels The exports during tue tMeNS
mnSths now nearly ended will probably not exceed
IA 100000 bushels. am not aware tnst heo esre
VET snv reason to expect greater demand III the
wheat SI ,ne a, ao year sn'
sssms .ne GOOD reason to believe that supply OF
zI6 600 bushels will be all that is requisite anu 'a'
there win be available for home uo n%a 400
port s"Pyy sst tr,Iv VINO
Nesc- York, June Ia, 1850.