The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-17
The Report of Row in the Cabinet Over the
Presidents Non-Partisan Policy Is
Repeated with Emphasis.
Did or bid Not Vice-President Hendricks
Recommend ndLamb's appointment?
Handsome Endorsement of DR.. S. Alexander
Indiana's Share in the Distribution of
the SpoilS-Supreme Court Docket.
THE HARD TIMES.
What Our Consuls Have Learned-Danser to
American Farming Interests.

What Our COnsuls Have Learned-Danger to
American Farming Interests.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-Amercan representa-
tives abroad are creating good deal of interest
just now in their researches for the causes lead
ing to the present stagnation in our imports.
For the first time in many years, it seems, the
men who represent this country at foreign ports
| in the capacity of minister, or consul, or com
mercial agent, are trying to ascertain why it is
that there is so little trade for American pro-
ducers
quite number of communications have been
received Of late at the Department of State, de-
failing the resulted these researches, and they
all 60 to show that the edepression which beelouds
and stunts the trade of this country penetrates
| all of Europe, and reflects its influence through
| out the continent. Away from the United
States there are causes more clearly perceptible
for the hard times. High taxes, diplomatic dis
turbances distrust and overproducton are seen
everywhere Men and women work for low
wages live cheaply, and products are low in
price as natural sequence. In the United
States it is believed that overproduction and dis
trust, or lack of confidence on the part of those
who control the capital are the primary causes
of the hard times, but that when the crops are
marketed this fall and winter enough money
will be thrown into the natural
channels of circulation to veer better
times around through the current
of independence since there is nothing like in
dependence to restore confidence, and nothing
like goodly amount of money, we'll distributed
among the farmers, to break up the bands which
keep closed the money vaults.
1t appears from dispatches and letters just re-
ceived from India and Russia that, while the
wheat producing interests of those countries are
being developed by English capital, that there is
little danger of those countries ever taking the
foreig gn markets away from American farmers
While India is under the control of England she
will be given preference of the latter's markets.
and shown partiality in transportation, which is
a great item when the fact is considered that
English vessels monopolize the carrying trade
even on good deal of our own coastwise terri
tory, and dictate all of the traffic local to their
own countries. The Consul general of Berne
Switzerland, says there is danger of Russian and
Indian wheat displacng American wheat in
Switzerland and in other countries of Europe
He thinks, as have indicated, that this grows
out of the transportation charges favoring Russia
and India then it costs only eight or nine cents
to produce wheat in India, while in Dakota it is
estimated to cost eighteen to nineteen cents a
bushel. The foreign governments under which
| the wheat is produced, are doing all possible to
help the producers to a good market,
while this government does not since
it let's our shipping bills lie in
Congress without action. South America and
Australia are also discovered to be competitors
with the United States in the worlds wheat
markets. 1t is suggested that it will pay the
Americans to put more of their wheat into fine
| flour before exporting
The developing of these great wheat fields in
foreign countries does not augur well for
Europe, however, nor does it indicate prosperity
at the present time. On the contrary, it is due
to depression in business affairs that is said to
be worse than ours. The manufacturing inter
ests of England, it is stated, have deprecated 80
per cent within three years, and the working
men and workingwomen have been driven to the
country Thousands have sought the undevel-
oped portions of India and Russia, and hence
the increase Of wheat production. Altogether
this is not considered an unfortunate turn for
American wheat-growers By desertion of the
English manufactures there must come a re-
vival of wages, and an increase of prices there
and elsewhere greater demand for American
manufactures stimulates prices for cereals, in
creases wages and circulates more money
England Russia, India. etc, it is argued, can
produce but so many dollars worth of goods,
grain ETC., and when they turn their attention to
special line Of production the Americans shift
about also. Here is a system thus of adjusting
commerce internationally 1t is suggested that
there may be more money, for a few years. to
farmers in raising live stock than in producing
cereals.
THE ROW IN THE CABINET