The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-11-26
REVOLUTION ~ sU0AR.MAKING.

missioner or agriculture tlat his llrSt cStl-
mate OF the result WAS too low. The yield
of eighty-thres tons OF cane was 11,1oO
pounds, or 124 pounds per ton OF first"
sugar of fine quality. This he considers
phenomenal yield, being, as he states,
about double the ordinary yield obtained by
the old milling with the same kind OF cane.
lie Will proceed to boil for seconds at once.
BOND DECISION.
The first comptroller OF the treasury rem
dered q decision which will be of interest
90 holders of government bonds. There
has just been presented for redemption q
$50 per cent bond issued under the act of
March 3, 1864, which provides that bonds
of that issue shall be payable forty years
after date with an option to the govern
ment OF redemption at any time after the
expiration OF two years. The bond in
question was embraced in n call made In
1879, and has been presented with all the
coupons detached. The comptroller de-
cides that as the nominal value of the UNI
Matured detached coupons Is greater than
the face value of the bond itself, the bond
can not be redeemed until such coupons
shall have been presented.
INTERNAL REVENUE STATISTICS.
From the annual report of Commissioner
Miller, of the internal revenue Office, we
CLEAN the following: IN Maine the number
of retail liquor-dealers decreased during the
year frona 1,0l4 to 051, but in Kansas the
number Increased from 9, 0SG to 2 3lS, and in
Iowa from $40 to 500. The increase in
Illinois was from 9,504 to 1872, in Indiana
from : 9l5 to 6.0S2, in Wisconsin from $3.50
crease from COOS to 60So. There e,some
| indications in the report that the distilleries
| Will before long be renewing their demand
| on congress for an extension of the bonded
| period. The projection last year was
| Z;5Oc, 900 gallons In excess OF the previous
| year, the expectation was something over
| 5000, 900 gallons instead of being over TO-
| 100000 gallons, as in 1855 and the amount
| OF spirits in bond june So 1886, was 1000
600 gallons greater than June 80, 1885.
| There was a decrease OF production in high
| wines and alcohol and cologne spirits used
in science and the arts, and not usually
| bonded, while there was an increased pro-
| ductiOn OF G,Oi1,O67 gallons of Bourbon and
| 2,5l4, 4E gallons of rye WHISTLES, which are
! the varieties that go into warehouses. OF
the cattle fed Mt distllerles there are in all
| 1851, Of which rs, 79J arc in Illinois, 5.G03
in Indiana, 2,80l in Iowa, and $40 in Wis
cOnsin. OF hogs fed atdstilleries there are
81 ,90I, Of which $50 are in Indiana, none i'm
Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan, and only 10
in Wisconsin. Kentucky stands first In
! still-fed cattle and hogs, and in the latter
! respect pennsylvania ranks. second
THE COST OF THE INDIAN SERVICE.
The annual report of the Second Audi
tor, William A. Day. shows that during
| the last fiscal year the sum of S17G76 4GS
7
| tions issued by the Secretary of War, and
! Sc, 325, 81 OH those issued by the Secretary
OF the Interior on account of Indian main-
tenance, leaving uneXpended balances on
those accounts of S442, $50 and S224, SOB,
respectively. The auditor says that the
accuracy and perfection of the system of
records by Which the public property of
the Indian service is traced are evidenced
by the fact that only three packages of the
many thousands carried under contracts of
1884 have failed to reach their points of
destination. 1t appears from the report
that while the clerical force of the Office
was reduced from 191 to Isl during the
year, the amount of money involved in dis
| bursting officers accounts audited was in
creased from Sc, or, $50 in 1885 to $40 $685.
| los in 1856. The auditor says that several
new classes OF claims have been presented
during the year, the most important of
which Is that OF officers and cX-OtlicerS of
the army for Il REIMBURSEMENT of their pay
accounts SINCE 1883, In which they shall be
| credited with whatever time they may have
served as cadets or as enlisted men. AS q
test case to determine their validity is now
| pending before the Supreme Court it is not
deemed proper to comment of this class of
| claims further than to say that at least
1900 officers or their representatives are in
| terested, and that the cost of readjusting
the accounts OIL the basis claimed TO be
| proper by the officers would not be less
than Sl,5U0,OO0. The prosecution of these
claims is cited as an evidence OF the neces-
sity of statute of limitations.
CROP REPORT FOR NOVEMBER.
The crop report of the Department Of
Agriculture has just been issued. The
| yield of corn, according to the revised re-
turns of yield, IS twenty-five bushels per
acre, making product, upon the present
| adjustment of acreage, OF 1,G6S, 100000
bushels. This accordS well with recent re-
| turns of conditions. and will not be ma
| terially changed in the final review Of the
nf hn n nf In ant
corn surplus states is vdriable-lOwest, of
| course, in the region of drought. Ohio,
1913; Indiana, 322; Illinois, 2t.7; Iowa,
24.5; Missouri, 22.@; Kansas, .2l.3; Nebras-
exceed thirty bushels, Pennsylvania nearly
as much, and the Southern states generally
a reduced rate OF yield.
The potato prOuuct is nearly the same rs
last year, with higher yields in the East
and lower in the West The average IS
| seventy-threo bushels per acre. giving q
product of 1900 l0C0 bushels. The buck
wheat crop makes II yield of about thirteen
bushels per acre, promising a product ex-
ceedng 100000 bushels. The apparent
production OF tobacco is at rate slightly
exceeding an average OF 200 pounds per
acre. or about 4S5 600 600 pounds, which is
equal to the average requirements of con-
sumption and expectation. The average
rate OF yield for the hay crop is close to
2-10 tons per acre. and the apparent pro.
duct Is about 5000, 900 tons.
The cotton returns OF November attest
the rapid progress of picking, the unusual
clearnesS of the fiber, and the shOrtness of
the late crop on light uplands and districts
most effected by drought. Light frOsts.
sufhcient to arrest growth, have occurred
in the northern districts and to the center
of the cotton belt. In Arkansas and Ten
nessec large yield Is assured, and in
Texas the yield is higher than in the census
year, when the product was thirty-seven-
hundredths of n bale per acre, and the
October condition siXty-livc. On the At
lantic coast the effect of the excessive early
rains and long-continued drought of the
later season Is apparent In reduced produc-
ton. The following percentages of the
several states, indicating the probable pro.
duct, are based on q full crop. unimpaired
by Injuries OF losses from any cause, anu
the general average in two or three points
lower than the result OF October's returns:
Virginia, IL; North Carolina, "a; Souti
Carolina, az; Georgia, &c: Florida. So; A
bama, 20; Mississippi, ~; Louisiana, IS