The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24


fered large sum OF money Tor his vote
that there were hearsay statements charg
ing corruption as 20 several Others; that
two members of the Legislature received
large sums of money about the time of the
election, of which. being called as witness
es, they gave no satisfactory account; that
the principal managers OF MIR. Payne's can
yass, Paige, McI.eon, Huntington, and o.
! III. Payne, did testify before the commit
tee. But there Is no evidance tending to
show the bribery Of any member unless as
above stated; there is no evidence to con
meet Mr. Payne, the sitting member, with
these transactions, and none tending To show
that the result was changed or affected by
such means.
A supplemental crop statement has just
been published by the Agricultural De
partment at Washington 1t says that the
increase in corn area IN seven years has
been about 90 per cent and the present area
is about 1j,000000 The increase is large
ly in the more recently settled western
states
or spring wheat the report says
The condition Of sp ing wheat has de
Clined from % ) in June To- 1913 in COlSe-
quence of high temperature, drying winds
and want of rain. Last year the average
condition was 9G in July, and in conSe-
quenCe of high temperature AZ critical
period fell to So at the time OF harvesting
The apparent depreciation in June Is ID
points, but ii would be a serious error TO
apply that reduction TO the 10000 OGO
bushels of spring wheat harvested, which
represented condition of 50 at harvesting
only , points above the present condition.
Should there be no further reduction the
present condition should insure about 1856
600 600 bushels The loss of vitality 50
early in the season exposes the crop to
further injuries by the heats Of July and
August and renders it highly probable tnnt
the average condition at harvest may be
still lower. With favorable weather in
July and Auguss increased condition may
be maintained though the chances are con.
fessedly against It.
Making some allowance for this probabil-
ity judicious and reasonable interp. etat
ion of the July report of winter and spring
would show an increase Of about 80, 600, 600
bushels above the official estimate for 1885
The threshing of winter wheat and the
meteorological conditions of the next two
months may easily add 10000 600 to these
figures or subtract quite rs large an amount
The winter wheat area already assures
n,arly enough for home consumption and
seed The average expectation of wheat
and -four for the last five years has been
100000 bushels The present expect
ion favors product nearly sufficient for
this rate of expectation, In addition TO con
The export OF the last year are
some million bushels less than this average
The surplus will probably be ample, there
fore, for any foreign demand likely to arise,
The total values Of the imports or Mer-
chandise during the twelve months ended
June 30, 1886, were $685., 353, sos, and dur
ing the preceding twelve moAths $577, 527,.
329--an increase of $5l, 1921. The total
values of the exports of merchandise dur
ing the twelve months ended June 30, 1886,
were G;0, 425 ,972 and during the preceding
twelve months f742, 1S4, 1855, a decrease of
&c., 7G37S3.
Senator Hoar, from the committee on the
judiciary, has reported favorably a bill 10 |