Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-21


apparent dupz sciakion IN Juua 4
y posnIs, bnt 4 wo1id BE- 4 Hagigcs efrcF
q apply that feduulion % tie las 100. :
GO bnsheis Of spring Wheat harvested,
whieh represented q oundiiiun at bar
ves1iAg only three poinss ahoEs the
present condition. Shonld there be Nc
further rsdaetiona. he present esndi-
ton should insure abont l39 0O00o
huahelA Il should Be Understood. how
eFeg, fhat The loss of vitaiitT aa early fn
lha season exposes She crop Do further
injuries By the heat Of Jnly and An
gust. aad readers il highly probable
tnat the AVERAGE condition at harvest
may Be- stu II the point Of vieW. The
injury - more serious than the
ctop wousd make &. With fas
oFahla weatner IN July and August
The increased condition may Be main
sained, thouRh the ohnnoas ars eangens.
edlT srainst ik Making dna allowance
for this probability, indici0ns and
reasonable interpretation of the July
report Of winter and spring wheat
wonld ahow pfospaot Of about g. Loo. =
90 bushels above the Official estimate
Tor 1880. Ihe results of the throshina
of winter wheat and the meteorological
conditions Of tie next tWo months may
easily add 10000. 900 70 those hqures, or
sablEaot quite as large an amount.
Winter wheat already assures nearly
enough for home consnnption and ssed
The average exporsRtioa Of wheat and
d0ur for the past Eve years has been
Il6.o00, 900 bushels. The present expaota
tion favors psoduot nearly, Il not
quite sufficient for this rate Of expor.
taiion in addition 10 the consumption,
The exports Of the past year are soms
million bushels less than this average.
Ihe surplus viii probably be ample,
therefore, for any foreign demand likely
70 arise. The distribation Of the past
yeaF Is a. follows: Estimated c0nsump-
ton Of food. 27k000, 900; ssed, 81 ,47l.-
03O; exports from preliminary statement
g, 81. .02es total. 4l6.071, $50; crop Of
1885, 35f IL, 900; drawn from crop o.
1885, 81, SIS, $40. The visible supply has
heen decreased during the year about
l2,000Q00 bushels, leaving about 46,000,-
600 bushels 10 come from the surplus IL
the hands Of farmers. In view Of she
present surplus, visible and invisible,
which Is stiil q fair aveIAQe, last years
ofacial estimate is veEined, and she lower
estimates 30 airenuoualy insisted upon
By ambitious orop s2atisfioians ID dis
credited with marked emphasis.
THE conditi0no Of oats is lower than In
any former July report since 1879.
when the yield averaged IS bushels per
acre. Tbs present condition Il 6s.6
against 81 In Jaly Of that year. It h
nearly the same a. In 1881. The condi.
tion Of baFleg il somewhat lower at the
present date than at the first Of July in
any recent year, yet the difference is not
suthcient b reduce greatly the prospec-
tive yield. Il averages S9.7 against %
last July, and 81 In July Of the previous
year"
Fatal Collision.
NASHVILLE, July 20.--News OF terri
bic collision near Columbia, Tennessee.
On she Louisville d Nashville Railroad,
has Just reached here. A special engine
coming north ran into the Columbia
going south, killing
EaRineer Beach Of the light engine,
Henry Laughlin, conductor of the train,
Fireman Robert Brown, Monroe Will
ION, Ralph MasheF and two othera
The MoFrisoa Surplus Resoguaion.
WASHINGTON, July 90.-ActinQ Secre-
laFy Fairohild and Treasurer Jordan
we're before the esnata Committee on
Finance this morning 20 oppoas the
adoption Of the Morrison surplus reso-
ution. IL the absence OF formal action
1y the committee no official statement
II tbs proceedings can be- given ont for
The following is gathered
from various bat entirely trustworthy
sources a. 70 the substance Of the pro-
seedlings:
Mr.. FaiRohild said The resolution was
W effort on she part Of the Legislative
branch 0f tne Government 90 exercise q |
neW restriction on the Executive branch |
not heretofore thought necessary, and |
n this view the Representatives OF the |
administration we're hardly at liberty |
10 discuss the merits Of the proposition. !
he spoke on the assumption that the |
Administration would be fully com.
mitted 10 and Ia sympathy with the |
policy OF applying the surplus 10 the |
md retiring the debt a. rapidly as pos |
siblo and as prudent administration |
md sound policy permitted. This be-
Ing assumed, the Treasury Department |
80uld not see q single argument In
lavor Of the resolution. while it could |
zee numerous and serious obieeti0ns. III
fleets and embarEassments which are
likely 70 arise from such arbitrary legis- |
atian. IL vas IN his opinion impossible /
Tor any human being 20 look 50 far into
he future Is 10 tell in what amounts
and a. what intervals bonds should b
salisd and redeemed during The nett
PEAR.
Mr.. Fairchild responded 10 a number
sf questions By members Of tbe com.
mitsee as 10 the effects Of the resolution,
his statements indicating q belief in the
Treasury that the Department would Be
greatly embarrassed and its obligations
Treasurer Jordan submitted 9 series
Df tabulated statements and 9 written
reply 10 questions previously propouna-
"a By members Of the COMMITTEES,
mainly Of q statistical nature.
Ths Elah Jnalesary.
wAaHrxaroa. July So.-Ths President
Henry r. Henderson, Of
Michigan, te be Associate Justice Of the
saprene Court Of Utah.
TIE AdJsurnment.
The House COMMITTEE on Ways and
nsans today agreed 70 NoErison's TesO-
luton, psOvidinR s0F the adjournment
u Congress sim de on the 2Sth inst.
baseball.
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