Daily Republican., 1888-10-19
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Rlse-H0w 20 Make It Lower

what Makes Is aiEh-No uauss for n Q
Rlso-HOw 20 Make It Lower
HousekespeIs are gradually finding
out that some change has besn made by
which 1t takes q greater number OF
loAves OF bread TO 20 around the family
than II did . month ago. The loAvet
look 70 bo the same size a. formerly,
they are puffed up aud spOnRy, they
takes more money to keep the bread
chest fall. However, this is nothing
strange IN the face Of the fact that
wheat has advanced about twelve cents
on the bushel, which would make, say
about hity cents advance on o barrel OF
Hour. Instead, however, of fur only
advancing ffty cents q barrel II has
gone up dollar barrel, 80 that -four
dealers somewhere or In some manner,
either the Wholesale dealers or the re.
tRllsrB bave made hfty cents Q barrel
BY the rise In wheat.
Thsre would seem 10 be no excuse
whatever for -four going up above the
pTop0rtlonAte.ris In wheat, and It can.
not be accounted for except upon specu.
netiVa purposes The fault may be with
he wholesaler, very probably It IL, and
the retailers are compelled to keep up
the prlos or lose money by keeping 1t
all Tbs consumer, a. usual, oomts In
to par for oil,
In Wilmington there seems to hcve
as Jet bsen no settled agreement
amongst bakers either to raise the price
OF bread or to lessen the size Of the
loaves, bat nevertheless one or the
ether has teen done all the same, and
the people Of Wilmington are paying
more money for bread In one way or
the ether.
The tendency of the wheat market 10
now downward, and bread should IS .
sequence soon be cheaper, but Il will
not ~ loDR as wicked speculAtoTH can
keep up the price. That they can do
this does not look reasonable There
has been ne cause whatever for the late
furry in grain As there 10 more in the
country than is needed; and there "a
but little demand for IL abroad over and
above the usual demand.
Tho last ofioiAl report indicated Q
yield OF four hundred and ten TO four
hundred and twenty million bushels,
and the surplus brought over was fifty
to afty.fve million bushels, while the
quantity required for food and seed
forty million bunhels, II the ooDsump-
tion were unchecked. That would leave
one hundred and twenty to one hun.
dred and thirty -nve million bushels for
export, and tho advance in the price
abroad cuts down consumption in Du-I
rope quickly and largely. At present
foreigners are refusing 10 buy wheat ct
the rate Of III . bushel at New York,
while the BpeculAtoEs ~ Chicago and
the bankers are trying to sell 1t at 1.10
to Sl.50 per bushel.
The New York Tribune, referring to
this matter, attributes the unsettled
condition Of tho wheat market in great
measure 10 the Secretary Of the TreA-
suFy IN his anxiety to aid in the re-
election OF the Democratic PIOsident.
II accuses him Of pouring out money In
great food TO make IL plenty during
the campaign, 20 that times might Ap-
pear brick. II money, says the Trib
une, had not been poured out In great
hood for this purpose since the Presi-
dental campaign has begun speou 'orB
won not have found IL 90 easy 10 bOr-
row enough to OF Iner the wheat market.
That operation takes many millions,
and Hho we'd men do not dare to under
take Il unless they are assured that
money is 20 be made plenty, and the
banks are to have large sums 10 loan,
espeoislly At speculative centres. This
year tae secretary made II known eArly
that he Wal going to keep money plenty
until after election, and he has been
doing as he promised. The money has
been go expended that II has abounded
ct all speculative centres, and the men
who gamble In wheat have had The
lively time they were led to expect.
The result 10 heavy tax for CON-
Bumers.
FhoIe IL some consolation in the fact,
however, that speculation CAUSED by
the campaign will soon he over, and
Everything will then resume Its normal
CONDITION again. In the meantime there
are many ways by which the burthens
OF high priced bread can be GlleviAted.
People can use more corn bread, which
has not arisen 10 price, and they will be
the better of in pocket and In health by
tho change. But II the people have
really got so accustomed to wheat bread
that they cannot do without IL, let them
buy the hour and start up the old home
bake ovens and stoves and bake their
own bread. This will not only reault
10 great saving Of money, but engsn-
der and encourage home cooking and
baking, culinary arts that in many
families are almost lost sight of.