New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-02
POPULAR \TIONS
WHEAT STATISTICS.
ANN CAL STATEMENT OF SUPPLY AND CONSUME
TON.
Tsthe Ed1 or Of The Tr ioune.

TON.
Tsthe Ed1 Of The Tr ioune.
Sir: Tho official reports now supply approx
innate data upon which thu consumption of wheat
for the next crop year be estimated. AS an
other Bureau report will soon appear, probably
modifying TO some extent the estimates OF yield.
Il will be Of some service review the situation, and
to determine as far as possible what supply Of old
wheat remains on hand. and what quantity VIII DC
required for homo consumption during the coming
year.
The official statement OF exports ard imports ior
eleven months shows that the net experts. nour
included, were equivalent to 113265,0l6 bushels
wheat, and The prelImnar statement for June SHOWS
exports amounting to 6,o42,555 bushels Thus 1t
appear; that the net exports for the entire crop year
we're about 1IJ5Os,474 bushels. Deducting this
quantity from the supply previously esuma'eu'
after allowance for home consumption ana Seed II
appears that about 51,seo0OO bushels OF wheat.
-four included, must have been carried over nom
last year In excess Of the minimum quantity LOT
roborative evidence that this estimate cannot DC
materially In error Is supplied by the statement
showing % 6e3 $50 bushels OF wheat in visible sup
ply on juno 80, 100000 barrels Of -four in transit
and 647O.OOO bushels Of wheat in California, De-
sides $4,000 barrels Of -four. These statements &c
count for 81 767 $50 bushels of wheat, and no ~a
sonable allowance for the quantity remaining IN
farmers hands, in country stores and elevators. III
Washington and Oregon. and for the stock OF hour
throughout the country not reported In transit oh
June 30 can make the aggregate supply In The couh
try less than the quantity above stated.
Respecting the requirements for the coming year.
1t appears, first, that the immigration during INC
twelve months eTaed on June 30 was 539olo' so ua'
the mean population for the crop year accoIang 10
previous estimates, about o2.51OOOO ana o me
Foundation ON Iuly / Isss was about 63,457 goo.
Assuming that the immigration for the coming var
will be OF equal magnitude and the oIdnari increas
incubation uDchcck cd the supply lrItlItu i'4 iD'
and manufacture at four and hall busheIs ~. s1
nhabItant will be about go 500 900 bushels Addn;
IN this The requirement for seeding acreage cquaI
to that recently harvested. 363COoOO acS % s
10 official report, the aggregate supply rlireu iuf
hone consumption appears TO be 100000 900 bushels
The latest Bureau estimate OF yield ms year ap
pears 10 indicate about 4o4OOOOOO bish1h' ~ N
report soon TO appear docs modify this estmate,
the new supply with the stock carried over VIII ie4ve
about l4G 0OOOOO bushels for export after sulp'i
all requirements for food. manufacture ana SEED -
the quantity actually exported during The Fst wear
has been only 11e 800 900 bushels, II Is rcaSoushc
anticipate that the supply Will prove ample Ior al
requirements though The latcsr foreign accounts IN
dlcatc that the demands from This country may NC
somewhat larger than for the past Twelve n1,Il,
New York, July %, 155s. W. ~ W.
A CLERGYMAN's REASONS FOR Ills VOTE
To the Editor Of The frtbun>
Sir: see nv old and longtime friend, Dr. Guy
Ter IS conratulating himself that very eminent
brother CLERGYMAN not Of his denomination IS gong
10 put for the woods politically. l think the DOC
tor 50 Ear a. the Presidential question Is conccreu'
pnrposes putting into the Prohibition woods This
Is to urge upon him the importance Of securing com
petcnt guide TO bring him ont Of the wilderness.
am a minister and strict temperance man, Dut VIVA
Of that! What does all this amount to In regard 10
myself or the good Doctorl His vote Will count
but one Neither he nor / should have any moro IN
fucnce upon Others than any ono beside who behaves
as well a. We do Though have had affection Tor my
good brother have not always had the highest re-
spect for some Of his opinions, and am not gong
into the woods after the othcr minister nor INTO the
wilderness with DR.. Cuyler. should live so long as
election time.
My first aroused interest IN the Presidential election
was at the time John Quincy Adams was elected.
Ever since have been intensely interested on the oc
currence OF Presidential elections and never have fell
the necessity Of advice 10 whom to vote FOR IL
was my privilege to vote for General Harrison and
please God, will vote for his grandson anu Norton
too gladly voted for old TlppecanOe, Taylor, Henry
Clay Fremont, Lincoln Garfield Grant and Blaine
and II permitted 10 vote in November expect to take
as much pleasure in voting for Harrison and Morton
as for the others 1t is urged that our tarh
needs amending II this be granted who shall have
the work to accomplish in whose hands viii you
place the responsibility Shall the free traders have
1t! Whose interests do they purpose advancing
DO they want 70 lift up ncoplel VIII they
make tariff that Will give all abOrers higher wages
and better hours For one, vote TO place tls mat
ter in the hands Of Republican President and a Re
publican Congress CLEhICCS
Brooklyn, July Il, less.