Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-04-17

Trade No,es-e..p F-rar,s.


COUNTING THE GOVERNMENT CAsH.-The
Secretary OF the Treasury has approved The
bond of Mr.. Huston as Treasurer of the Uni,ed
states. but he will not qualify and assume tt @
duties of the office until after Treasurer Hyatt
| Is relieved OF hts duties at the New York SUIT
| Treasury aud probably not until after the
count of the moneys aud securities at that of
| fee has been completed. Assistant Treasurer
| Roberts expected to take charge of the New
York sub Treasury on ths 18th and the count
Will probably be completed in about three
weeks The Washington office viii then he
| transferred. The examination of he Treasury
vaults will occupy several months. owing to
| the In mense quantity OF silver dollars to be
counted.
GRAIN ON PASSAGE FOR IMPORTING CoUN-
TRIES At the week ended April 9Th there
we're on passage to the United Kingdom and
| the coot1neut, II $4,000 bushels Of wheat and
| 5 IS coo bushels of corn against the previous
week of II 976 900 blhels of whsat and 4,5l2 900
bushels of corn, decrease of 42f 900 bushels of
wheat and an increass of $4,000 bushels of
corn.
EXPORTS OF BREADsTUFFs FROM ATLANTIC
PORTS The exports OF Breadstufs from all AT.
| lantic ports ring the week ended April 9Th
were 257 ,82I bushels of wheat, l,S85.2s bushels
of corn and 81. 2SS packages of flour. including
II 54I bushels of wheat to The United Klngdon,
l49 $50 bushels of wheat to the Continent, l377.
98I bushels OF corn to the United Kingdom. .
1873 O9S bushels of corn to the Continent. IL 1923
packages of -four to the United Kingdom. 5.l4
package of -four to the Continent. ZIG pack
ages of flour to South America, II sos packages
of -four to the West Indies.
Estimating by the quantity shipped from
our Atlantic ports. the United Kingdom is
now receiving quotas fairly sufficient to meet
| the average demand there Of breadstuffs equal
| to 100000 bushels of wheat per week.
There appears not to be the least apprehen-
sion of scarcity In the future inview of the CON-
ditious of the Liverpool and London bread.
sruffs markets during the past week. which
were commented on during that time about
ike thls,-'wneat weak,-demand poor hold
ers offer freely. Flour dull and in poor de-
maud Corn in fair demand"
Theimports from the United States OF bread
stuffs show that wheat is decreasing and corn
increasing In quantities. a fact frequently not
ed in these columns during the present ex-
porting season of American breadstuffs to the
United Kingdom.
CROPS IN THE wEsT.-The Chicago crop-cor
| respondent of the New York Journal of Com
nlerce makes the following observations on
the 9th instant relating to Western crops:-
On April rain came, after the crop had been
generally seeded in Illinois, Iowa, OHIO and
Indiana, but insufficient to amount to any
| thing has fal,en in the State of Minnesota
Dakota or Nebraska. The State of Dakota is
having q hard time. The general prospect
however. is Tor a favorable spring for planting
rhe oat crop Is mostly in The weather has.
since seeding, been cold and back ward and the
blxde IL hardly above ground.
Winter wheat continues looking remarkably
well, few repor ofit having been winter kill
ed. In Tennessee and Kentucky the wheat Ia
Wal mer aud the ground containing plenty OF
moisture. Kansas aud Missouri report similar
con dit ons, but in the winter wheat belt we
dud decrease in moisture, aud Min nesota
and d kota have actually none California
shows IN formy warm clear, growing wtath
err TIE spring wheat crop Is nearly all In the
round; oats are all seeded. The grass every
where needs rain The month of April decides
the grass crop. and the cold dry weather at
present is not favorable for It. In Missouri.
Kansas, Ten nessee and KENTUCKY farmers are
planting corn In NebrasF a. lows. Illinois
aud Indiana farmers have commenced plpw
log. Re-erves OF w inter- wheat are getting low
there being decided decrease where millers
supposed thai supplies were ample The flour
trade is dull.
The worlds wheat crop, 1888.
The March crop report Issued by the Statisii
clan of the Agricultural Department contains
the following est Jalte of the yorld's wheat
production fort year 1888 stated In Win
chester bushels OF sixty pounds:
North America: bushels