Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-06-19
The Country,s wheat Crop.

TOPEKA, Kan, June 10.-The exc
cutive committee of the state Farmers
alliance, recently in session here,
closed a contract with Wood Davis of
Sedgwick county to write number of
articles on economic questions to be
published in pamphlet form for circu-
lation among the alliances. He will
write on option dealing. the govern
ment ownership Of railroads, the val
ues OF farm products and kindred SUBJ
jects. The pamphlets are to be sold
to suballiances and Mr.. Davis is to
receive small royalty on each copy.
The committee guarantees the sale OF
600 600 copies on four pamphlets.
Mr.. Davis lives on a.large farm near
Wichita. He has made quite a repu-
ton as writer for leading magazines
both in the United States and England.
especially upon subjects of arid wastes.
He is a republican. As a statistician
he ranks high.
Regarding the wheat crop this MORN
fng he said to the Times correspond
in America will be above the average,
the acreage being l, 500, 900 larger of
late years. The wheat area in the world
in the eighth decade increased 81, =
900, 900 acres, which was out of pro-
portion TO the increase of population,
the increase in the wheat area being
10 per cent. The increase in poula-
ton was III per cent the result being
low prices the world over depression
OF all agricultural interests, stagnation
in commercial circles, and great de-
preston in the value OF land as well as
an enormous accumulation OF bread
stuffs. During the nineteenth decade
the wheat area increased by 3, 200, 900
acres. being IL per cent, while the
bread eating population increased 1874
per cent resulting in the rapid ad-
vances in the price OF breadstuffs and
an upward tendency in the value of
land. This disproportionate increase
In population ana area devoted to the
production of breadstutfs resulted in a
wheat area OF fully 8, 900, 900 acres be-
low the enormous requirements of the
breat eating population being equal to
shortage OF 100, 0OO 600 bushels of
wheat per annum. In addition to this
enormous shortage of 100, 0oO 600
bushels the growing crop of Europe is
now estimated by European statisti-
clans at from 100 0O0 600 to $50. 900,
600 bushels below the average, making
the probable entire shortage anywhere
from 250, 600. 900 to 500, 900, 900 for
the coming cereal year.
The probabilities are that the neces-
sites OF the farmers throughout the
world will require them to market
large part of the growing crop we may
say three-fourths thereof during the
hrst part OF the cereal year and this
Will result in prices far below what the
statistical situation warrants, but when
the pinch comes as it certainly will,
during the fourth quarter of the year,
prices will advance rapidly and aye
likely to reach anywhere from 81. 90
to " per bushel. In the wheat pro-
ducing district of the United States
with such crop as is promised we
should have 120, 600, 900 bushels for
export. But the shortage of the grow
ing crop in France being Officially esti-
mated at 80, 600, 900 bushels and the
tropical island Central America and
Eastern Asia annually taking about
20, 600, 900 bushels of our wheat, we
should have but little II any more than
enough to mako good the deficiency in
the French crop. and as the remainder
of western Europe is certain to grow "a
crop of Is per cent below the average,
1t is abs olutely certain that the product
OF the coming harvest will be $50, O0o.-
900 bushels below the worlds needs.
All Europe west of Hungary are i'm
porters of bread stuff.