The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-15


g. p,r,, Sept, 1.-THE Farmers
,,,.rro H., leaders in Minnesota and
%o,,h and South Dakota, resolved upon
No' ,ier -, attempt to stop the tremen
JAD.|i y. ,ow oi wheat to the markets. Inc
u.Ij ir,s ,s in Minneapolis and Duluth Tor
H,''1 ~ S., week have run from 500 to
W. .oo 'rsr rsr, every day. At this rate the
i'JG ,jignce people assert that the l5O,0OO,,
'nSbpsbtIs Of wheat in the No. ! hard
~ !, iii ,rilj be out OF the farmers hands
i;sra Iy;' vs., January l, and their haste will
TstSs' Ts;ys t,e price back to eighty cents.
Tto Tt, Alliance therefore yesterday began
.Ia I"' mailing from its headquarters ot q
,niIIion III Of letters to the farmers, calling
- Iat MI along the line. The letter
,a,"s : "" tbr new wheat growers associa.
I'm .tn and the Alliance secretaries al!
oray "v, ,bc country, are unanimously oil
y,.' ,Gs bciief that wheat is bound to sell as
Sisb i as 81 50 and possibly 2 % per
Gn.bel and they are unanimous in tins
'ra,ning 10 the farmers not TO sacrifice
,S"ir wheat and give the spectators all
.Sc .So, nroit there is in it. The letter says
,Gs G rrop Is being greatly oyerestimated
hytbe newspapers and grain dealers.
The circular then goes on TO show
,bat according to the congress OF grain
Jaaiers at Vienna Austria last week.
Trrope raises 25s,O0O,000 bushels OF
rbrai, Last year it consumed all its
own wheat crop, and at least 90, 600, 600
If reserves, l00,000,0O0 bushels inn
Sorted from America, all that other
countries suppliev and all its rye crop.
Tbis year Il will have from America
lo6OOOOOO bushels more than last year
4 We take the extreme figures which
aDy reputable authority has made for
orr really splendid crop. This extra
from America is to make up deficiency
Of $4,000 bushels and consequently
tbey must eat G7S, 900 bushels less grain.
Il being admitted that the shortage
in Europe is the worst ever known, the
Europeans would naturally expect high
prices, In 1867 and 1903 the average
price was 81 05 and prices went up to
8 q, eaual to more than s. il Chicago.
The shortage in Europe being four
tines as large as the American surplus
there is no doubt that the price OF
wheat will reach the highest figure ever
known before this year is out, and will
exceed il by far before the new crops
come in. Two months ago all advisers
rreiiCted low prices on account of enor:
nous crops in the United States, and
advised the farmers to soil rs soou as
they had a chance.
Hat that time these advisers did not
tell the farmer that the condition OF
the European crops were such that dur
iag this crop year wheat must ineVita-
by reach the highest price ever OBJ
tanned, they were either very ignorant
men, or they were knaves who wanted
tobeneft themselves by spreading lies,
OF supprcssing the truth.
In either case they were unfit coun-
.elors, and as two wonths have not like.
j. changed their intelligence or honesty
The farmers had better beware OF them.
They, Of course, admit now when the
question has been thoroughly ventilated
tia: an immense shortage exists in
Europe which no surplus or country
cln offset: but still they try to tempt
de farmers into sacrificing their crops
by different tricks. The press for in
stance is literally overflowing with
articles congratulating farmers on the
IMMENSE crop raised. These newspaper
articles are at least suspicious for we
hope that few newspaper men are SO
ignorant that they don't know that a
large crop OF itself is no ground for con-
graduation TO the farmer. 1t is the
farm value Of the crop which does not
depend on its size as the following
Official flrnrns will nrnrn.