Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-11-28

two years since.
Much has been said Ivy those who
are always impressed hy present con-
diliOns and forget or are ignorant Of
what has gone before, of the enor.
nous volume of the wheat receipts
and exports AS though they were
something Unprecedented, and indi-
cate an enormous surplus.
No one at all informed questions
that this is by far the best crop ever
harvested, but admitting, as does the
writer, that ii equals the Is bushels
per acre, officially indicated in the
October report, it does not show that
we shall export, or are we able to eX-
port, more than 220, 000,00g bushels,
or 34,000,00O bushels more than in
1880, when the needs of Europe
were 50 much less. AS matter Of
fact, the exports from the United
States have, this year, been not much
in excess of similar periods in other
years. For instance, from July to
Sept. 80, 1880, the exports amounted
to GO, 100000 bushels rs against g..
600, 600 during the same months this
year. Again, Sept, to Oct, II, 1879,
the exports from America were 90
100000, bushels as as against 81, $780,
GEO bushels this year, and if exports
are an indication Of the extent Of the
crop, as so many now contend, then
the crop of 1879 must have greatly
exceeded that of 1891.
Then there is another class who
fear that we shall not be able to mar.
ket all our surplus, as the exports, are
now less than a few weeks since, but
these people ignore the fact that
October and November are usually
months of light exports, rs they
ignore the fact that at this
period of the year the whole
world is engaged in marketing crops
of wheat and rye recently harvested
from more than 10000, 900 acres, and
that~at least so per cent. of the cul-
tivators are in that needy condition
which impels the marketing of their
grain, or very large portion of il
the moment it is fit for consumption,
and often unfit, as is now the case in
Western Europe. The process OF
overmarketing always occurs at this
time of year, and no matter how de.
ticient the worlds harvest may be
will always take place at the same
season until the cutivator reaches &
condition which will enable him t
hold his product until the price is sat
isfactory.
There is abundant evidence tha
any excess of yield from the winter
wheat fields of the United States ha!
, already gone to market, as we fine
the amount Of winter wheat market
, ed at the five great (winter wheat
, markets up to Oct. 10 has been mucl
f more than double the quantity mar
, keted at the same places, up to tn
same date, from the great crop o
1889, and we may assume that quit
5 as large proportion has gone int
| consumption from the smaller mar
t kets, as it is well known that nearl
all the mills were without stocks G
4 grain on Oct. y at q leading maj
i. kets east of the Rocky Mountains, il
g transit and on the ocean passage t
Europe, were barely $500, 600 bushel
9 greater than at same date in 1885
while the visible supply of wheat Of
A Oct. | was but ten million bushel
5 greater than it was from the yer
s short crop of year ago. The sig
8 nificant fact is, that notwithstandin
e the liberal marketings from thi
n great crop, there is no great acct
/ mutation of grain, and the most Of tn
n great volume marketed has gone ir
i to consumption and the accumulf
= tons are so much less than durin
n either of the five years from 1884
), 1888, inclusive. G. WOOD DAVIS.
e Sedgwick County, Kas., Nov. =.
Reducing Transportation Charges.
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