The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-20
LOOKING CLASS.

tell you what IL is, this Is a pretty small
world, after all. when you come TO look
at it. Just think, the wheat growers OF
the great West today scan the reported
production OF the st II Il life all over the
world aud then FIX their price for the
commodity. The cable brings
the news OF short crops
abroad and the telegraph wires take 1t 10
the little stations on the plains and soon
the thousands OF farmers who have teen
selling their grain at less than the cost OF
production begin to hold their wheat aud
demand higher prices" This circular says:
Every country In Europe except Rus
sia has this year had a short wheat crop
Our own crop il at least 100 900. 600 bushels
under that OF last year aud 2O0, 600 less
than we raised in 1891. The general
financial stringency OF the last six months
has brought out large supplies for all. The
harvest this year has been poor one.
This has kept the market price down.
The price is governed by the law of sup
ply and demand. For over ayesr we
have had TOO liberal a supply. The ex-
ports this fall have been larRe,
amounting TO about So'ooo,o ooo
since tie last harvest began.
1t is doubtful IL on Jan. !. 1894, there will
be enough wheat i'm the United States to
suit or the present low price. smaller
acreage of winter wheat has been sown
than for several years past. After
thorough invest cation of the conditions
existing we feel cert ain that the year
'9i will bring nue. higher prices for
wheat and do not hesitate TO urge North
western producers TO hold their
wheat in hand for few months.
We may just as well keep at least part
OF this extra profit for ourselves as to
give it 10 the elevators and millers by
selling now. The conditions are such
that every bushel OF wheat now romain-
Ing in the producers hands can
be made TO bring 81 before another
harvest IL all Ct IL would be held for that
price. Each day the world consumes
over six million bushels OF wheat, and the
present large supplies at terminal points
would rapidly decrease IL the farmers
would cease for a time TO augment
them."
Mr.. George Capwell of this city has re-
turned to his home after visit Of few
days with his brother in Ashwav.
James Souther Of Franklin, Mass, has
removed to this city.
Miss Nellie Hammond and Miss Matte
Cottrell of Jamestown are visiting the
family Of ex-Alderman Armstrong. in
this city.
Mrs. +. A. Lawton and Mrs. Alvin p.
Smith OF Middletown are visiting in this
city.
Lieut. Smith Of Fort Adams visited the
recruiting station i'm this city last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Champlin of
Jamestown have returned home from
their visit to this city.
I have noticed that when I have at
tended the meeting Of any trade calling
or profession and more esp cially when
there is a banquet served that each par
ticular body lays great stress upon their
Importance, and how hard IL would be
for the rest Of mankind to exist without
them. This vain idea is not confined to
the lower grades of trades or
profession, as the following will show:
Some time ago the printers from all pars 5
of the country met In this city and they
had good time. In tho gathering were
such men as Houghton. Nudge, Freemen,
and others OF equal prominence.
After dinner the customary speeches
were made. and all told Of the Importance
of the printer. There was one man among
us who was not printer but whose
business is closely allied to the printing
trade. This man was Hollis NJ. Coo "a bs
the bookbinder. When he was cal
upon by the toastmaster to make
speech he said something
that took the wind out of the printers
sails. 1t was this: ''Ie never knew OF
an incident where n printer was of any
service to n booKbinder, but he could
mention several cases where a book binder
had rendered assistance to "a printer
whereby they had made a success ia life
for he had more times than one put a
handsome binding upon an extremely
poor book and people bought the book
thinking that the inside would compare
with the outside. but the difference
was not learned until the book
was bought aud paid for" As
asort Of brbe Mr.. Coombs was made an
honorary msmber OF the association with
the understanding that his trade is and
always has been OF just as much import
ance as that of the printer, and when the
association meets and eats Mr.. Coombs is
one of the party.
The young men of our city who are
rather backward in their attention to the
young ladies want to look out for them
selves, as piece Of the Blarney
stoneis in town. Annie Ward Tiffany
has received from the Irish Village al
the Worlds fair large piece
OF this historical relic and
it will be broken in small pieces put in
cases and presented Co the ladies attend
ing che Tuesday and Thursday matinee
at Keiths, where Miss Tiffany is playing
Lady Blarnsy" this weak.
7 I I
During stroll along the docks this
morning came upon an old sailor who
was reading with interest description
OF the new cruiser Columbia
"W hat do you think of her
record" l askea him. "Think," he
almost shouted "thnk / think it ~
grand i served in the Hartford during
the war and have been sailor man for
fifty years. and l tell you what,
feel p oud Of an Americar-built
cruiser which can beat the world. A few