The Holt County sentinel., 1894-08-10
Tutt's Pills do not ususcate or Gripe.
Importance oI the Corn Crop.

Tbs business men Of the East are said
tc take a deeper interest IN the condition
and prospects If the corn crop vest of
the Mississippi than they do in the ques-
t,on as to what will be the outcome OF
tie issue on the tariff between the house
and senate. According 10 authentic re-
port they are watching with eager soici.
tude the weather conditions IL the corn
be.. and manifest very much greater
concern regarding information from this
section relating 10 corn than they show
respecting reports from Washington in
reference TO the tariff struggle. II Is re-
,nar ,tled in the financial columns OF the
Eastern press that the specuiator who Is
looking IT, market fluctuations, TIE IN
vcstor no is concerted only with the
Income from his Investments. the mer-
chant who is considering the probable
demand for his goods. each and ali have
reason at this time To watch the weather
reports from ives, OF the Mississippi aud
let Washington and the tariff bill go.
Aud it Is not only the speculator. in
yes:or and merchant vino are Interested
in The condition and prospects nf cora.
but also the railroad interest. fOr as The
financial sr; .cie of the New York Times
states it, ii the corn crop west 81 the
Mississippi is 4 failure tiiis year l, Viii
be necessary to bid good bye 10 the pres
eat dividends on the roads which draw
.narr traffic from that section. X All
bc 1 sheer ,npossIbi!ity for these roads
t. earn Dividends, CoussqueI tly IL"
corn crop. says the Times. Is vastly more
,gnrortant al this tine than the sehst"
bill e: the sr.ar schedule of If, which is
not likely to aiF,,c the dividends cl these
roads any wa. II is fixed.
How we'll founded this statement OF
the irnportarce Of the corn crop is few
figures will illustrate. In the great corn
wear of 1891 the production OF the coun-
try amounted to 2Q60, lJ4,D ,DG0 bushels.
valued at 36,i39.22S. OF this amount
tIbe i've of IOWA. ~>Soi"~Npt aS"'N
sas, Missouri and South Dakota pro-
.uced about $50 10000 bushels, valued
at nearly s2s2 100000. This production
WAS siightly exceeded in 1889. hut with
that exception was the largest IN the his
tory of the country. Last year the en-
tire corn crop Of the country was l,Gl9,-
! I96. i3l bushels. o! which the states of
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas. Missouri and
South Dakota produced .c1.2I.,i4S
bushels. The crop Of last year vas Il lit
tie below the average for the last ten
years, though it was considerably in ex
cess of that Of 1890. II these figures lie
compared with the production and value
Of other grains IN the five states desig
mated, in which the greatest soiieitude is
now felt regarding corn. the great I'M
portaace OF that cereal to tho"e states
aud to the country will be easily under
stood and the meaning OF failure uf the
corn crop readily appreciated. The pros
pect for corn east OF the Mississippi is IA
I; EoTih!e, tHe stHieso Va NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." o"e
Ohio. which last year produced together
3ID.00o.09 bushels, appear TO be assured
of abundant crops. hut in order that the
crop for the whole country shall reach
an average the production west OK the
Mississippi must be not less than 10e,-
0oG. 900 Bushels.
t. l. I,,t ft,n rt,gtnn1S
for such yicit: i 10: so favorable as
conld be desired, rhe prolonged dry
weather has done sari.,.s damage TO corn
over a large area, from which oou:plete
recovery cannot be expected, however
! propit,ous the conditions from now on
until the close of the season. But II is
altogether probable that there has been
some exaggeration as to the damage
done and that with fa..rable weather
from uuw on an average crop west Of the
Mississippi will be realized. Cor cediDG
tina: there is reason for taking some
what Gioopy view of the situation, il is
not necessary to regard it as hopeless. as
tttSc cScluS W Uc q utSep'cttsou ~ S'1SS
quarters 20 do. So far as Nebraska ,s
/, concerned It should be borne IN mind
that there is 2 considerable increase in
i thc corn area this year, sc that there ,s a
larger margin than usual for failure
w,tho out materially reducing the aSgre-
+, gate Of the crop. We canuo: reasonably
expect 70 duplicate in tins state this year
, the splendid crop Of 1851, which amount
ed 70 lG77 600 eco bus heis, or even that Of
Lac: year, which was only lO,NO.GtO
! brs hr.e hess. but il is sti!l possible that
crop. At any rate, It is certainly not wise
at present to cultivate feeling OF de-
spair and hopeleSsness