The morning news., 1894-10-22

less all signs fail this country is enter
ing upon period of great industrial pros
perity. The manufacturing interests will
prosper under the Wilson tariff as they
have not prospered for many years.
The Wheat Outlook.
There appears to be a ray of light ahead
for the wheat producer, Notwithstanding
the fact that during the past week the
low price record for the grain was made
in both the New York and Chicago mar
kets In the report of the statistician of
the agricultural department for October,
the estimate of Europe's wheat harvest is
placed at /, 435, 10000 Winchester bushels,
against a regular consumption of 1,553,-
100000 bushels. This is a reduction of
500 100000 from the estimates published by
the Corn Trade News of London a week
ago, and means. if it is correct. that Eu-
rope win have to purchase 11S, 900, 900
bushels of foreign wheat. England will
need 239. .OOO, 900 bushels, and has produced
but 81 89l, 900 bushels. AS England is
Americas best customer. the shortage
will be made up of wheat raised in this
country.
Another fact favorable to an improve
ment in the price of wheat is the demon
stration by the Kansas department of
agriculture that wheat is greatly superior
to corn as food for cattle and stock.
report on the subject just issued by the
| department states that replies from fifty
three oounties In the state indicate that
the food value OF wheat is from to 35
per cent. greater than that of corn. even
under the wastefu practice of feeding
the whole grain. BY grinding or crushing
the wheat, at a cost of from 5 to cents
/ bushel, the waste of % per cent. which
results from feeding the whole grain, can
be prevented, and the value of wheat as
animal food proportionately advanced.
/ Quite as much as % per cent. of the Kan
sas wheat crop of this year will be fed
to hogs, and it is believed the value re-
ceived win be so per cent. more than II
the grain has been put upon the market.
The falling of OF the European wheat
crop and the growing favor of wheat as
rork-making grain should, and prob
ably will, have the effect of improving
the marEet. Still, there is little likelihood
that wheat will touch the 81 mark at any
time soon, II ever again. New lands arc
coming under cultivation, improved
methods Of cultivation arc making them
prolific and cheapening the cost OF pro-
duction. and the probabilities are that
largo surpluses of crops will be the rule
and not the exception. for the farmer
must get all he can out OF his land, or let
II run to waste. Therefore, the wise pol
icy for the people in politics to pursue is
to give the farmer dollar possessing the
greatest possible purchasing power and
make as cheap as possible all the things
he hes to buy by reducing the tariff taxes.
The people of Congressman w. L. VIII
sons district are apparently wild with en-
thusiasm for him. Wherever he appears
the most expressive demonstrations OF
regard and confidence are made. At the
town of Phillips the other day, the CON
. gressman's escort consisted Of twenty
five young ladies in white on white horses.
600 men on horseback ana 1900 voters in
the line Of parade. Such a number Of
people as there was I'm the line Of parade
had not been seen In Phillips for thirty
years.
MIR. Morton, the republican candidate
for governor OF New York. displayed
very poor political foresight in attempting
20 import his English coachman before
election. lie has ever so many foreign
servants IN his employ, ana voters are
kicking about it II Mr. Morton had sent
90 Savannah and supplied himself with %
fun corps Of "Afro-Amcrican" servants
be would have got good service. maybe.
and nobody would have kicked.