The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-08-16
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

PROSPECTS OF \ GREAT CORN CROP.
Chicago Cronicle: Railroad managers,
it is said, estimate the growing crop of
corn in this country at 2,400, 900, 900 bush
els, while statisticians, estimating on the
basis of the latest government crop re-
port, figure it at 2,31s5, 100000 bushels. The
lowest of these figures is about 1862, 100000
bushels in excess of the largest crop ever
harvested i'll the country, the crop of 1890.
Of course, nobody knows what may hap.
pen before harvest, but it NAV be said that
the chances are twenty-five to one that the
crop will beat the record by at least $50,
100000 bushels, or a quantity not much
less than the average wheat crop until
ject it will be of interest to note certain
facts in connection with our corn crops.
In the first place, it is a fact that as a rule
the larger the total yield the greater has
been the export, and, generally speaking,
the greater the yield the larger has been
the percentage of the whole exported
GOLD EXPORTS AND GOVERNMENT BONDS
New York Herald: How many of the
Government bonds sold in London by the
syndicate are now coming back to this
country, and must we export gold to pay
for them?
The entire financial and mercantile com
munity is seeking with profound anxiety
an answer to these questions. The mys-
terry i'll which the syndicate has shrouded
its movements and the sphinx like reticence
it preserves at this time make plain and
positive answer impossible.
BY its contract with the Treasury the
syndicate agreed to bring over S3l 100000
of gold from Europe, but reserved to itself
six months in which to complete these i'm
ports. To get that gold it sold big block
of the bonds in London. But the bonds
were North more here than abroad-bv
reason of their freedom from taxation in
this country and their availability for de-
post against bank circulation-and would
naturally be resold here at once.
To prevent this the syndicate arranged
that the London buyers should not get
possession of their bonds until the eXpira-
ton of six months-that is to say until the
syndicate should have completed its gold
imports. The syndicate contract was sign,
ed February s, and the six months have
now expired. 1t Is understood that the
bonds are being delivered to foreign buyers
and hence they can mail them over here.
1t is known that contracts have been
made for the resale Of bonds here to a very
large ag"rcg gate amount, and unless some
unknown arrangement has been made we
must export gold abroad to pay for them;
because exchange is at the shipping point
and we have nothing else to send, since
the foreigners are at present unwilling to
take railway securities. When the Febru-
AIRY contract was made with the Treasury
another issue of bonds was evidently CON
tcmplatcd, because it was stipulated that
the syndicate should have the preference
in any new loan up to October l. If the
syndicate believes that another bond issue
is inevitable this would explain lis present
attitude, because if gold must go and we
must have another sale of bonds the syn
dictate might be disposed to let the move
mcnt eliminate in the near future 50 that
bonds
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