New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-21
CASHMERE
BOUQUET.
NEVIS NOTES AT THE CAPITAL
no CHANCE AT PRESENT FOR STATES
MEN OUT OF JOB"
THE WORLDS WHEAT sUPPLY-soME INTEREST /
ING CONSULAR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. APPRo-
rRIATIoNS- ROOSEVELT HAS AN
oVER-ZEALOUS FRIEND con
GREssMEN AND OFF,


GREssMEN AND OFF,
CIAL DOCUMENTS.
Washington. March 20.-There are stu -" noic
fu ex- Congressmen remaining in Washington ""''-
ing for President Cleveland to ndicato his intentions
respecting them and the places they desire 10 HI
These places are mostly judicial or sen-)udicldi III
their character such as the new Indian Ierrlto'!
Judgeships memberships of the Board OF uehc'd'
Appraisers under the Customs ADMINISTRATIVE "1'
of 1S, and on the Board OF Mississippi River ON ON,
mission. 1t is reported. however ina the oms
will not be In a hurry to take up me app'at 0, x
made by and in behalf of the noolt ARM - s,u
further to delay the time when he must Set'S w
cases man who had occasion 10 informed i5n that his
time for the next few weeks would ne occupleu, y
ration Of the international complications when
sprang up while he was duck shooting: A!ttI -
Enlistment the President may feel the necessity OF
taking another trip for rest ahi 81 Xr,yynrk
ihar De"t t f,r,bnT to demand his especial atten
ton the matter Of filling the oIllces may nv" ~
taken up
Advance figures obtained from the bulletin Of the
Siatistician of the Agricultural Department ior
March seem to indicate that the argument 80 ire
quently made that the price OK wheat is constantly
falling in the face of the fact that there has been
ma increase in the amount OF wheat raised is errone-
ous. These figures. which have been obtained from
the most trustworthy sources, show a Steauy N
in the wheat supply OF ne WorIi auns fal
last four years The annual Yicd mas peem az l.
lows: is9 2S7oc0.ooo bushels: ls'2 hA"%"|;
vithstandng the increase between 1898 and 1891 the
United States finds Itself with shorter rsuppN Oh
rinned as being due to the fact that wheat has
entered largely into the FOOD supply ol aniii''S;;
his t''1 consumpon Of wheat hitherto unknown in
this country to any apprecable eNtent' lntie l.
smaller surplus to carry over than ever before
An interesting batch of reports from American
,.aI h, 20 Re
partment Consul-General Charles DE Kay. al
Berlin. reports that German Consul-tienerai AT
one Of the greatest American cities has oHcred Ia
return TO Germany TO hold conferences with ana
give iect uitS pc.UiV ',ub German rad, with tho
Tinted states He incoses translation OF an ar
american methods Of transac.ing business me
mode OF selling and advertising goods IN inns CQui
try and advising the German merch mus 10 i0ilpW
American customs. Consul-General Judd. at Ven
he saws are similar in cause and cff"ct to those in
tho United States but are acco n.ahi"d ny 10
Violence and are more apt to have semi-pohtca!
character The Socialists. already an important
political party in Germany are gaining ei"un IL.
rases Instigate the demand Cor greater privileges
There is less violence for the reason that. WIN
standing army of 10000 men. disorders are so m
Morris United states Consul Al Ghent say iia'
the sale OF ivory at Antwerp the prlhcai mn
increased from l4.lG, pounds In lh~ 10 'NI., IA
1894 There is not, ho~ever he Eays HiH reason 30, :"
ivory crop OF centuries Is still ia the hands oi
natives. Mr. Morris also says 'hdl 'h''r al q ~
introduction into Switzerland Of America" "',1I
working ,b@ Cngsl AT Znrch lie writes mat L
a good agent able to speak French and German;
sbons he could secure large orders. lie THINKS hat
American manufacturers OF these things %o 'gH
also find good markets In Gtiinahy' HhEl"''H'
France Austria, Hungary and Italy
According TO Commissioner Lochrens figures. pen
sion appropriations are likely to remain at about
,bree 10 gOf
The reason for the absence Of any reTcepi'he ''-
crease Is that the falling on owing 20 deaths ana
other causes. is about count"rbaIan,'l 10y ~,
arge Arrears dating from the time tn apIl'
filed TO be pad on , AL iS me-" OF claims
viii be adludicated and few irst payments VIII r.
main The pension aPPFopfsau9Hm .r iJr Yy IS5i is
100000 which Will probably have to BE- .uppo-
men;ei as usual py d" Afer isS Commissioner
IIochren thinks that the pension appropriations VIII
diminish rapidly
civil Service Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt is
exnerenciug annoyance. caused. he says, 10y some
one who evidently thought TO do a kindness to him
bv inserting In "A newspaper an article 10 III" th"''
that Mr. Roosevelt 'kind-hearted. C0"Doy
and millionaire. The result OF ne Pupn'aIlDh
has been the receipt by Mr. Roosevelt OF innun"i.
able requests for charity from alleged co"pOYs
and others He has replied 70 ths coiiliu,ir. ','
dicanfs were led to believe by the story, ana mar
he is neither a millionaire nor IA COWBOY
one year ago. in his annual report Secretary
Morton made a strong plea TO Congress TO permit
him TO distribute among the farmers more ne"
IDEAS and fewer old seeds In measure he wa
successful. Congressman refused To wipe out the
time onored custom Of distributing seeds among
their constituents but they did make an appropra
ton of $4,000 for the distribution OF new ilehS a'
cordinp TO the plan OF the Secretary. This money
has been expended in manner winch mas proved
highly satisfactory to Congressman ana me depart
nent and the approval OF Congress was inthleSteh
in the increase Of the Appropriation f?r tne heSt
fiscal wear to $4,000 Secretary Morton. through the
Bureau of Records and Editing has ISSUED series
OF farmers bulletins written In a popular way
WHICH have been PacT ,1 by them among thc
| ,age Of these bulletins and more than ~lvT nave
| been printed and circulated
The President has appointed James H. Collins
| Collector of Customs for the port OF Nashville.
| Tenn.
The credentials of Senator Shoup for the term be
| ginning March 1 last were received by the secre-
| tary of the Senate Monday. and have been fled
| Mr. Shoup was on his way to Washington. but at
| Chicago vas called back to Idaho, and Will not
| come East again for two months.
| Ex-senator Ransom Minister to Mexico. paid a
farewell visit TO his friends at the capital to-day.
| He left here for his home in North CAROLINA to-
/ night and Intends TO start for Mexico on FRIDAY
| The report Of George William Hill chief Of the
| Division of Records and Editing of the Agricultural
Department makes some urgent recommendations
| for a change in the law under which the public
| documents of that Department are distributed. one
! of he recommendations strikes at the sale of pub
! lie documents a traffic which is carried on In
! Washington to a greater extent than Is perhaps
| known Many of the more valuable works OF me
| Department are out of print and cannot be had
! at the Department nor from members OF Congress,
VET they are publicly offered for sale at various
| bookstores and secondhand shops dealing in this
sort of merchandise. \ notable instance of this is
! the horse book, which has had a phenomenal de-
| mand from the general public. This work Is out
| of print and an Unsuccessful effort was made dur
| ing the last session of Congress to authorize the
| publication of another edition of 1900. II can be
found on public sale at % cents a copy. ana a few
| DAYS ago the Agricultural Department COM
PEELED to go into the market and pure base 200 copies
| of lis own publication which had been issued for
| free distribution. The work on hawks and owls.
which is also scarce. can be had for 81 a volume
Of almost any dealer. 1t is said that clerks of
members who represent city constituencies have
been guilty Of selling the quota Of their employ
! ers for the reason that such members have no
demand for the work.
Dr.. loni1l I1