Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-25

manufactures of steel and iron, but there navo been years m which we sent them large amounts of furniture. railroad ma. terial and clothing, and In 1875 We sent SSS6, 935 worth of flour.
 From the tremendous falling of shown in their statistics for that year I judge that their crops failed Until very recent ly hides constituted more than half of their shipments to us, wool coming next and nearly all tho rest consisting of horsehair. sheepskins and byproducts of the cattle business, such as bones and bone dust. I must say that the gentleman who does the translating may be very fine Spanish scholar, but his English will bear watch ing Here is specimen, from an account of a native author. which must have fol lowed tho original Spanish American 10 ridity The originality and attractiveness of this ingenious epOpee is duo 10 its 10 cal color and CXaCtneSS of picture of wild life and also to the noble oloQuenCe of its style, but, above all. to the worship of the native soil it expresses. and to the vir, ginal perfume of the beloved country that impregnates each page. fiattering our senses with fragrances like those that ein. anatc from tho plain refreshed by the first drops of u summer rain "
 Views of a Statistician.
 
 farmers prospects by what heard at the Argentine legation that I went to the agricultural department for comfort and had to laugh at the first thing witnessed there It was so very typical of the pres ent condition in congress and the country Secretary Norton and StatistiCian Robin son were in d very animated, not tO say heated. discussion of the gold basis and free silver coinage and their comparative advantages for the farmer secretary Nor tons : views are well known and no Popu list or silver state senator Is more pro hOnncEi or emphatic in faIGr of fr''a ,'.in age than Is Hon Iirury \ Rnbins'.s:. the Statistician. The secretary added . l!ttIn more 10 my discpurag grnent hy giving the latest information to the effect that Europe, is in a fair way t. enter Hu 2 Geucrnl hoy colt against our meat PrtsluctS hut ils he was making lehtly |" lrav. tut ! ie.' days handed mo over tn the stati>tClaG. The latter smiled at thH Ii2lu,a given by i)r ZeballoS and said
 They always pTpIs.l~" T much larger export down there than they have, but tho main point is now plain tn everybody that tho day ot high priced wheat lS over unless there sh, uld hc a worldwide fatl urc, which k almost an imposSibIhty A bad season Oh ii' eastern continC ut k apt to come with ,.L LS'Fu one on tH. western and tho same wltl the northern and south ern hCnisphCp.~ Wheat sowing is going on somewhere every working day In the year. and if it .vcrc Ia appear that our harvest WIS 2uing tn l'c short they might and probably ,v.,'4ld sow more ;,t ur..c in tho s"Uth"rn ',,'mI>pl,rr,' and ,', 1T looks tu me that th'. wurll'S wheat suprlI ;tIli cqualIzr every var supply and d,:',lni appear tn hay" t,'cnmC automatic that a very littlr s.,ivnuc" in pTiCe will prs!lIc.' great InCrs'r~" m supply But wheat Is H very small Item. and IhCrC is really uu r-a son why II should be the most important or even a very important item for the United states In a great many ihvr lines We havC lut just made beginning
 By the Way, this recent item in tho pa pcrs that the surplus wheat Is disposed of is q great mistake There arc over S0. 000 coo bushels in sight and probably as much mOrr iu tho barns The farmers ought not to hr deceived in that particular Wheat will Vruhahly, uluo'St certainly, in fact, rcmain I"w ia price, hut many other things will soon tcCouc highly pr,titahIe that iS, if car lawmakers pUrsuc my kind of asrC1sunahl,' policy And herr Mir Robinson iudulp,d in some very point cd remarks Cn recent events and silver which nced uri hr uLsl,d to the ":3r;@o;lS mass of that sort ot literature alrcaay in stock ! F PANEE