The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-10-31
THE WHEAT SITUATION.
Europe Can Get Plenty OF 1fdih'
but She Will Have to Pay
Dearly.
conrrtrhted 1sas. ~ tho AssocIlte1 -.

Copyrighted. 1896. by the Associated Press
IondoD. oct. 2G-The wheat market
and the prospects of q famine III lhuia
still attract much attention here ahd
elsewhere. although some of the most
influential newspapers do not snare ~
the feeling of alarm which prevails III
some quarters. "a
The Bombay Gazette of September ~
said: The prospects are as bad rs pos
sible, both for grain and cotton. \ leaH-
ing exporter has informed his clients III
England that the crop Of cotton VIII hot
exceed 20 or GO per cent. on an average.
"In Southern India the outlook Is more
hopeful. The supply or fodder : a',i',C
and if the worst comes there Is no lCai
of recurrence OF the horrors 81 nTI3
owing to the improved railway commuhi-
cations. Native astrologers, ba@nS theF
theories on the traditional observations
of the heavens, state that y II rams
within five days a famine wit he avert
/ ed, but that later rains will not AVIAN.
The Enslishman of Calcutta Of SEP
/ TENDER Z. pointing ont that scarcilH =
not the same as q famine, SAID: ME
a number of deaths have occurred III
! Bundelkhand it cannot be stated that 4
/ famine is actually prevailing. as me
stocks are not yet exhausted, the ON
I Guilty being TO compel dealers 10 >P!i.
But a pathetic convoy of starving 'hil-
I ulti W AIAtli bit' t''-i.l'
4 brought from Jubhul Fur proves that me
resources of that district are ptrlioHS'\
/ near exhaustion. For month past
i wheat and -four have been selling n ne
4 bazaarS and Howrah Of Calcutta It >
/ ennas per ser and rice ut rupees - 70
is per maUnd, rates not dreamed OF
since the last famine.
/ The Lucknow IIindustani says: The
/ question now is whether the famine Viii
4 last only four months or year ihe
autumn crop is sure of almost ,ntir"
/ failure No amount of rain can save Il
/ and the fate of the spring harvest de
nends upou rainfall by October !.
/ The t'oIcltta EuyliShman also pub
I fishes n letter referring TO the wheat
4 Skinned from California. during which
~ Iaft n nriyato rnferTjSc which slim
pf tf, u ~ p nnreIy commerciai motives
! cannot he nxp.cfcd to be Influenced hy
nhiIontbrony and therefore is NOT likely
! r. proyide the needy with cheap wheat
1 Even if the importers are satisfied with
moderate profit it is probable that the
I wheat will be purchased by n few
wealthy natives who sill rot scruplc TO
! keep the price at famine rates
! The writer of tie letter referred 10
/ then proposed that the government
4 should undertake to provide wheat by
! buying in the cheapest market alter con
4 sullinG London. odessa. America and
! Australia, and then distribute II through
1 European agents to the needy provinces.
The Mark Lane Express today SAYS
! that the rise NJ th' price 81 wheat +
4 warranted ny me situation, adalh@: II
! Is H"j Specuia'INt. 'h iHr con I'iH -,
j SPecGI3ilFe bear taid Is "n i""t ~.
4 El%II2I yLo', " Hlth 'ti'"ihIl az ~
i exceed i-'dt'NV quarters. = stated 20 ="
I S.Wo;oVo ana there ar" "ihgF Signs 'Il1
oul size lhHutlCe, i "i's't'" - "''"'"-
4 push Itdtboi'