Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-09-14
sTATIsTICIAN HYDE DISCUSSES
SHORTAGE AND PROSPECTS.
DEFICIENCY is vtRY LARGE.
ONLY UNITED STATES IN POSITION
TO HELP sUPIL ~ 1T.
argentine Crop rrona Ntn, ,put 1t
LIS n Long Way 0ffnhd sMny
Things May Hapfn TO
worlds Reser rs Are
Reduced

yyoshiagton. Sept 13.-lhe following re-
,a,ing 10 the wheat stud is an extract
from the complete -mhthiy report of
MIR. John Hyde, the stistclan oil the
agricultural Departmental ,Ehich Will he Is
sued tomorrow:
High prices for whea nave ior seNeiai
weeks mast been bringinput supplies quite
freely, and increased 'ppiies nav Ia
70 turn reacted upon pricescausinS some de-
: cline from the highest cures of August.
THO general tenor ofthe information
CLEANED from all availae sources Is not,
however, of q charact, TO warrant 'iie
expectation or the fearaccofuins ds inc
matter is regarded fron-he consumers or
the producers' point OF ew, OF any iha.e-
vial cheapenfng of whenntii another crop
Is in sight, with a pspect OF anpier
stocks. .,,,,,
with an annual ayefe european prou-
uct of over l,42s, 900, ,eoOnsheis during lNe
six years from 1891 TO ! inciusiVe' we eA-
ported an average Oh p'o'o'o'- Dus I-a.n =
wear. This year the lropeah crop, &c
. cordfnc to Bromhali Sorn Ifade news
will. in round numbersnouImll m 10 70 l,'-''vVv,-
ooo Winchester bushel5f 93'oVV,o'V pusneis
w., 49,, ,ha average. the six years in
1ss.t;a,, ~ we make comparison with
es,,ras .iyen bv Hbohm for 1881, the
Saea,sra,, in the EIpean crop is still
a,,ar the figures millions OIL puspefs,
being: ,,e. 80 SSH
Average for 1Ssl-lsil AS; crop Oh iSsi'
l,3l5: difference, 1l3. u.,
THAT is, according beeroohiii esu-
mate of this years 'p' thefe -
ficiency of ll3,0oO,Uo sheis IN Europeah
,,,,,,;os &C comparmith their average
-, Gov tho six VS. 1881 -1S96-an aver
..,,,,ob ;ncIudes Exceptionally small
-, ~ 1907 To ma up the deficiency,
,,.tia he,n ;s IN be oected from India,
.ros,,ine or Austral,or months to come,
- ,,,sofar az Fun will have to i'm
-, , larger QUAR- than usual, she
= I'm haya IN draw mainly from North
- .r;c. and espect from the United
states. the Canadiicontribution being
relatively small. OIL returns from On
,ario and Manitobjye, for these two
provinces, an aggre OF ol.ei2,z'S pusH-
els. cb.u .scone the
ravages of locusts. Gems nkeiy 10 .urh n,.
out unusually weAnd from January, mug :
Ssas when the buikthe harvest will be
rot In in Argenti that country may
have more or less at TO export, as the
latest mail advicesSresehdt sen ,b lne Srot E
hiah1y favorable. iere are. however,
many chances of Gus damage curing
the next three or fmonths Inc lalesl
accounts from Au5a iiiuiSaec si.os ~
drouth from whicfat country mas SUI @
fered for the last tpr three seasons mas
been broken, and the Wheat crop ~
giving good promfhroughout most OF
The Australian colS, but the area was
narrowed by drouit seeding time and
as STOCKS must bw, it is not likely
that even with a Tield, the crop Will
he, one out of which, great amount can
he spared Tor exF<son,
'sThe present hig sEes EguLd ortAnarly
TEND to encOuraget SOWING OF - m
creased breadth IN should ene & Mssth, u,
er ~ oaarer :. uiriystosWf tss
oa = oa,artsce of such favorable conditions VIII
ssu - isiss he In great measure thwarted
p ne IMPOVERISHED condition in which
- ~ have been left by the famine in the
rrester part of the wheat growing dis
.Rmt leaving olt of view the fact that
.ha burden of supply for Europe will fall
more largely THAI usual upon the United
States IL is. evi6nt that there would. in
es sh3r Is 10 be expected out of this years
ron If TO our verage annual export for
eheP sir wears 1Sg-1S97. we add a European
shorfaSe of 80 Oo000 bushels, figured out by
5o,.hsu S,o we let a total of 265, ,373, ,SI2
,a,,Shais and insGar as we fall short of sup
i,Snr that quality, Europe, as compared
I'm an ayeragiyear. must suffer n scar
c;tv n, her bree supply, except insofar as
.hs.can avert ifby drawing on the stocks
sat NAV reuai out of previous crops.
.srba world sEeseryes have, however.
,,.o,, reduced Il iconseduence of the short
.,t,aat DE- crop Of 1t year, and a deficiency in
n,,,e of the der important food crops
sc,u NOT tend frelieve the tension of the
xrheat market.