The record-union., 1899-07-11

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nish very little OF that product for
outside consumption. The other ex-
porting countries the chief of which
is the United States, must make up
the deficiency in the expectations In
the United states the winter wheat
wilKbe many millions of bushels short-
er than It was year ago: The spring
wheat yield, however, is expected to be
fairly large The outlook for the
American wheat grower in 1893 Is
bright,
~ UPLIFTING MOVEMENTS.
Alameda Argus 1t IS a curious fact
that most of the great movements that
have uplifted the world have been pop
ular and have. at their inception at
least. been generally opposed by the
well-to-do, the educated and cultured.
The war Of the revolution from l7IO
to 1888 was fought out by the plain
people with few distinguished lead
ers. While the sons and daughters Of
the revolution are part of our nobility
/ now, society during the actual
struggle was mostly Tory. The So
called leaders, the political representa-
| tives, generally aim to follow public
opinion and feeling. Sometimes,
though at first resistant, they become
truly converted to the popular cause
At the beginning of our late civil war
extra police protection had to be given
to abolition speakers in great cities Of
the North Later all classes were
swept along by the tide of public feel
ing and now most have forgotten that
there was ever any opposition. To-day
the peace movement SO generally ridi-
culed in the so-called higher circles is
essentially a popular movement. and
| the plain people who furnish the SOL
diers and sinews of war will, if not now
at the Peace Congress, yet some time
and surely, have their way.
OUR EXPORTS FOR THE YEAR.
| Stockton Independent: Wheat crops
throughout the world are uo to the
average this year, SO that the export
figures of the United States for the
fiscal year about to end will be a few
million dollars less than those of the
banner year 1898. The figures cover
ing the exports during the eleven
months ending with May, which have
been received by the Treasury Bureau
of Statistics, indicate that during the
eleven months the total exports are
about six million dollars less than those
of the corresponding months of the
preceding year, and it is quite proba-
BILE that the total for the full year will
| be slightly below those of the great
and unprecedented year 1898. That
| they will be much in excess of any
other year, however, is equally appar-
ent For the eleven months of the fis-
cal year 1899 the total exports are ST.
13O, ,629, ,572, while in no earlier year.
except 1898, did the total exports of
the eleven months reach the billion
dollar line.
| The reduction in expectations is en-
tirely in agricultural products, chiefly
wheat, cotton and cattle, while in other
lines of farm products the expectations
are in excess of those Of last year.
While the expectation of farm products
for the year will fall perhaps fifty mil
lion dollars below the total for last
| year, it does not follow that the farmer
| has failed to realize as much for his
! productions during the past year as in
| the preceding year. On the contrary,
study of the export figures indicates
that the prices which he has received
| for practically everything except wheat
1 and cotton are higher than those of the
4 preceding year. This is probably due
/ to the increased consumption among
1 our own people, due to increased activ-
ity and advanced wages.