Ripley County democrat., 1914-12-04

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Bluff last week to see the foot ball
game and visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Camp aud little
son, were here from Poplar Blutf last
week Waiting friends and relatives
George d. Sloan has money TO loan
on improved farms on reasonable terms.
See him before placing your iokn. Sat.
Green beef hides are briaging the
highest prices ever paid in Ripley
county, when sold to Goodwin 4 Jean
john H. Robinson is quite sick at
his home in this city, he has not been
able to be down town for couple of
weeks,
Arthur Gardner came in the first Of
the week from Paducah, KY, where he
has been working, to spend the winter
at home.
Get ready for good job. The
Springfield Baslness College places
scores Of young people in fiue situations.
Send for new catalogue. II yoa want a
railroad job, send for telegraph catalog.
Write J. A. Tsyior. Presid ent.
The wheat crop Of ehe world for the
year 1914 has been brought to the
light-that is. the supply for the worlds
markets Is defnately known. Taking
all the countries over, the United States
is the only country ia the world that
has surplus, as the crop for the year
in the Northern hemisphere is deficient
in every country of usual surplus pro-
duction, except ours. A shortage is
evident in the aggregate Of wheat pro-
duction ia the importing countries of
the world. Crops now ripening in
Australia and Argentine and just start
ing in India win aggregate contribu.
tion that must prove smaller than the,
normal supply from that source. Un-
der normal conditions OF world trade
the balance between wheat supply and
demand is so nicely adjusted that the
crop OF every country and the local con-
ditions influencing its harvest and dis
tribution affect the price of wheat ia
every market Of the world. The tre-
mendous struggle now under way in
Europe becomes factor not only be-
cause Of the waste Of resources and the
Withdrawal ~ men from the cultivation
Of the land but it has still greater i'm
mediate effect through the violent dis.
turbance of the ordinary channels OF
wheat distribution. Through the dis
location OF commercial intercourse Il
renders unavailable the wheat In some
of the countries that produced a sur
plus, andcasts an additional strain upon
those sources Of supply which still re-
main in commercial touch with the i'm
porting countries, While last season
there was practically aR exact balance
between supply and requirement., this
year, after assuming that the ungather.
ed crops OF the always uncertain wheat
area Of the Southern hemisphere viii
produce full yields, there would still re.
main an apparent shortage In the worlds
wheat supply, as measured by norma
requirements, Of u, 100000 bushels. The
drawing Of millions OF men from tn,
farm TO the field Of battle Of necessity
will exercise a tremendous influsnc,
spon the future as well ~ the pressnt
grain trade. The time has now passeC
for the seeding Of winter wheat in Eu,
rope, and that there has been heavy
loss OF area is certain. In the proyin,
Ices Of France now the theatre of wa
there 10 ordinarily wheat acreage o
81. .bO0, 900 acres; unhappy Belgium ha
neither men por opportunity to com.
plstely seed her fields; Prussia tn,
granary Of Germany. is gripped in /
death struggle between contendinl
hosts, while every important country II
Europe by ahe mobilization OF lie mel
leaves only the weaker Of the popula
tion TO struggle with the problem o
| preducing the future food supply. Thi
all means > still greater wheat shortag,
In Europe next year, regardless Of hoy
soou the war ends, and stiIl create
dependence upon The wheat fields o
those couptries which tde fortunes o
war have not isolated from the world
markets. There is world shortag,
OF wheat sufficient 10 have materially
affected prices regardless OF the Euro
peaa war. The var Increases the short
age Of available wheat by making
impossible tor Russia and the Balkal
states to market their, surplus. Fer tn,
present csrsal gear the supply assilsbl
is only thrss,t tourihs Of he noEmal een
sumptive requirements. Next year.
Esropean crop. regardless oishe var
conclusion, will be evsn shorter thai
that Of this year. But ons eoaclus,ol
is possible. A continuing plane Of hisl
prices until peace and industry shsl
again bring about readjustment be