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The Wingham Times, 1894-05-25, Page 5Toa WWorid's Wheat. Supply. The seaport at the UhUted States Departilaent of ,Agriculture fir April eont:tins some valuable infer- motion weeding the wheat supply of the world. For the past three years it was as follows, the :figures re. preseiitialg anillions of bushel': 1891 1892 1893 North America 684 574 447. South Amenioa 50 .51 81 .Europe . , . - 1,209 1,407 1,434 Asia , , .... 334 q90 346 44 3 Africa .Australia .Australia 33 36 41 Total.. 2.364 2,393 2,385 It will thus be seen that. the world's wheat crop as nearly 2,400,000,000. in two years the product of North Aiiierica fell off 237,000,000 bushels, whereas that ,of Europe increased 225,000,000 and South America in- ereased 31,000,000. • The wheat product of Americo for three years- ,vas as follows: 1891 1892 1893 United States 612 - 5)6 396 Canada 60 48 .41 Mexico 12 10 10 Argentina.,....... Chili Uruguay...... 33 30 • 53 14 18 18 3 3 5 Total 734 625 528 America produced 31 per cent of ;the world's crop in 1891, 26 percent. in 1892 and only 22 per cent. in 1893. This will explain wliy a de- • cease of over 200,000,000 bushels in the two years in America has not ne- cessarily been followed by a great increase in price. Europe produces one-half of the entire crop and in 1893 • her crop exceeded that of I891 by more than the falling off in America. Here are the principal wheat • pro - clueing countries of Europe : 1891 1892 1893 Russia 169 211 321 France , ... 220 311 278 Austria -flu ngary180 '192 -201 Italy 141 119 119 Germany ., 86 116 1.20. Spaih 71 78 86 The Caucasus . 74 71 60 Great Britain .. 74 60 51 Roumania , 43 60 60 Bulgaria . 41 - 40 27 Turkey • 30 25 24 Other countries 77 97 87 Total' 1,209. 1,407 1,334 It will thus be seen that the wheat • crops .of Russia and France stand next to that of the United States, and the wheat crop of Great Britain may soon be surpassed by that of Canada. The falling off in wheat production in Great Britain may be seat from the following statement for 1873 and 18933 : ' 1873 • 18£3 Population 32,1:8,000 38,432,000 Oattivoted ams46,927,000 47,980,000 Grass acres . 33,364,000 27,700,000 Wheat acres,3,670,000 1,955,00U We may tl en look for an increase in British emancls for wheat and flour. Gros Britain demands an- nually about 160,000,060 bushels of 'ayheat in gran and flour. In 1890- 91-92 she dr w her supplies from the following sou rces, the figures stand- ing for millions of ewts : • 1890 1891 1892 United States ., ..... 30 36 . (31 0 1 cl t i e 1 n Russia 20 15 4.4 India 0 13 12.5 Canada,.. . 2.4 4.6 5.8 Argentine 3 25 3.5 Australasia 3 `9 2.3 `•) Other countries ..... 8.8_ 19,1 6 4 Total 82.4 89.5 95.6 Over three-fourths of the wheat of Asia is grown in India. Asiatic Tur- key produces from 45,000,000 to 50,- 000,000, and Japan and Persia from 15,000,000 to 20,000,000 each. In Africa the production is divided about as follows : Algeria, 19,000,000; :Egypt, 10,000,000; Cape Colony, 4,- 000,000; and Tunis, 2,5000,000. In Australasia the production of 1893 was as follows: Bushels Victoria., , , 14,815,000 South Australia . , . , , . 9,240,000 New Zealand . , .. 8,378,000 New South Wales 6,817,000 Other colonies 1,911,000 • Total .... .. . , . 41,161,000 The production of wheat' per acre ill Anitrata'la Was its follo MI Vic- ioria, 7,1. bushels; 'South. Australia, 6.1; New Zealand, 22; New South Wales, 18. In 1893 the average for. Ontario v'as : Fall wheat, 17.2•1msh' ,els; spring wheat, 152 bushels. 41OW to Get a< "Sunlight" Pieture. Bend 25"Sunlight" Soap wrappers (wrap. pet bearing the words "Why Does a Wo- nsan Look Old Sooner Than a man") to Lever Bros , Ltd., 48 Scott St., Toronto, and you will receive by post .a, pretty pia- ture, free from advertising, and well worth framing. This is an Easy way to decorate your home. The soap is the best in the market and it will only cost one .centpost- age to vend in the wrapper;. if you leave the ends open. Write your address oar'. fully, The cal:adieu Woo] Cilie,? for 1894. The following circular, issued 'lay Mr. John Hallam, 'of Toronto, a large dealer in wool, will prove of interest : "With reference to . the prospects of the coming clip of wool and the prices to be realized, there is nothing definitely known, The delay at Ottawa in settling the tariff on wool- len goods has created an inclustri€il uncertainty and a want of confidence in the future of the trade, The proposed change in the tariff from coiupound to purely ad valorem duties will seriously embarrass the tweed, blanket and yarn manu- factories, • They will not be able to successfully compete with the shoddy .goods of Huddersfield and Dewsbury under the propesed changes unless the government takes the duty off coal, machinery and other 'articles now taxed and used as raw material. This is having a very depressing effect on the price of our domestic wools and oil the Woollen trade in general, - Koine competition has reduced -the price of Canadian tweeds, blankets and. yarns . to the lowest possible point, and if Canadian mills are subjected to the keen competition of these goods under an ad valorem duty with England,. France and Ger- many where machinery and all raw material are free of duty, it simply means shutting up, some of the mills. In my opinion this change in the tariff will only benefit the importing and ready-made clothing trade.- The rade:'1'1ie passing of the Wilson bill will not affect the prices of Canadian wools, as the domestic wools of the United States are now as low, if not lower than in Canada, but notwith- standing this, I an afraid there will. be some speculation that may raise the price of our domestic wools be- yond their present values, 'relying on the'expectation that where. the duties are taken off in the United States, the 'price will rise. The Americans are not changing their tariff. 'on wools to give the Canadian wool growers more money for their clip, but simply to give the manufacturers of the United States free wool, at the lowest possible price in competition .with English and foreign wool markets, and if the dealers and manufacturers through the country can only realize this fact, the clip of 1894. will be bought at fully 10 to 15 Pei cent. less thtin in.893. • . Most -of the .clip of 1893 is still in the hands of dealers .and. unsold. During the last twelve months large quantities of wool and sheepshins, the product of the Unitech States, have found their way into 'Canada at prices much lower than our domestic wools and sheepskins could be sold for here. ,I would advise caution:in buying the Canadian clip, as no money has been made out of Canadian wool forr three or four years past. • - The trend of the trade goes to'show that the coning clip should be bought with more care and at the following prices : WASHED) FLEECE WOOLS. Combing Fleece, including Lei - (seater, Cotswold and Oxford Down and all long haired bright wools la` to 16 Pure Southdown free from tags and chail ........ 18 to 20 Sh ropsh ire of good sound etapl es 18 Fine clothing, wool 18 ttojections, ino! uding bli,ck, ehatfy, and totted wools , . , , 11 to 12 nxwminn» FLEF.Og WOOLS. Leicester, Cotswold and other bright wool ........ .... . 8 to 9 "Shropshire, good sound staple10 to 11 Pure Southdown ...... . 11 to 12 W'ROXETER. Rev. Thos. Davidson left for Mount Forest on Tuesday afternoon last, a number of the townspeople . going to the station to bid itim and ' his adieu. On Monday evening a number of the Presbyterian congre- gation waited on Mr. Davidson, at "the residence . of Mr. AA. Gibson, and presented hint with a purse con- taining over $150.. Mr. Joseph Cowan was the spokesman on the occasion and in a few appropriate words stated that Mr. Davidson's numerous friends wished to sive him some tangible expression of their good will, and took this way of doing it. They hoped that happiness and pros- perity} would follow into and family wherever their lot was cast. Mr. Davidson replied in feeling terns, shortly after which the meeting broke up. ----11e. Howard Snell has returned from his trip to the Pacific coast. --- Large quantities of wheat have been delivered at Mr. 1. Black's louring mill (luring the past week or so,— Rev. Mr. Stevenson, under instruc- tions from ;the Presbytery, will preach Elie Presbyterian cltureli here vacant on Sunday next. THE WI V G 7 AM `1' M1I S, MAY 25,1894. , GORRIll.. The celebrated play "Uncle ,Josef", will be given in the Town Hall here, on the evening of the 2nd of June, by the Drainatic Club of IIarriston. This club is highly spoken of and iv) doubt will place this well-known play before the people in a first-class manner, TEESWATER. Early ori Thursday morning of last week, the large saw mill of Mr. W, R. Thompson, of this place, was de- stroyed by fire, The fire brigade was soon on the scene but the fire was iii such an advanced stage that there was no hope of saving the mill, and their efforts were directed to sav- ing the surrounding stock. Luckily the rain was falling pretty heavily. Had this not been the ease there is every probability that the fire would have swept everything down. to the. main street. About $700 -worth of broom handles and a quantity of shingles were burned. Mr. Thomp- son's loss is a very heavy one, espe- cially as he• has a very large stook of logs on hand. The mill was insured for $1500. Mr. Thompson is busy making preparations for rebuilding. MILDMAY. The marriage of Mr.Levi Miller, of Mildmay, and Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. 3?. Graef, tanner, of Clifford, was solemnized in that village on Tuesday last, Rev. Dir. Potter offi- ciating, in the presence of many • guests. The happy young couple will -take up their residence at the groom's home here.—Rev. J, J. Noble, D. D. H. C. R.. was here last Thursday evening and installed the following officers of Court Mildmay, C. 0.11.„ No. 186: C.R:.,W. H. Huck; V. C. R., John Hossenauer;1R. S., John McGaan; F. 5., Jas. Johnston, jr.;' Treas.,.F. Voigt; Chap., A. Cam- eron; S. W., M. Jasper; J. W., H. Defiler; S. I3., Jiio. Haines; J. B., A. Schmidt; P. C. R,, Jno. Schweitzer. MORRIS. In the Court of Appeal at Toronto on Wednesday of last week, in re Township of Morris and County of Huron,, Mr. Garrow, Q. C., for the corporation of the -County of Huron, appealed from an order and decision of Ferguson J., dismissing an appeal by the appellants from an award under the Municipal Act in favor of the corporation of the Township of Morris, whereby the appellants wore ordered to. contribute towards the erection and maintenance of bridges in the township under -section 233 (A) of the Consolidated Mulicipal Act, 1812; Since the inception of the appeal the Legislature has repealed the section in question, and left only the question of costs to be disposed of. Counsel for the appellants con- tended that the award was bad, and • that they were entitled. to the costs. Aylesworth, Q. C., and E. L. Dickin- son (Wingham), for the township of Morris, contra. Reserved. . WHIT ECHUICH. Mr. Thos. Champion, of this place, is preparing to start for Chicago again, where he puts in the most of iris time at the mason work.—Mr. .1. Campbell is making pr epartions to build a residence in the village this summer: —The bricklayers are mak- ing rapid progress in the building of Mr. John Leggatt's .house. They will soon have their' work completed. —Mr. C. Gillespie has shipped several loads of export cattle lately, and is putting a fine lot of stockers on the grass. ---The butter factory has open- ed out again for the season' and. is getting in a larger quantity of cream than ever for the time .of year.— Mr. Jas. Donnelly is ofi the route ever' day drawing buttermilk. There must be quite a "speck" in it, when it pays a man to draw it five miles. What are our village specu- lators- doing when they allow such chances 'to • slip? ----Mr. 11, Rilltoul, 'when ecnit:1g horse with a load of - lime, the'other day, was thrown out of the: wagon and badly hurt, • '1`liough pretty serious, it is expect- ed. he will soon recover. --The Misses Cottle and their brother George left here on the 22nd for Exeter, to take in the 24th.—The farmers of this section made a large shipment of export cattle to the Olcl Country. .last week. Those sending tattle were Wm. Wellwood, 20 head, whose average weight was 1256 pounds; John 'Webster; 89 head, average weight, 1340 pounds; A.A G. Fox, 20 head, averago weight 1374 pounds; :OWWL DGGB Brings oornfr..•t ,wi,d irirrcvetrent xnd tends to pee-,' eideyu.out when rightly used, The n;::a:y, who'live bet- tor than others dud enjoy ay life race 0, with less expenditure, Ly mora promptly adapting the world's best products to the needs of physinal being, will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative. principles ciabraved in the reniocly, Syrup of Figs. Its exccileuce is due to its presenting in the form moat acceptab'e and pleas- ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax- ative ; effectually cleansing the system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers and permanently curing constipation. at has given satisfaction to millions and :not with the approval of the medical ?rofession, because it; acts on the Kid- neys, Liver and Bowels without weak - ming them and it is perfectly free from -very objectionable substance. Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug- gists in 75o. bottles, but it is manu- factured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose naive is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not inept any substitute if offered. Clow & Bro., 19 head, average weight 1469 pounds; J. Dow and S. W'ellwood, 19 head, average weight 1340. Messrs. Andrew Fox and Thos. MoCreight go across to the Old Country with the cattle. They were accompanied as far as Montreal by Wm. Wellwood and John Web- ster.—Mr. Jas. Gaunt sold a lot of 41 head of export cattle to Mr. Chas. Gillespie, the other day. They were a fine lot and averaged 1360 pounds in weight. --Rev. Dir. Mckenzie preached in the Presbyterian church, on Sunday last, and the Rev. John MacNabb, of Lucknow, will preach next Sunday. Hon. John Hearn, M. P. for Que- bec uebec West, died Thursday. maroon •in China. China proper is divided into nineteen provinces. Most Chinese are Buddhists and Confucianists at the same time; many of them are also Taoists. The Mahomedans in China number about 30,000,000, and are found chiefly in the northeast and southwest. There are about 1,000.000 Roman Catholics, Protes- tants number 60,000. Many of the na- tives are still nature worshippers. There are at work in the Flowery Kingdom' about 66 societies, 18 of which are Bri- tish, 1$ Continental and 17 American, and they support about 1,500 mission- aries. Native helpers number over 20,- 000 and native churches 325. Last year over 500,000 copses of the Bible were dis- tributed. Short anti Sweet. . Shaking:hands—A factory lockout. The green gr'oeer is one who trusts dead -beat customers. The only way to get a hen out of the garden is to go slow but shoo'er. Spices are not as a rule noisy, but you have all heard the ginger snap. Many a man who is a good shot in this world hopes to miss fire in the next. A man never knows that a woman has any old clothes until he has married her. "Her hair is just too sweet for any- thing." Ah, indeed I Perhaps she dresses ;it with a honeycomb. The people who always practice what they preach seem somehow not to preach such disagreeable things as others do. Do You Cotgh? It is a sure sign of weakness. You need more than a tonic, You need t9S EmulsiolT' C..) Cream of Cod 'liver 011 and Hypophospbiter,not only to curd t:; a Conglt hut to give' your systom real strength. Prysicians, tb.o world over, endorse It. DOA be deceived by Substitutes! boots.tnuwns,iktltovitlo,.lrlTlrussisas.,: NEW NES T R means no trouble, POLIci means ns new prices. Having for some time studied the interests of the consumer, and real ing the burdens they have borne under the old policy of loIi;' credits, lust knowing full well that the man who pays cash Helps to pay for the cr account, and for the man who never pays, 1 will, therefore, give you by the adoption of the and will give you goods cheaper than any other man in Wingham. I go direct to the manufacturers and buy for I am, thererefore, in a position to give you many lines of goods below WHOLESALE PROOFS, Give me a trial and I will convince you of the fact that "OAS IS ICING." All kinds of Produce taken same as Cash. Dress and Mantle making, on the premises. All Mantle Goods bought here cut free of charge. Cutting and fitting a specialty. MACDONALD BLOCK. re ®u McINTYRE, WINGHA.bi. rowing any Corn this season ? If so, we�yi can supply. you with the best ' NIT in the country. .We have in stock the following varieties of Ensilage and Fodder Corn: RED C013, MAMMOTH SOUTHERN SWEET, RURAL THOROUGHBRED, MAMMOTH CUBAN, ' LONGFELLOW, GOLDEN BEAUTY, COMPTON'S EARLY, LEANING, ' PRIDE OF THE NORTH. • Several other standard kinds are cooling in. We have made, •grange • - menta with one 'of the largest and most reliable shippers in Canada for the handling of their Seed Corn. •By this arrangement we are able to furnish specially selected Seed Corn at a very small advance on the cost of ordinary Elevator Feecl Corn. Past experience has proven that Elevator Corn is dear at any price for seeding purposes. (aetthe best Corn for seed. • tr ALL EINN or fl1A AN[ MEI\ EEL: on hand. Piro .o 4X-4, WIN GRAM, gad..,..: ... DON'T WORRY! TRY IT BRINGS COMFORT 014 WASH DAY 1 ANY QUANTI'I'Y. /� -per Have a complete stoat: of TBLAi�1 K TS, SHEETING'S, YARN;, for `t'ht Wool Trade. DING AND SPINNING, done on short notice. Itesliecti illy yours, G«%tJ O. C l r +.ei+.'Q+�.1 CO .idaiiiiii