Show POINTERS ON WHEAT THE wheat market in europe E drope is in profoundly agitated the remon reason for this is that it is anticipated that crops will be exceedingly short this season some of the old world governments government are exercised over the prospect of starvation prices for bread and are con tem plating measures to meet the inevitable emergency some of the leading journals of france franc state that there will soon be a temporary suspension in that country ot the tariff on cereals it is also stated that germany contemplates following suit on this subject there may be a double res rea son aon for such a precaution the probability of war as well as short crops the latter contingency is however a matter of cert certainty minty should both calamitous lam itous conditions visit the european continent simultaneously the effect would be appalling the result of either or both of the anticipated situations inobe in the eastern hemisphere would be a tremendous boom in the america a wheat market which has already been made feverish by the prospect the drain upon american cereal resources will be still more largely increased by the recent import and export negotiations between the united states and spain for instance the flour supply for the spanish west indies has heretofore been exclusively monopolized by spanish merchants who have imported into that part of the world barrels annually at 12 the recent negotiations resulted Inthe in the removal of the heavy cereal tariff in the spanish west indian dependencies cies this will bar wit out the spanish merchants and give the united states entire control of the market the new measure will enable the merchants of this country to supply flour in that part of the globe at half the price heretofore prevailing vai ling and the reduction will increase the demand to one million barrels annually in place of as heretofore these causes combined and others other that might be mentioned are certain to create a great demand for wheat and a proportionate rise in price in these theme days of extensive and almost unlimited means of transportation utah to is affected in correspondence with the markets of the world the prospect appears to warrant the farmers of this region in sowing bowing a liberal breadth of wheat by doing so should it happen to rain min porridge they will be caught with their plates right sie citie up while speaking of the advisability of sowing wheat plentifully we take occasion to remind those farmers who are am within reasonable reach of the sugar factory in utah county of the necessity for their adopting the wise suggestions ten deredon the subject at the late general conference by raising plentiful crops of sugar beets this season the sugar industry must not be allowed to flag on account ot of neglect in that respect |