Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-04-14
VIM IL. STAFFORD. Sec'y.
WHEAT IN Tue UNITED STATES.
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- From The National Inteligenccr.
HINTS Merchants nagasde, The April number
OF this vaLahle periodical presents the usual quantity
OF interesting and important inurmition. This publl-
cation appears be peculiarly fitted 10 the character
and the pursuits OF citizens. and glad to find
tina, IL receives Internally. by the valuable ,onnun Gu,
tons OF lis correspondents, and externally by ncrea
sing circulation tina, support and encouragement which
/, justly deserves.
The first article in the present number is elaborate
essay ION tho production Of Wheat in the United
States" by Joseph Il. Williams, OF Michigan We
cannot extract from this disquison the tenth part VI tho
useful information which Is contains, but must ian cons
tent ourselves with abstracts Of ii promising that
Mr. Nllams'ssalement are all ioundedon official data.
From tabular estimate OF the crops Tor 1913. II sp-
pears that The State o Ohio produces more Wheat than
any other State IN the Union, viz S.7eb,705 bushels
being nearly 9Th Of the produce oi the conlry
New York produces the most Barley and Oats, viz.
Su29s2 bushels VI the turner, or nearly three tiiths
of the entire produce and "a o07 1853 bushels Of the lat
ter, or more than one sixth OF the WI hole. 4a...
Ponnsylya rases the most Rye and Buck wheat;
thai Is say, of the total produce Vi tho
burner and nearly one ,hird of tho latter.
Tennessee grows ,he greatest quantity Of Indian
Corn, viz 81 $685. bushels nearly seventh
Of The total produce Of he Union.
The new State Of Michigan is advancing rapidly in
her agricultural career The first year in which shs
supported herself without importing wheat was 1893; IN
lSlo. her production was 2 81 los bushels, and in
1913. her ofop is espaled AZ 296 Ell bushels being
asupns OF nearly three millions Of bushels 10 dispose
oil abroad
The crops of Iowa and Wisconsin have trebled since
1870 s.
Mr. Williams proves to demonstration, tina, the grea.
bulk Of bread su1s is consumed in the countries where
they produced.
The annual export Of Flour and Whea, from tho u
hIed Saiest all countries IN the face of the globe,
from 1890 10 thu present Time has not amour ted 10 A.
500 600 bushels annually, and for the last twenty five
years has mol amounted to 600 600 bushels. Our an-
nua export therefore, To all the world. Is equal to
ono.tweniy'secohd part Ut the crop o lSi3 Our an
nua export Of these articles Great Britain less than
one hundredt part of that crp, being about quart
OF bread stu annually 10 each inhabitant Of that en-
pre- OF other grams than Wheat. the foreign denaud
ia equal 10 less Than three hundred and fitch part.
"Sach has been the lureign demand (Ior our cereal
grains) during our whole existence nation, never
taking oil moIe than mere fraction of annual pro-
ducej such has II been akh when tariff laws
relaxed, and when they most stringent; such has
1t been when The whole carrying trade OF The world
opened 10 Us, such has 1t been when The South Ameri-
eau Republics, struggling Tor existence, gave us mar
hels such has II been while Europe desoiaed by
the wars OF Napoleun such has it been while starving
millions abroad were crying for bread"
Even II the corn laws Of Eng land were repealed and,
nde open and free The american farmer could not
supply her market until he place hmselfon level
with the sers Of Russia and Poland: "lf he can 1.-Two
as poorly housed aud ted az they, if he endure TO-
go as meany clad. if he can content himself to have
his children grow up around him ignorant az his cat
tie then he raise wheat and sell il IN competition
with European serf" The average price Of wheat IN
the market of New York, for the last thirty years. has
been dollar and thirty cents per bushel. while al tho
grain exporting maI,s Of Eur, pc |, has been less thu
one. dollar.
What is our Hume Market for grain? What has ii
been2 What does !, promise TO bel We Ixye seen
what the Foreign Market is.
The census OF The population Of the United States in
lo1o showed that 19l ,739 persons Gro employed in
manufactures aud trades; and applying the usual rules
OF calculation II is not too high estimate 10 say that
iour millions OF people directly aud Indirectly derve
subsistence from manufactures. and, being diverted from
Inc production Of pran become consumers Al the too
low estimate Of five bushels each, CT is in reality nesr
seven these four millions Of persons consume TWEEN
y millions Of bushels Of wheat annually-more than
four times the annual export to all the world and
than than twenty times ,he aveage export TO Great
Britain The single State of Massachusetts is a bet
ter market for flour than all the world besides. Gene
raj JACKSON IN his memorable letter ~ Doctor Coleman,
IN S2l said Take from agriculture six hundred thou
sand men, women and children, and you will al once
give market for more btesd sufs than all Europe
now furnishes" The truth Of this assertion is now
fully verified in the Of Massachusetts, Our prin-
cipal customers from abroad Great Blain, Brazil,
and Cuba. Massachusetts, supplies market donbly or
reilly good as the first Nsie Jersey purchases from
other States twice as much as Brazil single round
Of the whale fishery ships furnishes superior market
to Cuba; and no other Power or Dominion on The face
of the globe consumes half much of our bread
stuffs as the city Of Piiisburg. j a.,
Mr. Williams adopts the injunction Of Mr.. Jefferson
to pace the manufacturer by the side Of the agrcul-
tust;" and says THAT unlimited capacity for manlfac.
lures exists throughout that region which threatens u
glul whoe people with bread -snfs" lie reasons
prove the proprey Of establishing manufactures in
the West. instead Of on the Atlantic Shores and says
''if well developed lungs will breathe in wholesome
atmosphere, the West will finally manufacture"