Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-05-14
Our Prod Market.

Our PrOiucts..HOme Market.
late number of Hunts Merchants Maya
zine contains valuable article on the agrieuiiu-
raj produce of the several States, and the markets
open for its consumption, from which these III
tercstng facts and differences are complied:
From a tabular cstima te of the crops for 1913,
it appears that Ohio produces more Wheat than
any other State in the Union viz: l8.7S5.7oo
bushels. being nearly one fifth of tho produce OF
the country.
New York produces tho most Barley and Oats,
viz: l,SO2.9S2 bushels of the former, or nearly
three ffths of the entire produce, ADD 2i,O1 BOB
bushels of the latter, moro than one-sxit OF the
whole.
PENNSYLVANIA raises the most Ryo and Buck
wheat; that is TO say, three ghts OF tho total
produce of the former, and nearly one-shifd OF
the latter.
Tennessee grows the greatest quantity of In
dian Corn viz 81 ,S3S,477 bushels, nearly
one seventh Of the total produce of the Union.
The now State Of MICHIGAN is advancing rap
idly in her agricultural career. I ne first year
in which she supported lersof without importing
wheat was 1899; in IS 20 her production p
l57 lOS bushels; and in 1913, her crop is estina-
ted at 6,296,27l bushels; being surplus of near
" three millions of bushels to dispose Of abroad.
The crops of Iowa and Wisconsin have treD-
led since 1910.
Mr. Williams proves TO demonstration, that
the great bulk of brcadstuis IS consumed III the
countries whore they re produced
The annual export of Flour and " heat from
the United States 10 all countries the face OF
tho globe. from 1890 to the present time, has not
amounted to 800, 600 bushels annually. and for
the last % years has 10. amounted to i,ptu,1o,,
Our annual export therefore. to all mo world, IS
cduai TO ne-twont v-sccond part OF tho crop OF
1913. Our annual export of these articles 10
Great Britain is less than ono hundredth part OF
that crop, being about quart Of brcadstutfs
annually to each nha bItant of that empire. OF
other grains than w heat the foreign demand Is
equal to loss than throo-hund rcd and-fitleth
part. s'Such has beon the foreign demand (for
our ceral orainsJ during our whole existence as
a nation, never taking off more than moro trac-
ton Of our annual produce; such has it been alike
when our tariff laws were reiaxed. and when
they most stringent; such has It been "hen
the whole carrying trade OF tho world was oponcd
to us: such has it been when tho South American
Republics struggling for existence, gave US mar
kets; such has it boon while Europe was dcsola-
ted by tho wars of Napo'eon; such has it been
while starving millions abroad wero crying for
bread
Even ifthe corn laws of England were Iopea-
Cd and trade open aud free, the American
farmer could not supply her market, until no can
place himself on level with the serfs Of Russia
and Poland. ''lf he can live as poorly housed
and fod as they, if he can endure to go meanly
clad. if he can content himself to have has chill
drcn 10 grow up around him ignorant his
cattle. then he raise wheat and sell It III
competition with European seft. Tho ave-
rage price of wheat in the market of New York,
for the las. thirty years, has been ono dollar and
thirty cents per bushe, while at the grain expor-
TING marts of Europe it has been less than
dollar.
What is our home Market for grain? What
has it beenl What does il promise to be! We
have seen what the Foreign market IS.
The census of the population of the United
IN, 7 hat M
employed in manufactures and trades; nd apply
ing the usual rules of calculation, Is /. not too
high an estimate 10 that four millions of poo
ple directly and indirectly derive subsistence
from manufactures and being diverted from the
production Of grain become consumers. At the
too low estimate of tivo bushels each, lit is IN
atty nearer scvcn.) these four millions of per-
sons consume twenty millions of bushels of wheat
annualv-more than four times the annual
port to all the world. and moro than twenty times
tho average export TO Great Britain! The single
State of Massachusetts, is better market for
flour than all tho world besides. General Jack
SON in his memorable lette. to DR.. Coleman, in
1924. said:-.Take from agriculture six hun
dred thousand men. women and children. and
YOU will at once give a market for more bread
s.uffs than all Europe now furnishes The
truth Of this assertion is verified in the
of Observation-Disclosures prime pal customers from
abroad are Great Britain. Brazil and Cuba. Mas
sachusetts supplies market douby or trebv as
GOOD as tho first. New jersey purchases from
other States twice much Brazil. 4 single
round of the whale fishery ships furnishes supa-
rior market to Cuba: and no other Power or Do
minon on the face of the globe consumes one
half of our brcadstuffs the city of Pittsburg.
'BoUND FOR THE LAND OF CANAAS.''-Yester-
day '.darky,'' mounted upon drayload of
cotton, amusing himself by cracking his long
WI nVa fra hock Oft nd