Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-06-04
The Productions Of Wheat,

AND THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN COMPETITION.
The Cincinnati Chronicle has written a series
Of articles TO show inc effect, upon the Wheat
growing States. of The competition by The various
countries vi Europe: aud, also, whiher a relaxa-
iIon of the restrictive duties Of England, would
enable us to supply that market with breadsluffs
We cut the following extract from his last articie
But IL the pnrts OF Great Britain were thrown
open 10 foreign grain, would the ted States sup.
ply them?
We have already shown tina, Great Britain will
not need an immense quantity OF whea, for
strange as it may seem TO those who have heard
the terrible cry OF The free traders for bread Great
Britain actually raises for the people of England.
Scoland and Wales about fire bushels of wheat TO
each soul--One more 6ustel To each soul. with
all additional consumption in Ireland. is all that
can be calculated upon as demandt f.om foreign
states. This amount she very nearly imports
now. The result. then, is that if The ports Of
Great Britain were thrown open. The quaniiv m-
ported from abroad would not be very largely in
creased, unless the capacities of British stomachs
can be increased. The difficulty does not lie here
There is wheat, but there is not money enough a.
mong the poor. There is exnrbitant wealth on
he one hand. and impoverished want on the oher.
is the United States The only country that can
compete IN supplying a vacuum for wheat, and
that country. too. The where labor is highest!
Wheat Is an article of the widest range of produc-
ton. Ii is found in high northern and far south
ern latitudes ; though. doubtless, Furnishing most
IN the temperate zones. If a new slmulous were
given to The marke:, if would be produced in sur.
plus where it is now deficient.
Let US take The prices. however. which will
test the point of competition. The Polish wheat
is shipped from Danlzck. The German wheat
is shipped from Hamburger. Now let us com.
pare The prices of wheat in the city of New York
| and we shall SEE how the mailer stands: Average
price at Danzlck is 3-4s English, per quarter Of
eight bushels.
! The average price of wheat in Hamburger for
ien years was 27c. English DER quarter. The
average price al Odessa is 34s but it is often
lower. The average price Of wheat al NewYork
IS OF late years. set down at $l05. The COM
paralive result stands thus:
| In N. Y. wheat, pr bushel Sl,O5
In Danizick, IO2
In Odessa LOO
In Hamburgh, - - 81
In the principal ports there is but little differ.
ence in price apparently; but the price of Fregh,
! from New York 10 Liverpool is from six to len
CTS higher than from Dauizick. The result is that
there Is continual diffrreuce IN price is favor OF
Dauizick over New York. Mr.. Mccullough
himself admits this fact, aud says but lutte whea
can he Brought from the United States, except
when the demand has already taken off the moth
! ern wheat.
The actual exports from the United States and
imports into Great Britain show what this compe
non is precisely. 1t shows that of the import.
tO Great Britain ONLY ahaut onp. ri ha Va hea
from The United States. Thus, IN the year 1881
('akeu at rand"m) the imports of wheat and flou
Into Great Britain were as follows;