Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-04-24
THE HOME AND FOREIGN MAnKrr

Hunts Merchants Magazine for March has a
very interesting article on the production of whea
In the United States, in which the writer, afte,
reducing the export Of flour and wheat TO bushels
states That the annual export has not, from the
year 1870 to the present time, amounted to bu,
four and half millions bushels and though the
export as the resources of The country have de.
Veloped, has somewhat increased for the las,
twenty-five years, 1T has not amounted annually
10 4'ooo,OOO in bushels. The importance of on,
nome market is strikingly illustrated by the fac,
'ha' The single State OF Massachusetts, in tho
Same PERIOD liol2,l consumed more flour than
was exported 10 all foreign countries. There has
long been much more dispute as to our trade with
ioieiSn powers than its importance, as compared
WIN The home trade, really deserved. General
JACKSON In his memorable letter to DIR. Coleman,
IN 1874 uses the following language :-"rake
rom agriculture, 100000 men, women and chill.
e", anu you VIII at once give market for more
oIoad-stuiis than all Europe now furnishes. -
rms proposition. then boldly made, STARTLING to
tue unre1iectin9 and contrary 10 received notions,
is creditable to the old mans penetration and sa
gacity In the highest degree. Its truth is fully
ana trIumphantly verified by the case of Massa-
chusetts-her 10000 people furnishing not only
as good market as ''all Europe now furnishes"
but better than all the world furnishes. While
massachusetts, promotes this enormous consump-
ton oil bread stuis, still but S., l66, or less than
one ninth OF the whole number engaged in man
uiactures and trades, reside within her borders.
Allow much OF this consumption TO be caused by
ns"ef'es' commerce, or as you please, and allow
'he manufacturers to consume one half as much
as the rest OF the States, and we at once perceive
the nome must no equal to five times the foreiyn
demand. Ii appears from the annual treasury re-
ports that our principal customers from abroad
are ISL. Ureat Britain and her possessions; 3D.
Brazil; Sd. Cuba; yet Massachusetts supplies
market doubly or trebly as good as the former
New Jersey purchases from other States tw ice as
much as Brazil; the whale fisheries, Ia sjnole
round OF supplies for the fleet exceeding 100, 600
barrels, while as much is consumed at home du-
ring their cruise) superior market to Cuba; and
nnaIiy, no other power or dominion on the face of
Inc globe, passing the three mentioned, consumes
one halt as much of our breadstuffs as the CITY of
PIttsburg. Senator Walker, in his speech on
the annexation of Texas, still further and more
iorcibiy illustrates the consumption of the home
and foreign markets. He said, by the census,
the aggregate production Of all branches of indus
Try In The United States is moro than 900 ,OOO,-
oOo, While our annual exports ere but one tenth
OF 'hat amount 'Our exports of domestic pro-
ducts, ne says, "by the treasury report of 1910,
to $I03, 53S. S96 deductipa which from
our whole products by the census of 1910. would
leave S959,69 O,S45 of our own products consum-
ed that year by our own population of I7,062.-
,13; and the consumption of our domestic pro-
iucis, SlO3 ,553,966, by the population of the
"orld-9OO,O 600 ,O00-would make an ayeraue
consumption OF $3.50 in value Of our products con- |
sumea ny each one OF our own people, and cts
ID value oil our products consumed on the average
ny each person beyond our limits and thus il
appears That one person within our limits con-
snmes as much OF our own products as 500 per-
sons beyond our limits. Times and Compiler.