Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-04-17


bushels, Bushels
ST. Petersburg, $4,000 Sieltin, 2,UO0,o00
Lieban, 2iO,uCu Meme, i,.as
Warsaw, 100000 Hamburg, 1904 900
Odesss, 100000 El,inore, 100000
Stockholm. s,Naa Palermo, 100000
ranzic. S,s2nOCu -
konigsherg, 52o,Geo T,h9,H2
The aggregate which could be supplied from
The continent is tbus pus down a: l1,79,7i2
bushels But lei US examine The data upon
which this statement is made, and We will ind, !
think, that il is greatly exaggerated. Let US take
up IN. places thus given, one by one. In all the
estimates. fer simplicity and ease, only take
wheat. But there are also large lmpor,a,cns OF
rye, barley, oats, beans, &c, imported from The
countries in question; but the same reasoning ap-
piled 20 wheat will apply 10 them.
Isl, 81. Peiersbprg. The Consul says: "Ihe
dislrc, OF ST. Petersburg does mol produce era IN
sufficient for lis own consumption, aud The uet.
cie6cy is supplied hom tie inland provinces
From this and other portions OF his answer, Il IS
evident The Consul IN his return for 81. Pelcrs-
burg, includes large district of country, portions
Of which, in all probability, are Included IN The
range o. other Consus' returns. lie Puls down
the quantity which could be exported 10 all ioregn
countries, not 10 England alone, al from i'o,ooo
10 10000 imperial quarters, 81 eient onsnels
each. 10 The table The mean CT lg2, 50o quarters.
or $40 900 bushels, is girer. ms quanH.g y, y
purely coniec,ufal, and is erisen,iy 100 high Inc
Consul gives the actual exports from isSe %
1899. and they are for The whole time b.3, ANY
enthusiastically average 1880, or oouo4o
bushels.
The entire quantity imported into England
from Inc whole Il Russia in 1910 wh'ch was a !,
year Of scarcity in England, when up~aLus "
nineteen millions Of bushels were in'rohes', was
2,li6,l04; and in 1911, when upwards OF t"cn'
IL enc millions were imported into hhs'ah"' ON.
796. 792 came rom Russia For me 'hree year,
ending 1913, III average import ln.o r.sia" !.
from the ,chol, Of Russia WAS Sol ,uo' pusheN' y
is therefore cvi, 'enl that the amount pu' GOWN '.
ST. Petersburg alone is much too hisn. 'hI,T
The Committee will agree with me 'Ga' one zoe ' nnI
lion Of bushels is high estimate. j. io o VIZ
more lhan The a yeraee expectation from 1851 U
1899 !,
Cd. Lietau. The consul says: "Shon'a ~
weather conlir,,e favorable during Inc hafVes
time, the quanlt les gathered for expoI! ron I've
ban and Vn1ai !, may come to me io,,owinS "a
,crt. saw 3OoGf quarters" OF 2loo0o cnshel'
Inc quantity civ Ell in he table. As 10 ne guam
,;,v 81 his grain which couli BE- exported 70 Eng
land The consul SAYS depends upon me us'Ia l.
and The price: The greatest part OF our iol'ns
supplies we're Sd ipped Oh 10 Holland eng 10 y:
interior of Rus ia" Again, he says; W,
thirty thousand quarters Of rye have uee:, 49,
which, ahc- b. ng ground in,o ne a.. :, i ~,
shipped 10 81. 'eersburs 1o.n 'a,s !,
babls that the xporis IRON Lisrau r, a.. M" How
in those OF ST. Petersburg and ao'.aao h ~ :,
ever, as desi ,e 10 make an esl,iia. =; -. :.
cavil, will la I've the amount a. 0'e''0 :
BILE ,.,,s-o
al Narsoy Il is evident, from Inc lc'.ers
Inc ccn.uls. ia at the same whesl u inc'"ee"
the returns fro n Dant.ic anc !" a'eo
nar,,;c ;s, the mouth OF, ard is The shifpil
a ~" -, " ;.,mi, mon which, in The in'eflr
Wsrsaw i ii mated. and which is no! naTieao
zen, in A boa,s In answer 10 The secol
onss,;,, ina consul al Warsaw saws; "7ae
sa ~ ,,,Is, rarr;ocf 10 Dant-ic. Prusslan ira
S r, du,y and charges on shipment, may be Ia
;" Hny, @nu .r,srn The consul at Dan'zc 50 J
TN aph;sff s,nnr, If grain from this port IS !
n,adnrsnrp oiandn lie puts the export al 3la,"
pouu ,sr. - form. hi. estimate upon he In;
years proceed Ing, during Wo'e" n.;ds;,h,. u
mani FOR E agand has osen - tr corn in This cou
, , - W " .ol ,JorJ had been accommodating I'M
ny anu ~ nreviors 10 1898, when the low az
=, 100 - D., lain were SO discouragins Tor Sd
, lases IN L pu !. therefore, greater chance
menui 'hsn .rssr average quantity being sh
sss na ~ onsnl at Warsaw estimates me
peu' fl in ne, mace a, SEQ Oo0 quarters w
POI. :; nom 'aa. b;nning por1. The wheaiifo,n
saw Is no. led 70 Dan.zic in falboats OF II
vie,aIy y sdi !, which alone is the Vis'u'a ma
construction .! 40 reasons take The estimate
one place only, 'nu i o. inferred from the i
n,snss., f anu a, al already quoted, probably
high. -. 4. .on.urs estimate
aIh. Cdesa. ! aisearding it. This give
zee no reason ioi stock off ,44o, COO bushels
The Russian pol,ss That even hi, es,imai
..p0s, ,s 70 s !. sssS. y hs fact thai