The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-04-02

ID As 70 Rotterdam, the consul states that her ex-
ports are the produce of northern EuTope ware
housed in Holland. The export of those countries
has already been estimated. The consul states that
the wheat grown In Holland sis not Of "A Quality
adapted to the English market"
ID As TO Antwerp, the consul states what we all
know, that Belgium raises no grain for export He
says: THE expectation OF wheat and rye is at
present, august, ls4O) prohibited and with an
susmenting population, the quantity Of land euluVa-
ted IN fax bee-root and ehiekory, which Is nereas
ing, has so diminished the growth Of corn that there
is deficiency Of produce" The prohibition Of the
export Of grain from Belgium stil continues. As to
"he other places spoken OF, 1t is impossible to say
anything Of them until they are named. II is be-
eyed that the whole circuit OF the corn trade in Eu
rope Is included 10 the table presented, If indeed
the same countries are not somstmes incladed more
than once.
The estimate, even IN the table | present. ia my
opinion is too high made 30 by my TOO liberal
cessions But at all events IL il not too low. This
may be tested by criterion which ID pretty coneu-
slye The three haryests preceding the last both in
England and on the continent have been very favor
able. In England so much so, thai their imports Of
breadstuhs have been comparatively light The eli
mate Is such IN the north Of Europe, and the gram
there grown is OF kind which in their climate will
bear storage for several years When. therefore,
the seasons are favorable and the demand small the
merchants arc in the habit of storing il 10 a very
large extent, very often 10 the amount Of many mil
lions Of quarters The official returns Of imports
into England, in our library, do not come down
later than 1912. But in a paper said To ba written
by the gentleman from Massachusetts, Mr. Hup-
SON, they stated for l643 and 1874 | find
statements Of statistics in mere party productions 80
constantly inaccurate that always them with dis
trust But IN this instance and them 10 correspond
very nearly with those made last June by Sir Jas.
Graham, the Homo Secretary, in the debate upon
the repeal OF the corn laws, and preaume they may
be relied on. In ls43 the Imports were 7, l53 232
bushels. In 1874 they were 6,556, l5s In l545
they are supposed to have been somewhat larger.
IL, therefore, the surplus produced in Europe OK.
ceeded these amounts to any considerable extent,
there would have been a large accumulation in the
gram marts. But so far from this being the case,
when the late unfavorabe harvest happened, the
statements were universal that the stock hand ~
England and upon the continent was never known
TO be 20 hight So much 80, that several Of the gov
emments have prohibited exports Of grain. As an
other proof that the surplus did not exceed the
port to England may refer to the fact that during
the lime the average price of wheat the continent,
without freight and charges TO England, was ASS.
per quarter, or allowing for exchange, about 81 42
per bushel. Thus price, which is higher than the
general average, is inconsistent with the idea Of an
accumulated surplus. think, therefore, that am
safe in saying that the surplus the continent in
series OF years will not exceed from six TO eight
millions Of bushels, unless there is largely in
creased production there. Is this probable Here,
again, shall resort freely to the information fur.
I nlshed in the returns of the British consus.
| LIST, as to Russia. The consus state that an in.
creased supply is to be looked for and the rea
sons gwen for the opinions are conclusive The
one from ST. Petersburg writes that
The district Of St Petersburg doe, produce grain
sufficient for its consumption, and the deficiency is
supplied from the inland provinces"
! The one from Riga says
The rapid increase OF manufactures in this country ha.
Withdrawn many hands from tillsgs. which thiny
populated country like Russia must operate against any
To have 70 the araet PRODUCTION Of coma %
this country for some past although this deficiency
yearly aud cultivated in Russia, and especially
IN th. province and the sssso,,ns one, Of Ehoni,
that always finds ready sale in the Rga market
nerng prices which also tends eountersct any great
added the Yearly extending esahlishmens Of bestToot
sugar rehnere and cultivation Of beet root more psrticu
larly in the internal provinces OF the empire
But the most conclusive reason is given by the
consul at Odessa
There would be material increase and certainly not
short space OF time because in Podolia and Kisvy
quantity possible Of grain at all times produced without
regard price and demand in consequence Of capital being
invested in slave labor which not otherwise to be
ployed Cd Because the plains called steppes adjacent
to the Black and AZoph hiny popuaed that in
the for 81
steppes crops are exceedingly Preearous by reason Of
winds which carry of the seed from this dusty soil of the
early thsws and subsequent Goss, without 4th
is
der the present circumstances of The country bth Be-
distances great and communications unaided by
art there being roads aud the rivers being unnavigab
9th Because the landholders impoverished and
OF them indebted to the crown and the working classes
progressive improvements to be expected in Russia
until great organic changes brought about long
antioommcrca policy Very high prices may indeed
at times greater expectation not by increase of produc
ton, but by extending the circle OF supply"
All the authentic accounts of Russia and Poland
which are included together, agree with those
present. As to the mode and difficulty of naviga-
ting the rivers, present the following account of
the trade of DaHtzc:
The largest supplies of grain imported into Brit,
brought the interior the river vi.tuls Bug &c
in haboas of the rudss construction open to the effects
passage which lasts several weeks and even months the
sproutiag OF the wheat the top forms thick and
that constitutes tolerable covering for the bulk The
boats carry from $50 to 200 quarters LAO to 600 bushe
of wheat; navigated by six or seven men with small
boat ahead find the shifting shoals broken
up and the materials sold at Dantzc. The wheat al bat
the grown surace thrown out upon the fields and dried
and then stored in warehouses; the whole Of which
capable holding 900 quarters 900 bushslsl The
average of the inland freight including waste Is Cd
quarter equal cents bushe The expense OF dry
Ing cleaning and warehousing at Dantzc, is 2s more or
six cents per busheL"
This is the manner in which the trade is carried
on in one great grain mart let us see how 1t is in the
other. Mr.. Plat in his history of the corn-laws
says:
The growing countries the southeast of Europe
the countries Bordering the Black export their
produce by the DON the Dieper, the Dnester and the
Danube by land carriage to Odessa for shipment for.
egn counties; and that port stands in the same relation
the south Of Europe Dantzc does to the rhern part
The principal supply however brought to the town In
carts drawn by from distances Varying from
hundred miles The voyage to England is long and
there is great risk Of the grain rong and the expense Of
importing amounts to l1s or L. or even aos e quarter or
which transported to Odessa, shows the physical
iey to the most timid agrcuhurist"
|, Each IF theae carts dra bv fwn nren m MI