Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-04-09

ity or McCniloct may be relied on,
that wheat has been obtained from the
continent for series of years at rates
Ear below the ability OF the United
States to supply But we shall be
told the wheat is inferior TO ours Adj
init II, allow American whea, To he ~
cents per bushel better which is
great allowance, still the cost Of A.
mcrlcnn wheat IN the British market
will be Is cents per bushol above the
average of wheat from the continent.
The cheapest wheat will first enter IN
to consumption and mainly supply the
demand. In 1881 when the duty fell
10 one shilling and Great Britain I'M
ported 1892, 500 bushels of wheat,
she received comparatively but a small
portion of it from the United States.
Mr. Bloomfield has n remarkably hap
py why of quoting for effect He finds
that from l779 10 1919, a period of 40
years, wheat at Dnntzlc averaged Ass.
cd. Sterling per quarter. This en-
braces the wholeipcriod of Napolcon's
wars. Assuming freight to have been
rs cents per bushcl to London, he puts
the wheat down there ut $l,53 per
bushel, and adds rates that preclude
competition IN tins market meaning
the United States. He afterwards dis
covers that from 1922 10 1881, "A period
of profound peace the average at Dant-
zlc was ga cents per huSlIel and II is
strange that he should not have dis
covered, from the same authority, that
wheat from Dantzlc is from Is. to 9s.
more per quarter on an average than ut
Hamburger. This makes difference
of "a cents per bushel, making the
average price at Hamburger 20 i-2
cents, TO which we will add the cost
of freight 10 the United States, which
is confirmed byMrBoyd's statement, 25
cents per bushe, and we put the wheat
down here at 90 l-2 cents. Rates we
affirm that will essentially interfere
with our home products, in the absence
Of duty
The average of wheat nj Odessa, has
been 80 cents per bushel, or perhaps
something below that for several wears
with the exception Of this year, when
II has ranged higher in consequence OF
the supposed general deficiency, which
will be found is by no means as great
as has been apprehcndcd. To50 cents
per buShcl at Odessa, we will take Nh
Bloomhcld's price of freight 45 cents tc
the United States, md we put the
wheat down here at 05 cents per bush.
el
The London Farmers Magazine for
January, 1915, states that the last shlJ
chartered at Dantzic for England pre-
vious to the closing of the port by ice
took in n cargo of wheat at ~ cents
free on board, at freight of ~ cents
per bushcl. At Rostock Il good many
engagements had been made, at tho
same time, to ship wheat, at the frs
open water, at : 5 TO rs cents per bush
ei. free on board, with frclghts from !
to II cents per bushel. As TO guam
tity, the reports OF the consuls made Il
Parliament lS4l are conclusive. Great
Britain can rely OIL upward OF 21O,OW
quarters OF wheat, and nearly 1000,
900 quarters of rye, barley and oats
from the continent, with freightS av
ersging from 9 to IL cents per bushel
These facts dispel entirely the deiu
size idea Of supplying Great Britain
with American wheat. In this asser
ton we are sustained by the opinion
Mr. Jacobs, McCullock and Lord JOIN
Russell, and il farther evidence IS want
ing we will quote from speech de
r livered by Lord Ashburton, on III
, 18th Jan. 1876 Abiding TO grain h
5 says, But the supply must not be cN
r pecied from America; and we could IN
r have a better proof of tins than the fac
, that AT this moment American graz
could come through Canada, at du
% IL of 4 shillngs aud yet If the n
t turns were examined, It would b
- found that nine tenthS # the forclg
gram IN England was from the Baltic
! though the duty on gram from II
, shores was fifteen shlhngs a qnarte
, This was entirely owing 10 10 the lO'
p prIce oClabor m the North Of Europe.
If the ad valoreu principle was nov
p m operation, dependent on 4 forclg
r. valuation We hazard bat little IN be-
| licying that from an abundance {
oaths M our own custom houses, W
). could show that wheat on the cont
nent was selling ior less than 30 to 4
= cents pr busheL
q From 1906 ls3S the average pro
p Of wheat at New York and Phlade
e pima was 81 40 per busheI Al Bo'
p ton from l795 10 1894 the aycmg
s. was 81 20 Attic Bundywino mall
near Philadelphia from l7s5to Isl.