The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-03-19

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ced II in a position among agreulura
products, which, until laiierly. few uouI,
have thoughtof claiming for j.. Bu.
IS apparent that hereafter 1t must be luok
ed upon as one Of our great staples, an,
IN degree corresponding to lis apprfri
alton abroad, will its culture be lcgarde,
viii interest at home.
PeIhdps no country on the face OF The
earth can vie, in The production Of rorp.
with t'iS, and no portion of oar ,a,l do.
main Il so well adapted TO lis culture a.
the Valley Of HE Mississippi. With on,
farmers, from one extremity of the Ian,
10 The o'her, it has ever rnga5 d share
OF attention.; yet beyond supplying the
demand for domestic purposes, i, ha,
hitherto been looked upon as almos. ya.
iue'css, and. particularly in the West
large crops have annually been permitted
10 90 TO waste, or have been disposed OF
~ manner inconsistent with economy
Now, however, Tia. we have found q
market Tor our surplus, the facility will
winch The article is reared must have tie
effect to increase lis production, at the
same llme that growers adopt more ap
proved means Of gathering and taking
care OF their crops.
10 Tie snilrring millions of Europe,
The introduction Of cora must be looked
upon as an advent Of the ulmos, imp1,,.
ance; and the discerning few who saw
lis fitness and advocated It's employneol
as substitute Tor other larinaceons sub.
stances, and laborcl hard, and success.
iuiiy, TO overcome the prejudices Of the
people against il deserve 10 be rararlsg
as ipremo5. among the benefac,5rs Of
mankind. A! first, looked upon with
loa'h'ng, II soon became tolerated, and
speedily a lavori.e article Of diet. And
indeed, It's price in European markets,
iaiIsrly, would almost seem TO eyiaco a
preference for il over wheat, and TO jpLi.
cate an insufficient dirarenc, in cos,
(resnrding lis Introduction as relirl
measure,) between the two articles. Bo,
this fact is without weight, when we rp.
collect that the quantity introduced has
as yet, been small when compared viii,
that of its fellow staple. The hirh rates
OF freight, too, have kept the article far
above what, under other circumstances
|! could have been afforded a, to the con.
sumer, while al the same time these rates
have operated against the producer BIZ
REFRESHING exportalion An amelioralioo
IN this respect, would be the signal for
large shipments, and would stimulate 10
increased production.
The capabilly Of the West 10 sunrly
the foreign demand, to whatever eyten,
1t may spring up, may be inferred from
the TACT, that without any increased eiI,rl
al production, basel on an expected in.
crease Ia demand, tie receipts of 1915
this port amounted to 6as 6ii bcshsls
against los 600 bushels the gear preyi.
Gus. In great measure this excess
must be looked upon az an usual surplus.
which, IN this instance, had not foreign
demand sprung up, would never have
found market.
Previous 10 last year. the exports Of
corn 10 Europe were comparatively light
From New Orleans to all foreign ports
during ls45, they only reached 92 600
bushels; bat in 1916, under the demand
created by the cry of want in Europe
whether that cry was before ",he wolr'
had appeared or not, they reached 5gs,.
635 bushels, or nearly six fold. And
this is not attributable 10 a more abun.
dant crop, but to the increased c,reipr
demand, which induced our farmers ,o
look about them, gather in their surplus
supplies, and send them to market.
The annual receipts of corn at New
Orleans, for the nine years previou, to
1915 were remarkably regular, ranging
from 100000 SKIS, in 1896 I, to 800 o6i
SKIS, in lSif'5, and not till Is45 g ris.
ing beyond 421559, which was the n.
mount of the receipts in 1912 3. Ia
1914 . they reached l,lGG,l20 SKIS.
In connection with this subject there
IS question which presents itself, rraugb,I
with much interest, alike to the specua. /
tor and the agr,cuIuralis,. VIII the IRE. |
sent high rates, or figures approximalinr
to them, be sustained! This question. |
as il affects the farmer, Is
worthy oiSerious attention. That figures
wlll rale high until the crop Of last year
IS exhausted, we think probable. The
corn region wa!ered by the Ohio and lis
tributaries has been, SO lar as we can
learn pretty well drained Of supplies du.
ring the winter. Facilities for MAKING
shipments have been ample, and market
prices lair, am! as a consequence, stocks
nave generally gone forward. From
ma! quarter then, if our information be
correct, there is little prospect of cause
OF decline. From The regions watered bv
tho Mississippi the Missouri, and the
tributaries oi these streams, shipments
during The past year, as The aggregate re.
celpls show, were larger. II is true,
however, that much Of the corn thus bro'i
10 market was Of the crop Of the prcco-
DING year. and that low water, and low