The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-09-07
stnIistics OF WIIeat.

The New York Courier and Enquire,
having stated in "a recent article that the
Great West would find no market for its sur.
plus wheat, and argued thence the necessity
OF an increase in the tariff rates on foreign
goods generally, in order to create q home
market, the Pittsburg Post has prepared the
following statistics from an article in the
New York Herald:
The wheat crop Of the United States this
year, is estimated at 200, ,OOO, 900 bushels
mainly ofvery good quality. The consump.
tion Of the United States is set down at 1875,
100000 bushels. II may be rather more
than this we are inclined to think that tbi.
season it will be nearer l35, ,O00, 900. If the
latter figure be correct, the country will have
a surplus of $4,000 900 bushels, of which
over half will be available 70. export, the
balance remaining on hand, as usual, to pro.
vide against emergencies, for seed, &c. .r
On the other hand, there are several coun.
tries that produce less wheat than is reuuired
for the consumption oftheir people, and who
depend upon the United States to max. ur
the deficiency. Such are - ...s... -..
l.. The British possessions in America, in.
cluding the British West Indies, which NAV
be relied upon to take about $500 600 bush
els either in the shape Of grain or -four.
2. Brazil and the rest of South America
which will take 5000 900 10 1000 900 bush.
els.
8. Spain and other Mediterranean coun.
tries, Australia, China, French West Indies,
Cuba, &c., which always take more or less
grain, and which may be put down ss con.
sumers o. 100000 bushels.
4. Great Britain. The average product
of wheat in Great Britain, in good seasons,
falls short oi the average consumption about
40,000.O00 bushels, which are supplied by
the United States, France, Russia, Egypt,
and the Baltic countries. The proportion in
which this amount is supplied by these vari.
Gus countries depends upon the quality OF the
crops in each. Some years the United States
supplied hall the whole quantity : in other
years, again, the proportion sent by this
country is less than third. For the past
two years France has been the largest ex
porter Of wheat and -four to England. The
French harvests have been unusually boun.
tiful. the surplus large, and the quality of the
French flour exceeding y fine, while the
proximity OF the two countries has given the
Fren ch marked advantage over their more
distant rivals. The sma Hest, export of wheat
from this country to England, since l843,
was in 1878, when we only shipped about
81 800 900 worth we have shipped over
$50 900, 900. OF the amount of wheat grown
in England this year, and of the amount
which can be furnished by France and Rus.
sio, it is yet too soon to speak. Judging from
the reports which have appeared in the pa.
pers, and from the private information which
we have been able to obtuin, il appears that
the British crop will be barely On average, if
an average, and that the quality of the grain
is poorer than last year ; while the crop in
France seems 20 be decidedly below an av-
erage OF the South Russia crop, the only
thing that has been heard is, that some weeks
ago the fields were reported to be sufferiDg
severely from want OF rain.
From the above facts the reader can form
his own opinion as to the prospect of the
trade in wheat this fall. II the failure OF the
French crop has been SO general as to throw
the business which they had lls. year into
our hands, it is probable that a consideru5le lie
rise will take place in wheat. Ii Englaud
takes 100000 worth from us, the whole
OF our available surplus will go abroad as
fast as it reaches the seaboard, and prices
will be maintained, or nearly SO. Under any
the above facts show that it is
as preposterous 10 complain that the West
has no market for her grain, as it is to pre-
tend that the farmers will dispense this win.
ter with Dry goods, groceries, and tools, in
order to hold it back.