The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09

Moved and seconded, that the proceedings
of this convention be published in the Hen
derson Democrat, Glencoe Register, Mime
sofa Statesman and the PIONEER AND Dem.
OCRAT.
M. R. WILCOX, Chairman.
W. W RossMAN, Secretary.
The Wheat Crop of 1s59--The Pros
poets for a Foreign Market.
From the N. Y. Herald.
The wheat crop of the United States this
year is estimated at 2OO,OOO,OOO bushels,
mainly of very good quality. The con-
sumption Of the United States is set down
at 125,0O0,O0O bushels. 1t may be rather
more than this we are inclined to think
this season it will be nearer 135,OOO,OOO.
If the larger figure be correct, the country
will have surplus of 65,OOO,OOO bushels,
of which over half will be available for ex-
port, the balance remaining on hand, as
usual, to provide against emergencies, for
seed, &c.
On the other hand, there are several
countries which produce less wheat than is
required for the consumption of their peo-
pie, and who depend upon the United States
to make up the deficiency. Such are
l. The British possessions in America,
including the British West Indies, which
may be relied upon to take about 100000
bushels, either in the shape of grain or -four.
2. Brazil and the rest of South America,
which will take 100000 to 100000
bushels.
3. Spain and other Mediterranean coun-
rries, Australia, China, French West Indies,
Cuba, &C., which always take more or less
grain, and which may be put down as con-
sumers of 100000 bushels.
4. Great Britain. The average product
of wheat in Great Britain in good seasons
falls short of thu average consumption
about 46,0O0,000 bushels, which are suppi-
ed by the United States, France, Russia,
Egypt, and the Baltic countries. The pro-
portion in which this amount is supplied by
these various countries depends on the quail
ity of the crops in each. Some years the
United States supplies half the whole guam
tity; in other years, again, the proportion
sent by this country is less than third.
For the past two years France has been the
largest exporter of wheat and flour to Eng
land.
The Fresch harvests have been unusually
bountiful, the surplus large, and the quality
of the French -four exceedingly fine, while
the proximity of the countries has given the
French marked advantage over more dis
tant rivals. The smallest export of wheat
and flour from this country to England since
l843, was in 1873, when we only shipped
about $ll 100000 worth we have shipped
over $2O,000,OOO. OF the amount of wheat
grown in England this year, and of the
amount which can be furnished by France
and Russia, it is yet too soon to speak.
Judging from the reports which have ap-
peared in the papers, and from the private
information we have been able to obtain, it
appears that the British crop will be barely
an average, and that the quality of the
grain is poorer than last year while the
crop in France seems to be decidedly below
an average; of the South Russia crop, the
only thing that has been heard, is, that some
weeks ago the fields were reported to be
suffering 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 If the failure
of the French crop has been so general as
to throw the business which they had last
year into our hands, it is probable that a
considerable rise will take place in wheat.
If England takes $20,OOO,OOO worth from
us, the whole of our available surplus will
60 abroad as fast as it reaches the seabord,
and prices will be maintained, or nearly so.
Under anV circumstances the above facts
show that it is as preposterous to complain
that the West has no market for her grain,
as it is to pretend that the farmers will dis
pense with dry goods, groceries, and tools
in order to hold it back.
There are English orders in town for
white wheat, which are limited to about as,
or say $1.05 to $l.lO bushel that quail
ity of grain is now held here at $l.30 to
$l.40. AS the season advances, and the
enormous stock now stored at the British
seaports is disposed of, it is likely that the
British dealers will bid higher; while, on the
other hand, the increased supply here will
probably induce holders to relax their views.
Thus, by the end of September, as usual,
buyers and sellers will be ready to meet
each other, and the export will begin. By
that time more will be known of the actual
product of grain in France and England,
and something like reliable estimate of the
probable export may be formed.
The Washington Constitution says " the
rumors which have been SO freely circulated
by portion of the press about the retire