Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-01

ProsnerfS for BreadsluTs.


wheat Is always equal to the denasd.
likely 10 be fally tested dsring the pres
cut year. Heretofore Eaglasd hss beeI
almost the Only fOOd importing eeustry
AMI all supplies have teadcd 10 that nAr
kci. But while thit has bees the case
the resources Of the wheat producing ecun
tries have been taxed To tAeir utmost "a
sauply Ihs de.and. laast year Greal
Britain required 100. 000. 600 bushels Of
wheat, and the whole weird vas drained
TO supply this descisncy, and all the avail.
able shipping called into requisiticn 20
transport II. Ths current requirements
ofthe present year are admitted TO be very
little IL any less than those Of last year,
while il is said France will requae ''an
unprecedented large supply of foreign
wheat" also. He: deficiency is estiuaa-
ted at frsm $4,000, 900 to 1000, 200
bushels. Probably go. 900. 900 would be
a fair calculation, as the requirements Of
that country this year" This, the Daily
Bulletin says, ''is nearly equal to the or
binary deficiency of England" Ii is also
said that ''other Costinental deficiencies
are estimated at about $4,000, 900. max
ing total required European demand
his year of PIG. 600, 00e bushels, or twice
the requirements of last year." "After
making all reasonable deductions" il is
SAID, Europe will require at least 200,-
600, 600 bushels of wheat this year As
to where these enormous supplies are to
come from, the Bulletin does not try 10
point out, but saws sit is very evident
they arc not now lin sight, and cannot be
relied on in the present emergency" If
sufficient supply is found, it will co.6rm
the theory of the British ccosonist THAT
the worlds supply of breadstutfs is always
equal to the demand. But this involves
a draining of the SURPRISES Of the whole
world to an extent never before attempted,
and which could only be possible at the
preseat time" And even then, ''all the
rolling stock of all the railroads in the
world, and all the inland and ocean ton
mage Of the nations, will be required TO
move and distribute the prodigious guam
tity of grain" required. So 1t is said
elf there is too much wheat in the world,
this is good time to establish the fact,
and if any people have more breadstuffs
than they require, they can now make
money by sending to market"
The principal reason for this enormous
demand for breadstuffs in Europe are the
great deficiency in Great Britain and
France, as above shown, with consider
able falling off in less important countries
the partial failure and great deficiency in
the rye crop, with very probable shsrt
short crop Of Indian corn, which renders
cecessary large increase in the use OF
wheat for bread. There are also reports
that "the potato disease is spreading rap.
idly" in England. 1t also appears that
during the past few years there has bcen
a large increase in the consumption of
wheat bread in Europe. The two princi-
pal reasons given for this increase are the
higher wages paid the laboring classes in
Great Britain. which gives them more
money to buy with, and general results of
the recent war with France in Germany. |
The two countries which are mainly re-
lied on tosupply the great deficiency above
described, are Russia and the United
States. 1t is still too early to speak with
any certainty Of the Russian harvest so
we only say now that some complaints In
regard to the wheat and rye crops in some
parts OF Russia have been seen. but suffi .
cient information has net yet been obtain.
ed to indicate general results.
The general indications now point to an
abundant crep Of wheat 10 the United
ties; still there are reasons for expect.
hg that the final results of sales and ship.
ments will fall short of present expecta-
items. The largest surplus seems to be of
spring wheat in the Northwest and winter
wheat in California. The strongest evil
dence of the largo surplus Of spring
wheat is the heavy receipts at Chicago,
Milwaukee aud other lake ports. But
this may be in no small part due to the
fine weather for threshing and marketing
the crop, the comparatively good prices
which it brings, and the urgent need Of
most farmers in the newer states for mon
ey. AS to California, not only is there
large falling off reported in the receipts
and shipments, but it appears to be con-
ceeded that there must be largo falling
Oft In the surplus, as compared with that
of last year. In the Atlantic States,
winter wheat is very moderate crop
less. there cannot be doubt, than an aver !
age; but this seems to have little infu.
ence on the markets, as yet, owing to the
very large supply and fine quality of
spring wheat.