The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1876-01-29
FEEDING THE OLD WORLD
AMERICA AS THE FUTURE GREAT
SOURCE OF GRAIN AND MEAT
SUPPLY;

AMERICA AS THE FUTURE GREAT
| SOURCE OF GRAIN AND MEAT
SUPPLY.
| The news flashed across the cable of
the gradual exhaustion and probable
speedy collapse of the grain In South
ern Russia is in many respects one of
the NEST important features of the
day. Indeed, coming from any other
source less reliable than the London
Times it would be almost Incredible:
Southern Russia has long been the
chief source of grain supply to Central
Europe, and more particularly to
Great Britain, and in qualit, it is
second only to the products of the
United States. For long time past
the Russian grain trade has success
fully competed with that of the United
States for supremacy in the Euro
peah markets; but duting the last
few years the Exports from Odessa
hare gradually declined bot it is only
now that the eauses Of this deeline
have been made known. The United
States lost large proportion of the
AUACASH SAuAA tAd0C uuAuS tuC CiNh
war, but since then it has rapidly in
creased. But it has increased much
faster than the Russia trade. The
British imports of American What
now stand where the Russian importa-
ticns STOOD In the most prosperous year
before the .war. !,
The indications al point to tbs
United States as the chief source Of
supply for breadstuffs. OF course this
may not be Immediately apparent, but
the result is no less certain; and IT
Would be Well for 0iii. farmers to take
into consideration their future policy.
Is it prudent that they should exhaus ID
and destroy the soil as they move
grasshopper style-from worn out to ,
virgin soil? Or would it not be better
for them to adopt the more intelligent
policy Of maintaining the productive
hess IL The sBif ff3m tie eleffients
which nature has deposited beneath ial
for that very purpose ? IF the grangg
organization would take this matter up |
and Discuss it In "a common sense,
scientific riiafinet, It wotild confer ill
incalculable benefit on the country.
But it is not in grain alone that the
United States is destined to supply the
Old World nations The successful
cShsienneht Of BEEF meat to the Eng
fish markets indicates q rev shd. un.
outlet of products. There
is nothing that John Bul is SO proud
Of as s'the roast beef Of old England.
And the fact that he bought the Amer
IAN meat, and In the Holiday season
100. Is an endorsement Of its merits
hat eaihot BE fmpttotiased, It. Is said
hat Texas beef can be soidin Idiaeh
FOR 6 cents per pound. That price
admits of a handsome profit to the
parties concerned. The opening of a
new market like that Of England would
cad to important results by develop
ng stock-raising in Texas, and the ad-
accent states and territories: There
Gems to be absolutely fl6 1iMit " tile
productive capacity Of all that vast
'egion. For years to come it can be
lFPlied Is no Better purpose than cat
1e raising, and the only Henet h that
t has not longsince been turned to good
recount. Thus in all the essentials Of
ife-in cotton, wheat, cattle, oil, to-
'acco, and other products, the United
states stands alone, as the worlds
destined source of supply.-United
Mates Et5,iosntk. II