The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-01-14

but II IL our opinion that An export 81
I wholesale grain unde can never b,
successfully established here Without b
mill Interest 10 80 with and sustain
/ 70, II n well Known that the hesl
grades OF American wheat are nOl
shipped abroad,
fake the aggregate Of the wheat
crop Ia the United states for this yeal
at three hundred millions of bushels
allowing the usual amount per cupHo
for consumption at home, II leaves bul
/ lituo over ton per cent OF surplus lOl
export and that naturally Of the lower
grades mainly swlng wheat
FoRElGS NILS usglDw GRADE GRAIN
rhe mills in England and upon the
/ Continent ARE operated upon our cheap
| wheat for the sake OF a certain grade ol
| -four and the OtIal, and therefore We
can TO afford to ship our high grades OF
Texas winter wheat In competitor with
Northern shipping grades, To Illus
trate this proposition Suppose that
q grain dealer purGhases the entire
crop OF wheat IN Il grain loeality--TeX-
as, II you please-and ships II oil. lie
has 10 sell IL In competition with cheap
Ter wheat, which naturally affects the
value of his own, which contains Il
large proportion of milling wheat
which, in all parts Of the United
States, where II grain. business Is sought
TO ba done, IL first selected out and
sold to the lnillers at home, at its In
trinslc value, and the balance, without
being proportionately reduced in mar
ket value, Is shipped. away.
FIGURING MILLS A NECESSITY.
1t Is useless TO talk about establish.
ing successful grain business In Gal-
weston without first establishing mills.
Mills In successful operation here
would establish n regular market and
Justify higher quotations than could
be maintained 10y II shipping interest
alone, and thus attract consignments
of grain in this direction which could
be manipulated in the same way as ut
other ports.
AN EXPORT FLOUR TRADE
with Brazil would give us an advant-
aye over our great competitor, ST.
Louis, in the wheat trade, ms IL would
enable us to outbid her for the best
grades of wheat | have only TO cite
The Baltimore market as a proof Of
this proposition. Baltimore now hay
ing the bulk of the Brazilian flour
trade, pays more for certain grades of
wheat than can be given in any other
market
VALUE OF THE GRAIN TRADE.
When the grain trade of Galveston
shall have been established in all its
branches, il WM Cqudi tie cotton trddc
in udiue. Take mill with the capac-
ity of two hundred barrels per day, and
YOU have daily consumption of nine
hundred bushels Of wheat, or two hun
dred and seventy thousand bushels
per year. In selecting this amount
of milling wheat you would get as
much more that would pay better to
ship, making in all five hundred and
forty thousand bushels which, at one
dollar per bushel, would be nearly
equal to one hundred thousand bales
of cotton. Upon this basis Of calcula-
ton, which you will find correct, we
have only to take for example single
ST. Louis mill, that produces fifteen
hundred barrels Of flour per day, to
form some estimate Of what our grain
trade will be, properly handled.
CAN COMPETE WITH THE WEST.
The day is not far distant when we
shall he able to lay flour down in New
York in successful competition with
st. Louis. This proposition is self
evident and it is unnecessary to
elaborate it,
As to the anhydrous quality of our
Texas wheat, which prevents it from
souring in u Southern climate, | would
respectfully refer you to Senator's. Is.
Maxey's letter, published in the Gal
WESTON News, on that subject. Our
wheat then, possessing these qualities
in 80 high degree, will give us an adj
vantage over Baltimore in competing
for the Brazilian morket.
THE BRAZILIAN MARKET.
1t is fact not unknown to yourself,
Mr.. President, that n certain belt OF
country in Virginia, OF limited extent,
produces all the wheat that is ground
by the Gallego mills at Richmond, and
shipped to South America. This Rich
mond flour, made from this particular
quality of wheat, if my information Is
correct, is all absorbed by the market
of Brazil, and no wheat has yet been
produced, outside of Virginia, possess
ing these peculiar qualities, except,
perhaps, that Of Texas, and II IT does
in an equal degree, we want no better
thing to build us up rs q commercial
port. ra
ri Hoping that these suggestions, has
tily thrown together as they have been,
will be found to meet in some degree
the expectations Of the honorable body
that requested them, | am, sir, yours
III IN liz. nd firmly