The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-16
Statistics of the Grain Trade.

Germany has followed the lead OF
England, and has changed from
grain exporting to grain importing
country, 80 that some political econo-
mists begin to feel alarmed at her flu
ture. An article in the Deutsche
Revue gives the following interesting
figures. Great Britain passed through
Germany's present experience exactly
one hundred years ago. While from
100 to ITO the annual expectation OF
grain from England exceeded the Inn
portation by Al, 900 tons-the excess of
expectation over importation being
%, 900 tons annually from 176O to ITO
There was an annual excess of imports
over exports Of $500 tons from ITO to
1850, which at the close of the eight
zenith century reached 100000 tons,
and has in the last four decades grown
to respectively COG, 900, 100, 900, ,7OO,-
600. and $500, 900 tons annually. since
1851 the expectation of wheat from
England has ceased altogether. ~.
In France the importation of wheat
has been larger than the expectation
since 1880; only between 1850 and 1850
they were nearly equal, an excess OF
imports of only 03 per cent, being re-
ported. Germany from 1910 to 1850
exported annually 1906, 600 bushels OF
wheat more than were imported, from
| 1860 to 1870 the exports exceeded the
imports by &, 666,000 bushels annually,
while since 1871 there were imported
per year 100000 bushels more than
were exported. The importation OF
rye. the grain chiefly raised I'm Ger
many. has exceeded the expectation
since iS4O. From 1910 to 1850 the an
| nual excess of importation was 20, DOC
bushels: from 1850 to 1860, bushels 81
5OO. 600: from 1860 to 1870, bushels 6, ;.
| 3OO.OOO. from 1871 to 1876, bushels 20,
100000. An excess of the annual ex-
portation of barley over the importa.
ton OF 1,33O,0OO, 1900, 900, &c., 0C
bushels respectively in the three de.
cades from 1910 to 1870, has changed
into an excess of imports annually o
s. 1913 900 bushels since 1871. Oats also
have been exported from 1910 to 1870
while from 1871 to 1879 the annual i'm
ports have exceeded the exports by
1000, 900 bushels. a, .ll,,H. -fr
While the price of wheat in Eng
land was from 1921 to 1910 O hundred
per cent. higher than In Germany
this difference has dwindled down
through q small falling off Of prices II
England and very great rise In Ger
many. to four per cent. The imp0r
tation of German wheat to England
has consequently decreased from a
per cent. In 1880 to 81, n, IS and .. pc
cent. I'm the last decade, while the I'm
, portation of American grain has II
proportIon increased from 1913 re
cent. to 23, 26.3 85.2 and 47.3per cent
Not only In regard W the imports
ton of grain has great change takel
: place I'm Europe, but also in referenc
To other products, Australia sends he
Wool and depresses the production Q
Europe; Russian alcohol crowds tha
produced in other countries out OF III
|. market. and, American beef and porl
will shortly c6mpete heavily, VII
meat raised in Europe. 'sn,5F,. ~
With this hope before us. OF pecoIn
ing In the near future the granary {
Europe, and OF finding there read
| market for the beef and pork whic
J we ourselves can. spare. we have q
reason to. expect renewed PE9sPer4
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rata FourtRlof iJasy icele6fs5taon .
, Japan, the American flag was cheere
I'm six different languages.