The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-23

AS recently ~ lVtb1 Y Sain eeS 49, =.
amounted to but All ,5SS pounds. Las'
year they reached the enormous aggregate
Of l07,36l, 666 pounds. 1fthis were load,
ed on drays, each carrying. one ton, and
occupying eight yards, the line would e1'
tend IA miles, or . greater distance thail
from Washington 70 to New York. III the
shipment were regular during every secu'
lar day in the year the daily movement e
the wharves for shipment would exceed
The quantity Of milk used in'the produc
t;on q, l07, OO6, 900 pounds OF cheese may
im computed by,those having leisure and
sufficient agricultural knowledge. Nine,
tenths OF this vast amount finds marke
in Great Britain, which formerly stood
nre.eminent in the reputation OF her dat
~ products. h Our dairymen have succeed
cd In Initiating the size, general appear
ance, and even the flavor Of the English
production so closely, that being able tc
sell at a much lower price, they have actu
ally beaten the Englishman on his OWE
ground. h New York State, by the way
deserves the major part Of the credit iol
this triumph, oyerseyenty per cent Of tnt
cheese manufactured in this country being
the product OF her factories. In Germany
demand for American cheese has alsC
sprnng up, but il has been too recent e
permit OF the presentation lof the result'
accomplished. g.aIag.2l .yi.ci " =
on he subject Of breadstutls there is nc
need to enlargelhere. Every child knows
that this country has been for some time
the granary OF the world. Nor will the
ordinary, newspaper reader, require TO be
informed that American fresh meat and
mutton, both slaughtered and on the hooi
have, within o comparatively short time
TO quote an English newspaper, deprived
the English farmer %. his last resource,
bis stalwart ox,ppr and made the national
roast beef "a common thing in many Q
British household where IT. was rarity
beiore.- 81. lG n1gl "a! obs ~, "a
Our refrigerator tonnage, which was J. PVT
8. 900 tons in 1870, is now 5000 tons. This
covers oysters, butter, fruits, eggs, canned
Goods. and a thousand and one other per
ishable articles Of food, the export trsde
OF which 10 increasing enormously from
year TO year.i II this thing keeps on,it
will not Be long before America 10 the put
cher,s shop, and grocery storeas well % the
granary and mandatory OF the world, ],
Z What will be- thought Of the United
States shipping plum pudding TO England,
potatoes 10 Ireland, oatmeal to Scotland,
toys to Nuremberg, and lager beer to Ger
many, Yet such are the facts, and they
are no more stonishing than the now thrice
told tale OF the regular and profitable sale
Of American, cotton goods in Manchester,
and American cutlery and, hardware in
Birminghaul.qIt .lsl gnis tfF--IE uiI
The business OF making and can ming
plum pudding foriexport Is regularly, car
RED on at Dover, Del, and elsewhere
The trade is not q new one, and exports
are regularly made, TO England 4 Phila'
delphia firm sell large quantities OF mince-
meat in the same country. 'n.lxl
Steamer agents say that potatoes to Ire
land are the commonwealth in the world,
and the business OF shipping them has
been OF long duration. ',iI ..tl ~, UH-
On April % the Devonia topk HOO bag
OF oatmeal to Glasgow, from which ~
must not be inferred. that this Is by any
means an isolated instance, but the tirst
one the writer happened upon In his
search for an example. "a, ,pte.g,i
Tho export trade in toys which amount
cd last year TO over 81 900 900, began some
| 1--WE or six years, ago through some presents
sent abroad, Now nearly every steamer
carries large quantities. The principle ar
ticles OF export are the mechanical OF
O'clock work" and the steam toys, but there
arc also large shipments Of tin and wood
an TOYS. most OF which class were former
| ly exported from England or Germany,
Wood Is much cheaperlin America than In
Eurone. and machines work faster than
hands. ili .if. ,lt-E 2
ported and only the finer French and. Aus
trian work for show pieces in windows
American ingenuity has also multiplied
the varieties OF mechanical toys, and the
American manufacturers OF the clock mech
anism have met oil overtures for the pur
chase Of the detached works BY European
dealers by demanding prices which are
practically prohibitory. -l7ug, llil'
In, May last q firm Of German borewerf
sent cask OF American lager beer tc
Count Bismarck, and in due time received
a letter from him through the German
consul thanking them: Since tho recep..
tion OF the letter the firm have received
several orders from German houses for
samples OF lager beer, and the head oil
tho arm has sailed for Europe to make or.
rangemcnts for its regular export.
The Englishman has long had American
turkeys regularly at Christmas, and he
likes them. In January last famous
English house sent on agent TO this coun-
try with orders to ship regularly every
week fifty barrels -of'the finest quail,
prairie hens, grouse, wood.cock, wild tur-
KEYS, canyas.back ducks, and other Amer
lean game that he could procure. The en-
terprise has proved great success Bufta.
10 and antelope meat, venison and salmon
are also among the innunerable articles
Of food sent outfrom this country, notonly
to England, but to nearly every other civ.
ilized nation. 49,,
iiIt' would DO objectionable to close this
paragraph, incomplete as 1t necessarily Is,
without a mention OF the fact that Boston
company are turning out s, 600 cans, equal
to "a 900 pounds, Of baked beans and cod
fish balls daily, and that II finds o large
demand for both shecialties in England
France, West Indies and South, America.
Room Is lacking to pursue the subject TO
the extent Il deserves, but there are nu.
merous points in the American export
trade that must be both novel and curious
10 the general reader. Take tho item OF
collins. for instance. Collins and caskets
In the latest styles have long been among
The regular articles Of shipment abroad,
and they command q large sale among the
subjects o. the effete monafchies. "A ware
house containing 1000 OF American make
was recently opened in London. Think
OF exporting hoop.skirts at this late date;
Twanty.two dollars worth went abroad
''i Berlin has sent large order for corsets
to Worcester, Mass, and another for Amer
lean silk To Rockville, Conn. viii any
ono question the good taste Of tho German
ladies' after that? wv. ~
Essex, Mass, exports steel pens to En-
An American Arm have made com.
plete outfit Of locks for the new Imperial
Postotiicei In Bremen, where the American
system OF lock.boxes has been introduced.
Two cargoes Of American coal were re-
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