, 1880-08-05
TIE GRAIN SUPPLY.
The Collapse Of Russian Compe.
tition.
The United Btatcs to Supply the Deficiencies
Of fAll Other Countries.

Of All Other Countries :
Under tho heading ot "Opr Foreign Wheat
Supply" tho London 0lobe says: "Tlat cotj.,
ISOLATION which, French philosopher. tells
s.as Ia To bo derived from Til, spectacle Of
others In misfortune, should b. afforded Just
now TO tha English farmer by the !il-luck at
tending agricultural operations In Russia,
country frnm whose competition he has SUI
fcred g0od deal III Times gone by. pfncti-
real. cause Of the depression Of fayuing in
States; but, IN Russia, not only Is tho farmer
confronted by the serious rivalry OF Amerlea,
10 which wa particularly destyo 10 eall attcn-
tlon, but Ito Inns 10 deal, with the corn-
beetle, tho locust, ahd, worse thau
NIL, tho certainty Of successive droughts.
Tho English farmer has Ills own
grievances In regard to the tenure Ut lind,
but no less do such grievances exist In
Russta, tie only difference bglng that, where.
us every Ill uf lIfu Is thorouEhIy ventilated
and obtains publicity IN THIS. country, the
authorities OF Russia sedulotsly endcavor "
senfSs Spn sssse Sss q ,s ss p ay yd 0zeF X 5 5
same time wo DO not wish itpto be inferred
that tho Russian Government deliberately
ignores the grieyatcGs q Kgssian farmers.
fo s W. wr!to thls H. MaRS ths Minister
roada Of .Ufa md Uren6urg, examining ppr7
Honally tho condition of tho peasants: while
Gen. Grclg, the, Minister OF Finance, Is
journeyng by rail To- Odessa to investigated
Stats Councillor. .hia1imoir, ,of the Depart1nenn
OF Public Domains, Is also traversinX Russia
with the object Of enforcing upon tho village
communities the neecssity q exchanging ti1c
eos e cen9 aI mor ~ npnanee, f
which nro annually Imported by thousands
from Belgium, Germany, anl! England.
Tho most terrifying cvIl of l!nssiaM farnt
Ing is American, ', Go'pettiGn' Te EnElilA 5ls
up corn for fruit and Vegetables, confident
tint le will find reniy salefor both; butin
Russia tho market for sucltproducu Is llnfti
ed, and us thu cattle disu,se-overywl,(r
sattle-breeding ~ unthanhfal pursuit lof!
the present, the Russian fm1nor must st4nd
or fill BY corn. And wheltrit is considered
TINT 20 GoO0 0oo, persons ofiboth sexes arc
Eaqosn Eey as'HfaSshs 'Hss G Il i sSSos fde that eg y
when taxntion is frIghtfnlly heavy and must
bo pal1 In cash, cash onlN|to By obtained by
tho Balo of corn to the foreigner, cannot bMt
yeats ago, when tho Russian gover,irnent
sent n Commissioner 10 tho United StateSto
invcst1gate the corn trade, he, reported that
I.ussin llAa nothing 10 fear from Tralsat-
ment @ of tlao inaSstslal &C classes: .by
the, establishment OF railways n1d manu-
factories would exhaust tho American STIR
plus. Figures, however, the very naxs year
began to tell agninst tho Commlssoner;, &, md sal
bushels 10 Xulcrica's 5s,o6o,oo0 bushsls, SIX
years later tho proportion wis III millions to
la0 millions, and tho following year there
was r. tic between tho two countries, sue.
eeeded IN 1877 by the colnploto defoat 9f Il
s,5 million bushels to tho o70 million bushels
sent abroad by the Yankees. Superflcla!ly
this WINS not actual decndence, since tho
quantity exported lust year BY Russia ,S!.; wls
hut practically It was a gigantic decline, for
III I613 the rolblo stood ut nearly two-nintlls,
while In 1871 1t was only worth onc..eleventi',
and Russia Ind consequently to dispntch n
tInfs tisat could rot have remaneFated her. to
mako Up Ill l,er payments for the deprccla-
tton Of. her currency It has been justly
pointed ont that Russia, in freeing Dulgurl0,
tSss traic. sineo n sho blockade of the puck Sea
q Of hassIan is corn cnubled the United States
to tako possession Of the vncant European
il the difference IL TIC export Of wheat from,
Russia In 1870 1nd 1870. LII tho f0rnor year
she sent l,brond twice rs much as Amerlcn,
in tho latter she only exported 89, ,00Q, 0W
bushels os compared with VII nc, @o. 600 bushels
pccted TINT, to prevent famine nt home, Ia
| Wow OF tito partial or general failure. Of tho
harvest, tho Russian government, Will partly
or completely prohibit tho dispatch ot wheat
Il It's eoe efoet Viii bo to to eive @ European wes
mnrket completelyto America, which. with
| her ynst surplus this year, mud her probably
largcr surplus next yenr! Wsll be ablc to gain
Scn 0 qRon taa trae tnt angis WI
! Of WHEAT abroad. The fact Of tho niattsr Is,
that not only 10 Anlerca likely to prove
= dangerous rival tb Russia abroad,
Is the grcat outlet; for Aonth Russian, corn
and Is only q few llours'I distance by steamer
from Poti, on the opposik coast OF tno Black
Seu+ Yet, during tho lust fow months, In
kee spseulators have landed American hbu1
| nt roti, and sold 1t cheaper III tho open mar.
ket at rltils than either Russian Hour or the
article grown in the CaucasuS.- =
Ti!e WON'T OF The me matttef ts. from Rnssla1 y
tho necessary tnproye.nerits In tho cor1i tr1de
Will, sufficient rapidly tq. tcnder q SUCCESS
fnl competition will. AnesIea possiolo. The
ease ulid cheapness with Which American
shipped to Europe, Is web Known, and, Il
though it ID believed thatf III course OF time
tllo rnilWay rates will risetbttli, worry shortly
vessels Of 4 thousand tons kill be a6lo to trii
verse tho Canadian lalscs aAa tt(ke aboard grail
at Chicago IL Russia, TIL 1.-The other fiand
not only hrC the means ut Communication
dear and bad ut the present moment, but tho1
cnnnot 30 extensively lmpsoyea for conald
cradle time to come. Tho 8outhern linea
consist only of ono set OF ttallAp with exceed
ingly inadeqMnto rollng-stoalz'' Nnd are con
trolfed. by Government atlcltals who have
no public opinion, competition, or my othel
healthy motive to sttNulas1' their activity
AZ m Instance Of tho badneBb2of conmunt
cAtiul, We s0mo tim0 ago ekliowcd In tdes{
columns that, owing to u break Of mile be
TWEEN tho Odessn Hallway terminus and tht
steamboat wllarf, tho eost,of transport II
wagons acras5 the gnp Is considerably NOR,
thantila ontlrg freight from OAeas1 10 Lon
ion.I III tic Instance just qnotgd OF tho dis
pulct OF Alnorlcan flour To tho Caucnsns, III
freight charges front New York to l'oti wer,
! less Ian tho regular expenses aircurrcd II
conveying lour by wagon ftnh, the tormlnu'
III Quhtlon TO tho quay, d mtlB bpyond. ri,
roads In Russia aro Kbalcrally bad, bu
no yorse than tllosaatttx, the Un!tet
States The Amorlenn aRElneNtf however
know that, II he can get iiA corn 4