, 1880-10-07
THE WHEAT QUESTION.
What the English Are Saying
About It.
How Cheap Can American Wheat
10 Delivered in l;urope2


country ms tho price ut whIci, wlrat cnn In
grown III America Inns brnn discussed for many
years. II s not ton mich 10 assert that, II tho
capacities for c1t.Rn,wlng which nro brIng
claimed I'll behalf OF Tho United statea and Can.
ada nro rcn11y a. groat as bus bcch alleged, tho
ptfco Of land In Great britain w Mt once begin
10 tail: inibc, It Is r0 secret ihnt-ns II in nh-
tso!pNtaoh " what will i,o inne-thc rents Of
farms now coning Into the rnnrkct nro nearly
nll bctnR fixed Mt q REDUCED rate In comparison
With former figures. Aud Intelligent Sarn'crh
who nru studying tho spus of tho titnos with
anxiety nFu OF opinion that Within tho next tw0
years reduction of IL per cent will bo cstai-
llshcl throughout 0rent Ilrtnin; whlo II Dy
any chance tho harvest Of 1ks1 shUuld he greatly
below an avorase. rent reductions wit 10 still
moro pronounced. Without DESIRING to create
undue nlarnt. or In any why to ovcrstato
tho oaRe ns between tho figures Of for
tlgn md homo whcnt-ralstnE, 1t mny 10
confcsaed nG onco TINT tho Amcrlca'ls
tlo at present puascss advantages nter us IN MI
that IL esaenttAl To pstsiuGtton on KtHa!ltN ntld
consequently cheap neMlu: rents In Eintiy Of the
States Aro n01nlhAt wheu cslmpartd with rents III
fas'ar ii ths asoans ~ whIl@ lI sior II n kinds
II mtnln,tzcl y tho plum ,f contracting ~ welt
~ svnx "a nftos ! y Ts sn re- never
I,en! md Fell. ,bs opnon hill iiecDsnc general
tho British l,Irner was xUnt 10 Iu awn,t,pc by
Aulerlcnn chterprtsr, It bring broadly assertcd
TINT. az regards Ot'th whcRt At1d boef. AtnHrtcn
syItll.f slant with its t our tnHrke- pntes md be
nb]e tn ',nAcrsull US: III prt,Uf nf which u hhd
been pointed uilt thlt during tho last fwelvc
1lt1tltha VIC hah boon tt,llrbte1 to tho unlte,a
stntes for 0nn of ev0ry two l0hves ~e nto. ns
we'll ~ for q fGnlh fthrt Ut nitr butchcfn meMt
lltH continually increasing Bupp!ca Of
prtA!l1cI fCAchlnE our eh0reA frOu America
Arg su pOlntetl 10 HH additional proof, II that
weru wlntetl. nT tho productive resources OF tho
NrGAt country beyond tho 1EoAn. ~ such Gfr.
ruinsta1iees tho figures Of hcssfs. R1ad nnd pr!
GNt1tn ua a rellnf tO uut Mtnda when thay showed
that It was mt possible for Amer! leu to Er1w
wheat to bc sold ~ tho EnYli8h nHrkets at less
price than Abnnt ~ shtlinaa por QnNrter. II that
ahotiltl provo al tat Aitertcn caf1 u In tho wayH
Wticnt-ratsihH ltcn wOnlt begin to SEQ that there
IL ycl snfne hippo for 1rrnt britain. lnastnuch an
with tolernbiy favorable scnso,ls wheat might bp
nrod'lcpt At fomc ut auinethn1 Ike the sninc
tlEnTo with Hn1no rrUht to tho Etnwcr. III tho
very fnGc Of htssrs ltcnt A1lu PGIEs srepotts how
ever, VIC hAyo before uB the athtcElent or new
wiMe9r Anerlcan wheht being freely offered
ut hinrk Lnno Ct IL shllitn9s ., per 4M
lH'unns. which is O. Rn'i!lHgs ". pence
IcsH th,!t1 eh1 sm etntcd ~ MgSsrs, lteaa aiiIl
WilataH,son, tells us nlso TINT III his opinion.
-aud ho does nat Hpcnk raahlT. scutllH
that be hns studied tho whole question with
great cHre aud trfJN personal tsllserrAtlOn-
American tnrsnctH ptn sell thclr whrNt IN our
mnrkots at 81 shllllliYs per quarter, weight for
weight Will olir hntng- Er0"l Efaiu+ In gtIttsid-
crittE tho igurea ot Mrs5rs. tead Mnd Pei! ~ to