New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-04
indian COMPETITION IN WHEAT
THOMAS II. DUDLEY oS TIE NEED or ENHANCING
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THOMAS II. DUDLEY OS TIE NEED or ENLAhdIN"
TnE HOME MARKET FOR BREADsTCFFs.
TRENTON, Feb. Sat its annual meeting to-
day the wJersoy state Board Of Agriculture "' al
dressed by its president, Thomas H. Dudley Formerly
United state, Consul at Liverpool. on the subject OF
Indas competition In the production OF wheat and the
consequent necessity OF creating home market for the
surplus product American farms. The price OF wheat
I'm England whittier Of the surplus he said
regulates the price here SO happens that the West
ern farmers getting this winter only about hfty cents
for wheat have nearly slOO.00ooo0 from the price
of the crop a year ago. Tho OF this decline Its
possible continuance. and the remedy for IT, II there be
one thus become important problems. Tho
cause seems largely 10 be found IN Indian competition
At any rate he said In 1879 the wheat exported FROM
Iuda amounted 10 05672O cwts In 1881 TO 7,44437o
evils IN 1852 TO 1901 O05 cwts while In 1883 Il
It amounted forty four millions OF bushels. more
than half the quantity shipped from the United States
TO England that year. or this amount 80 exported
from India England took In 1888 2oODs, ITO bushels
other European countries taking tho rest. IL quality
and yield Of -four this India wheat equal TO the best
grown Ia the United states Brltsh ihdla' win apopu
laton OF more than .5JnOoOOO has only about lu'OO
s re AS the state OF York that have mile
OF railroad in them and even when there are railroads
the charges transporting grain about four times
IA high "A hero. But this WIZ soon De al chahgeu.
England is taking steps TO bud ralIIoaIs apo enn uo
had for cents dav, making tho cost OF Guilt
walton In India less than IL can be reduced 10 here V
THIS continued Mr. i'unlc(' INV co""itI"n W
the grain business OF Indie today They are our com
petitors and have already put down the price. lilo
crisis upon and the question what can he done 10
meet IT, The Golden Club tells us We must put down
the price labor. We To reduce our labor 10
the standard labor in India. This cannot do, ana
II we could ought not long rs there Is any other
remedy There is another remedy that Is. to
create home market sufficient To consume our surplus
pruots herein the United states We have seen tha tho
AGRICULTURAL products which export outside OF cotton
aud TO eight cent or what we pro
duced The production OF commodities by our manulact
urer, last year amounted To about S7.OOOOOoOoo of
this amount only about $500 900 was exported the
re,t renalued M home for consumption. We imported
from of manufactured commodities about
si07 In value. supposing these were all con
sumed here; IL would then apper thHt OF the nhhu-
featured commodities consumed IN ths country last yc
than seven per cent imported Now II we will manufact
ure here country this seven per cent OF couno
dites which Import from ubrOad' thc people
I'm manufacturing them Will eat and consume
the whole of the eight per cent OF the surplus agricut
ura producs export. You would III this way ~
once create home market for all the surplus prouucsoi
the farmers our farmers would he no longer dependent
upon the market and prices here would De rsu
lated by tho supply and demand OF the nome larAet
ONLY All that required In for our Government 10 pass
surh laws will induce our own people 10 hahuactuo
what we now buy Of foreign nations.
The display cereals and fruits on ten long desks Oh
the Supreme Court was large anu varied anu IN
cluded almost nnunerabe varieties Inc morning was
occupied with reports from tho county societies. ana
ATTACHMENTS of remarkable results achieved py various
farmers In the last season. , ,..,..,,
Professor q. V. Riley United states EhtonloIosn|
elaborate insects liUlllous w
lion and an extended discussion cnsued OWING 10 III
ness 4 Governor Curtin, OF Pennsyvala coud not ~
pear 10 denver his annual address TINS evening "nu
rena raj discussion by the IN ombers took place.