The morning news., 1889-05-21
EUROPE AS OUR MARKET.
STATIS- los OF THE AGRICUL-
TURAL DEPARTMENT..

from US Only o5,oOo,ooo Bushels
Russia Produces More Rye Than we
do-Our Butter Exports.
| WASHINGTON, May 20.--The May report
of the statstician Of the agricultural de-
partment ontains the result of an nvesti-
CATION of the DEFICIENCIES aud surplus of
each European nation, especially in tho pro-
ducti N Of American agricultural products
that seek foreign markets AS a single
years data would be misleading the aver
age imports and exports of ten years are
taken to obtain the net deficiency or sur
plus. The net European deficiency is thus
shown as to cereals, fbres butter, cheese,
etc, in connection with European
productiUu the question of possible
p oduction and enlargement of expectation
| In quantity and variety is canvassed, and
| the oppor unities of disolacing a Y importa-
tation by enlarged production are pointed
! out The Investigation was made pursuant
TO a resolution passed at the meeting Of the
national grange, held in Topeka, Kan, last
fall. Some of the figures given in tho state
ment prepared by Mr.. Dodge are startling.
OUR ONLY MARKET FOR WHEAT.
| As to vheat, he says that Europe is prac.
| tically the o ly market that America can
| h we for thi cereal, and she imports only
| l4f,0OO 600 bushels year, raising 1,2OO,-
| OOO,O0O herself, more than half OF tho
worlds crop, a d twice that Of all America.
| OF the Europeal deficiency, the United
States supplies o., ,00o, ,00J bushels.
In outs and harley tore is a very small
| tnte national trade, Europe importing net
| only 100000 bushels Of oats, and the
United States exporting 2,500,000 bushels.
| or the barley this country imported
| $500, 900 bushels
| D. 10 tba II
| and Central Europe and Rus ia alone pro-
| duces more than does the United Sta es.
| Eur pc imp rts not less than 1850, 900 I
bushels. aud the United States exports less \
than 100000 bushels.
| The receipts of European countries re-
quiring maize do not make a sum h III as
| large as the product Of Illinois, or of Iowa
or Nilsson /. Great Bri ain takes nearly
three fourths Of the to al, or 1000, coo
| bushels, ana the country exports 6S,Ol0OO0
bushels. The def iency Of France could be
supplied by Mclean county, Ill.,, and Ger<
many requires still less. Prussia and Rou-
mania have surpu', and southern Europe
grows enough for home consumption.
WE SEND NO RICE.
Europe imports over ZOO, ,000, 900 pounds
of rice, but none Of it comes from the
| United States.
OF potatoes Europe grows more than she
needs while tho United States supplies her
deficiency from Ca ada and Germany.
Only Great Britain, Belgium and Portu-
gal, OF all the Eur pean nations do not
produce enough butter and TO spare To
make up tho deficienc y--25 600, 900 pounds
the United States expo is "A 900, 900
1t requires 140,0O0,000 pounds of cheese to
| supply the European deficiency, of which
$4,000, ,OO0 are furnished by the United
States.
OF course Europe has TO import all her
lsraA fl.a, II
1856, 100000 pounds. The Uni ed States
SENDS he 1850, 900, 900 pounds. MIR. d dge
says: This country is only exceeded by
| Great Britain In cotton ma ufacture, and
should. ere many decades pas, attain the
first rank. There has been a greater rela-
tive advance in the consumption of cotton
in continental countries during the past ten
years than in Great b it in"
SMALL EXPORTS OF WOOL.
Europe gets from South America, Asia.
Africa and Australia two or three times as
much wool as she imports from the United
S ates. The net deficiency of Europe is
7S00OO,0O0 pounds, slightly ore than is
produced there. The United States pro-
duces four-fifths Of tne wool ma ufactnred
here The aim Of the wool grower Of this
country is to supply home manufacturers
| II possible, never to export raw ol IL
there ever shall be surplus, it will bring
more money TO the wool grower il sent
abroad IN manufactured form. The United
States imports net 69,000,000 pounds Of
wool every year.
The 81 atement shows that Europe pro-
duces about as much tobacco as the United
States-500, 0OO, 900 pounds annually--and
could easily p oduca all she needs, but
| American tobacco Is desired for two raal
sons-it is cheap and very desirable for
fortifying the European product. 50 the
United States furnishes 1000, 600 pounds
OF the annual deficiency Of 324. 100000
pounds
oNE-TENTH OF OUR PRODUCT EXPORTED.
In conclusion, Mr.. Dodge says:
About one-tenth of our agricultural
products is exported. No other nation ex4
ports so large proportion. Yet the arti.
ces shipped abroad are few. They ara
cjtton, tobacco, meats, breadstuRs and
cheese. All other articles together are but
3 per cent. Of the extorts. The ealarge-
ment Of the surplus nu inevitably reduce
the price both at home ald abroad.
| What other exports can be exported
| IL is folly 10 look to foreign
nations for a market for any Of the b ky
products Of agriculture, which are common
10 the agriculture Of every nation. More
concentrated products may be more
profitaby exported and more cheese could
10 sold II its repu alton for quality should
be kept up, and there vas more dis osition
| t. cater ~ the fastdious or peculiar foreign
tas es. The butter exports could be enlarged
IL they were Of better quality. Evaporated
or preserved fruits, oranges Of the
| Southern or Pacific coasts, wines from Cali
fornia, may seek profitable market. as
surplus stocks as a safety valve to the home
market
WHERE WE LOSE AT HOME.
"Wha agricultural products are ow in-
ported that our country a.d climate arc
| capable Of producingl ia response b this
| inquiry, sugar is first 10 be suggested. Our
wheat aud -four sJld will scarcely pay for
the sugar bought 10. The prese { a "a Inn
med late future and home demand would
not be Uncertain, cut peremptory and insa-
table.
FLAX and hemp should be more exton-
sively grown. dispiacing foreign hhars cost
ing millions Of money and fu nlsaiug ma
terIal for the baggi II cJtton. wool and
hops Otheg ibers Of sub-tropical regions
should be produced along the Gull coast,
Imported, hbels with their maIufacture,
altogether amount 70 a value moro than
& o-thirds as much as the munihcsnt and
boasted cotton expectation OF tho United
States.
"There Is an importation Of fruits of tho
value Of $4,000 900. half OF which, al
least, should be produced Ia this cou try.
:" hc subject ~ too large for treatment
/ ina few paragraphs or pages, bat theln