Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-05-25
CHANCES FOR AMERICAN
FARMERS.
Products Demanded 10 Foreign Count
RES.

agricultural product. that seek foreign
market. zach a. cereals, fibres, butter,
cheese, etc.
A. 70 wheat, Mr.. Dodge say that Ea-
rore il practically the only market that
America can have for this cereal, and she /
imports only l4l, O00,010 bushels year, (
raising 100 900 bushels herself |
more than hall the worlds crop and
twice that Of all America OF the Eu- /
ropean deficiency the Cnited States sup
pile. 95,Oo0,OOo bushels. 10 oat-
and barley there il very
small international trade. Europe |
importing net only 100000 bushels OF
oat.. and the United States exporting
$3.50, 900 bushels. OF barley this country
imports 7.5OO.OOO bushels. Rye I. the
great bread grain Of Eastern and Central
Europe, and Russia alone produces more
than does the nited States. Europe I'm
port. not less than 800, 900 bushel,, and
the nited States exports less than 5000
900 bushels.
Ne IFfFl Ht@ ~ bsAt ftA NfNifH' So ~
4uirng maize do not make a sum half a.
large a. the product Of Illinois Or Of Iowa
or Mi.-nuri. Great Britain takr- nearly
three-fourths Of the total or 62,000, 900
bushels, and this country exports ~ ,000,-
900 bushels.
Europe imports over l,00e ,O00,0oo
pounds Of rice but none Of ii comes from
the nitcd states. OF potatoes. Europe
grows more than abe needs, while the
United Sta,e- supplies her deficiency from
Canada and Germnny. only Great Britain
Belgium and Portugal Of all European
nation.. do not produce enough butter
and 10 spare For the deficiency of %,
01O. 900 pounds, the Gnited states eXpnrt-
~ go, 900 # require 1900, 900 puuud-
Of cheese to supply the European deiiricu-
Is II which lls ,O00,000 pounds are fur
nished by the I nited States. Europe has
to import all her cotton, the average an
nual import. being 2,G3G, 900, 900 pounds
The nitcd state. sends her $50, 900 900
pounds.
Europe gets from south America, Asia.
Africa and Australia two or three tiInesa-
much wool a. .he imports from the nited
states The net deficiency Of Europe l.
"a, 900 900 pounds, slightly more than i
produced there. The nited states pro-
duce- four-iifths Of the wool manufae-
turcd here. The aim of the wool grower
Of this country i to supply the home
manufacture If possible; never toeXport
raw wool. II there ever shall be sur
plus it Nill bring more money to the wool
grower il sent abroad in the manufactured
force.
The nitcd states imports net g, 900,
Oo0 pound of wool every year.
II W the Colored Race Is Growing
In the account of the proceedings of the
Presbyterian General Assembly which
his just cen holding its annual meeting
in New \ FORK city appears the following
touching the progress Of the rol"red race
in the southern States
Rev. DR. Allen secretary of the Fund for
Mission, among the Freedmen, spoke on the
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"lhe-e are $40, $50 coIored children Of
school age, and of this plumber only SOP SO
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of illiteratc voters of whom INSCRIPTIONS
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',,,h -, and ve NINA, ,;ys him a, education
i, a, hin, ,or nj. trt, IN God an, ma,
His past has been a dark one. If he looks
back twenty five years he sees no happy
Christian home, he hears only the clank of
the slave chain.
old Uncle Joe Williams" from way
down in Georgia, now 50 years of age, who
had been slave nifty years, and has frequent
ly been in assemblies. was heard with more
interest than any white man who spoke dur
ing the day. Uncle Joe has been commun-
icant of the Presbyterian Church sixty years
aud i. the oldest commissioner in the Assem-
bly,. There was great laughter and it was
recognized as hard hit when Uncle Joe
said Many colored people do not like
PRESBYTERIAN doctrine because they are ig-
norant That is the way with great many
others. they are uneducated, and it takes an
educated mind to appreciate Calviusm."
h !. Sauuder. another colored man and
editor of the Africa American Presbyterian.
also spoke. lie said he set the type ami ed
tod hi. Manor himself. and worked To make
bi.,aee all good rre.h,terisns
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