The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-05-21
OTHER MARKETS.
The May Report Of the, Agricultural
Department Of Interest TO Amer-
lean Producers.
Europe the Only Market in Which the
Surplus Wheat of this Coun-
try Can be Sold.
No Other Nation Exports 50 Large "a Por-
tion of Agricultural Products
What We should Grow

WAsHISGT TON, May 20.-The May report
Of the statistician of the agricultural de-
partment contains the result of investiga-
tions of the deficiencies of the surplus of
each European nation, especially in the
production of American agricultural pro-
ducts that seek foreign markets. The
question of the possible enlargement OF ex-
portation in quantity and variety
is canvassed and opportunities for
dispIacing any Importation by enlarged
production are pointed out The investi-
CATION was made pursuant TO resolutions
passed at a meeting of the National Grange,
held in Topeka, Kas., last fall Some of
the figures given in the statement
prepared by Dogde are startling As
tically the only market America can
have for this cereal, and she
imports only IA. 900, 900 bushels a year,
raising 100, 600, 600 bushels herself. more
than halt of the worlds crop, and twice
that of all America. OF the European de-
ficiency the United StaIes supplies $4,000
0O0 bushels In oats and barley there Is a
very small International trade, Europe i'm
porting only 19 600 600 bushels of oats and
the United Sia es exporting 25OO,OOO bush
els. or barley. this country imports i,oOO,-
900 bushels. Rye Is the great bread grain
in eastern and central Europe, and Russia
alone produces more than does the UDlted
States. Europe imports not less than
5000 600 bushels. The receipts or European
countries requiring maize do not make
a sum half as large as the products of Hi
nols or Iowa or Missouri Great Britain
takes nearly three-fourths or the total. or
81 900. 600, bushels. and this country exports
81, 800, 900 bushels. The deficiency OF
France could be supplied by McLean
county, LII. and Germany requires still less.
Russia and ROumanIa have surplus ana
aHrFrfn fnrxvs fnr hnmR
consumption. Europe exports over one
billion pounds of rice, but none of it comes
10 the United States. OF potatoes Europe
grows more than she needs. The United
States supplies q deficiency from Canada
and Germany. Only Great Britain, Bel
GUM and Portugal of all the European ma
tiOns. do not produce enough butter and TO
spare. To make up the deficiency, 25,OO,-
coo pounds, The United States exports ~,
100000 It requires l40,0OO.OOO pounds of
cheese "a supply the European debciency,oT
which llS, ,000, 600 are from the United states
OF course Europe has to import all her
cotton, the annual imports being 1885,
OOO, 600 pounds. The United States sends
1850, 200. 900 pounds. Europe gets from
South America, Asia, Africa and Australia
two or three times as much wool as she
imports from the United States
is 7sO,OO0,OOO pounds. slightly more than
produced there. The United States pro-
duces four-fifths of the wool manufactured
here. The aim of the wool growers OF this
country is to supply the home manufactures
If possible; never TO export raw wool. II
there ever shall be surplus IL will bring
more money to the wool growers II sent
abroad in q manufactured form. The
United States imports net 6y, ,OOO, 600 pounds
of wool every year. Europe produces
about as much tobacco as the United States,
500 100000 pounds annually, and could
easily produce all she needs. out American
tobacco is desired Tor two reasons. Ii is
cheap and very desirable for fortifying the
European product, SO the United States
furnishes 2i2 600, 600 pounds.
In concIUs n the report says that about
one-tenth OF our agricultural products are
exported. No other nation exports so
large proportion. Yet the articles ship
ped abroad are few, consisting of cotton,
tobacco, meats, bread stuffs, butter and
cheese. All the other articles together are
about per cent of the exports. The en-
largement of the surplus must inevitably
reduce the price both at home and abroad.
In response 10 the inquiry what agricul-
turaI products are now imported that our
ducing, sugar is first suggested. Flour
and hemp should be more extensively
grown displacing foreign hbres costing
millions of money and furnishing material
for the bagging of cotton, wool and hops:
others fibers of sub tropical regions should
be produced along the gulf coast. Imported
fibres with their manufacture, altogether
amount 10 a value more than two thirds as
much as the munifcent and boasted cotton
expectation of the United States. There is
an Importation of fruits of the value of
$50, ,000, 900, half of which at least should be
produced in this country.