, 1889-05-23
MILLIONS COULD BE SAVED.
STATISTIC SHOWING THAT wEMAKE
uHNECEssARY JMPORrATIoNs.
rhe PsssAbiiities Of the subtropics ~ =
Producer Of Fibres-lnter-
ss,iug Figures.

WARRINGTON, May 2l.--The Msy report OF
the s,s,islic.sn VI The agricultural depart.
ment vulitains the result of Investigations
q d, ficiencits Of the surplus vi each Euro
psun natiOn especially III me pr uuclion
Of American agricultural prouueIs 'hA'
eeek 10, eipn markets. The question Oh The
possibls enlargement VI sxportstion IN
quantity and variety ID canvasseu snd the
oppOrtuni,ies for displaciuk any ,bpOfts-
Cun by an enlarged production art puin'eu
ONT Ths investigation was inaue pufsu
ant 10 y resoiu,ion passed NJ mreung VI
the National Grange held NJ Topeka, kai'
sas. last iall. Suine hHufes gwen ~ Tue
ssStx nisnt prepared ny Dou- sre STARTLING.
A. 10 " heat IL says EurOle ID praclicaiIy
the only market America cah have Tor thls
cereal aud bbe Imports only l44to,Voo
bushels year, raisins l,2oo wv WV ousn'
CROP aud tw ice that oi all America, VI
the European dehciency the United states
supplies ". .U00 wv bushels
III oats aud barley there is very SMALL in
tssnntiupai trade, Europe Importing
only l0.VOO,ONO bushels oi oa,s al'u we
Unilea 5 ales exporting ,5OV,tuO bushels,
and Of barley this country imports hooo''
Kye i, a great bread grain in Eastern
ana Cenusl Europe. aud Russia alone
produces more Imam does the Ublleu
Ssu,es. Europe imports not less thun
Quirius maize do not make The sum hall as
large Ms the products vi limos. Iowa or
Missouri Great Brilnin takes nearly
tbree-quarters Vt the total Ur W w" wv
bushels, and this county exports % UUO.-
O0O bushels. lhe uehciency vi France
could bs supplied by Mclean county. III
inOis, aud Germany requires sun less
Russia ana Rvuinan,a have surplus, and
Southern Europe grows enough iur nome
consumption. Euiopeexports over 'ooo,
wv pounds Oi rice, hut none Ol u coniss
Sronl ,le Uniteu states. u potatoes Eu-
rope Krows more IMAM she needs. 1he
UniIed States supplies denciehcy from
CAnadA and Germany.
DULY Great Bfi,aiD, Belgium and Portu'
gal, .l sii tbe European pstions, DO not
DYOduc. enough butter aud u spare. 10
max. up the de dsiiciency Vi q OOu, wv punds
the United Slstvs exports ~ OUu.UOO
IL =, r,q'iires l4O,OUu.uOO pounds Ut cheese
to supply the European deficiency, OF
which lis 600 OO0 ale furnished Ny The
Uniied Staies. =, =.
o. cuurs- Europe has to import ell Of
her cv,..u. the annual average imports
BE- pv J. .6su, COv, ,OOU pounds. Inc Unned
States sends !. .S5U, uVo, ,U0J pounds
Eurupe vets t,OIii oUutb Auierica, Asia,
Africa Anu usl ralia two Or three lines as
much wuoi as she iniportsfr from the United
Eka.ss. Jhe net deficiency of Europe Is
7S00D0.t w pounds, silth'iy more thsn Is
ducrs fOnr.hIths OF the wool mapufactured
hore. 4 i,e aim uf WOOL growers la this
country Is u supply ihe home manufactures
II pOss BILE, and never 10 txpuri raw wool.
II there ever shall be a surplus IL Will ofirg
moTe iiluilry ~ wool growers II sent aorOau
in the manufactured iorm: lbe United
6gstes' Imports nss 69.UOU.0OO pounds OF
wool every year
Eurupe PRODUCES about as much tobacco
o. ths United stales. 5UO,OOO. oUO pounds
annually, aud could easily produce all she
needs, but the American lubncco Is desired
for Two Ieusons--it 10 cheap aud very ue'
sirable Tor turtiiying the European pro
duct. 50 tue Uuil esi States furnishes 2i2,.
oOO. 600 pounds VI The annual uehcieLcy Vi
~. wv VV0 pounds
In conclusion the statistician says:
ssAbou. Oie-,enth Of our agricultural pro-
ducts h exported No other mai ion AZ
ports 10 large = proportion. Iet the srti'
cles shipped abroad are lew. Ihty are
cotton, tobacco. rueat, bresdsiufis, butter
and cheese, aud all other articles together
are ab,ut 3 per cent Ot the exports. The
enlarge mett u tbs surplus must ineNl-
tsbIy reduce The price both ut home and
abroad. In response u The inquiry, what
agricultural products are now imported
that our cJuniry apu climate are capable
OF producing, sugar Is The trst suggested,
ana tisx anu hemp should be more extern
sively grown, oisplacipB foreign hbres
costing millions ot MONEY and furnishing
material for the begging of cot on, wool
and hops Other tUIes Of the sub tropical
resions should be produced along tbe
Gulf coast. Imported hbres with their
manufacture, altogether sniuunt to q Vaiue
n ore thun txO-t thirds as much as the hiu-
nitirtpt au,i boasted cotton exporiatioh VI
the United States. There 10 An importa-
Il, N vi b uts oi the value VI S2O OOO,OO
hxli vi which ut least should be produced
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