Telegram-herald., 1891-09-22
'lIROPI'S SHORT CROPS
They Are Much shorter Than At
Fire. Reported
THREATENED WlTH STARVATION.
xerslxa Powers nseeSisg Alarmed ~
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SKv YoxK. Sept sl.-An exhaustive
s,a6y Of The worlds food supply Ia the
forthcoming number Of the American
Ags-calt1rlst emphasizes facts Of grave
importance 20 both America and Ea-
rope l, declares that the half has not
been told about the European shortage
in erezdssuffs. which no, even . houn-
slful crop this year would have re-
lieyed
Continental powers. especially Rus
ala. suppress the facts so far ~ pos
ssble- In many Russian provinces the
scarcity Of food became pronounced as
far back as February last Ia the
Kons;ansinovkA district many families
have lot cooked meal since Easter.
but srbsist on bread. soaked rye. grain.
etc, bestowed in charity. The pro-
hihition of rice exports is followed BY
= ukase forbidding the shipment of
bran and other cereal cattle foods
The astounding shortage of Russia's
yield OF rye. announced a month since
BY the ministry of finance, proves even
greater than the most extravagaut esti-
mates. und effectually obliteratcs all
possibility of Russia exporting any of
her scant wheat crop. That eastern
Germany IS in practically the same
plight admits of no doubt
The European reserves that have
heretofore eked out insufficient har-
vests are everywhere exhausted. The
parade made by Russia of the existence
of such stores in the Baltic provinces
is done for effect to convey the impress
sion that military stores are abundant
Such reserves are of small Importance
Indeed, the danger of famine is des-
tined to spare Europe the horrors of
war for fully twelve months hence.
Accepting the largest estimates of
production, both at home and abroad,
and even assuming that the United
States and Canada can export 90, 900.
900 bushels. there is deficit in the
worlds food supply of at least 20o, 600,
900 bushels OF wheat and rye. with a
possibility of the shortage being twice
as great Added to this is the almost
total failure of the potato crop in Ire
land and a serious curtailment in the
yield of potatoes on the continent
Even with the utmost economy of dis
tribution and an unheard of consump-
ton of American maize. grave distress
is before the masses of Europe.
Enormous exports Of wheat and -four
from the United States in August prove
that Europe regards the situation as
worse than it has yet been painted.
Otherwise why should she buy in a
single month, close upon tho harvest,
nearly half as much wheat as she tool.
from the United States during the en-
tire first eight months OF the year fol-
lowing one of our largest wheat crops
and period OF bedrock prices?
For the first time in years wheat,
bran and middlings are being exported
TO Europe thus early in the season.
These circumstances are accepted as
the strongest possible reason for be.
lieving prices of wheat are at present
unnaturally low. The paper quoted
looks for an advance in all cereals as
soon as Europe realizes the limited ex.
tent of the worlds actual supply.
Every bushel of high-grade wheat is
to-day worth fully one dollar on the
farm where it grew.
One of the most marked features OF
the prosperity that is already on Amer
lean agriculture, noted by the same
paper. is the extent to which farmers
are planning to unite in cooperative
buying and selling.