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starving poor prior to tn. French revolution.

starving poor prior to the French revolution.
| 10 tighten their Wristbands.
No one suppoecs that Russia will attempt
b import anything like $50, 900, 600 bushels Of
grain, but that our diagnosis OF tho situa-
| ton In that country was wholly correct has
since tcen made most painfully manifest by
the imperial ukase prohibiting the exporta-
ton Of rye, and Is strongly emphasized by
another ukase giving precedence over pas
scnger and all other trains to such as are
carrying supplies to the famine stricken
districts and the appropriation o! 10000
ruubles from the imperial treasury for tho
| purpose Of providing seed and food FOR tho
| pcasantry.
I, thcrc arc those who still doubt tina. n
very large part OF Russia Is, cvon now. de-
vastated by famine end that tho crops, with
hero and there a favored exception. hnvo
been dcplorab,o failures, they should read
the August Issue OF Free Russia.
In its statements that "tho ordinary
! yearly consumption OF wheat for the coun-
tries OF tho world usually embraced In such
| statistics Aggregates about 2looooo.0oo
bushels" AMI that tho average yearly pro-
duc.ion OF ryc In Europe is about i,l75,oc0.-
900 bushels" contained In Its Issue Of July
30. wc have further evidence az tho cnro and
accuracy with which tho Price Current IL
edited, as we havc in tho statement In its
Issue OF July % that the annual average
product OF ryo In Houmania Is 5000. 900
bushels, and in Italy l., 0oO. 600 bushels. Such
volumes OF product would seem wholly Inn
possible, In view OF the facts that tho rye
area OF Roumania Ia officially stated to 10
less than $4,000 acres. aud To produce On.
nual crops OF 3lC00.01o bushels would hnvo
to give yields averaging moro than eighty
one bushels per aero, whilo this Journals
italian ryo product ncccssltatcs an average
yield OF tlilrty-cicht bushels per aero on
an urea that Is o!ylc!a lly shown 10 DO less than
400. o03 acres.
Tho facts are that Roumnnia produces
crops OF rl'e chat average less than 10000. 900
bushels. wh!lc tho ryc product Of Italy rarely
exceeds LOOK. 900 bushels.
TnE SUS flnds that during tho Vulnqucn-
NAL period ending with 1897 the world hns
grown crops OF wheat averaging 2l40, 900. 900
bushels and crops OF rye averaging 1906.
100000 bushels. tho aggregate being 177,0oo.-
900 bushels greater than the Price Current
credits tho world with. Willie tho bread
eating worlds annual average consumption
udS DCCu Auuy GtchtcT, 6uCIi dItt.
tional consumption having been met by
drawing upon and cxhaustrg reserves that
must have aggregated moro than 900, 600, 900
bushels at the close OF 1885. There is but
little room for doubt TINT tho worlds re.
qurcments now aggregate 5000, OO0, 900
bushels OF ryo and wheat. and that such re-
quiroments are annually augmcnting at the
rate OF 100000 bushels by reason OF yearly
additions Of some COoo 90 to tho populations
Of European blood, each unit OF which re-
qulres an addition OF seven bushels to the
supplies OF the bread-making grains.
In tho following table we show the annual
average product OF rye and wheat, aad esti-
mate the probable requirements and out
turn: