Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-17

cOrding to reports made before the
great shortage in rye became known
exceed 100000 bushels. This known
khortage must materially reduce these
fgures. Russia has generally been able
to export 90,000,0O0 bushels. The last
returns to Bradstreet's Of the European
wheat crop showed the total surplus for
export would not reach over 10000, ,00C
bushels, assigning 40,00O,000 of this
estimate to Russia. The amount needed
to meet the usual European need will be
371 900, 600 bushels. OF this, 291 ,O00, ,O0C
bushels must come from the countries
foreign to Europe.
Eliminating from the Bradstreet's es-
innate the proportion which all other
countries besides the United States can
furnish and it leaves fully 100000, ,00O
bushels for our farmers to supply. And
this Is a very conservative estimate II
reports now arriving from foreign grain
countries continue to run in the same
unfavorable direction until the close of
harvest the United States is likely to be
called on to supply foreign demand
much in excess of these figures.
The most careful estimates of the
American crop, based upon all returns,
public and private, yet received, places
it at $40, 600, 900 bushels, against 399, ,0O0,-
600 last year.
In 1879 and 1880 the crop fell each year
below 500, 100000 bushels, yet we ex-
ported 183, 100000.
A 200, 900, 900 Bushel Surplus.
Our own requirements, including 55,-
900 900 bushels for seed, will be for the
present year about 355, 900, 900 bushels,
thus leaving fully 200,000,000 bushels
surplus.
Added to this call for our grain, the
new Spanish treaty will enable the
United States TO furnish Cuba with her
entire supply of flour. This treaty re-
moves a duty of 81 barrel from our
-four, retaining duty of only 81. No
other country can now compete with US
for that trade. Our sales Of breadstuffs
under the treaty cannot fall short of
63,0O0,000 annually.
Estimates Borne Out by Figures.
These estimates for the demand for
our breadstuifs are borne out by the July
figures of the bureau of statistics Ma
jor s. G. Brock, chief of the bureau,
has issued his bulletin Of the exports of
breadstuffs and cotton for the month of
July. The exports of cotton for the
month were 45,696, 75l pounds, the value
of which was a., ,410,645. This is in ex-
cess Of the exports OF that article over
July year ago of 81 ,679, ,769, showing
that our exports of cotton are greatly
increasing. For the eleven months the
value of cotton exported to July 81 was
$287, ,977 ,458, or $4l ,512, ,452 In excess of
the eleven months of the prior year.
A very healthy increase in the guam
xyol,.n Df hran g.
during the month Of July is shown. The
value of barley exported during that
month was 1854, 1888, as against but $17,-
O57 for the same month last year. Until
recently we have never exported barley,
but have been compelled to import
There is very large increase in our ex-
ports of corn. Our expectations of corn
during July amounted to $2,054 ,494.
There is also quite considerable in
crease in the amount of rye exported.
During the month of July we sent to
foreign countries $176, ,2S9 worth of rye,
as compared with $69,255 exported in
July, 1890.
There was exported during the past
month 9,419,775 bushels of wheat, val
ued at 1851 1886. The price obtained,
it will be noticed, was little over 81 per
OhA CAPOA I'd VA w hCdO
July, '91, show an increase over the same
month of last year of 5.052. 1921 bushels,
and an increase in value of $5,570,919.
There was also exported during July,
642, ,404 barrels of flour, worth "a ,801 500.
The increase in the exports of -four over
July, 1890, was $l002,773 The total
value of breadstuffs exported during the
month Of July amounted to $3.50, ,2Jl,
or $5, ,645, 1922 more than during the cor
month of 1890.
"All this shows" said Major Brock,
'that the movement of our agricultural
products to foreign counties has already
commenced and will probably increase
during the coming months because of
the great foreign demand. All indica-
tions point to this being the largest ex-
port year in the history Of our country.
Farmers will get better prices and sell
more agricultural products than ever
before. The farmers are in luck"
In view of such conditions, and such
promise for the general business of the
country, and for agricultural interests
in particular, the farmers will be able to
at their true worth the wild |
talk of professional agitators.