Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-08-26

ton with our trade with Brazil that
should command the attention of our
farmers. Even with this arrangement
of reciprocity they are not likely to
long continue TO furnish the people of
that country with flour. Wheat is
upon the free list. In Rio there are
two Touring mills and the erection Of
others has been agitated and will pro.
badly soon follow The advantages in
favor of the American product over
that Of the local mills is so small that
a slight difference in transportation
charges will overbalanco Il,
The development of agriculture In
the Argentine Republic, u near neigh.
Dor 10 Brazil. within a recent period,
has been unparalleled, A few years
ago less than 100000 acres were under
cultivation new over 100000 acres
are being hrmed-2,557 ,is5 produce
ing wheat. In 1885 this country OK.
ported wheat 10 the value Of 80, $780,.
7S6, while in 1887 the amount rose TO
s9,5l4.000. In 1888 tho exploration
OF corn brought s5,444,464. while in
1889 the sales aggregated S12,977,721,
Brazil taking of this amount $780,
82S. This country contains over 700,-
600, 900 acres. and from the success at
tanned in agriculture and her known
area of fertile lands, our farmers NAV
well dread the competition other fields,
not only in the Brazilian markets, but
in all the great grain markets Of the
world.
The markets of South and Central
America are not bagatelle as COM
pared to those of Europe. They can.
not be enlarged except dy slow degrees,
and will not increase with half the
rapidity ofour surplus Great Britain
and Ireland purchased of us last year
breadstuffs to the value of $50, 1896, 1873.
and provisions, comprising meat and
dairy products, to the extent $117 $780,
912. We have been accustomed to
hear. in season and out of season, the
people of Great Britain denounced as
the enemies of our industries and our
progress. Last year England alone
purchased of us products to the value
Of 1876 ,920.665 while we took in ex-
change from her merchandise to the
value of only s167, 04O,053. The bal
ance of trade in our favor was more
than S200,000,000, and in settlement.
ofthls she gave us exchange with which
we purchased coffee and rubber from
Brazil, sugar from Cuba and Havana
and Brazil, raw silk from Italy and
various products from France, Ger
many and Switzerland. The. people
of Great Britain during the last
twenty years, it is safe to say, have
paid to us not less than $4,000, 000, 900,
more than three-fourths of which was
for the surplus products Of our
farmers. This great trade is to be
INSTRUCTED in every conceivable man.
ner, and our farmers sent to South and
Central America, where they sold less
than $1O,0O0,O0O worth of products
last year Germany, Austria, Hung
airy, Italy and Switzerland have about
consnmmated an agreement that bodies
no good to our farmers. France still
maintains her hostility to our meats,
while Russia is preparing to step in
and reap the harvest which, but for
our folly, would be garnered by U.S.
The failure of the wheat crop this year
in Russia, India and the Argentine
States will rebound greatly to the ad-
vantage of our farmers, but they must
remember that this providential inter-
ference will not always protect them
from the disastrous results Of class
legislation.
If this policy is to continue the
farmers of the West and the South
will at no distant day be demanding
more speedy and efficacious reliefthan
can come from Government loans at
2 per cent. or the deposits of their
products in subtreasury warehouses
upon Government advances. -Con-
gresham VIM. D. Bynum.