The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-07
iTo WHEAT RAISING
/ u,o ,r,oN ny MINNESOTA La
DoR BUREAU
md charges in Russia am ana
BOD s " in the Case
somewhat Against the
american Farmer

II MINI. January "O
i fauF ~ labor has beer engaged for
q ouies me- two years in a statistical IN
hs1'' W., ~ az the wheat raising Industry
'stg auss ,.,west. This Investigation also
=" s,pdv of the comparative cost
,cii ue .r,,rp storing and trading in
VA in the United states, Russia
: I o,her countries competing with
lDa NV in the International grain
:, the world. The facts made use
FL ,ureau relating to wheat rails
"a transportation in Russia are OBJ
" ,.,n the official publications OF
II government ,
a .,,a,,nr to freight and other charges
n .., N trading in and transporting
II / "sor,,nr Russian wheat, can not fan
u n great interest to the public OF the
.,n wheat growing states. Those
~ - given in the reports referred to
u a, weights, measures and money
Ia, versts and paper kopeoks a
~" .r,ch Is used as the unit measure
~, Il, corresponding to our bushel,
IT, vcrht 20 Russian pounds or 26l
~ .an hounds. or { OF an American
~ 10 ,yheot. a "verst' 10 the unit Of
: 80 and equals $50 English miles. The
~ Is a small subdivision of money
40 value Of about two-thirds of
I. Tho value of this unit of money
"A boweyer. owing to the fact Of tthe
4, c,ated and varying value of the RUS
4 r,rar currency. Thus, a gold roublc
'pnssia would buy In September, Io5o,
4, nor kopeeks, while In November is1l,
"A ,id purchase 49, This fuctuation he
"A ,the values Of gold and paper money
q wgsjl civ. rise 10 an element of error
t,arslating the figures of the Russian
81 m their American equivalents. Thus
lvors states that a charge of one paper
4. rly rcr poud of grain equals L2d2 cents
! american bushel But this is true only
IN gold rouble equals rs paper iio-
81 g. Most Of the time it has been worth
,tnd more kopecks paper. Hence uains
4 multlple given above there is a posi-
luv in stating tho freight and other
,a,ges of giving the rates from l6 to 20
"A cent above their actual American
,u'valents at any given time of COM
IRE son.
mus the freight tariff for shipping n
,bnd Of wheat 100 versts has remained I'M
hanged for a number OF years, at about
Isphper kopecks. The fuctuatIne character
II the Russian currency gives this fixed
Iate changing American gold equivalent
Or from 8 to 81 cents a Dushcl.
nm though there is this possible error I'm
Inc Russian figures for wheat freight and
other charges when translated into their
Anerlcan equivalents, a glance at the Rus
star statistics suffices to show
A GREAT BURDEN
esiing upon the Russian peasant from
Mich his American competitors at present
sfree That burden is the inordinate
'a'ses paid for storing, handling and
ansporiing his wheat These charges are
7fh greater than In America.
ZIG present differences between the price
E,fash wheat In Minneapolis or Duluth
n the same wheat delivered cost. insur-
ef and freight, in Liverpool is approNi-
WY from 20 10 - cents bushel. with
= margin of difference I'm prices wheat
neen exported all the past season.
i the Russian report says that wheat
~ exported from odessa, its greatest
hsh market unless there is a difference
'tFeen the Odessa and London price of
"a 2 10 % paper kopecks a poud. In
n at one time this difference I'm price
10 10 Eopeck a pou1 and expectation
y odessa to England ceased Bur %
4 paper kopeclSs per poud is the equiv
~ OF from - To- 83 cents "a busbnl a,
n@ed rate of exchange already given.
9"ihS for the possible error due TO the
Hslng currency the conclusion is
SAeu mat wheat can not he aNpprtod
4 odessa 10 England without margin
&c between the two ports of from ~
y cents q bushcl This Is larger thsu
Y margin between Duluth or NIinp,aro-
Au Liverpool although Odessa H. "a saa.
ana these American towns arc about
miles miles from the Atlantic ocaan
winch the wheat is Skinned In nm
IL Irst difference TO be noted IL In tho
I OF ocean freights and insurance Nh.
| OIL carrying a pound OF ,yLaat IRON,
ga 10 London has varied from 1885 to
IRON 6il to 1891 papsr konacl,s mis-
tHe equivalent of from 10 to IS capts a.
,hel' For the same period tho nynr,sa
responding charge for A,narican No. me-
~ New York to I.iyeruonl t,s h.o,, NO., ,1.,
from cents. The Nmerican D' (a,,, ,,or
therefore an ADVANTAGE in ore e - ca NV
charges Of from 4 To- 10 cents S I"s
Il ms Russian competitor '''''''
ne second difference ar,ses rro,,, tn ~,
Ient local charges dma to tS o,' oar IN
mods Of handling and dcoi'r' n"iy ,.i,,,i
me two countries rho c,,.-Is VI s''tlu
living and selling bnebai az -. 'ot
e,llh Is cent b1ebel rrha VI - "a, az