Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-04-06
ALL IN ENoLlsh SHIPS.
Great Britain Completely Controls
Amcrica's Grain Ex port Trade.

Great Britain Completely Controls
Americas Grain Export Trade.
Is the American merchant flag being
swept from tho seas by the British
lion? During the year 1894 not a
hushel of grain was carried across the
Atlantic In a scamcr or sailing vessel
under the United States flag. Of the
millions of bushels of cereals grown In
the United States but 600 bushels Of
peas were exported under the American
flag, and even that consignment was
carried In an English.built steamer
which had been granted an American
register-the American liner New York.
That particular shipment Of 600 bushels
comprised the small surplus which
could not be slowed away In the al
ready overstockcd hold of an English
craft. The American ship took the
lcavings.
This condition Of the American MGR
chant marine, so far as the export grain
and cereal trade Is concerned, Is only
too fOrcibly illustrated in the statts-
tics which have just been compiled by
duce exchange, through whose courtesy
the World Is enabled to publish the fiS-
tres. The commissioners OF naviga-
ton, the produce, corn and maritime
exchanges, and the various consuls gen.
cral have withheld their annual re-.
ports pending the completion Of these
statistics, which are furnished them an.
nually by Capt. Ferguson.
Aside from the gradual disappear.
ance Of the American flag from the
seas the tables complied by Mr.. Fer
guson show the disappearance Of sail.
Ing vessels Of any nationality from the
carrying trade. Steam has now
entirely superseded sail, as may be
seen by the accompanying table. In
1881 smiling vessels carried 1000, 5S3
bushels Of grain and cereals to Europe.
but In the year just ended not busllel
Of grain was exported In sailing
craft.
In 1901 the unequal struggle with
steamships was evidenced when out Of
1,238 vessels which carried cargOes Of
grain from this port only fifteen were
sailing vessels.
There were shipped from New York
during 1904 33 3Si, 0j2 bushels Of Amer.
lean grain and cereals, which went to
feed Europc's hungry millions. In.
cludcd In this total export are buck.
wheat, corn, rye. oats. barley and peas.
many Of which cereals appear In the
statistics for the first time. There were
2l,OS5.1 O7 bushels Of wheat. S,050,O5d
bushels Of corn. 2O,625 bushels Of rye,
1000 bushels Of oats, 23.237 bushels Of
barley. 173,O57 bushels Of buckwheat,
G,1S5 bushels Of fiaxsccd, and 5000
bushels OF peas.
The lions share Of these--33, 3S4 ,0Ja
buslicls--was carried In British vessels
which made iO4 trips across the Atlnn
tic, carrying 21.OO7. 401 bushels. The
remainder OF tho export trade was di
cldcd between Belgian, German. Dutch
Danish. French, italian, Portuguese
Russian ana Spanish vessels.
Not bushel Of the trade fell to the
lot Of a Norwegian craft. Russia wa,
represented by tho steamer Ceres
which made single trip. carrying 42,
90 bushels of wheat. Portuguese
vessels made twenty-five trips, carry
ing 1850, 100 bushels; Dutch vcssell
made cighty.threc trips. carrying 3.212.
3O7 bushels, and sharing first honor
with John Bulls craft. German ship
made nlncty.flve trips and carried 2,
G1S.?2l bushels OF grain to the en-
peror's domains. Vessels displaying
the British Gag carried more than two
thirds Of tho entire expectation. or 10.
100000 more bushels than all the othe
vessels OF the world combined. Uncl,
Sans Dag was not seen on q singh
grain carrier.
In 1902 Of tho 1928 ship loads sen
abroad only twenty-five were carrict
under tho American flag. There wer'
then four American steamers left Il
the grain-carrying trade. They wer'
the passenger steamers Of the old Amer
ican line, which sailed from Phila
deiphia under the control Of the Penn
sylvania railroad. Not even thes,
craft now enjoy the exclusive privileg,
Of flying tho stars and stripes. The!
have been driven out Of the business.
Following are the total exports o
wheat, corn. rye, oats, barley, buck
wheat. Aaxseed. and peas for 1904: