The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-18

l-oi lliiS MARKET d-Q proposes 10 S1orI
practical measures to extend our exports
Iof butter. He says that during the las;
year the people OF the United States made
i more butter than they could consume.
and exported 1s.373,sls pounds. valued at
s. sST .eo3, OF this. II .24S6l pounds wen,
10 Great Britain. valued az sI.Tss.45S.
| But our butter was quoted at lower
prices in the foreign markets than that
from any other country" seir Prof VIII
son. That was because we shipped the
poor stuff. Our farmers are not only in
| different but ignorant as 10 the export
trade. They do not know what the for
eigners want. They have never studied
their tastes as 10 sait. co,o- and packirg.
and know nothing about the conditions
and methods OF sale. an going 10 Try
to secure this information FOR them /
have instructed the dairy division Of the
department TO buy samples OF the butter
| in the eastern, central and western states
have /. made by al the various processes
| in use and packed in all the differen,
varieties Of cases. for the purpose OF a
comparative test We viii pack /. IN the
ordinary firxin. in the Australian foot
square box and in sealed tin packages.
We will make some OF !: salt and some
OF /. fresh. and some highly colored. IN
order 10 meet the tastes OF al purchas-
ers, and then We VIII have complete re-
ports o. the results IN each case and the
relative popularity Of the different kinds
THE butter viii be delivered 10 the
agents Of the agricultural department in
New York who will ascertain the facii-
ties for shipment furnished by the differ
ent lines OF steamers as 70 refrigerator
capacity ard convenience. We want our
butter KEEP. separate from all other
freight. SO that It may not be tainted
by contact with meats, fruits and other
articles, and may arrive in Europe in
perfect condition. The agents Of the de-
partment IT London will place IL on the
market under the most favorable condi-
tons. and obtain criticisms from the
consumers, so that We may know where
our product is weak, why IL does not
command the prices that are paid for
competing butter. and secure such other
Information as viii enable US 10 take our
proper place in the British market.
Most of the British supply comes from
Denmark continued Prof. Wilson.
Last year the imports from that country
amounted 20 1888. SOS pounds valued
at $50. SOC, $50. The cows thar furnished
this butter were fed with American corn.
Corn car be shipped from Baltimore 10
Copenhagen for s cents a bushel. and de-
livered there for % or So cents bushel.
Thus We furnish the feed and they fur
nish the butter 10 consumers that We
ought 10 supply ourselves.
France was the second IN quantity OF
exports to Great Britain. and furnished
last year over $1,000. 900 pounds OF but
ter. valued az more than $4,000. 600.
Sweden was the third, the Netherlands
fourth. and even the colony Of Victoria.
away of T. Australia, shipped more but
ter TO England than the United States.
her total being l7.344.sso pounds. valued
at S3.745.721. The shipments from Ger
many amounted 10 10. e6o. 900 pounds. val
ted al s2G0e,s4 There was considera-
bic increase during the last SIX morths
of 1896. which brought the total FOR that
year up 70 15,s5S,s3S pounds.
valued at s. o05,1 s5.'
Professor Wilson Is correct in his state
ment that American butter sells at
country In the market Of London. but
the statistics show that while the price
OF Danish. Swedish. French. Dutch ard
German butter has been gradually de-
creasing, the price OF American butter
has been gradually increasing. IT 1886
the average price OF Danish butter in
London was 2S.s cents a pound: French. !
PA cents pound; Swedish, 23.4; Dutch. |
215; German. 22.3. while American butter |
was only 1863 cents a pound.
The average price OF all butter IN the |
London markets that year was 22.s cents, |
20 that the imports from the United !
States were 65 cents below the average |
price In 1896 the average price OF /
butter had increased 10 10 .cer,s
4 pound. while the average for me other /
had decreased TO 21s cents
The annual average for the last five !
years on all butter in London has been |
23.1 cents. while for American butter It |
has been lis cents.
Secretary Wilson thinks the cause OF
his discrepancy les IN the quality OF the
butter furnished. which Is undoubtedly
rue. American oleonargsrine has al
most disappeared from the London mar
get. During the last ten years the an
luai average importation OF oleorsarFar-
ne irto Great Britain has been 1884,
43 pounds. with an average value OF s1s.-
81 .l02. while the United States has FUR
l.shed an average Of only fI4.S45 pounds,
annually. valued at an average price Of
11.735. Nearly the entire supply OF oleo-
Margarine comes from the Netherlands.
he average amount furnished tha:
,ountry during the last five years being
%. $50. $50 pounds. valued al an average
4 tl4.s74.749. In 1896 the total imports OF
into Great Britain were
%. 704 SOS pounds. valued al si215s SIS.
Z which the Netherlands furnished ss.-
31.31 pounds. va,uef Al sIf.2i404s.
Secretary Wilson says ae viii issue far-
nsrs' bulletins regularly. giving the In
ormation obtained BY the agents OF he
department. IN their Efforts 70 extend tSe
ale % butter IN England. and the result,
Z his experiments. He proposes % con-
lnue until We know az about me foreign
markets. and then the farmers OF the
United States can decide for themse Ives
whether they will 50 'sto the trade.
GIRL CLUNG TO THE MOTHER
a . Divorce Tria! the Sexes stand by Their |
Kind.
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