Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-17
Wheat Production in America.
(For the Dispatch.

(For the Dispatch)
III the statements OF Mr. c. Wood Davfh
III the September Forum and tha cop,.
men's OF Inc editor OF the New York sun
thereoh are correct, and both ars careful
writer's, II becomes fact, the impers
tance or which 10 is difficult 20 oversstis
mate. Both Of the foregoing wrstSra
concur IN the statement that since rsSs-.
that Is, for thirteen years-thsre has bes6
no increase In the entire land OF the
giope devoted TO the cultivation of what.
and that practically speaking. IL canno4
De Increased sufficiently 10 meet the Ia,
mands OF an increasing population. IA
other words, the only increase which car,
possibly be made will not meet the wxnt1
OF the average Increase Of population
which Is increasing in q far greater a.
gree than the production OF whrzt. n
is Iurther stated that the resl reason
why wheat has ruled so low for the iasf
yen years has been the fact that between
Ieos ana 1880 there have been seven pho-
homenaI crops In poirt Of sligo; 40 large.
indeed, tina, the surplus Of these seven
Tremendous crops lasted up to July I, 1877,
ana tnat ~ 10 not possible again 70 haze
such another surplus ualsss the ereps
are again Tor continuous period phs.
nomenally and nbnormally lafgs. seven
crops again al large as those sf recsnS
GATE mentioned IN the article OF Ma
Davis would not lower the price ~ muck
as formerly, because since that period the
increase OF the population OF the weyl6
mas caused an increased der,snd. IL 10
also stated that the great Ssbsnan raul
road. now being constructed sntirsIp
across that enormous country, will noe
AGA materially 10 the production OF the
World wheat, as IL IL gto ted upon high
authority that IL will never be solS
fhA~. -
for its own use. Thsse srticIss
corroborate IN the highest degree {
paper written about fifteen years ago d
Erastus Wymans and published N thk
North American Review. which excited
under the gold standard II means Collar
wneat Tor long period OF time. ana
what IL OF far moro Importance II opens
up market for Indian corn. At cnp
Single week ossr four miIsn s' ~ sasSss
OF corn 10 Europe. IL seems to Be uue
mat under ordinary normal circamsfapcso
hereafter We cannot produce nero thxo
wheat enough for three-fourths ~ tho
world. Indian corn. which recently hso
been slowly but surely wortins .ss way
Into the markets Of Europe. has sefofs u
prospect bright with hope and prensss.
Controlling. AZ we already q, .ne CO..
ton markets Of the world: u ssssa % 'a,s
bacco markets, the career Of rrssfertSy
before the people Or the Usifsd sssits 81
America Ia sufiicieAs 10 stsggsr thu msgfs
netiona. Especisily 10 this tyus = -
open tho Nicaragua canal and tvfn1 ours
selves In contact with the rcs,eyn oefsf
OF South America What fsi1 - >psne1
to the West and the South, Steadily hG
centre OF population marches vsstkar4
ard the census OF 1909 vii MA aadoU
the apportionment tbsp to be Mas =
West and the South. All ti!pes s1sm -
point 10 q masnihG>Et opsssIs ~ M
twentieth century. fks DAY AZ lac peGl1-
mist has passed. er6 dear Ella veelQta
does not NEAR 10 " 4 iayxAd g. -
great fnce, CA1A 4AI1E4oM.
Buokiagham county. W.