The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-12-08
CEREAL EXPORTS
statistics Of the Way rbi.
Feeds the Wo,,s Vountr

Feeds Is the "' W.T.. This Count,
The Importance Of 49,
farmer is not revealed ip AMERICA
extent until his relation ~ - us fullest
1000 100" supply ;! is considered '7 Ts, world,
tlon 1t may be stated Is mat ma rsa
mate one, as men OF an 49,. = very int
ettest If the farmer eba l%uons Womb
oeci .n to go out OF business Suddenly
OH Oh the gains Of the pa lt'I tg and live
men the old adage Half "O Years
peter than none, might rs "a loaf i,
literal Interpretation than n III a more
fed age. 'A'n IN this we'll
one cannot travel tbrora, .
S %aeat farms OF the northwest V me big
oeing wonderfully inpre sa, without
their show Of industry and Vs aDs With
Ihey give the farmer bis reenterprisa
able background. But il is ,'- Us lavOr
to resort to dull statistics :, 70 Ii'eceSslg
part played by the agricnI, NOV The
the United States in a ,1a.luIiSts Of /
world from perpetual 6ungeru Tie
nothing of the American ca eti, 70 say
10 begin at once On racfs ~ lo"ea
lean farmer is Responsible f C1e amer
exports aggregating in yalna s,S Sa5a a!a
900 for cereal alone. This goOV'VVO,
membe7ed, is after catering W re-
heavy HON demand Tia io " q Yer!
gle item is furnish by wheat So - sll'
cornmeel and flour contribpta - 0oIar
er parts. Last fiscal year wac sDe ola'
ORD one for flour, when IL Az so1 rec
Iels we're Shipped. The nnn +o uaf.
bushels OF wheat was 1879 40 c[s OF
1881 the amount OF wheat WOE W. n 10
100000 bushels, which is the gr IT. w.
total q which any account Is $50.
had. Duri--g 1888 the eynor. y" os
corn amounted 10 206744O06 vS,. u
was the record in that cerea, " wv,
that time W 70
If one wishes 70 show tie stinana,..
results Of agrarian labor one sbo's
turn to the figures given in the 'I ls..
annual report OF the New York ~
duce Exchange. which contains eynn',
figures since 1881. when records wo,'
first available. Since that wear w,
value of the cereals sent abroad FROM
the United States has footed nm IA IA
over six billions Of dollars. Tbi.
means that something like 43OO 0o6'
00O bushels of corn and wheat bavo
been sent out OF the country to srnnIv
deficiencies in the food products n
European nations.
There has been a gradual deyelo,
ment in these siXty-eight years. wifi
several periods of very rapid exDan
sion. For instance, in the five wear
ending with September 1885. An
amount of wheat exported was o1l
614,1 Jas bushels. The output Of aor
In that interval was 5,24I9G4 barrel;
By 1865 the wheat exports had rise
TO total of 13S,306,000 bushels: Il
years later they were 224O193-
bushels, doubling in the fyeyear De
lod following.
The best prices that the farmer hf
received for his wheat came betwe(
1865 and 1870, when he averaged
the five years s1.43 a bushel. tt
average between 1890 and 1895 "
so cents. In 1895 he only receiv,
IS cents for what wheat he s.
abroad, and shipped out 100000
bushels, less Gan one-thrd Of IA
years export total.
An interesting study from the
ures given in the report has BE-
made of the proportion f wha
shipped as flour to the total sin
1881 In that year it reached 97.2 D
cent. The ratio fell rapidly until IS
when the percentage YVES only IS.
Last year it was 40.6S per celt-N
Mail and Express.