Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-27

They Made Their Banner Record in 1>,s

-''''A i't''Aii'l fNtEtTG IN lNFt.
Thc milicrs ~ ;he United States. ltkc
rs manufacturers generally. nave mai.
XVIII banner record IN the iisca! Year 1899
hlie wheat. corn. oats corn meal D,f
meal. rye. ANA in fact An lines Of bra4J
StuftS show 4 reduction in ,xpnrtatior Nv
Jason i ri NM decreased demand abroad
EHur alone shows an increase 1n1 rn.
only an increase. but reaches The hirha.t
pnihl III the history of flour expnr;atior
Fnr The fiscal year the total pXnnrt4-in,,
"l hour is over lS.uoo.UOd barrels. rcprr-
SentlnE over Nl.00n. 0n0 bushels of whoa
White no preceding year in tina history I'M
our expectation shows as great an ~,
poriation Of -four. While hout is not in
GUIDED with manufactures in khc general
cldSSlficaUon Of the treasury bureau III
statistics. being retained under the gen
erdl term "brcadStuGS. the fact that
American labor ana the results Of Amer
Ican enterprise enter into its Transition,
from wheat To -four and thus prove adj
NantaEeous TO labor ana business enter
prise adds to the satisfaction with which
americans Will note the steady growth in
lace on the reduced demand abroad for
treadStuffS.
The shortage in breadstufrs in othe~
parts Of the world in 1S9. ana ISqN causrl
as is well known a general advance III
prices and the better crops of the wear
just passed resulted in lower nrices '2n,,
less demand for our breads tufts This
TACT accounts for the reduction in our ex-
portaton III other lines of breadstuffs.
ana that -four exports should have con,
unued to increase in the face Of Inc 70
auction IN other lines is especially graz
lying 70 those Interested in seeing Amer
ican labor participate as largely as pos
tons
The average price per bushcl OF wheat
exported during the fiscal year 1899 was
Inc. and the average price per bushel
lor the wheat exported in the form 1r
Hour was M.61c, calculating that ~ bush.
els OF wheat "a nfili1a1 in bn
tlon OF barrel Of flour. This adds l2ac
10 the amount OF money received for eacn
puShel OF wheat sent abroad in this form
mus bringing 70 American industry over
S!o"Vo,oo during the year as a compensa-
uoh 70 the enterprise which transformed
the So.oo,0o bushels of grain into the 1S-
oooooo barrels Of flour exported
Inc expectation of -four from the T-nI-
TED states has made its chief develop
ment since 1875. Prior to that date Amer
1 le miliers followed the old process Of
iS"" III the manufacture of flour, while
T., n.iu tr milIers We're experimenting
with. and bringing to success the modern
roller mill methods. As Il result the for
elgn Hour trade of the United States met
with serious reverses during the period
from ,,r'o9 IS5o 70 1873, European CONSUMERS
prefer pr,eierri I 70 buy. he wheat and them
serves transform il into -four by their new
process, which the millers Of the United
states had not then adopted
Writing OF this period of depression. in
lne export trade Of American -four.
our millers in 1854 sent $4,000 barrels of
Hour to Great Britain alone. they sent In
100 only 2o, 600 barrels to all Europe anu
that while during the five wears ending
with 1880 over 80 per cent of the value or
wheat and flour exports was -four. in the
i've years lS70-,5 only 27.S per cent Or
wheat and flour exports was in -four yn
mo the expectations Of wheat flour Were.
3,s.a.lS barrels; in 1850, SOIL ,4i9 barrels;
in 1885, 10.6iS14l; in 1890. II 81. III; in 1896
o-eS,e'-, ana in 1899. will be about IS 30O,-