The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-17
BANNER RECORD

or the AIIIlers Of tho United States
Made During the Fiscal Year 1890.
Where Demand for Brcadstufs is
Growing Stronger,
WASHINGTON. D. c., July 1s-The
millers Of the United States, like the
manufacturers generally, have made
their banner record in the fiscal year
1893. While wheat, corn, oats, corn
meal oatmeal, rye, and In fact all lines
Of breadstufEs show a reduction in ex-
portatlon by reason OF the decreased
demand and abroad, flour alone shows
an increase and not only an increase,
but reaches the highest point in the
history OF flour expectation. For the
fiscal year the total expectation Of flour
is over 100000 barrels, representing
over $4,000, 600 bushels Of wheat, while
no preceding year in the history of
our expectation shows as great IN ex-
iportatIon of flour. While flour Is not
Included with manufactures In the
general classification OF the treasury
bureau Of statistics. being retained un-
fact that American labor and the re-
suits Of American enterprise enter into
its transition from wheat to flour and
thus prove advantageous to labor and
business enterprise adds to the salts
faction with which Americans Will note
the steady growth in the expectation OF
-four, even in the face OF the reduced
demand abroad for breadstuffs. The
shortage In breadstuffs in other parts
Of the world in 1897 and 1898 caused, as
Is well known, a general advance In
prices and the better crops Of the year
just past resulted in lower prices ana
less demand for our breadstuts. THIS
fact accounts for the reduction In our
expectation In other lines OF bread:
stufts, and that -four exports SHOULD
have continued to Increase IN the iace
OF the reduction In other lines is es-
pecially gratifying to those interested
in seeing American labor participate as
largely as possible in the profits OF
American expectations.
Average Price ofWhcat.
The average price per bushel Of
wbeat exported during the fiscal year
1898 was 74.77c and the average price
per bushel for the wheat exported in
Inc form OF flour waB S7.67c. calculating
that four and one-half bushels OF
wheat are utilized in the production OF
a barrel OF flour. This adds 12.9c to the
amount OF money received for each
bushel of wheat sent, abroad In tnls
form, thus bringing to American IN
dustry over $l0,000,000 during the year
as a compensation to the enterprise
which transformed the S0.0OO0OO bush-
els Of grain into the 100000 barrels OF
flour exported. ~
limited States has made Its chief deVel-
onment since 1875. Prior to that date.
American millers followed the old pro.
cess OF 1900 in the manufacture OF
flour. while European millers were e&-
perlmenting with, and bringing to sue
cess the modern roller mill methods. As
a result. the foreign flour trade OF the
United States met with serious re-
verses during the period from 1850 to
| is75. European consumers preferring TO
buy the wheat and themselves trans
| form 1t into flour by their new pro-
cess, which the mlllers OF the United
States had not then adopted.
Writing of this period Of depression
Fin the export trade OF American nouT'
Mr.. Charles a. Pills6ury says In ooS
''while our millers in 1854 sent l,s4b'VVO
barrels Of -four to Great Britain alone,
they sent IN 1865 only 100000 barrels to
mi Europe" and that while during
the five years ending with 1890 over 80
per cent OF the value OF wheat and
dour exports was -four, in the I'VE
wears lsiO.75 only 27.s per cent OF wheat
and flour exports was in -four" In 1919
fine eXportatlons of wheat -four were
4 e73 1873 barrels: in 1850. soil, ll9 barrels;
in 1885, 10, 6IS.l45; in 1880. 1881 III; IN
1895, 1925, 1872, and in 1893, will be about
1880 600 barrels. the exact figures nav
| ing not yet been completed by the
treasury bureau OF statistics.
Strongly Marked Growth.
While there is gratifying increase In
the expectation of flour in every direc-
tIon. the most strongly marked growth
| he toward the Orient. The expectations
az flour TO Hong Kong In the year 1893
Will considerably exceed 100000 bar
| rels. while in 1889 the number was but
s7S.6SI. Flour for Hong Kong goes
| mostly TO China, though considerable
quantities nre shipped direct from
Hong Kong to Japan, the Philippines
and various islands of oceanica. To
japan direct, our exports OF flour have
| grown from 1857 barrels in 1859, TO
about 5000 in 1899: to all Asia, from
IIS.56S barrels in 1889 to about l,75O,0OO
barrels in 1893. To South America the
| growth has been less rapid, the total
for 1859 being i.06Sl67 barrels, while
| that for 1929 will be but little more
thnn the Figure OF q decade ago. Ger
many, to which we sent but 1909 bar
reis OF flour in 1889, takes In 1898 nearly
100000 barrels, this being n large In
crease over last yenr. Netherlands, TO
which we sent but 1890 barrels In
1850. took in 1855. over 100000 barrels.
the figures for 1893 not being yet com
pleted. To the United Kingdom, our
exports OF -four In 1889 were 5,2Il.2ti
barrels, and in 1893 will exceed 10000
! 900 barrels.