The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-04

~ ODA6S0 10 Cross the equator twice
and dt Is loaded In sacks. They cannot
carry out the process of shipping
wheat from California, Portland, Seat
tie. Tacoma and other Pacific ports I'M
til after 1t has gone through the sweat
Ing process. Consequently, the wheat
that Is shipped in November from
these ports does not reach it's destina-
ton in the European ports until
March; and the last of the shipments
Oh the crop destined for Europe does
not arrive in the English ports until
tho new crop is making it's way into
our market. The result is that prac-
tlcaIly all this volume Of wheat is
aHoat at one time and is so regarded
In all markets. It is counted as wheat
aHoat and to arrive. 1t does not mat
ter where this shall find a portage,
Wnether In Odessa or Buda-Pesth or
Liverpool or Havre. 1t Is counted as
80 much wheat af1oat, and in that de-
gree 1t Influences the price Of your
product at home.
II We should undertake to give one
NTH the average amount of wheat con-
sumed per capita in the United States
to the people Of Japan alone it would
require 100000 bushels. and In the
case OF China it would take 400, 6t0, 900
bushels. and for China and Japan to-
gether it would take about all
II1thI w II GUILD HAISE.
including that which we eat in this
country. There is no immediate danger
OF an overproduction in that section
Qaughter); there Is no danger of the
market being overstocked (renewed
laughter); the question Is have these
people the money to pay US? What
do they live On now? Most Of them
live on rice. l sent a man over there
and he spent a year in trying to find
out whether If we should drive their
rice out Of their consumption where
would 1t go to; would the rice finally
be reduced in price to the extent that
they would go back TO 1t and abandon
our grain? But found that If we
gave them enough to make pie crust
and crackers it would take all that we
could spare from the Pacific coast, to
say nothing about the points further
East. Japan alone raises only zoe, 000,-
600 bushels of rice annually.
Suppose the government would give
us $3,O0O,0OO to allow 81 per ton as a
bounty to the ships that woIad carry
the products Of this country into the
amount to about 100000. Take a
larger steamer that would carry 5000
tons at trip and 300 trips during the
year would represent $4,000, 900 per
annum.
Mr.. Hill at this point was led into
a line Of thought in which he demon
strated the possibility Of the adoption
Of an elevator system in the Northwest
which would enable shippers to receive
at points Of delivery dates at the time
Of sale Of wheat to country elevators
showing grade. etc. and which would
serve as collateral in all banks and at
the same time enable them at low
cost to sell their wheat at such times
and in such markets as they might de-
sire by a simple method of disposing
Of the certificate. Mr.. Hills remarks
on this important subject will appear
In The G o b of tomorrow.
RESOLUTIONS.
At the close Of Mr.. Hills remarks,
| Ignatius Donnelly offered the follow
| ing resolution Of thanks and approval
of President Hills expression Of his
views on the subject discussed by him:
| Resolved, That the thanks Of this eonven-
! ton are hereby extended to James J. Hill.
Esq. upon the topics Of first Importance to
| this state and the whole country.
| Resolved, That the generous agricultural
| lists of the United States have ever since the
| formation of this government been taxing
| themselves to encourage maDAfactures, until
| the infant industries have grown to such pro-
| portions that they thereafter overlay and
| smother their affectionate parent.
| Resolved. That agriculture, while furnish
| ing the great bulk OF the products of this
| country has been practically ignored by the
| general government.
| Resolved, That the farmers of this country
| can produce wheat, corn, meat, cotton and
| wool enough to feed and clothe two more ma
| lions equal in size and population to itself.
therefore 1t becomes absolutely necessary that
we should reach every part of the civilized
| world to find a market for our vast pIoduc-
| tons.
| Resolved therefore, That we call upon our
| delegation In congress to make a bold and
| persistent fight for fair play to the farmers.
and that the first step thereto we demand
bounties on the transportation Of all our
| products to the Orient, as suggested by Mr.
| Hill In his address today.
| Resolved, That We call upon our whole
| population to put the pressure of their earn
! est demands behind our congressman to that
| end. Upon this We believe depends the fu-
ture development Of Minnesota and the pros
| perity Of our whole people.