Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
RNoIAnD's DAILY 1RsAn

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81 InDerts Cone from TAiSs
Country.
The British public % body do NOE
generally know to what extent:we rely
on foreign countries for our food eup.
ply, and very. few thoughtful reaAssv
have yet realized 70 what Bxtsnt 0lsat
Britain depends on the rood Win q
other nations for her daily bread. H.
Inhabitants Of the British Isles 49,
Der 4o.soo.ooo toby. and eonsuisns
hreadstuhs equal 20 about So,so1 epo
quarters Of wheat. OF this total qsuia-
aty required during the last cereal
year. the British farmers contributed
$4,000 quarters, and there came fton
abroad 2o.oe0.1se quarters. Un3SI.
tunstely for the English millers, o. H.
quantity Of breadstuffs imported In ~
cereal year just ended nearly ons-thirA
Of the wheat reached 10 In the mana.
featured form Of -four. This, Of course,
means that the wheat of1al 10 mot con.
sumed in this country, 20 that ous
farmers are deprived Of q much valued
feeding-stuff. and further, that III
money that would be paid In wages 1ot
converting the wheat into -four In ouS
mills Il the brsadstu1f had been In
ported in the form Of grain 10 not ex.
pended at homo.
It 10 doubtful whether there 10 any
necessary Of life receiving more attens
ton at the present time throughout tn
civilized world than bread, and this 10
due to the fact that wheat prices aSss
low, In spite Of the assertions madO b.
some scientists. For example. Sir W.
Crookes, who predicts . scarcity S-oe
wheat within appreeiable distance"
unless by the aid Of 6eisncs the yisl4.
per acre throughout the chief produe.
ing countries IL greatly increased. But
the most interesting portion Of the
wheat problem to our readers 10 70
know on what countries We rely 70 sup.
ply us With our daily bread, and 10
what extent We are indebted 70 their
good nature. II we take the govern.
mcnt returns Just published, and mako
an analysis Of the 23,oeo.13e quafters
Of breadstufRs that were imported int
the United Kingdom during the cereal
year just ended-namely, between 6sp.
TENDER /. 1898. and August 81, 1890, We
find that the United States sent ~.
tie over 81 per cent. Of the total guam.
tity Of breadstuffs imported, and Of
tkis large amount some two-dfths came
in the form Of the manufactured article
flour. For many reasons Il 10 pleasant
to note that in the second place In the
list Of countries that furnish us With
our bread supplies is Canada. who sent
during the last cereal year almost 10
per cent. of the quantity imported.
while India came next in the list With
about sA per cent. In passing. II may
be as well to recall the fact that seven
years ago Russia supplied NJ with most
Of our breadstuffs. namely. % per cent.
and the United States only 30 per cent,
but last year Russia came Afth on the
list Of countries. and did not send 40
more than 3 l-3 per cent. Of the total,
while the Argentine Republic had ths
position Immediately shove her, With
2 1-3 per cent. Of tho total. Australia.
sia only sent to the United Kingdom
a little over aN per cent. Of the total
breadstuffs we imported, while the re-
mainder ssme tFem AHetra. EFsass,
Germany, Chill, Turkey, Roumanie,
ETC., in the order Of Importance We have
named.
From these hguret readers will 800
that we only receive about Afth part
Of the bread supplies imported from
within the empire. and that the farn.
ers OF the United; States have not only
kept their position in the corn trade
Of this country, but have beaten the
Russian peasants nearly out Of the
field; SO that II We add the quantity Of I
breadstutfs that we receive from our
cousins" ncross the herring pond"
to that sent from our colonies, we ind
we imported from the English-speak-
ing race over IS per cent, which fact
in itself is Of great importance. and
alga somewhat Of . safeguard should
war bfenk out Between any Edfortsh
powefs:-Pall Mall Gazette: ~ ~
Renarkahls priak..
OF the many extraordinary drinks
regularly consumed. the blood Of live
horses may perhaps be considered the
most SO. Marco Folio and Carpini were
the first to tell the world Of the Tartar;