The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-21
GROWTH Of FLOUR EXPORTS
NOAE GOES ABROAD rnAS N ANT
PnEvBOus YEAR
Paet0e Posss 90 AsSasie M ~ cts.
NtiIsea aaA TAree-Quarser
DoRsels Gosag - the Orfeaa.

Special Dispatch 10 the Post-rnselligencsr.
WASHINGTON. July fs-The nIliers CT
the Jnssssz States, Ike is manufacturers
generally. have made their tanner record
In she nscai year 1855. White wheat. corn.
cats. corn meal. oatmeal. rye. and in fact
eli lines os breststuHs shcx a reduction
IN expectation by reason Of the decreased
demand abroad. nour alone shows an IN
crease ard not only an increase. but
reaches the highest point In sae history
Of fcar expectation. For the fiscal year
the total expectation OF aeur II over ;ses.-
90 barrels. representing over se.cSs.ao
bushels OF wheat. while no preceding year
In the history Of our expectation shows as
great an expectation OF -four.
While -four Is no, included with manu-
features IL the general classification OF
The treasury bureau Of statistics. being re-
tanned under the genera. term bread
stusfs." the fact that American labor and
the results % American enterprise enter
into Its transition from wheat TO -four and
thus prove advantageous 10 labor and
business enterprise. adds to the sasisfae-
ton with which Americans VIII note the
steady growth In the expectation Of four.
even In the face % the reduced demand
abroad for hrsadstuffs. The shortage In
hFeadstufYs in other parts OF the world in
1881 and 1883 caused. as IL well known.
general advance In prices and the better
crops OF the year just past resulted in
lower prices and less demand fer cur
hreadstuffs. This fac; accounts for the
reduction In our expectation in other lines
or breadstuns. and that -four experts
should have continued 10 increase in the
face OF the reduction In other lines Is es-
reeisiy gratifying TO those interested in
seeing American labor participate as
largely as possible In the profits Of Amess-
can expectations.
The average price OF whea; ger bushei
exported during the fiscal year 1883 was
its7c and the average price per husael for
the wheat exported In the form of -four
was H.sse. calculating that 81 bushels OF
wheat are utilized In the production OF
barrel Of -four. This adds i2.sc TO the
amount OF money received for each bishei
OF wheat sent abroad I'm this form, thus
bringing 20 American industry over to-
DsoS during the year as compensation
70 the enterprise which transformed the
so.ooooo bushels CT grain into 1900 600
barrels or -four exported.
The expectation OF dour from the United
States has made it's chief development
m.ilcrs followed the old process Of 1870 Ia
the manufacture Of -four while European
millers were experimenting with and
bringing 10 success the modern roller mill
methods. As result the foreign -four
trade Of the United States met with seri-
Gus reverses during the period from 1880
TO fsIb. European consumers prefeyrtnz 10
buy the wheat and themselves transform
IL into -four by their new process which
the miliers of the United States had not
then adopted. Writing OF this period Of
depression In the export trade OF AmeTt-
can fouT. Mr.. Charles A. Pfilsbury says
that. while our miilsrs IN 1854 sent isis.
90 barrels of dour 10 Great Britain alone.
they sent In lsSs bnlv 30 CO.. barrels to all
Europe" and that while during the Ave
years ending with 1880 over 90 per cent. OF
the value Of wheat and -four exports was
-four. In the FIVE years 1S.o-75 only 27s per
cent OF wheat and hour experts was In
-four In 1875 the expectations OF wheat
-four were s-31es barrels. in fSS1 SOIL
4ia barrels: in lsSi. tosss. las. In 1880 IA
2sl.7ii. in 1855. u. ass see. and In 1882 VIII be
having nos vet bean completed by the
treasury bureau Of statistics
While there is a gratifying increase In
the expectation ~ nour IN every direc-
ton. the most strongly marked growth Is
toward the Orient The expectation of
-four 20 Hongkong In the year 1899 will
considerably exceed i.06.f1o barrels. while
In 1873 the number was but 1854 Flour
for Hongkong goes mostly 70 China
though considerable quantities are ship
ped direct from Hongkong - japan, the
Philippines and various islands Of Ocean
lea. To japan direct our exports of -Four
have grown from 1857 barrels in 1859 20
about COO in 1899 10 ali Asia. from
HssTs barrels in fssa to about i.75oe1 bar
reis I'm tsSa To South America the growth
has beer less rand. the total for isSs be-
ing eos ig7 barrels. Will. tina. for isa9 will
he but n little more than tn" figure az a
decade ago. Germany. 20 which sent
hnt u coo barrels Of -four In fsss. takes in
1884 nearly sonNc barrels this being
large increase over last wear. Neither
lands 90 which sent huf ~ 30 barrels
In isSa took IN fSa< over tsaosl barrels.
the figures for 1889 not being vet Gem
pleted To IN. United Kingdom cur ey-
ports OF ffaur In 1889 were 81 "a barrels,
a nj t., will coo barrels