The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-12
NO CRITICISM IN FRANCE.
Complaints "f AnlcrIcnu Grain Crrti-
nrHtc~ No Longer Heard.


settles Nr skinner SAYS CHAT during last
.'..r uH complaint reached G,m concerning
do" accuracy OF American inspection ,.r-
ddeatss.
% rr=r,l- a. adds. -tHat HAY, not
always been able O.. say a- much boo pre-
Ei"u= reports. Tho fact CHAT American
exporters of eIaiu and other rr,-uoJ~ are
H"'r ro make sales based upuu Inspection
certificates ISSUED under the auspices OF
various boards of trade Is Ih. highest
compliment possible Co ia, commercial
honesty of our business men. and rDuSti-
iui~S ann asset OF iEretIeulaII- saIur. which
should Doc surrounded by every safeguard
possible
American certificates hay. been ae-
''pt.u iu jnc UHSl to % considerable ex-
tent because OF unsatisfactory deliveries
OF Ettiu from other competing nations.
7 hr situation elsewhere is improving
very notably u Argentina. Where grain
was formerly shipped iu open cars and
permitted to stand out iu ali sorts of
weather. and then forwarded tD de-ti-
nation without any preliminary cleaning
whatever il is now iu many instances
selected for shipment with every reason
able Pr,cautiou. sent I'm box cars. and
delivered I'm good condition The point
although al present our certificates have
value because our exporters understand
tine wisdom of fair dealing. they are not
ISSUED Iu such a manner a. To- give tho
foreign buyer any legal guarantee. We
have established recently Bureau of
Weights and Standards. and it occurs To-
me that this bureau. IN connection with
the Department OF Agriculture might de-
wise some system Of establishing cereal
standards at The commencement of every
crop year. 10 Doe made the basis of in
sPecuou certificates. There is today no
grain standard which tho commercial or
carnations Of our country are prepared
To- accept as absolute. and as long as
this condition exists. acrimonious disputes
are certain 20 arise.
This year. France gain enters the list
Of wh,st-imu0rtiug nations TO an import
ant extent. % Il estimated that there viii
be- "a shortage az son. sos bushels. and that
tho United States may reasonably expect
90 supply through the port Of Narscillcs
about 2u.D'oo9 bushels. In the last ten
years. the best wheat crop recorded in
this country amounted TO ASSOC tons.
TnIs WAS in lss"- last years crop amount
ed to S.tJ5.ul6 tons. and this years is -x-
p,ctsd t. Doe materially less. The imports
at NarseiIes during 1889 amounted to
-6..GlS tons. OF which the United States
supplied only lt.yfs tons Iu normal years
Do should De- understood that lhr imports
an This city consist almost exclusively OF
very hard maCarDui wheat. received from
Algeria Tuuis. and Russia
The fact that these Wheat~ have not
hitherto been grown in the United States
has aroused q great deal OF interest I'm our
country, and both tEe consular officers
and explorers OF the Agricultural Depart
Hf#Tr Fs
past year iu securing information and
seed. with the result of a fair prospect
that II least 10000 bushels OF true mHca-
rom wheat VIII b. included iH IN. -.meTi-
can harvest OF 1901 IL is hoped thIi
within "a very few years. our exporters
VIII DID," IN "a position 10 place I'm this mar
hrt "a .alr proportion OF the many millions
OF bushels annually required Tor the man
nf."fura OF molina. which Is produced
Do greater Quantities iD Mars.iIias thaE
anywhere else ia the world. The eNpor-
tHuuus from Nar-eIlics of semOIIll alone
amounted iu 1880 TO a5.Uvl tons. and I'D 1881
20 ELEE TONS The sole reason Tor tBe ap-
parent decrease ln che volume of business
DIS the inability OF the manufactures 10
get the proper Kind Of wheat
The demand Tor macaroui and the
other products Of sem0liua. which Is dis
tugulShed from -four by its graUuiated
apUra rance. has grown by LEAFS and
bounds throughout Europe. ana ths man
ufacturerS. finding great difficulty Il se-
curing the necessary hard wheat. have
dine wHedt- OF France. U42fCn are half
hard and are grown from hard seed. The
expectations of edible pastsS from Mar
settles amounted % 8gl4 tons in 1900 and
the value of the macaroui and VsrmiCelu
exported to the United States during the
year 1890 from France. Italy. Spain. and
Austria was &5i%ls2-
I'm a report OF this character. I can
only briefly supply few Of the more tell
ing facts relating 10 this industry which
al the present time is Of insignificant pro-
portions iu the United states IL Is felt
by AN who have investigated the question
that the American people have mad no pp-
porugiIy to understand the value OF
macaToui ass staple article or FOOD, ana
that future years VIII develop the Am-rl-
can demand. assuring TO our farmers the
sail, al home OF an the hard wheat they
can produce without considering the U.s.
.i1ifiti-- ~ entering the European mr.
kets
IAN incident occurred during the year
which is worth noting. as illustrate ting .ae
dfSIra bilify OF the adoption OF the me
trio system iu the United States, WHlcn,
except Great Britain. is tn~ only import
amt manufacturing nation stlll employing
The, old system Ia August OF last year
the United States naval collier SCindld
arrived iu this port. with boiler tunes
burned out and under urgent orders 20
..ra-a.g To- Manila The ship came 60 Mar
settles as 30 was euusi,isred. and lu fact
waS. the port best equipped q" make me
absolutely essential repairs Livery IA
.irrs,- y,.as offered FOR th- prompt r-Gttus
of The boilers 10y local contractors hut
81 was found that at the tuiiE- IN the
CITY had been manufacture lu France.
ana according 10 metric dimensions ana
none OF 10 could be utilized iU the STlullI
boilers without ior0luI the shells. mere
was "a variation OF hairs breadth lu The
dimensions but 10 WAS sufficient 90 pre-
vent tho work from being accomplished,
and orders had 90 BE- oapl-' % the United
States for material which Was brought
over on one OF the German steamers
al. If {.