The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-03
WHEAT IN EAST SIBERIA.
An American Writer Asserts That We VIII
Lose Our Market There.

One Of THE SuN's esteemed contempt
raries printed an article last week writer
bv an American in N~ladivostok in which
the writer expressed the view that il woulC
| be visionary to hope TO continue our export,
of -four to eastern Siberia. He said we might
az well contemplate sending Pennsylvania
coal to Newcastle. He has great faith
In the ability of this part Of Siberia to grow
its own wheat.
Travellers not infrequently draw Vol
illusions with regard to weighty matter.
that are not based upon thorough investi'
CATION, and consequently are likely 10 be
misleading There is reason q believe
| that this prediction hat San Francisco will
lose its foui market in eastern Siberia
belongs TO this category. A great deal Of
testimony opposed TO the conclusions
this writer has reached might be cited
HoIr are a few specimens:
n wheat growers and flour manu-
IN, -Irers Of California have long been
specially Interested Ia the -four market
of eastern Siberia. because they have sold
in NiadiVo-tok a great deal Of -four which
has been quite widely distributed among
the settlements in the Amur and Issuri
districts. In 1869 the San Francisco Cham
her Of Commerce sent Mr.. William Mitchell
Bunker to Siberia 10 study American trade
interests there and look into the question
Of the further DEVELOPMENT Of the markets
for California products Here l. a part Of
what he said when he returned home
Il found no reason To believe that Siberia
will become a serious competitor 81 ALI
fUguIi ~ the matter Of wheat. The fact
l. thai the wheat In eastern Siberia j. in
fcrilr. Even when grown from California
seed II degcncratcs the first year Along
the Amur 1 found ~ all the landings large
quantitic. 81 American -four. 30 not
b,liry" that there will IT, any dimlnution
IN this trad.
our Consular reports aid In February.
1897 tn" region ~ eastern Siberia l. 10
b"ttHr adapted foI gram raising than Bit
ish Columbia, aud for che same pa-,n
Both Enti-h Columbia and eastern Sils'tia
have ~ -umm"r "Nu'rSiV" moisture, which
b. u~IfHNurallp fpT wheat growing That
a." Amur ana M" l--uti districts vii ever
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