Hutchinson gazette., 1901-08-08

tNAHe W. nHuHlu' uO LHlnt DuL
we must be as wise In our plans
OF feeding Rs OF breeding and So
lection. Lining tho soil may bo
likened TO giving OF exercise. II may
not be needed as q food, but II 10 re-
quired to provide the proper chemical
activity In the SOIL otherwise rich
plant food may lie a. inert about the
plant roots AZ food In the stomach of
the uneXercised animal or human be-
Ing, Too much lime impalrs strength,
and 30 does want OF II but tho "nt-
ting amount" produces lt,--Thomas
Wallace,
VIII France Exclude American Corn ?
Inc Following are the total lmporta.
tions OF corn into France during the
last three years, In bushels OF 55
pounds, according TO tho ofIclal French
customs statistics: In 1898, 2l,026, ,96A
bushels; 1899, 23,ll0,476 bushels; 1900
l4'SS01bO bushels The following
quantities were received from the
United States alone; In 1893, 1885,.
672 bushels; 1899, 6,1926l2 bushels;
1900, 4,7S6,S6O bushels; total, 20,916,-
la bushels, Americas greatest com.
petltor Is the Argentine Republic,
which, during the last three years. sent
TO France, 2l,l65,600 bushels.
A. M. Thackara, United States con-
sui at Hayre, reports that the agra
rian and other industries OF France
which are affected by the increasing
use OF foreign corn have become
alarmed at the volume which the i'm.
portations Of that cereal have at.
tained. During the past year, several
bills have been laid before the Cham.
Der OF Deputies, one OF which pro.
Vides FOR the temporary admission OF
corn under certain conditions, and an.
other for the increase OF the customs
duties on corn and -four made from
corn, The French tariff is now about
15 cents per bushel on corn. The
agrarians want 1t raised to at least 83
cents, which would doubtless be pro-
hibitive-which 10 the end desired by
them.
On the other hand, some of the
trades OF France have taken the side
of free corn. The starch makers claim
that their industry Is already placed
under heavy burdens-customs duties
on the raw material (corn), an excise
tax on the amylollnes, and an inter.
nal revenue tax on glucose, that their
establishments are fitted up principally
for the making Of starch from corn;
and that II 1t should become necessary
to substitute rice, 1t would entail very
heavy expense In altering the machin-
cry. They say: 1--WE are menaced by
n most alarming competition from the
Americans, who have copied our ma
chimes, taken from us some Of our
workmen use q raw material free from
duties, and 30 can compete with
us In our own markets, or at least can
take our place in those foreign coun-
tries" The starch made from corn is
extensively used by the wool manufac-
turers In the north Of France in the
preparation Of cloth. The starch maxi
ers say that they are obliged to use
foreign corn, as the native product
is rarely dry enough to bear trans
portation.
The mlllers claim that, owing to the
great improvements which have been
made In their establishments, they
could produce 40 per cent more -four
than is required for home consump.
tlon, and that their expectations only
amount to about 8 per cent of the
overproduction. At Marselles partlc.
ularly, the one hundred and fifty.three
mills there could grind $500 tons of
grain daily, whereas actually they are
only grinding little over half this
amount; that II corn we're allowed
to be admitted into France Temporal
rily their mills could be employed In
the manufacture Of flour and semoules
for human.food purposes a'sl for fat
tening cattle and grits for the brewers;
that markets for these products could
be found In Finland, Italy, the Danu-
bian provinces, and the Lcvant. The
millers protest against any increase in
tho customs duties Oh corn, or the
1000 tons Of that cerea' which were
imported Into Marselles in 1899 only
1000 tons were used In the dlstlller-
les; small portion was employed In
making grits for the brewers, the re-
malnder having been used by the
millers and the farmers, who can not
do without the cereal, especially in the
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Numerous agricultural societies and
syndicates were heard by the govern
ment Most all of them protested
against even the temporary admission
Of corn, and, without exception, they
demanded that the duty on corn should
be increased to Z francs (S1,35) per
100 kilograms (220,46 pounds.) The
following is an extract from COM
munication sent by the Soclete des
Agrlculteurs de France:
Up to the present, the government
has tried to defend our products
against that invading cereal--corn-
by customs duty, insufficient 1t is
true, and by an excise tax Of 4 francs
on cents) upon starch made from
corn used In the glucose industry, a
tax unfortunately seldom applied, on
account Of numerous frauds. The bill