The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1915-02-19
DEPARTMENT OF ACRICUL-
TURE ISSUES STATEMENT
TO PUBLIC
BETTER SUPPLIED
THAN FOR YEARS
Wheat Surplus Will Permit Elk
portation of Nearly 1,OOO,-
O0O Bushels Daily

ancc that tile United States Is in no
danger Of food shortage. despite
enormous exports to Europe. was CIV
en- tonight by the department Of agri-
culture in a statement to the nnhli".
The surplus of wheat. above domes-
tic necds. on hand February !. 49,.
statement said, would permit the ex-
pprtntiOn OF nearly 100000 bushels
daily.--ehout the recent average-un-
I'll the new crop Is available. More
over, there were larger supplies Of
corn and other grains. meat uuimals.
dairy products. potatoes and fruit at
the opening OF 1915 than for many
years.
incidentally. 1t was pointed out that
the. average price OF meat animuis
was seven per cent. lower In January
than a year ago; butter 2 per cent.
potatoes 35 per cent, apples 81 per
cent, and the price OF chickens slight
ly lower.
18th 1914 wheat crop og the United
Suites was estimated to be 89l .00e. 900
bushels" the statement said. 1.-THE
estimated surplus carried over from
tho 1913 crop was about 10000 900
bushels. making total available sup-
ply Of 967,000.000 bushels. AS the
normal annual per capita consumption
OF wheat In the United States ia about
Sd bushels. 520.00O,00O bushels should
meet our normal domestic require
ments for food: 90,00,600 bushels are
required annually for seeding, there
fore. 0l0,000,000 should supply the
normal domestic demand. This would
leave surplus OF 357. 100000 bushels.
"Of this aurpJun about 10000, 900
bushels were exported by January 80.
This left l47.00O,00O bushels or 40 O.O00.-
600 buaheis fore than our average an
nual export for the past five years, for
export between February and the np-
nearance OF the new crop, or fo- car
ry!ng over into the next crop year.
Tie new American crop will begin
TO appear before July. Tho Argen-
tine crop ia now coming on the mar
ket. 1t Is estimated that from that
aourcc there will he available 100, ,O0O,.
Gao hIsiiels 4 surpius OF. T:,.eN9. 600
hushela or more from India will ne
available iu May and June. The In
crease IN tho fall sDwn wheat acreage
OF the United States IN 1914 was III
per cenf, or over 100000 acres"
The 'ftatement added that tho acre
age or winter whent sOwn in Denmark.
Italy. Switzerland. United Kingdom,
I'll
shows nn increaac OF from three 10
Shirty three cer cent.
but auppoao shortage In wheat
shonld develop in tho next three
months, what would he the situation 2.
the department asked. "There Ia n
great surplus In other food crops In
inc united St1tos, n number OF which
can be used an substitutes. The most
important competing products nre
corn and potatoes. Normally only
about per cent. of the corn cron Is
consuiped as food. The POTATO nro-
duction In the United States averages
1.S bushels per capita. This yenr tho
available supply Is IL bushels.
would seem that the United
States Ia not likely to be threatened
win Q shortage OF. foodstufrs."
Europe'a Demand Caused High Prices.
NEW YORK. Feb. 11.-Only In n
secondary way has speculation becn
responsible for tho big advance. In
i!onr prices In the opinion of Henry
Heinzor, chief statisticlan for the
New York Produce Exchange. given
at the resumption today of the States
investigation into the Increased coat
OF wheat and bread. Tie unnrece.
dented demand for wheat from Enro.
pean countries Is directly responsj-
bie,. Mr.. Heinzer declared.
After Mr.. Helnxer's testimonv n
number OF retailers testified 10 nj
ieged efforts by big baking concern
10 get them to sell bread at 6 cents
ioaf under threat OF cutting or Their