Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-25

has he Of the culpability Of those who
might furnish only clean and pure milk
but make no effort to do So.
American Farmer Feeds European
Armies.
IAN army crawis on its belly" is one
of the many military maxims attrib-
uted to Napoleon. Therefore the
monthly bulletin Of exports for the
eight months ending August 1918.
compared with the same period in 1914,
just issued by the Department of
Commerce, will be Of interest to
American farmers. 1t will indicate to
them the large part they are taking in
feeding the hosts now engaged in the
titanic struggle abroad, the sequel t..
which will be the greatest trade fight
for commercial supremacy the world
has ever known, and for which we
must be prepared. not only in mill
tary sense. but with adequate tarifr
protection as We'll. il we are to retain
our position among the leading nations
of the earth. The following table is
based on figures taken from the above.
mentioned bulletin, with the addition
of the figures for 1913, under Republi-
can law: ,.. ~ -
Exports 1913 1914 ~. 1915
| Eight months ended August
| Corn. hllShalS. 40 coz 0dr
Value. sA.7ss:se A.7iols4 sss.ss.sso
Average price, 57.Sc 75.6e si.4c
Value. oS'es ISL s; sessis ,sss ss 80
Average price,. ss.4c 4i.sc -. 6i.6c
w 1sise bus e e
Average price. &c $3.50 Sl.47
F Ss'ae barrels .s ssssss ss7ss ss5ss
Average price. N.e7 ! $ISs 1913
The low price of corn in 1913 was
due to the world wide bumper crop in
the year preceding, the yield being
3,125,000.000 bushels in this country
alone. Anticipating war prices corn
went up in Aug. 1914. For the seven
months period up to July. 1914, tn.
average export price of oats was
SS.4c. The jump Of SAC a bushel noted
above was due to the large foreign de-
mand Immediately upon the -declara- :
ton of war, July 81, 1914. In August.
1913, we exported about $1,000 bushels
Of oats, but in August, 1914 exports
jumped to over 100000 bushels. There
was also an increased demand for
wheat at about this time, but the price
fell trif1e, later going to $3.50 along
the seaboard. Our total exports Of all
breadstuffs, rice, barley. rye. ETC., for
1913 amounted to $14s,3Os,95 and for
1914 fell to $120,633,277. a loss of almost
$2S.000,O00 in the eight months periods
under consideration. ~
We exported during the first eight
months of 1918. cotton seed oil to the
value of $l3,2Sl.549: for 1914, $751;
o44; for 1915, $1s.sss,O4s. Cattle, hogs
and sheep, for 1913. $1.O56,s2O; for
1914, $6S7,5o7; for 1915. $2.323,3s9.
Meat and dairy products, for 1918,
s110,s44,436; for 1914, $S0,333.22O; for
1915. $172,159.626. Mineral oil, 1913.
$95, 19s,434; for 1914, $94,31S,95s; for
1915. $s2,S12,571. In 1913 mineral Oil
averaged TIC. a gallon, in 1914, II
averaged 6.3c. Add to these four items
breadstuffs. and the value of the five
articles exported in 1918 was 1858, 741,-
2ss; in 1914. 1904, $50, oo6, or a falling
off of $64,O0o.000 on these Ave articles
for an eight months period. Then the
war orders began to flow in and boost
ed our exports of these items for the
first eight months Of 1915 to the as
founding total Of $65S,122,536. At the
rate exports Of these articles were de-
Ginning under the Democratic law and
peace conditions, it is quite fair to say
that the war pulled us out of the hole,
on these five items for an eight months
period. fully 100000, 900. This is the
sort Of business the Democrats, head
ed by Secretary Redfield. are chalkinR
up to the credit Of the present Admin
istration. But they can't put it over the
American farmer. @sr
/ 1t is doubtful if one Mr.. Guptill could