The sun., 1918-10-23
NORTH AMERICA TO
& FEED EUROPEANS
Great Grain Supplies Will Go
Abroad Until Nations Are
Rehabilitated.
RUSSIA OUT OF RECKONING
Seven Countries Before War
Imported 414,000,000
Bushels Of Wheat.
RUSSIA OUT OF RECKONIN,

Tia October number OF the Crop Re
,ortr gives most interesting study Of
,ss requirements Of the leading coun-
,,es of the world. showing the average
consumption Of specified grains from
1907 to 1911.
The country showing the largest con-
.rnption of wheat and wheat hour DER
esplta was France. s.s bushels. then
EelRium, So; Italy, 6.2. and the United
KINGDOM, Gil. The total consumption
"a France, including seed. was $4,000
aoO bushels year, Belgium 100000
bushels, the United Kingdom 2ss.o0o.-
100. None Of the countries has, since
tSc war began, been able to import any
such quantities of wheat a. they did
urior 10 the war. but with the return
OF peace conditions II IL quite probable
there will be resumption Of normal inn
ports England. the Netherlands, italy,
Germany, France, Belgium and Aus
,ria-Hungary imported in round num-
hers an average Of 4l4;o0o,ooo bushels
Of wheat and wheat -four. the largest
importer being the United Kingdom--
100000 bushels, Germany was a
large importer. her tahings amounting to
81, 900, 900 bushels OF wheat, and prior
10 the war the imports Of other grain
by tho Central Powers were very heavy.
German Imports OF barley averaged
Os,00e, 900 bushels. corn $4,000 900.
cats 1900, 900. wheat $4,000. 900, while
on the other hand the net exports Of
rye were 100000.
with the condition Of complete dis
organization in Russia, the possibility
Of obtaining barley and feed-grain sup
niles from that country is very remote
and the question Of supplying feeding
SUITS Is possibly more serious one
than tho question of supplying food
stuffs. With the present crop of
wheat In North America and the
prospective acreage, there would seem to
BE- enough surplus to supply the
kadlig countries Of Europe. even with
peace conditions. but if the supply OF
,feed,stuffs, including barley, oats and
corn and oil cake and oil meal. are to
be furnished in order TO keep up the
necessary milk and meat supplies in
allied countries alone the problem would
be difficult, while IL the requirements
Of the Central Empires are to be met
after peace arrives IL will be extremely
diaiicult unless Russian agriculture can
be speedily put on Its feet.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22.-Corn took a de-
cided upward swing in price to-day ow-
ing to general belief that the Berlin
answer to President Wilson was insult
fcient. Tho market closed strong. a1sc.
to 3a,c. net higher. with November
tls3Fs to S1.2a& and December .s1.so
10 N.2oi. Oats finished 1ac. to &C. up.
and provisions at gains Of 15c.. to t1.46.
Sharp advances with which the corn
market opened were well maintained
throughout the session. After the first
rush OF buying had been satisfied mod
crate reactions from initial top figures
snsued. but bullish sentiment gathered
additional force, and was virtually un-
checked as the day came To an end. At
tention Of traders seemed to be wholly
absorbed by the fact that the unofficial
iext Of the German statement differed
widely from the bearish versions that
yesterday had caused values to break.
Purchasing. however. was confined
mostly to shorts. Offerings were rather
Light. especially in the final hour.
oats merely reelected the fluctuations
o. corn. Receipts were not large. but
there was an absence of seaboard busi-
ness
toRN-rn local cash market No. : yell
al $50 cost and freight New York.
OATs-1n local cash market q frm tone
Prevailed owing to the light stocks and
%snaaTd Seoted at Tse at 70 Si'e No.
White, re; No. . white, 7s@HHc.; No
:, white, 7se; ordinary clipped white,
RyE-Msrket steady; No. 9 Western
elevator, export.
BARLEY-Markst easy; feeding. tte7
1nd milling ti.1l cost and freight New
HAY-Markst steady; No. 1, s2loG2.ib;
Nc. =, ;.12.e5: No. ), si.s0Q1.95.