Quotations THE PRINCIPAL AGRICULTURAL Pro


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The great decline in prices noticed this table shows
that much larger exports required to nett the same
amount Take the article Of -four nstance one third
moremust be exported in s4a at prices TO nett
the same amount exported in st2 II is the same with
beef and pork, tobacco and cotton If there s foreign
demand every five hundred thousand barrels Of -four
the value of that quantity in 1874 would be s0O
Whereas in sl2 prices then current the value would
be S4,32ooo, difference Of oly 81 000 few in
stances similar to this would reduce our imports many
millions The demand in foreign parts for our sgrcultu
raj productions is limited the actual wants for con-
SUMPTION and subject to many restrictions and draw
backs We cannot force products into other coun
tries as their manufactures be forced TO this Tn,
sliding scale Of Great Britain and the prbiting duties
OF other nations con6ne staples to the nts of our
own country to be consumed by ourselves to be taken
as those nations may permit to keep the people from
starving. The agricultural products Of the United States
must steadily increase from year year. until they reach
an extent sufficient to feed all Europe The great extent
Of soil annually added TO the nnumerabe number Of
acres already under cuv aon and the rapid increase in


productions Of the country exceeds every calculation
for the past and orbds all estimates for the future The
immense emigration from Europe and the steady increase
Of producers without corresponding increase Of con-
sumers must before the lapse Of many years. make this
country the granary Of the world and enable all classes
from the abundance and cheapness Of food to reach the
highest state Of prosperity


