AMERICAN ITEMS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1740, 14 January 1888, Page 4

AMERICAN ITEMS

—> — . . ( (( Australasian and South Amerioan," Deoember 9 ) RAILROAD COMPETITION. Congress will be oalled on by American railroads, competing at ft disadvantage with Canadian roads, owing to the operation of the Interstate Commerce Law, 1 1 pass a measure that will remove some of the disadvantages under whloh tbey labor In this traffic and enable them to adopt whatever course they may nee fit m comp. ting with Oanadian carriers of American freight. THR WHEAT HARVEST Our wheat harvest, counting all pniaible requirements, leaves ua a clour 70,000 0i)0 bushels of fcood flo nr-na. kl-.p; grain for export of 'h'C we shall p-obably need (.bout 15 000 000 bushels to meet the r. qiiireoiouis <<f our immediate neighbors. I . ato be hoped that th. balanoe will be •-ft -rod ou its merits and at an honest l.s:ce, uncontrolled by speculator-, so that he proceeds m*y speedily reaoh the farmers' pock -m SORGHO M SUGAR The exp<.rim_>.ts undo taken by tbe United Stats Gove nmeot thi. year m miking sugar from sorghum are said to have been very aocoes__i_l. On fair .oil the yield of oane was an average of twelve tons, The avprage yield ol sugar per acre was about 1500 pounds and of syrup 180 gallons. It is claimed tbat at this r_t*, even at tbe preaent lo* prloe of sugar, the bu-ioe-s of makin. sugar from a.rghuu. w- u'd be v -ry profitable LT^HTI. G WITH NATtRAL OAS. Lima, Uhlo, is nuw lighted wi'h natural g^s It is the en'erpnse of the Standard Oil Oompany. 'lbs gas la pipt*d twenty six miles from Linos, from St Ma'y'a O , a> d thp «Mtohin»j, laying ihe mirns. etr,, oat $200 000 Gvi v. lll be furnlsbed-'o manuiac ur rs at 70 per oent of their las. year's fuel bill. Tbe standpipe on the f. üblic square at Lima is 15 feet high, and the pressure ia so strong that It is fully two feet from the end of the pipe io the blaza, and the blaze is about 20 feet high. This gas is all from one well. .AMEBIC AN TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND Tne total exoort of New Zealand is about $33,0.0 000 per annum, out of which the trade ffith tbe United States only amounts to about $3 000 000. New Z .aland pay a a subsidy of $180,000 to a steamship line to carry th. mails to San Francisco, but there la very little freight In return. The removal of the duty on wool and Its dire .t pnrohase m New Z island markets, instead of through factors m London, would very consider* ably enoourage trade and New Z. aland would be found very willing to reciprocate a more liberal policy m this direction on our part with increased orders for our goods. AMERICAN FLOOR ABROAD. American flour is now In suatp oompetl* tion with European millers, and already has an established preference lo some of the principal foreign market. , mainly due to ihe imp.o^d roller process employed io its ma-ufaoture. Tho decrease ln exports of wheat is thus compensated for In no small degree, considering the advan age arising from the shipment of manufactured material. Aside from tbe superior quality claimed by tbe Amerioan miller, be is more successful m the com* petition by reason of the flouring mills being located generally near tbe grain producing regioor, whereas the European manufacturer must, ss a rule, tram port his grain long distances, together wuh the 25 or 30 per oent of bran, whioh the Amerioan miller saves. On conteioplaing the situation the conclusion is r_*ched that the United State, may possibly have seoored p rmanently the oon*. rel of the Europesn fl >ur market, or, ac least, until such time bb may bo .tqui..d v to establish u -ills equal to American m the great wheat-prudueing countries of I dia, Austr.lla and South America, together with oheap transportation by land and s.a.

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