WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST
. '-—+ — Jn an article on the " Hardships of Pn grew," the " Australasian " says :— ] 1881 the freight of a ton of wheat froi Calcutta to LoDdon was 71s 33, and I 1885 U waa only 27a. Thua m fonr yeai the rate fell by the almost Incredible eni of 44? 3i, principally to all appearanc on account of the new Inventions 1 marine architecture. Another cquaM astonish lor instanoo may be cited. I 1850 14,600 poundß of coal were require to do the work that la now p9rformed b 300 ponndfl ; so that the same expendltur on ooal will enable a shipper to osrr nearly 50 times the cargo. The state raent is made, on the application of selene to trade by Sir Lyon Playfalr In th Contemporary Review, 'A cube of coal, he lays • which passes through a ring th lisa of a ehllllng will drive one ton o cargo for two miles.' Yet suoh m assertion is borne out by hard and dr; figures. The rates of transit across thi Atlantio hare fallen m blx yeais from 9£ per busael In the case of grain to Id, am In the case of bacon and lard from 45s t< 7s 6i par ton. Now, it la obvious tha the "Victorian farmer cannot poaaibl] control the Atlantla freights, which an determined by competition.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1878, 27 June 1888, Page 3
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227WHAT WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1878, 27 June 1888, Page 3
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