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while we should have to pay the extra cost entailed
by this change of source of supply.
(2) The United States is turning its attention to
the possibilities of the Orient as a market for its
wheat, and the following extract shows that a new
market that we cannot effect is being developed: —

“Of the varied Oriental markets to which wheat was
exported through Puget sound during the fiscal year
ending June 30, the following partial list suffices to
show that the American wheat farm has numerous
hungry customers across the sea:

To Yokohama ..
Algoa Bay .
Caliao .
Cape Town...
Tast London
{obe... su
Melbourne ...
Port Elizabeth
Port Said ...
Sydney wo

Bushels.
144,196
326,610
305,845
:360,330
442,841
40,000
362,080
796,297
188,006
352,878

«The flour shipments from Puget Sound
twelve months ending June 30 last, included :

Algoa Bay...
Dalny wre
Durban ...
East London
Honolulu ...
Hongkong...
Kobe _—
Moji ony
Nagasaki ...
Port Natal
Port Arthur
Sydney ...

Barrels.
28,031
11,500
50,24 1
38,548
19,240
554,711
115,944
36,883
15,569
28,881
78,982
57,202
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