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- ; indifferent qualities, but that more recently the wheat has given

5; tat satisfaction and is now competing with the home grown and
it Russian, both as to quality and price.
= In Italy what is known as ‘‘hard wheat” is used for making mac-1°
 dni and kindred pastes, while bread is made from the so-called
1 ender” wheat. The duty on both hard and tender grain is 75
gq ($14.47) per ton. The official statistics for the years 1gor and
1 52 give the importations of wheat as follows:
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It has been impossible to obtain statistics for the district of
lan which would have any official authenticity. According to inmation
 from a reliable quarter it would appear that the annual
ports of grain into the Milan market would average 34,000 tons
i year, and for the remainder of Lombardy 68,000 tons. There

no official statistics showing the origin of the above imports.

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There is an enormous consumption of grain in Italy in the form

sf macaroni and different kinds of edible pastes, which, with bread,
I m the basis of the nutrition of the nation. It should therefore
+ | be difficult to increase the importation of hard (macaroni) wheat
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d this market, seeing that such imports are made from other coun-  



From what I can gather from interested persons the sale of
lerican wheat in this country will depend on price and quality,
- | the best means to expand present trade will be to'submit samples,
ting prices and conditions, and time of delivery at Genoa.

 

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{ home dealers are that goods are delivered at Genoa. On re- 



dt of bills of lading at Milan the purchaser pays into a bank, as
yulated by agreement.

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At Genoa there is a recognized commission of arbitration to
ch all questions are referred for settlement in case of dispute as
ards shortage, quality, condition, etc. It is the custom to accept
tonsignments as they arrive, leaving all questions of disagree-1t
 to be decided by the commission of arbitration.

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