H I) 



i u i ! 



u 



CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



THE RISE IN FOOD PRICES 



Due to World Influences — Larger per capita 

 demand of Industrial Population — Great 

 Britain the first to develop Manufactures — 

 Thus the first to feel the need for imported 

 Foodstuffs ...... 



CHAPTER II 



% THE RISE AND FALL OF FOODSTUFF EXPORTS FROM U.S.A., 



1873-I913 



Unfavourable seasons in Europe in 'seventies 

 stimulate American exports — Protective 

 Tariffs check imports to Europe other than 

 United Kingdom — 1885 Fall in Wheat Prices 

 — Bulk Products versus Concentrated Pro- 

 ^ ducts — The Russian Famine, 1891, followed 



by another drop in prices — Great Britain the 

 principal market for American Food-stuffs — 

 Causes of diminished exports culminating 

 in Home Consumption overtaking supplies . 14 



CHAPTER III 



THE GROWTH OF MANUFACTURES AND THE PRESENT 

 FOOD EXPORTING COUNTRIES 



The growth of manufactures general — Its results 

 — Classification of Agricultural Products — 



5 





<c 



