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 ARGENTINA EXCLUDED. 



Argentina exports annually on an average nearly 

 .' million tons of wheat, nearly a million totis of oats, 

 and half a million tons of linseed, so that the amount 

 of the economy effected represents the greater part of 

 our average exportation. All this does not go to Eng 

 land however. 



Does this mean that we are going to bo the suf 

 ferers from this increased production on the part of 

 the English farmer? 



Of the 7 million tons of cereals actually consumed 

 in England annually, 10 millions are imported from 

 abroad, and of these latter wheat comprises some 7 mil- 

 lion tons. The seven million tons is imported from 

 India, Russia, Canada, Australia, United States, and 

 Argentina; logically then all will suffer in proportion. 



Now we come to the question of whether Argentina 

 will maintain her share of the diminished trade in ce- 

 reals with England. 



The call made for increased production at home- 

 was echoed all over the British Empire and was answer- 

 ed by Canada, India, Australia, in a manner unparall- 

 eled in history, taking into account the fact that the 

 increased production was accompanied by reduced con- 

 sumption on their part, so that huge quantities of ce- 

 reals were placed at the disposal of the motherland,, 

 in excess of the actual increased production. 



In gratitude thereof, a determined outcry was made- 

 that in the future the Empire should have the prefer- 

 ence in the English market over all other competitors 

 in the sale of its surplus stocks. 

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Canada, to cite one example, responded admirably to the 

 demands for increased supplies, the value of the products from 

 her fields rising by 88 per cent, when compared to four yeare 

 previously, or from $638,000,000 gold, in 1914 to $1,200,000,000 

 in 1917. 



EMPIRE WHEAT. 



Indisputably it meant the exclusion of Argentina.. 



The denouncing of all previous treaties, the calling* 

 of a British Imperial Council, and many other similar 

 war measures were indicated as steps in the direction 

 of ImDerial preference, and the knell of five tnnV-. 



Various were the statistics invoked demonstrating- 

 the possibility of the Empire being self-sustaining. 



The estimated consumption for the whole 



