Show value of he komo Jf arLot so much attention is directed to importance of tho foreign commerce 0 tho republic especially as regards alio europa iii demand for our food products that we deem U necessary to remind our readers bacu leoro that 0 nil the productions duct ions of american agriculture fully ninety live per cent is consumed it homo and that this fact has beon odi bially demonstrated in the regular reports by uio united states bureau of statistics at washington there appears to be u eliat tho volume of our agricultural products isso enormous so rapidly as to render an foreign birket absolutely to our domestic prosperity now while we haro to deny or to un ncr tho influence aud importance of foreign in Amo rican products we really more to the steady progress of civilization civilisation westward between tho mississippi and tho ocean than we do to tho price of american products in london A i LI of a century ao laid 1 i aport wheat from ollar for aliu food supply of hor peo ilo now iri luces enough to supply all her avi and has an annual sur alm of many million of bushels for anther states tho pi cat market tor iho leaming products of tho found between tho gulf of metco and canada cast of the mississippi river TeUy raph |