REGINA CONFERENCE

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 24, 28 July 1933, Page 8

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(Received July 28, 2 p.m.)

REGINA, July 27.

"World wheat requirements are likely to decline instead of increase," said Sir Albert Humphries, president of the National Association of British and Irish Millers, in addressing the main session of the World Grain Conference on Thursday. 'Noting that exports and imports of wheat had been diminishing in recent years, Sir Albert declared that the size of the European crop was the major factor in determining the quantity of imported wheat required in the cereal year. The salvation for agriculture, particularly in exporting countries, must be found, though the method did not appear likely to lie by way of exporting cereals. The satisfaction of a country's external liabilities did not depend on huge quantities of exports, but on an adequate monetary return. 1 The problems created by world wheat surpluses were dealt, with by Mr. G. S. J. Broomhall, British Statistician, in a paper read by his son, Mr. J. D. Broomhall, of Now York. In the course of the paper excessive supply was termed the chief cause of agricultural difficulties. An advertising campaign in China and elsewhere to make wheaten bread more widely consumed was proposed as one of the- solutions in the Broomhall paper. It was necessary to bring production into line with the requirements of buyers. Wheatgrowers were still in a favoured position in that they could market the most valued foodstuff of civilised man. Canadians wore particularly fortunate in growing a wheat desired by millers in all countries, especially when compelled to mill a high'percentage of soft native wheat. , The demand for wheaten bread was developing in India, Russia, Japan, and China as well as other Asiatic and near-by countries. Australain wheats were also in demand, selling at a preference on the world markets, as well as the Canadian product.