The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

THE SUPPLY OF

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THE long continuance of high Prices
f pgrii
every article of general consume:4ooo
wheat and flour, and the great un'F'- fns' '
prevails as to the probability for the tios
to the absence of all statistical inforro
agricultural produce of this cotintry, io
lent a considerable degree of interest t°
on tY
tive discussion which has taken place st
Mr. CAIRD, in a letter to The Titnehotbo,
the greater breadth of land in whelt,cl tyctO
summer had more than compensated O
° f
of yield, and he entered into a variet!aDigit
to show that the importation of ab°°,.." -0167
ters would render the home Pr°tet Or
consumption. This statement iv° only of
letters denying the correctneso, °which 00
ferences but of the facts Ones great
founded. In all such contr°ers--
is oft
teres
must be made for the particular
take part in them. Agricultural orresP°l3
~t),
be presumed to have better information em
in dispute with regard to the amount of di
corn merchants may also be presumed tkthrl
thing of the state of the trade in which 9.
cerned. At the same time, it must be
1:0
that each party may have a direct interest
up market prices, and may, therefore, Not
creatingow e vern
a returns
etu impression in the public mind t
lit
stances justifyr thesth present
the
charge,hig and
hratei:
however, a
published in The Times on Wednesday I°l3i,,is
his conviction of the correctness of his Pree
ments. Amongst other arguments in lfih'ej
position, he refers to the returns Publi7i e
London Gazette of the sales of wbot,":. the'
market towns of the kingdoms sh°frow: the
amount returned in the ten 'week° °
15504
September to the 17th of Nov ember,
the corresponding period of the three Pre° titoo
This return he terms the deliveries (POO)
farmers ; but he is neither correct in his deoo
in the inference which he seeks to arm' fr,so 011
returns are not confined to deliveries frlllol
but are actual sales at markets largely sia°,
1'0(11
foreign corn, such as London, Liver bitYl
field : they also include re-sales, as Pr°ce•og the
that, when an object had to be gained duriciot
that the duty on importation was dePelet4
average prices, the return of sales has 50 -f
more than double the actual quantity orrectitio
market ; and they are also notoriously is
is well known that numerous sales take fe 904
any return being made. As a test of tßiee.s;
supply, therefore, they are utterly vale 01)
the same time, we are inclined to °Snof
CAIRD that the present high priced ~leb Y6O
by any actual scarcity. The capital W:icoolimo.
brought into the trade has operated ini".oo 704
consumer, and it would be as well if oi, ao
felt less confidence in holding, for if °cid!,
advantage of present high prices they 1110?
selves opposed in their own market 11.71 r
surplus of American produce, which is °I;
for the present by the scarcity of shiPPill'.

, THE WINE TRADE

IT appears, from an abundance
testimony, that, owing to the ravages
disease throughout the vineyards of

the supply of the two kinds of fore]

in repute in this country have been

diminished ; indeed, to so great an
threaten an ultimate extinction, as th

at present available are the crops of
Should these apprehensions be real's(
drinkers of England must turn their
other countries ; and, though it will no
change of taste, necessity has no la'
however, be a favourable opportunity
still further the good understanding
between this country and France, by
modification of the duties on French
tend to stimulate their more general
Some difficulty may be experienced at

went, but this may be soon overcome ; r‘o
wines of ordinary qualities are allowed to Atie
at such prices as will bring them withiti
the general public, it will no doubt iner64`ooe
feeling which now prevails ; and, at the
stied
pave the way to a relaxation of those ao
re
now operate as a bar to the o .6,0
consumption by the French people of 131.1 41
factures.
Istil/1

There can be little doubt that, notwiths'ot ,
firm hold which Port and Sherry possessoll'o
on the wine-drinking portion a the Cc' 0,011 i
relaxation of the duties on French viines4
considerably to their more general 001/6'jO
without the slightest detriment to tertle;
inasmuch as the ordinary qualities posse s:,O to
intoxicating properties, and require ouliiii4?
them palatable. Claret would be all 'web')
substitute for brandy and water, wilil°01"
would in many cases be preferable to 31 ffdi
The wines of the Peninsula will, howeirer' ti
necessity, go out of use, and it would be:Jo
.making a virtue of the necessity, to pro
the deficiency, by a new understanding
so that we may get cheap wine in retli"
surplus manufactures.
The colony of Australia might also,
encouragement, furnish us with sup Plies;
the mutual benefit of the colony and D'i.ol
country. At the recent exposition ill j"
were awarded for the excellent samples
li,
't ior
duced in Australia. Such a produce Inigbew
attention, prove as profitable as the gold dr'
and xender us more independent of foreign

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