Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-03

We're i, true. that the bread stuffs supplied
,r a.. h.ct country of Virginia aud Maryland
10 the District cities were to be there cohsum-
ed. some cause Of jealousy would undoubtedly
e,;st apains, anv further addition TO their guam
,ity: for. without computing the quantities Oh
6 coarse grain, the mere wheat and hour anhuahy
entering the warehouses OF the DiStriCt mer'
chants. exclusive Of that which they purchase
and ship from The estates on the river ice oe>
low. being equivalent to more than three nun
dred thousand barrels Of the latter, would sus-
tain four times The entire population OF the
of Colu mbia, were all its inhabitants
sub,i.:ed on bread alone, and did the ten miles
square contribute nothing TO the supply OF their
wants. And yet, Notwithstanding all this album
dance, a ship requiring but twenty hive nun
dred barrels to load her, has been known 10
wait a fortnight al a wharf OF Alexandra Tor a
cargo of -four II would have been better tor
this vessel 10 have gone directly to Baltimore,
or to New York, and for her consignee TO have
sent the -four which he could promptly obtain
around to either Of those cities, rather than 10
have paid for the long detention Of tins ship al
the chief port of the Potomac. II would be
still more expedient for The farmer or miller oil
the fertile valleys Of the Shenandoah * SCUM
Branch who may have furnished a part OF TINS
cargo, to send all that he has TO sell across the
Potomac 10 the market from which 1t can oes'
be exnor,ed. More than one hundred thou
sand barrels do, in fact, seek that distant mar
ket al present, while the fertile counties oil
Frederick and Washington, in Maryland, send
a larger quantity abroad through the same
channel, which ought to find its outlet along
the river that washes their Southern shores.
Some Of my country readers will remember
the difficulty they have encountered In dlspos-
ing, at any one time, of the whole, or any
considerable part of their antual crop in the
District market, when a vessel has not been In
waiting to take it abroad; and others OF them
full we'll know, that it is better 10 arrive al
that market upon any other diy than the very
las, of the week, les; the necessity Of a prompt
sale should reduce the price OF their load
1t is not then the quantity OF bread stutfs IL
the market Of the Potomac, which at present
determines their price, but causes which, how
ever Ineligible, are less obvious. Could the
mere augmentation of quantity reduce TIT
price of this commodity, Virginia flour coul'
no, be so often found in the markets O
Baltimore and New York; either OF which cl
ties annually derives from its own interna
trade more than twice the quantity inspected
in any year within the District of Columbia.
We have in the past Summer, seen, il is true
: upon our Southern tables, excellent bread
made OF Genese. flour, but the reason IS, that
very bad crop at home would not supply u
with as good. In ordinary seasons, the quail
tv of Southern wheat, it is well understood, 1
better adapted than the Northern to toreigl
consumption, which it often reaches through
the circuitous channel of Northern market
BY the ms rumentality Of Northern capital.
DESTROYS of being universally comprehend
ed, | have so dilated the argumentswhlch
have began; as to render 1T Impossible TO Cos
i, in the compass of a single essay mus
: therefore ent.eat the reader who's. attention
may have so far engaged, to accompany m
through another, which l hope, for his sake
will be the last FRANKLIN.
, 'ihe biscuit of Alexandria has reached Bengal an
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