Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-10-07

We invite a careful consideration OF these
things accuracy IS not aimed
a, for them, and cannot be attained. II Is sui
kcient that our calculations are reasonanie.
The aggregate for subsistence and clothing OF
! all sorts all kinds of farming family utensils,
the building and repair of houses and ships,
IN the rents of houses, &c. are put down al n
less sum than 90 dollars per head, pet annum !;
| or. OF man, his wife and three chilGish, 4oo
dollars year--abont the amount OF the wages
OF a res pee able joHnevman mechanic, whic d
is below the average value consumed. What
is the sum Of the rents of all the houses IN our
cities and towns Aud the product Of these,
II must he observed, are as well aadea 10
! general smonnt of subsistence, as bread or
clothing.
We shal proreed IN more particular noi'ce
of certain products of the farmers, by when we
mean tte growers Of grain. grass, roots, meats
wool, &c in conirad distinction tothose oil cotton
sugar, tobacco and rice. ..
The people ofibe United States consume,
each, one pound OF -four day, or It's equivalent
in other vegetable food this is less than the
smount given TO dscently fed slaves peck OF
corn (lOlbs.) week beirg allowed per head,
with other vegetable food. The annual supply
for twelve millions is, then. 1850. 1000, QUO IDS.
or % millions of barrels of flour. II is no mat
|
-four, the average cost will not exceed two
cents for each person per day which we ih'ok
| is a pretty moderate rate Of living, ana sup
pose that Dr. Cooper and Mr.. McDulhe must
admit il.
The greatest export of flour was in 1871
! | 479, 1913 barrels, because of the very snort
crops IN Europe, but in 1919, only 75o.ooo
showings decrease of one half in two years,
and the destructive uncertainty of the foreign
market. In 1923. the export was SCI SOD bar
rels in 1922. S37,3S5 OF which latter. 2lo,3S4
went 10 England on a speculation OF short 'rops.
but wa, nearly all reshpped to the Brush
West Indies or elswhere, or retained until
il became sour, because that the duty requi-
| red upon i could no, be paid for British food.
We shall here explain what this duty is. J,
| falls a. The price of grain rises. Thus, when
British wheat is At 5os. the quarter bnshes
of 7olbs (or about 1870 cents for the American
bnshel of 60lhs } the duty is 44s Sd. per quar-
ter. equal 10 dollars % cents on barrrl OF
-four i--wten Al COS. the quarter (eqnsl to
more than dollar md halt the American
bushel) the duty is 2fs. Sd. the quarter or three
dollar. and 80 cents barrel oil tlour-when
at 72s che starvation point y il is only IL. the
quarter. or IL cenis on a barrel OF Hour. lhere
IS grade Of duty for every shilling OF the value
| of "A quarter of wheat Tor other grain) from
-
but as the price declines il becomes heavy and
soon runs into prohibition. II Is thus that
England watches her agriculture There has
been another little bubble about the short crops
in England but At the last advices the duty
| on q barrel Of our flour was nearly three dol
| lars; 50 lone had been sold for consumption !!
| Bat there had been few days Of sunshine !;
and, as the price Of wheat was declining. the
duty was ahort to advance. This rs a ch'ei
part OF the British free trade system" so much
| snoken uC and held ap foS our invitation
Br tain excludes our -four, though we might
furnish il at much less price than her own
costs her people. even when she has a fair and
full crop =; hut we ought to purchase British cal
icoes, though we eau make them ourselves,
and as cheapiy as she will, as shall be shown
below.
The American consumption requires the e.
auivllent of % millions oil barrels OF Hour
the foreign de IN and takes off less Than 900 900.
The domestic demand is set'ed-ths foreign
small as it is, unsteady. In 1917, the value OF
all the vegetable food exported was D 694 QUO
dollars-n 1929. only 9.079 1922 The mnch
complained of fluctuations IN tho value of cot.
ton, present nothing like this, The foreign
-four trade cannot, atany time, he depended
on We have exported more than 900, 0oD brs.
TO Cuba and Hsyti Ia one year, and in another
less han 10000 We have sent several hun
dred thousands 10 Ing land in one year, aud not
a barrel, as IL were, in thu ensuing one. 10
this wreiched uncertainty, with our Continual
grasping at things abroad, instead of attending
to things AT home, we are indebted for three
fonrths of the perpie kites, or embarrassment,
which the farmers of the United States have
suffered, as must appear manifest TO every
rrdecting mind. As it regards foreign trade, we
ara
In ...L Ill lad mill sfrau
New, as to meats, of all sorts The con-
sumption and waste exceeds LIB for each
person dav The gross quantity required
is then g l60, 900, 900 lbs. equal TO | millions
lbs. Of beef and pork. The greatest export
that we ever made OF beef and pork, was, IN
1905, PAT 900 bbls. In 1929, oaly ll0. O0obls. or
% millions of pounds. just an hundreth part oil
the domestic consumption.
1t thus appears that the vegetable food OF the
United States, exported, is about 24th part
OF what the home demand requires and OF
meats only a l00th part. 1t is then, the Hume
Market that should mainly occupy the thoughts
ola republican statesman.
This great market is best encouraged, or pro-
tected. by divisions Of labor. II all wers tar
mers. raising their own bread and meat, there
would bs no home market and -four, for The
foreie n one would not sell for more than two
dollars a barrel, IL for so much, delivered at our
sea-ports The English could hardly taks 1t
as a gift, because of the duty. unless 10 times
Of scarcity, though delivered free of cost for
freight But we're all farmers. we should
have no cities. How would the account stand
then? New York, alone, consumes the equiv
alent of one third of all our exports of four
Baltimore, 10000 barrels, or three hiths OF all
that VIZ sent to the West Indies. last year,
and much more than was exported dtrtet 10
. a I.,l, han
open. Baltimore, and her adjacent factories,
This view Of the planting interest will strike many
of our readers with considerable force II seems to be
a new Wow oftle subject Admitting that It requires
90 dollars head feed clohe and provide the people
the Of the lhlngs that