Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-11-15

Wheat and Fiotr. II is not surprisinc ~,
much anxiety should be felt upon sutiec, shrl
touches So nearly the comfort and almos, tho a..
is'encei The people. This nBtnta, solci,ude h..
called forth various articles from the comm.,.
c'nl press, some IT which furnish facts and .necrI,
tiohs. both CURIOUS and interesting TO the nnhtc
II Is row admitted that very general de6c, hs,
taken place N The heat crop of the country. and
HAT the vacuum must be supplied by importation %
amount OF perhaps Of five millions Of bushels
This calculation is made ofler taking accom-, Nh.
diminished consumption consequent upon ipcress.a
economy, and the par;ica substitution of other ar.
ices, such as potato and Indian Corn, the crop, Of
which have been or promised TO be, fair upon az
average. This foreign supply must be Obtained
rom the ports in the Baltic, Mediterranean and
Black Sea, MS well as from Bond in England. much
ct which has been derived from the U. s.
Some Of the papers deprecaling the alarm
or rather anxiety, which prevails upon this subject
as calculated to produce panic disasterous 10 va
tlons interests ~ The country. This apprehension
results from false view the matter, for the oc
currence OF such pnnc at ea,ly stage, is cir.
cumstance which furnishes the best remedy agains,
the evils incident to scarcity ofthe staff of life
This is well know in England where Indications
OF an unpromisiSg crop are Immediately proclaimed
foreign countries, to supply deficit, which II 70.
a zed must lnfict 50 much misery upon a popu-
lous country. This early iniima,on, this prema.
turc sensllveness, is mere indispensable 10 tho
welfare Of this country than to that Of Great BrAsl
~hi1h hitter being within a few days sail of the
great grain growing districts of Europe can alwaI
supply herself with mnch greater promptitude than
distant America, which must have recourse TO the
same market.
Much curiosity has been exhibited to know the
average annual amount Of grsin produced ia The
U. s. There is no data which enables US to ar.
rive at an accurate result, but the following table,
II Is sad, presents ms close an approximation AZ
the circumstances the case will permit -
Indian Corn 100000, 900
Wheat 10000 900
Rye 10000 900
Oats. 20 600 600
Barley 1850 600
1t must not be forgotten that South Amerc.
and the West Indies, arc as dependent on Us for
the article Of Flour as our own ctizens The
annual expectation amount to something like seven
hundred thousand barres.> Now it is impossible
as some would suppose to diminish the threatened
scarcity. by adding this amount TO the home con
sumption, these countries csppo; do without the
articles, Of whatever price il may be held. The
increased economy which they will be obliged 70
Practice. well ourselves. will indeed have
the effect Diminishing the amount exported. but
this cause viii scarcely carry the quantity 6elos
five hundred Thousand barrels.
II must be recolleced, while making this cslcp
ntion, that the countries in question cannot change
their mart Immediately, by resorting TO the pons
of Europe. The shipments from there ore slw,y
made IN grain and there are no facilities 10 Soalt
America, or the West Indies, FOR the extensive cot
versntion off, article Of flower. But. concludl1a
n II may be interesting to mention one fact whcs
%lil be as curious new to mos, Of our reader
Il Is asserted, and that in the most confident ma b.
nef that wheat my be shipped from the Baltic an
Mediterranean Al shout half the rates charged upoi
the same article from Rochester TO N. Y. and on
fourth Of what IL charged from OHIO. MAKING
even some allowance for exaggerstion in this
statement. II presents a curions fact, the impof
lance Of which is enhanced by the circumstsnc'
that for many months in the gear our intefns n
E. ygalion entirely closed. We hope the novel hrt
unexpected st'te Of the grain market, will indre
intelligent merchants TO turn their attention to a.,
matter, and that their consequent exer,ions 81
tend to their own profit, as well ss TO the benz