Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1837-12-07
BREAD STTIFS.

To tie Editors Of the Baltimore Amcrioan
Geuemen--lou lave iabored very hard to
pr.ye with truth that the crop OF wheat made this
season throughoui the United States would he in
eign importatous alone would prevent the price Of
-four from being as high, If not even higher than last
winter, thai wonder you could be so Ear imposed
upon by such article published in your pa
per ofIast Saturday f"om a Albany Argus. as to al
nit it to be true. That paper has for some time
eudcayored, by erroneous statements, to prove that
the crop uf wheat made this year in the State of
New York. was very abundant, and in extent
passing that of 1850 which stated TO have been
rcfg St0rt, and BOG. 600 100000 barrels less
than that oIihc yrar 1885. would appear by the
referred The absuidity of this asser
ton is easily by referring to the statements
made last Wiatef by the Albany Argus, and repab
Iished in the \. \. Commercial List of Nov.
26rh aud Dec. 9TH, 1896 proving that the crop of
1896 instead OF being 100000 TO 100000 barrels
shorter than the crop ol c35, rs now stated up
wards oi 100 900 barrels more. and using the very
SAINT reasoning empoN ed to prove that flour
must tAli. have neither time nor The necessary
documents pc nj out all the Which must
isl in those statements but have now before the
returns gwen by the Albany Argus OF The 'hree ist
weeks ~ November 1898, which equal. in wheat
aud -four, l7j,01s barrels; aud IN 1886, The same
three weeks are reported l7G.26l. showing an in
crease, Instead Ola decreasa. What the receipts Of
Tie three first weeks OF this month have hren have
not seen, but large -ds they have been, doubt that
they were larger than either OF the preceding years.
That the Albany 1rgGs is correct, and is liable
to niahe mistakes. the following fact will slow In
the Conn etcial Lsl ol December 7th, the return OF
receipts IN Noscn er are republi>htd. and the
second 'ceeE III $50 is therein stated to have been
1920 bushels wheat and 5O,5S7 barrels lour-
The very same Albany Argus now tells us that the
receipts only on that very second week.
(Noreniber, 1856 3l,llS bushrl, wheat and 1859
barrels Hour, difference III amount equal to 9.3l0
barrels In that weeA Only. i,uw all the staeme Mt
in that paper made with the same accuracy, you
may Judge what confidence they are entitled to-
Be II as II may, Virginia Mary land aud PcnnsyvanI
have scarcely made ~ good crop lust year,
which - now nearly exhausted. TIE crop OF The
State oi New York cannot be much Larger than The
preceding one. aud am besides positively assured
that The quality is very much injured By the rust
and rot harvest Il Is therefore tar sn,tposc that
the whole crop throug bout The United States will not
lar exceed, il any. that made last year Now taxi into
consideration our increasing u>unpllpn aad last
years imports: From the official report it appears
that three and half millions OF bushels uf wheat
June-add 10 that quantity HE imports ia April,
May and June, IN the ports OF Phladel Iha anl
Boston, and the last quarter 10 octo l> aud M
doubt can exist that an amount OF wheat fully equal
to million OF barrels al flour, imported iron,
October l536,to October, 1857. That too besides
the nillIons OF bushels OF rye. and barley nor
oie'a, reported, they pay 10 duties aud who
can doubt now that unless large, very large and
speedy mporalIons eve.y knd ii bread stutis take
place TIE price of -four vii oily greatly advance
but many must sner for The want OF food. Had
| these fact, been sooner publicly known. much dis
ircsS might have been ayoidei. If you think my
statement correct, and not too late 80 good, you
viii 10y publishing Tins, ublgc
SUBSCRIBER.
Petersburg, Va. Nov. %, 1897.