New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-11-19
THE TRIBU N e.
Flour and Crntn Mt the West.
Correspondence Of The Tribune.

Of -four in the city of NewYorl, | remarked that
inc extent of the wheat-producng regions, west of
this State, is so vas: that no system of monopoly,
such as once covered our western counties, can
ever again be brought TO bear upon it
AT the completion of the Erie Canal, sixteen
wears since, little either thought or said of the
expected wheat-crop west of this State. The vast
wlds, as they then were, which bordered the west
ern chain Of inland seas, were little counted
upon, except for their flrs, are, at this moment
the forest regions at the base of the Rocky Noun
tans. Thus unknown, and neglected. 1t Is not
strange that the general nature OF the region in
question should have been unknown. It's geology
was wholly So and consequently It's agricultural
capabilities could not be anticipated. The Canal
by opening an easy route 10 the Lakes
cred those seas with vast fleets of water-craft, ard
thus at once removed all difficulties in the way Of
reaching, al pleasure, either in person with pro-
perty, the hitherto unbroksn forests lying ad jacent
10, and beyond the lakes. These facilities soon
produced current of emigration to the West
which has grown broader and deeper in each sue
ceediug year, and which is vet TO reach its maxi
mum at some period still far distant in the future
Geological Investigations, stimulated by this new
and sudden peopling Of the forests in question,
have shown that the wheat-Ged thus
opened to the market of the Atlantic Coast ex-
tends from the limits of the State Of New-York
across the Mississippi to the base of the Rocky
Mountains, upon the West; and North TO the re-
gions OF primary rocks, beyond the boundary ike
of the United States. Throughout all this vast
territory, the general constituents of the soil are
the same and these of the kinds and in the pro-
portionate quantities best adapted to the richest
productions in agriculture generally, and par,cu-
larry Wheat
OF ali this extended realm, which, in Europe,
would constitute the surface of large kingdom,
only here and there spot has yet been occupied.
The greater part is still ali unbroAen forest, there
being, at this moment, for every that has been
subjected tillage, many thousands over which
the primitive forests still wave. The capabilities
then, of the realm in question, to receive aud sus
tain population still ncalculaby great, and so,
Of necessity, must be the quantity Of its future pro-
duct. As an illustration Of the truth of this, the
agricultural results already obtained, in such posi-
tons as have been occupied, may be appealed to.
have before me paper printed at Michigan
City, point upon Lake Michigan, which, bur
few brief years since, was feresl, and without
name. Under date of Nov 3, 1871, this sheet has
the following paragraph;
Not ene-half of the surplus wheat OF Lapor,e
county is in, and but smali portion from any of
our neighboIing counties. Notwithstanding this,
there has scen shipped, since the close OF harvest.
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND BUSHELS eF
WHEAT AND ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED BAR
RxLs OF FLOUR. There is now in store FORTY
FIVE BUSHELS OF WHEAT, waiting for vessels 10
transport it East. the approaching winter will
20 busy eac with our merchants, for the large
quantities Of wheat and corn vet 10 come in, and
the immense number of hogs TO be slaughtered and
brought to market will keep their hands full
Statements, al parallel this have filed the
papers Of the Valley of the Lakes, almost from the
close OF the harvest to the present time; and all
this too, must he remembered, in region which,
sixteen years since, not considered the agricul.
tural rival of Western New-York. and which long
SINCE that period, received provisions for its own
inhabitants, from the regions east of it, and the
very regions through which it pours its vast
and annually accommodating treasures in bread-stuis
to the Atlantic Market.
This imperfect outline of the Great West--a re-
gion that has heretofore attracted less attention. ia
your city, than your interests required; and
which is hereafter TO command an amount IF this
very far exceeding all that YOU now anticipate or
even surmise-w be sufficient to show You tina,
was well founded in fact when | stated that the
day was for gone by when men in this State
could, BY their own procurement of circumstances,
control the Wheat and Flour Market, some few
years since they wont 10 do.
The combination OF Western New-York Millers
TO stop ou,ng and thus enhance the price OF flour
in your city, as mentioned in my last resulted (as
YOU have sccn.) as then advised You ii would, IN
failure Of the parties TO effect their object nat
failure appears TO have caused the parties to give
up the contest in despair. A Rochester paper,
under date of the 9Th inst SAYS: All the mills il
this city, except one or two unimporian, ones and
also through Western New-York, stopped last
Saturday night for the seasOn. A, there is no
emulation of -four here, and allowing the usual
time for boats to reach Albany or Troy the prnci-
pal part Of the -four will have reached ,ide-water
BY the 18th"
The language of this announcement is peculiar.
It speaks of The -four being all ut 'idewater
by the l5,h-tha, is, this day Now this can only
,,o 4, - a., ~. IA IN Western New-Y ork and