Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-07-07
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THE WHEAT CROP.-The pft yal,nco Of wet
damp warm weather during the PAST week. there Is .
but too good reason 10 appre' has operated WY IN
jurously THE wheat crp. " hat TO- extent Of oan
age will be- yet be known IN tins section oi tie
Union least the very large weld If which there was
previously 50 happy promise. Other portions Of the
country II Is probable, have not been VISITED with the
uniavorabe weather which has been experienced III our
quarter. aud therefore. although the expected abundance
may be- diminished here. Is likely be fully realized
elsewhere. Already, in anticipation of cltfaofdua
~ yield, speculation IS beginning 10 busy itself as Ia
what shall I've done with the laf9e surplus which Will b.
left after domestic consumption supplied and the
expectations TO foreign countries made. Thus, the
Troy Wing says-
Prom present Appearances thc wheat crop of lSl2I
will be- the largest tser harvested in America. Mch
gan, II is said, will have surplus ol .0DO UoO bushels
Ohio will exceed her production OF last year. and So also
will Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa Missouri and
other Western States Even Arkansas has been added
IL the wheat growing States hs year and has arca,
secured large orup. ~ also has Alabama and Northern
Mississippi. In Virginia, Mlr land and pcunsy lvaua
there Will be from all more than an ayrrspe
crop. and in New York. thus far our wheat growers
have no reason To complain The mos authentic dat,
We have seen estimate tie surplus wheat cop of the
Unitcd States the present year 100000 bushels
OF 6,o010o barrels ui flour.'lhs being the case the
smportan, question afis,s. where shall ind market
Tor II
.Grcat Britain and her clloncs in North ,meric,
may take directly and indirectly 1000 100 BUSH south
America and the West Indes , 800 O0O and the rsr If
the world as much more. This will leave ON our hands
19.pO0.uh bushels without purchaser aud IN case the
cropin Great Britain should be good on. several nil
hons in adlitInn. ~ large surplus will Of course rem
der wheat drug IA the market. and ennsuent, cause
great fall IN lis value. This tall will Of course en-
barrass the farmers, and through them The commercial
manufacturing and laborag classes generally
The remedy proposed Is thus stated:
~ lth adequate and permanent protective tariff no
ull.rrq tbta. 1
cur. Many thousands pcrns would then be- enploycd
IN manufactures, and IN pursuits other than am
culi.fal. IN addition 10 those employed, who
would be able To consume our surplus wheat CROP and
pay for 1t in those Commodities which We now receive
from abroad. Commerce. and especially internal com
merce. the most profitable Of all because the safes,
and manufactures would flourish; and agriculture al
80 by reason oi the homo market steadily incrcasnp
which The two iormer Interests would build up The
farmer Of the Interior could then pay his debts due to
the merchant aud manufacturer Of tho scahoard in IN,
produce OF his soil because wheat would always ne in
demand At present.. as We all know he can do this
only in limited degree, since wheat can seldom he r..
mit'ed TO Europe to meet there the payments OF our
merchants for the foreign manufactures consumed by the
people OF this country. We admit these manufactures
into our ports In many free aud for the most mari
fu'Ject to light duties; while Europe imposes upon our
wheat restrictions 50 high. generally 10 amount to
prohibition.
I'VE have said nothing thus far Of the low price nj
labor IN Europe; another which renders il al
most impossible that wheat should ever seriously
conpete with hers in her markets. even allow mo
that It were admitted with low duties When thus
additional fact Is considered, is II strange that any n
our people can believe that this country can prrsper
without an adequate protective TARIFF For our own
part, We believe II TO be IMPOSSIBLE"
Uheat in Louis;ana-We find the following mar,
grarhin the New Orleans Bee OF the 10th ins, II
states an interesting fact and which ma, be Of no
little importance:
planter from the parish of Concorlia left a, our office
small sheai of wheat that was urown up,p bs "a
tate The heads are well flied and The grain yeIy fair
considering the circumstances under which WIS raised
he wheat was sown in February last with onont,t,
oil oats with which II got accidentally mixed and WAS
Consequently cut before il was maiured The ulantcr
thinks that If the wheat had been sown in December
and cut in June. il would have yielded an excellent cram
which could be gathered III for planting corn In
Tins way, II Is his opinion that good crops one Of
wheat and one Of corn, could be very readily raised
each year from the piece of land any where above
the lied River. We are happy Ia add that he intends
taking hint from this accidental experiment and will
SOW held OF wheat In December neat to test the ca
pacity OF the State grow wheat sufficient for lis own
consumption and for expiration.
Grea Emigra,ion-'rho New York American say.
that letters received from the continent of Europe An
nounce the coming Of thousand. of Germans To the nj
ted States. One letter states that ~ 600 are about Il
embark from district and that the rage for emipra
",' Fi'aoes the WIioic ul uernany and lOlland.lhe
only event that can possibly prevent the coming of these
masses OF emigranis, is the of vessels-An i'm
mense army OF emgraDs their march into France
10 embark from French p,rs In confirmation of these
reports, we extract the following from French paper
published In Paris, noted for the accuracy of its state
meBts:
Emigration from Germany.-Whole villages. incIu-
dug the rich as well as the poor are emigranp SAYS
letter from b1enz, from Germany to North America
Three Of those in Upper Hessc have, within few
MONTHS been entirely abandoned and several in Rhc
nsl Prussia are preparing follow the example.
s'or time ago the Whole population of of these vii
'Asee passed through Aieniz Oh It's way TO America ac
ssinpsnied BY its Pastor and school master,
t'aisnani.