Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-08-27
THE HOME MARKET.

The subjoincd remarks from a communication i'm
the National lntelligencer we commend to the at
tention of our agricultural readers:
see that Senator BREEsE says in debate that he
does not to the home market that eight or ten
counties IN Illinois can supply tat it is the foreign
market we want. Poor maa how long is il since
he caught? Fhc wheat crop OF the United
States makes annually twenty five millions of bar
rels OF flour, Of which about one million is exported
and twenty-four millions used in the home market
of the corn crop, OF from four hundred and fifty to
SIX hundred millions of bushels, not one hundredth
part exported, and the other ninety parts con-
suined at home of the three hundred millions of
bushels OF oats. rye. barley, and buckwheat, less
than one hundredth part is exported of fifteen mil
lions OF tons of hay, worth one hundred and fifty
millions of dollars, all is consumed at home; of
animal food. even but small portion OF that which
Is salted. Is exported, and, il both sailed and fresh
is taken into view, not fl,ieth part is sent abroad
Mighty rich and fertile counties those must be in
Illinois that will furnish such supplies as above
stated. Nor is the situation Of the United States
singular in this respect. The great market OF erery
nation is at home. Any man Of two ideas who
will give himself the trouble to think ON the sub
ject, will at once be convinced OF it, No nation of
the world ever has or ever will export one .enth
part OF its agricultural produce.
Every nation requires ninetenths more. for
their own consumption. The daily food Q: any ma
ton Is enormous, and Great Britain, in her years of
greatest scarcity never imported thirty days prov-
sions for her entire population. If my memory
serves me, the record shows that in the very scarce
year Of 1901, it was estimated she imported about
! fifteen DAYS supply, and then her population was
| about one half OF what 1t now is The ddfy con-
sumption of flour in the u. States, estimated on
the quantity OF wheat grown, is seventy thousand
barrels. and of Indian corn nearly one million five
hundred bushels per day.
The entire value of the agricultural productions
OF the United States Exclusive of cotton) is ann-
ally at least one thousand millions of dollars and
the annual amount exported exclusive of cotton)
does not exceed twenty five millions, or about one
.Jortieh part-leaving nine hundred and seventy
hve millions for home consumption and vet MIR.
Breese says he does not care for the home market
and that ten counties in Illinois can supply it
! These observations are just and sensible The
misfortune is, however that the "two ideas" men
TONED as only necessary 10 enable any one to APP
preclatc their force, too often resolved into one
dea-which is not sufficient. The one idea is that
OF "Pany," with its associations and prospects,
This contracts the mind and restricts the view
We would not go far as TO say that there arc
members OF the United States Senate who have moi
two ideasbu it is to be feared that there are some
IN that respectable body who have not two ideas
worth any thng-Bah. finer.