The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-09
Total
6O6,233,559

- " Scuon IN tie returns, and the in
crease OF cultivation since, we add lgl, 766, al
bushels, n'ak.lng total of 900 600 600 is;ght nm.
urea mi fAons) bushels, We shall not in our opinion
az o. keeed the Prodct Of cereal grains in the Uni
an, tes au'lns ".e present year. Taking the pres.
S's ePulauoh at 10000, 600, this would give 40
I,nJ every man, women, and child in the
no htue, there are large deductions for horses,
: ,sS &c, amounting probably to nearly one-half
81 Nne whole product. But Il rs evident, notwlth-
Standing that we have very large surplus for for
eign eountres as much, no doubt, our ships will
| be able 20 carry away. Al present there seems no
limit 20 the demand. At any rate, whatever is the
value Of any Of these articles for exportaton--or
rather whatever price they will command for that
purpose-the same will be the price Of the iphOis
product, although per chance not 81 per cent of it
IL exported II the appreciation Of the product of
1886 Is Ia cents bushe on an average, on ac-
count Of he.demand for expectation, mot an ex-
trayaSant estimate ceralnly,) the aggregate appre
citation ia 500 100000 For this we indie bted
10 eommerce-to comparative freedom Of trade.
And yet there not wanting those who are con-
tinually decryng the foreign market for our prod
uce, and shouting for the home market After
80 years of high tariffs, and all the home market
thereby produced, what would the price Of -four be
now, were il not for the demand for exportation'
Not four dollars a barrel; perhaps not 50 50. The
home market we shall have at any rate. Americans
will eat whether manufacturers, mechanics, sailors,
or gentlemen But after all their eating, prices in
fruitful year like the present, will be extremely low
unless exhausted by the demand for expectation.
'The product Of potatoes in 1910, according to
the census, was los 29S 900 bushels II is difficult to
say whether the present crop has equalled that
amount Perhaps It has not. But we are inclined
TO think the effects of the blight have been greatly
over-estimated. In some districts know that the
damage is much less than at first supposed.
The disease has not been universal; perhaps we
might say not general. We recently travelled GOO
miles in Maui England aud Neuu Hnrk dis.
nct lines Of road, and noticed carefully the appear
ance of the potatoes. The disease seemed To run
in veins, judging from the condition of the tops,
and perhaps extended, in greater or less degree,
over about half of the territory TayerSed. But
even where il prevails the total loss Of the crop by
no means follows. In multtudes of cases 1t only
stops the growth Of the tubers prematurey, and so
dlmlnishes the crop, but does not destroy it. In
Maine, (the most important Stale in the Union for
the growth of potatoes,) the disease has not pre-
vailed this year TO any great extent, and the crop
will be fine. On the whole, we are convinced there
will be plenty Of potatoes for home consumption,
and some to spare for other countries. Still, the
price will be high, partly from the just men,
toned, and partly from sympathy with breadstuas
proper"
Consider the two main facts presented in these
two extracts. The London Times tells ur that
"no English iaborer in len has al his moment
either stock of food 10 purchase food for
month" In ireland, the case is four-fold worse.
At this very moment, the farmers of our country
have gathered into their granaries 50OOOO,OOO of
bushels of breadstuffs. In the face of two such
facts, can any man doubt which is the true policy
for this countryside policy that would burden and
restrict, the policy that would encourage our
trade with England The Journal shows clearly
enough the immense gain which has already ac-
crued to the grain-growers Of our country by the
augmented demand of the foreign market for grain,
and the consequent increase Of price. The journal
estimates this gain at lOOOOO,OOO of dollars. 1t
saysbruly, "for this we indebted to comparative
freedom of trade" Such is the first fruit which the
tariff of 1876, adapting itself to the circumstances of
the present year, has produced. Will the people
doubt whether such tariff is to be sustained