Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-04-11
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From these twelve ports il appears that supply Of
700 bushels Of wheat could be obtained annually and
further appears that 29s 900 bushels of rye $40 500
bushels Of barley, and 6445 700 bushels Of oats could be
supplied In this list included Riga Rotterdam Ant
werp and several other important ports for the trade In
answer to the inquiry whether the quantity could be increased
If there steady demand in Great Britain the Consul at
St Peersburgh There extensive tracts of land in
the provinces that supply ST. Petersbugh which would
no doubt be brought into cultivation steady and certain
market for wheat opened in this place In years abundance
the quantity which could be exported would be three times
great stated in the table" From Riga the Consul writes:
When the foreign demand very urgent the distant pro.
vnces OF Smolensk Ksuga, and Ore send supplies Riga
The principal wheat districts from the ports
enable the farmers to their crops the market sufficiently
early for expectation the year and therefore, they
not profit decidedly by the Of bad harvest
England those in the neghborhood other Of the
Baltic ports" From Meme the replys 'In four or FIVE
years. about fourth Of grain will be cultivated" From
Warsaw the is that the quantity of wheat grown in
Poland has increased considerably for the six years and
the production might doubt be further gradually increased
there steady demand for foreign corn in England
The Consul from Elsinore reports follows In case Of
steady and regular demand in England for foreign corn the
quantity produced in Denmark would without difficulty and
in short space Of time, be materially increased"
Thus appears that the nations upon the Baltic cam adj
dtion to the seventeen eighteen millions Of bushels Of wheat
set down In the table, contribute still further supply One
Of the great difficulties under which the north of Europe has
labored the want Of communication with the Baltic The
Consuls, IN their statements frequently aude to the fact that
ge secuos OF wheat lands IN the interior neglected for
the want Of cheap and ready communication with the
But this difficulty is fast being removed The plans
Tor railroads which have been adopted Russia, Germany
and all the northern and interior States will bring large guam
titles OF wheat lands into cultivation and enable them
supply still larger of grain, should the English mar
ket require it.
II also appears by made Parliament the Eng
sh East India possessions supply portion Of her brcadsu
In s42 they semitic England 10000 bushels Of wheat and
the business intercourse increases the supplies will
From this glance at the subject appears that the whole
demand OF the English market could be supplied and
than supplied from the eastern continent IL the United
States should withhold every bushe there would ordinary
be no lack Of grain for the English market But we are
told that the repeal Of the English laws would increase the
consumption and hence larger quantity would be required
in that market Asa general rule reduction Of price will in
creasehe consumption article and this ncpew apply
to the subject before well any other But still there
causes which will in my estimation, tend counteract
this effect II the price Of wheat is reduced Great Britain
her dependence mainly upon her crops will tend
to reduce the price Of labor and hence diminish the ability Of