New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-09

When we take into consideration the great cos'
Of transporting produce, and the incidental expen'
se, of storage. forwarding insurance wharfage
commissions risk Of spelling and damage &c. we
can readily account for the great difference IN rrces
Of produce in different parts Of the United states
The convenience Of water carriage by MYERS, lakes
&c and internal improvements. have also great ell
fects on the prices Of those articles OF produce 10
which the soil and climate Of particular sections are
adapted Tins we can account for the difference
in prices in New York Pennsylvania. Ohio and
Michigan compared with Indiana. Illinois Missouri
Western Virginia Tennessee, Kentucky &c.
IL ha. been estimated by distinguished British
writer that deficiency in the wheat crop OF Great
Britain Of oaetenh would raise the price OF the
whole crop three tentls. and a surplus OF onefehRh
would depress the price OF the whole crop ~ree
teafhs and so in like proportion so that deficient
crop will actually sell for considerably more money
than an abundant crop yielding large surplus
This is most clearly illustrated in the case oil cotton
exported from the United States COB millions OF
pounds Of cotton of the crop of lSi3 We're sold IN
1914 for nearly FIVE millions of dollars more than 1872
millions of pounds brought the previous year ana
over two millions OF dollars more then soJi millions
Of pounds brought the year following
la estimating the causes Of the great disparity in
the prices OF products IN different countries We
must look first to the fact whether the country pro
duces a surplus or produces less than the inhaoi'
tants need. ifthe former to what market 1t can De
sent. az what expense, and at what prices It can
be sold aud if the latter, whence II can derive
supplies. and at what cost of transportation For
instance. Vermont, though an agricultural state
produces for each of its inhabitants according to the
returns with the census of 1870 less than two bush
els of Wheat less than one OF Rye. and less than
three of Indian Corn aud must therefore import
Flour or Grain while Ohio produced for each OF its
inhabitants according to the returns Of s40 for the
previous year over ten bushels oil wheat over M
q bushel of Rye, and about 22 bushels oil lhdlah
Corn and bad therefore large surplus to export
Ohio sent her products mostly to the New forS
market. via the Erie Canal and the Hudson RIVER
and the produce got the New York pnces-ssy g
per barrel for Flour less about 50 % for the cost
and expenses and profits of sending 1t TO marker
aud selling it while the people OF Vermont were
Obliged to send to Albany or Troy for portion Of
their Flour-pay about as per barrel for 1t beside
abou, rs cents for the cost and expenses OF Obtain
ing u, ana tnls Pi'ee VI ~
made in that State to the same standard-so thai
the Vermont farmer got more than twice as mocf
scr bis Wheat, and three times as much for his In
dian Corn as the Ohio farmer. All these facts are
taken into consideration In estimating the average
prices Of products in the several States They serve
to show the effect the prices Of produce and The
advantages TO the farmer of mining manuiactar
log or commercial population in his vicinity to ere
ate an increased demand for his products.
Though Indian Corn in the States OF Indiana, Ih
nois. Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky is pa
down in the foregoing Table at / 5 cents per bushe
Yet II Is done out OF Difference 10 the high estimate
OF Professor Tucker who has put IL IN Tennessee a
rs cents and In the other four States at 90 cents
eushel Mr.. Seaman thinks that the Corn crops {
those States cannot be worth on an average. owe
isl cents per bushel and in many interior district
u eHen Will not sell for more than or 10 cents pc
oesnel The Prices Current often show the ia,
that os's and Potatoes bear higher prices than II
dian Corn IN the Western and South. wester
States.
The ohciai average price. of Produce IN Franc
IN lsil were; For Whea,. per bu.Asl :, oS. !,
dian Corn 90 cents oss 40 cents. and po,.,,s.
cents per bushe These prices are hsl,,,, ~, =.
age prices Of Grain in manufacturer. g.
the sea board. aud show that We came, 49,,
either Grain or Flour to France when their pro,nc
are abundant