Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-03-24

Here Is averaging about ~ per cent in a single
year, from November, lsI5 TO November, 1916. Now
cheney in the for will pretend the rcduc-
ton OF duties in England has increased the price Of grain
there BIT this will appear still palmer when learn that
wheat, which in November, 1885, sold for els cd. per
quarter commanded in December Of the year los per
quarter being rise Of IA per in single month. 1t
well known that the potato crop Europe has fallen or
than the grain crop and this hss only increased
the price OF potatoes but has created greater demand
wheat, barley, Indian corn and provisions generally, The
deficiency IN the potato crop will be the enhanced
pTce OF that important article Potatoes England which,
IN November, 1885, commanded SIS per ton in November
1916, sold readily Ill., and ia December 1886 SIS.
per ton, being advance in thirteen months Of 1877 per
cent These facts, taken from the best English authority,
prove most concusively that look other causes
than the modification OF the English corn laws tor tho
enhanced price Of grain In that country. In fact the argu
men Of the free trade school has been that the repeal the
English laws would cheaper he price OF bread 10 Eng
land and 80 greatly increase tho consumption and thus
augment the demand FOR gram from this country. Blu,
by the Engsh price currents that all brcadsus have
risen IN prco IN that country since the modification Of her
tariff We do not ascribe this advance in price he change
IN her commercial policy but other causes more con
trolling than any human enactment. The price OF wheat
| in England was
Lea 1912 ST. % psr ouarter
In 1919 5Os ID :,
In lel4 Sis. 3D.
In l5iJ 5Is
Being average Tor four years Of 52, Sd per quarer
These were the years Immediately preceding the modih
cation Of the laws. But have already seen that ~
November, 1876, the price was els Cd and in December
-ahlo, therefore, that look Tor other
the modification 81 the English American tariff Tor this
advance price and increased demand grain And
those IN Ibis country who hail this foreign demand for our
bfcad'tu the result Of late au or tho change ~
tie lfi Of Groa Britain manifest total ignorance ol the
causes 81 ns demand and oi the laws II trade, dspo-
s'ton 10 impose upon tie people. They might well
ascube the pOtnto ROT 20 Mr. Walkers tariff system ~
.scfibe he foreign demand for provisions n.
We have already seen that hofo has been filing of
NJ tho crops IN England. which would - itself increase
her demand from abroad. BIZ ins j. not n IN oil paris
." Europe and ASH whence England usually derives her
supply uoro lns been still greater failure Ireland las
Justly been denominatod the "RTauaTy OF England."-
Thofo imported into Great Britain from Ireland Of
wheat, oats, and barley IN 1892 l6OJ9O2 bushels IN
1893 ~ ,42J693 bushels; IN 1874 2l,25S0i5 bushels
and ~ lsi5. ~ 1877 245 bushels. Here have
for four years Of 20Jf 900 bushels Of tho different
kinds of gram brought from Ireland into Great britain
THIS immense supply, by the failure 81 their crops, and
particularly by the potato rot has been greatly feduced
and Ireland this receiving supplies from Eng
land sustain her iafnishng population There was cent
10 Ireland ny the British Government ~ the month Of ID
ceber alone ~ 65 bushels Of Indian cOrn snd large
supplies have since been forwarded. Tho
buons which have been taken In all principal towns
snd villages relieve the starving population OF Ireland
prove beyond controversy, the existence u famine in the
very country where England usually draws largo supply
Tho fact that Congress has ordered Government ships q
carry out supplies the Irish free of charge and mat the
Senate passed bill appropaGng SJOO0OO for the relief
OF that people, leaves doubt Of the almost failure
q their crops.
But Ireland Is not tho only country which has formerly
supplied tho English market which importing gair