The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-06-26

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The West = de sE.,ary Of ssr sss.Asy.
and may become the canary Of the void.
Many Of our statesmen fsar that We shali net
be able to compete with European labor. In its
own maris, owing 10 it cheaPnes. They over
look, We think. enc fAct- The American labor
er does twice - much work N the continental
European, whiie our land from ils fertility, ami
superior culture, yields far more. These causes
will enable US, under all ordinary circums;an-
Gee, tocompete successfully with all Agricultural
, countries.
Two causes may be mentioned ~ likely to
keep up an active demand for bread-stuffs.
I. The uncertainty Of the potato crop.
2. The greatly increased and increasing In
telligence Of the artizans and laboring classes Of
Great Britain.
| This latter cause ID acting, and will continus
to act. most effectively. The artizan has now a
position In the old country, and public opinion
not only asks, but demands imperativsly Of Gov.
eminent, that he shall have full opportunitie,
to improve his condition. Better feeding vii
follow this advancement, matter Of course
and "cheap bread" become abundant In ever,
Industrious laboring mans household In Grea
Britain.
But with this increased demsnd. We have no
now channels Of sea-board communicated am
pie enough to carry away the increased yield c
our bread.stuf crops. There were not vessel
enough at Cleveland, In May last, to take tn
grain on depot there, and this, too, when freigh
was at l0c for corn and wheat to Buffalo, an,
9ec. for -four. Nor could contracts, made II
good fifth. and sought. in good faith. to b per
formed. be perfected, at Buffalo. New York, il
consequence Of the capacity Of the canal to bee
away the produce, even though parties offsre
the enormously high freight Of dollar barre
for -four.
The produce business at Cleveland, one Of on
western store-houses, has been unprecsdeni
large this year. The dePots are crowded, an
the docks full. Up to the 26th Of May, III
,moun, of corn, wheat, and Aour. was:
Wheat, bushels, 902,749
:, Corn, 1929
Flour, barrels, 20e, 0S3
And. by wagons. there was received an i'm
{ mense amount, and they were constantly rollin
in full. OF wheat, ave houses had put in stor'
by this means, $3.50 bushels; Of corn, tw
firms only, had housed 1854 bushels.
But Buffalo is the mighty W sstsrn store-hous
. after all. The quantity of produce there Civ,
? employment 10 the whole industry Of the plac
The receipts Of -four and wheat the 6rst tw
weeks in May, for six seasons. are given by h
Commercial Advertiser a. follows:
IsE le1s ie&s lsA ls<1 II.
Wheat. IN 3C0aa5 le3I73 l5s.OO 1895 10 10 .as(
Flour. Iris ?i-.29 1It63 665i0 .961v $3.50 oS2s
What an increase! Yet large as 1t Is,
would have been larger. had the freight pow'
westward been sufficient to meet the demand.
/. We ought besiies to notice the great increa.
, Of oread-stuff receipts at Albany, and the lar,
!. increase Of business on the Boston railroad,
;; part and parcel of the same general subjec
: Look at the following table, showing the amOu
, received the first four months of the yea
2 named:
/. 1919 1ass Ies5 lag TAT
a Jan s6Gsi.a l1.s.sss Ss,ass as7Ssfe si.css:
Feb s..I27-(5 I1RS.2t to- - clA,8 AS-J-O.