The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-03


reciprocity of trade between the United
States and Canada. Without disposing
of the resolution of Mr.. BUEL, which
gave rise to the discussion, the House
went into committee on the census bill.
The Tarin.-The Farmers and two Markets.
The leading idea by aid of which the
farmers of the Union were prevailed upon
to lend their aid towards the extirpation
of some of the principal branches of man
ufacture having been that of the advan-
tage of having two markets, we feel that
we should be wanting in our duty were we
to omit placing before them all the infor-
nation required to enable them to Judge
of the probable future value of the great
foreign market, whose demand for "bread-
stuffs and provisions" was to ego on aug
menting" with such rapidity, from the
time when il had attained, in seasons of
"good harvests abroad" the point of
thirty-seven millions of dollars. And
therefore it is that we lay before our
readers the following extract, just now re-
ceived, from letter to the editor of the
Times, by Mr.. Sandars, member of Par
lament, himself largely engaged in the
import Of grain:
"The house to which belong has recently made
some extensive purchases of wheat in Pomerania,
g 40 G,o a. t,a Ia
per quarter, including freight to this country.
The last post brought me invoice and bill Of lad
ing of 200 quarters of fine yellow Stettin wheat.
81 h. to 81 ID, per bushel, at s4s and freight
To Hull, including commission for buying. My
correspondent writes me the 18th inst: Fine
(6l lb.) yellow wheats are now 33s. cost and
freight He again writes on the 22d inst: Il
thank you for your further order for 900 quar-
tiers yellow wheat 81 ID. TO 81 h. If at 32s cost
board and freight to England; but from present
aspect there is little chance Of its execution,
3as cost and freight is the figure to- day, and re-
ports from the British market firm He further
adds with an average crop there is no doubt
our farmers afford TO sell at prices to ship at
Dos per quarter put on board ship here, and, IL is
my belief, even at less. Some years back they
sold at lss. TO 20s. per quarter, first COST"
Thirty-three shillings cost and freight
for wheat that weighs sixty-one pounds a
bushel! Sepen dollars and ninety-ttoo cents
for nine and third bushels of superior
northern wheat, or sighty-eigH cents a
6ushel, delivered in England.
In reply to this, our neighbors of the
Union will'probably reprint their account
of the exports of last year, in relation
to which we now invite the attention
of our readers TO the following extract
from the speech Of Mr.. SANDARs, in
the House of Commons, some days pre-
viously to the date of the above letter,
in reply to statements made by Sir
ROBERT PEEL, tending to prove that con-
sumption had increased by the whole
amount of importation, and therefore that
the condition Of the people must have i'm
proved:
"why, sir, said Mr.. sandars, was there ever
more fallacous statement made TO this house
The right honorable &c ntleman must know, or
ought to have known, that the crop Of Is4s was a
most deficient one. have the authority Of the
honorable member for westbury TO this fact, who
admitted in this house that in many districts OF
the country the deficiency from 30 10 30 per
cent. [Hear, hear, from Mr. wilson, Well,
then, sir, IL required some 5000, 900 Of ors OF
wheat TO mako up this deficiency; then, sir, we
exported TO Ireland upwards Of 100000 qrs. Of
wheat and -four. In place Of the imports from
that country being some COG, 900 TO 700 600 ORE,
they we're rather over 100000 qrs., making diff.
ference Of another million. In addition TO these
three Millions il required at least one million 10
make up for the deficiency and desrness Of pota-
tocs. Thus, sir, the extra consumption which the
right honorable baronct boasts Of ss showing the
improved condition Of the people, in place Of be-
ing 5000 900 qrs., sinks down to the COMPARE
lively Insignificant amount of the odd 100000"
The deficient crop of 1S48 gave us a
market in the early part Of lS49 for a
small quantity Of wheat and Indian corn;
but with the better crop Of 1849, the ex-
port fell almost to nothing, as we have
shown. What will be the promises of our
free-trade friends for the present year,
with good crop on hand throughout Eu-
rope-with favorable prospects for the crop
now in the ground, and with Ireland fast
becoming vast potato-6eld--we are i'm
patient to see. Still more impatient, we