The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-29
the Drought anatrs crops-rnc herald Cor
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responds.ce.
n rpply 10 our late circular and yeneraliuvi
tation ior specific intelligence CONCERNING the
crops Of the present ar IN all parts of tie
cou.try, we have oa file highly interesting !
letter fro Hon. vii oughby Newton, Of Wee I
tern Vir in q, another from william Edwards,
IA a., Of Eden,oD, N C aud another from Sena-
TOR Dodge, Of Iowa. all OF which we propose to
publish OF Moldsy morning, with such Others
Of pub ic interest a. may be received n the
interval
Til. list Of letters which we have already
ppblisb bed from different States and sect ons OF
the Union. comiog "a they did rom the high
est official and private sources, ave had. AZ We
have reaeon To Relieve, very material intiu
tnce in rrestpg the me III the speculate r.
in the prime articles Of bread ,af and pr vi
sions, not only here in New York but in ali
our Atlantic seaboard cities. This was one
object OF our application for positive fact l. as
far as po sib e, from every State and rerr tory.
Of the effect of The drongh in the reduc ton of
the rope of the year Within The Ia 1t week
flour has e. Hen ia ,bis market TO the e. reGt ola
| dollar and BALI and in some iostanct a dollar
al d three quarters per barrel. The formation
which We have pubiished-going ge,y far to
establish it AZ a fixed fact that there il an
abundance Of bread in the COP ntry, ani no
earthly necessity for panic, we rep at it, as
| our decided opiDcn-has had positive in
| fuelce IN effecting thus reuar kable decline in
-four. Our cali upon tn ountry, therefore,
as coup IL efat against u - SPECTATORS has
been crowned with immedir Sc and remarkable
success.
But we had another object in view. 1t was
to enlighten car farm lrs and planters them
selves with such general exhibit OF the
years productions throughout the Union "a
would enable them to calculate with something
like certainty the present and prospective con
diLion of our markets, the demand and the sup
I ply, and the probable ruling prices for their
commodities. In this light, the letters which
we have published, and those which we yet OK
pect to publish, will, we are quite sure, BE-
fully as interesting and useful t. our bread-pro-
dncing fellow. citizens of the interior as i. APP
pears our published aivices have been to the
brcad-consuming masses of our great seaboard
cities.
In addition to our generally gratifying ac-
counts If substantial home supply Of bread
and meat for the winter necessities of our
twenty five millions Of people there are other
good and positive causes for the late rapid
run down in -four. The fine crops and
favorable barvests which they have had in Eng
land, France, the Netherlands and Germany
have superseded the anticipated opening fer
exports Of -four, &c, to those populoas coua
tries. They will not require an thing in this
line Fl, he United States-they may posi-
bly, 20 able to. export little to us should New
York prices at any time Justify the cost Of
transportation and the duty. Next, there is
probably a surplus of twelve or fifteen millions
of bu, hels of wheat in the Caaadas ava ting
the contamination of the reciprocity treaty,
within striking distance of the northern extre-
nifty Of our Erie canal. Then, again, they have
had tremendous wheat crop in California tbc
golden fields Of that wonderful country produc-
ing, 10 some instances, from fifty to sixty
bushels to the acre. California this year, is in
TACT an exporting State Of breadstuffs, and will
| De enabled to make a handsome profit from
shipments to the suffering people of Western
Mexico. In word from oil the lights before
us there is not the slightest ground for alarm
| of famine prices for breadstafIs and provisions
in consequence OF the late general drought.
We would, however, in embracing this
occasion to extend our thanks to all those
gentlemen who have responded to our
call in the premises, advise our readers
in all quarters of the country that any
further information which they may think
fit to communicate to this Office, concern
ing the drought and the crops of their
respective localities, will be yet available for
the general benefit OF all classes and sections
of the Union We desire, especially, to hear
from Indiana, Michigan. Illinois, Missouri Wis
coDsin, Minnesota Arkansas, Kentucky. and
Tennessee, and the coast line of Southern
Slater, extending from Albemarle Sound to toe
Rio Grsnde. From several sources we arc in
DAILY expectation of minute and official re-
ports of the crops. and their aggregate returns
for the year, but we would not have this de: or
any intelligent farmer, of any State, fron
rendering in the result Of his ob:erv ations ana
estimates.
An aspiring youth in the household service
&c King George the Third, complained to his
Majesty one day of the smallness of his com
pensation for his services. What do you gct?"
asked the king Nothing but my victuals ana
Clothes" = That" replied the old fogy. lis
all | get" And with the sovereign Ameri-
can people, also, the first and last consideration
is their victuals and clothes We trust,
therefore, that our farmers aud planters, in all
quarters OF the Union will Gil up the breaks in
our correspondence touching The years returns
If our home supplies of breadstufs and pro
visions and of cotton, that universal article OF
clothing and our great staple Of expectation