New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-03
gEEADsTUFFs GOING UP.

This his been the announcement OF late by each ar
rival Of the steamer from England Tie sequence has
followed the announcement naturally as the gasIl'
ieted balloon in its flight to aerial regions, until
breadstus are up beyond the reach of that portion OF
orr population who live from hand to mouth in this
City and other large towns. We have already stated
in two articles upon this subject that the great rise IN
flour not wholly speculative, and have stated some OF
the reasons of the present high price which bears so
heavily upon consumers, without one single iota OF
benefit TO producers.
Itmay be moOted point with some-it is not with
us--whetber nation WAS ever benefited by the high
price of grain OF its production-that is, such
higL price as tie present one In our opinion, price
which affords the producer fair living profit and So
near as a regular supply aud demand can give steady
price, is far Advantageous to the country than an
occasional high ohc
We have wheat now higher than ever before, and
we do not intend to help the spectators to increase tho
price Nor do we intend to Join the crusade in
denouncing merchants who deal in -four snd grain,
because they take advantage of the wants of Euro
peans, and the blockade OF ice upon the lakes and
canals aud the mob destruction of railroads to advance
the price Of breadstus in this City Notwithstanding it
falls so heavily upon the poor The merchant IS not IN
iault except 60 far as he may be in fault for adj
yocatiug q system which encourages lmpOrtations oil
foreign fabrics and expectations of grain.
No matter if we have wheatands enough to sup
ply the world. 80 bave room enough to manu-
tscture all the articles which receive In ex-
change for our grain and the high price 'nd export
demand is more Of curse than a blessing to the Ia
boring population of America. The nation is not
benefited However much few individuals may Do.
The producer does not receive the advanced price u
is a notorious fact that wheat never advances as 1t
has done lately until after the bulk of 1t has loftthe
farmers hands The present price OF flour Will only
hold until the opening Of navigation Yet then 1t
will not recede to its position last fall, after the har
vest of wheat and corn had been declared. Nothing
now but the indications of frstrate crop OF winter
wheat. and general determination Of farmers TO
raise large crop of spring grain will keep the price
Of breadstufIs within reasonable limits
By large crop we do not mean a crop upon large
number of acres, bat an Improvement IN the method
of cultivation so as to produce large crop from
smaller number of acres than they over planted pe
fire. II is one VI the curses Of this country that
those who farm the most produce the smallest
quantity Of grain for sole. They consume all the sur
plus of last year in the waste of labor of going over
four times as much land as they should to produce the
same quantity Of grain. II is foolish waste
of capital TO occupy vast area for pasturage but that
is not so bad the waste Of lsbor almost universal in
the production Of grain in this country aud fthere is
rot change wrought soon in the economy OF produc
ton we shall continue TO be periodically afflicted with
Breadstufls going up
The capacity of this country TO produce wheat is al
most indefinite and Of all sorts of breadstuis we ran
produce much more than enough to supply the home
consumption. Do we II We DO, whence comes the
cry of high prices every and then 1t is not be-
csuse we export such large quantities for the total
export of the last half year is follows