New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-21

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price demanded r this vegetable hs been altogether
unwarrsnted by the circumstances. Not an instance
If tue rot has, to knowledge, been nlenploned.
The crop tbs seGson has almost Invariably 'In-I Jul
vel"
lis true thst there we're jus. grounds OF apprehen-
sion during the drourh that the potato crop would DC
complete failure becguse they require great dsal
Of rain during the formation Q. the tuber or very
moist soil to perfect themselves and all tina; were ad-
vsneed TO certain stage befdre the drouth finished
their growth prezsirel with scarcely any fruit upon
the dried up vines But the late rains came according
70 promise, and now the earth teens with this good
chesply grown food for the poor aud vet il Is almost
beyond their resch in this City without any reascns-
be cause beyond What have siaieithat Is, the in
terest Of the go between.
Farmers with an unnecountable perverensss Of stu
pidiy, have done they always DO, when any article
of produce high-far higher than their utmost hopes
ever anticipated they holding back for Sill higher
prices. When potatoes were 81 50 barrel, current
ard quick sales there we're fewer arriving than at any
other time. And now we cannot learn OF the arrival Of
single canal boat load of potatoes Notwithstanding
their abundance on the Delaware and Hudson Canal,
and the Erie Canal and branches, and particularly
within the reach Of tho Northern Canal II holders
alone thee rontes are determined 10 keep back all the
potatoes for high price in the sprng 1t Is not DIM
crlt to fTeioH the result OF that speculation The
effect Of favorable weather upon the potato crop
within the las, four weeks has entirely changed the
prospects Of high prices. They are and will be- as
compared with twenty years since, high' too high 'of
economical food but owing to the habits OF the peoPe
and to tie large immigration of class who have a.
WAYS lived upon potatoes, we must have very large
quantity to supply the demand OF this City even az
an txtrevsgan. price such as has prevailed Tor tue
last year until consumers have come to the concIu'
sion that tie price demanded warranted by the want
Of an ADEQUATE crop and therefore pay the demands
Of the retailer without questions or If they do ques-
ton to get for answer that they viii soon be higher,
becauie there are scarcely any in market, and very
few expected This is simply a--not so. There is
certsn evidence that an average aggregate yield in
bushels viii be realized this Even allowing
that usny farmers lostthe entire crop, that the drouth
everywhere diminished the yield per acre; yet owing
to the fact that more than usual were planted
particularly on account of the bsckwardness Of the
spring and high price Of flour, for late crops and be-
cause none have been lost by rot, we have probably
larger supply for the coming winter than we have had
before for years Again there hiss been greater econ
omy in the use Of potatoes this fall than before
Everybody who read the accounts Of the drouth be-
then ever before, which belief also induced by
those who undertook TO forests the market, and con-
sequently very few have been fed to cattle, for the
very good reason that the current price was too high
it would not pay.
Finally, we sum up our opinion, which may DO
taken by those interested for what it Is worth, as fol-
lows:
Owing to the breadth Of ground late planted-to
the drouh and consequent keeping back the growth
till late-to the prospect Of very high price, which
has kept farmers from sending the crop forward-to
the great economy which has been practieed every
where in the use Of pctaoesto the entire absence OF
diseafo-to the late watering and consequent improve
ment Of quality for winter use-to the fact too, that
late turnrs ore good, sweet and rich, and will supply
the place potatoes in measure for stock and also
that apples are generally good-owing to all these
causes end some Others give it as our candid opn-
ion that 49,, will be more potatoes within reach OF
Newly ork Of good quality, in sound keeping condi-
ton, on the LIST day OF December, than we have had
before in ten years If this is the fact is there any
reasonable probability that the combined forces OF
all that numerous class who buy low of the farmer,
and sell high the consumer, can maintain the pres
ent e1orbitent high price Of this almost indispensable
food Of the hungry poor.