Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-05-12


annually ssn,amsd 90 tia .ss,.ss nearly .sa Milllsn
quarters Of foreign grain, nearly half OF the wheat aud
with the exception OF the fret and the last Of the
Series at much cheaper rate than would have been pos
sble under the Corn Lava Is dt that we should set
the example Of that cAndour which expected from the
cxProtectionists and which many OF them have 70
their honor shown. We will. therefore, At once admit
that 50 large consumption OF foreign grain 90 mmedi
ately after its admission, 10 very astonishing result
We remember that any Freetrader yeutured sc
large estimate But since tho fact So what need Il
there apologize for iS Is IL deplorabe circuu-
that reckoning the annual consumption Of each
woman, aud child, at quarter Of wheat and reduc
ing other descriptions OF grain to this standard should
for the last have annually imported tho food
Of seven aud ahaif millions Of peopls That much ha.
been added TO the food OF twenty millions; so that
the food Of the whole population has been Increased by
more than quarter; considering the classes that al
ways had bread enough and those in Ireland that do
get Il all about fourteen millions Of people have been
put full raous bread whom the Corn Laws had con-
demned to be half fed Ii alleged indeed that this i'm
mense importation only supplants au equal quantity o
British produce, OF which, wo have been deprived
by the withdrawal Of protection British farmers have
grown annually, IL is pretended five million quar-
ters less wheat and much of other grain during
the last years than they did before and hey who
make this rather remarkable assertion point to Ireland
some instances OF tagc converted into pasturayu IN this
country and particularly the diminished returns OF
the corn inspectors With regard Ireland suppose Il
mnst go Tor Something though not very much
Tor tie importation Of near seventy million quarters OF
foreign grain during the last years As for tho
substitution Of dairy aud feeding farms in this island Il
may also go some little way but We should be inclined
10 refer much more to tho greater demand for meat
butter cheese and milk that has risen up during the last
seven years. and to tho immense quantity of and which
IN country OF increasing wealth will be continually
70 inc more easy ana geatlemanly kind of husbandy
.ne u'minuuon IN mo sales returned by the corn
inspectors as Tue reviewer points out Il has long been
oy all VINO nave given the least inquiry that this
mo tes' a. all system which simply returns many
market sales a. one party in tho sale may please to re-
turn, which does not return private sales at ALL which
may return ne same corn dozen times over, amounts
nos, unu mere aeiusion. Tue opinion OF It's utter
,i so oo vs su.e suss.s'eu 'ne auempt 20 OBJ
- pP .se VI nsHeutu'a' sausucs. and none
&C. '' ' '""' "'enP' Us Tue aSrieuHurs's them
IN, 9TH ,h. o,,o,,;,, .,
s.rn go, - r VI .us n's' Ana 'ne last OF these
,s'L.nn, r. e $50, " -" h"us mas oeen cheap; and
other nccsss,,s c"nG,,,, 80 uu OF all
h.s ;,,r.s,ad - 80 ,,n...i. W '"inheu hie
noin,cd out Inv Tho rcxicro, ,aorIs u e. as Is wen
Unusual ou,ni,v NJ 10, Co., 60 w ~ .onsuuie an
have At ,,s, bre,I ononh II, u ueer ','' tney
do not proceed TO these acles wbnn, .ney
largely than bcforo In tho e., aS 20 more
viz: animal f,oJ wb.,,,., ~ =, 100, a''e' o'eau,
ton of imports there will also bo laresr consru;
beef mutton nort chez, "a $3.50 so.sumpuoh OF
wifi. will answer for ,bi, s,5 H. ~ nuy ASorer
proofs that while much more hrad L, 80 'uo oes' y,
in this country during the last seven ya, ,t
fore tho ro, .nmn,iono r Ill - ~. ys t'a ever De
;ncr,.sad :, -, ,L s,'eu''uI" prouuce mas
ted that this prosner;,v has pni 800 u ~ Is o,Jec-
h..n enoved Inv ono cI.ss a, ~ p' ",,,' " mas
therefore ia n specics of ,ohha,, 81 81 -, -
about il the better Wbs, thor "' ue res ava
suffering class We are told II "a Tho au,;o,,,"i anu
during all this period n. ;ndssJ o "S.ua. pu'
ono of the pr;nrinaI comn,;n,s ~ III oecas,ohs
lords has been The high nricn ~ "nu anu
tural labor While o,ber hnrdsns , ss.leuI-
wages hay We increased thew saw IN ,h u'"sneu
market The svricpl,ur,i class H., az az VI Ia'ng
sunerincs are made the e.cen,jon and ,h anu
otherwise General nrosner,y IA No, ,,. p.e VI AL
I-boripp class which We hsYo so o. Mu''tuu,uous
chief ssp. of the empire bn, sjmnIv The 'or 'ne
lords and, farmers HanniIv wo k3ow ,h u, ~ ' m
rts Of this alleged calamity and fraud u Is MI
also. we are able to embrace Tho v;.,;-, H;aPpIy,
survey to run the eve from ono I,n,en,,hl " ooe
other and to consider their ma and Josns ~ W an
ven years On this survey and hearing in MA n s' Sc
most universal ruin that occ..iona,,e - u, 'ne al
class oil landlords and farmers and Iaboer TOO IN
DAYS of Protection il must be admitted ,b, b;s 81, I
fallen very light There was much 10 Alleviate ,ho I
in the irst instance much TO qualify he ec,
and already the recovery has been comnle,s i5aah
NAV be said that unless at the momen, If N. 80
tai measure proprietor or tenant farmer
bankrup, in cap,tsl and sb,Een i, cd, a'eauy