Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-07-11
The Price Of Wheat.

Az this pstcoar time, the PRICE OF wheat h vubjec
Of Ia. ssbs,sn,i. interest the mass Of the Virgin
Ia people than tho eicc,ioa Of amy Yankee of them all
the presidency. The Farmers last year. having ex.
pended immsssc In aano for the purpose Of supply
ing the behgrrents with the staff Of f enable them
prosecute the work OF d-ath-the conclusion peace
Vas little better than fraud tho-e sho had thus in
vested their But decd-dly depressing upon the
market A. the Pcace wss very much doabt whether
the operations OF the kterch Government in the grain
trade have been attended with lar serious effects
Ever since I'll. year began the agent OF the French Go
vcrnn,enL the Credit No6iiicr has been buying wheat
and hro~ing upon the French markets la large quaint.
Ties time. to depress prices. The government
pected redress ITSELF Tor any loss in its first sales b
the gains would make ia subsequent purchases at
duced figure, aud at the me by driving private
dealers monopozs the market But whether gained
lost in the operation pecunisrily bound Il j.
soQld maintain its existence, TO furnish abundance OF
cheap bread - the people OF France. Louis Napoleon
~el kne~ that ali the Revolutions in France from that
OF So Ia that ut as both inclusive mainly owing
TO deficient crops aud dear bread lie only
his government by providing against the evils which
have subverted 80 many others. He therefore takes
IRON the public treasury, and will continue take
lapg there Is any there, the requisite buy
bread tor his rebeous people The of the late
Strengthened him in his resources and by weakening
his ability purchase sufficient brcadstutfs, rendered
l 50 anxious p-ase But the late inundations
SOUTH and osnr OF france-unpasleled since the
what famous flood OF Nvah have according MGaillsrde
produced greater destruction and viii require greater
lay Of money than the did Whether Bonaparte GO
will De able repair these losses and the
continue raise money speculate in grain
is question OF doubt The advancing rates. reported by
every late steamer only England bu, throughout the
continent would indicate that the attempt control the
grain market of the world is beyond the ability the
nephew of his unc.e"
We infer from the foundations, that the deficiency in
France, the present season. wi be great and serious
The destruction lie confined the low lands the
rivers which have been pyerHowed. The rains which
tell in sufficient quantities poduos tos- unprecedented
elevations ia the courses have had injurious
effect upon all the growing wheat vet season in this
country, is always followed by bad crop, and the
TURF OF wheat Is the everywhere
In Spain also the represent the crops lar
from promising. In the Danubian Provinces, in the
Southern districts OF Russia and in all the regions bor
dering the Black sea, the finest wheatgrowug
try in the world being occupied by the armies of the
belligerents the of sowing it would be
sonabe to anticipate any thing thar half crop.
IL England the crop is promising, though it vii be
three weeks later than usual This il uniaVora-
be circumstance though always fatal But however
good the growing crop be, there is present dehci
ehcN OF twenty 10 tiirtN m,Iion- OF bushels,
which must be made good from quarter. On this
subject copy articles from late number OF the
Marx Lame Esp5css which refer those who wish
TO be advised a subject OF 50 much importance.
With respect the crop in the United States it is
to speak of the largest wheat growing dstric-the
Northwest and the prospects in that section have
nothing but the every repeated paragraphs that the
crops mole promising
A. To Virginia, where the crop has been harvested
though thrshed the accounts are contradictory In
scction.-below Underwater parcuarly--the crop
from the best information have is the worst for ten
years In the Piedmont region, it is better than
last year, though it seeded greater than
crop before, by the free of guano We
pcct this remark of all country on this side OF
the mountain. We have heard but little from the Valley
letter in todays paper from Rockbridge, gives very
favorable accounts from that county. We NAV concede
upon the whole, that the aggregate yield will bee equal
an "r|r"gc-but ignorant shat that isno sa>ac.
tory statistics of the production OF the State having
been collected But, whatever the quantity one thing
c"rtain-the crop has cost much in guano that the
farmer will realize very te clear profit less than - u
| the bnshel.
Uh' Ia sn, Is question Tor every farmer determine
ior hn@ef All We propose nov heretoforc Is sup
ply him with all the facts gather both homo and
abroad y" doubt not that nov formerly Efforts will
be INSIDE bs spectators panic scare farmers
out of their wheat the lowest possible figure But from
the esstng deficiency Europe and the prospects the
growing crops there ami here, good grounds
Tor alarm. We believe there viii be good demand
good price tor all have tn spare between this aud
heSt harvest But The whole is thrown upon the mar
ket al once, OF course the price will fall
1t will be the object vi commercial column keep
the readers oi this paper fully and accurately informed of
current rates and of whatever may have be1ring upon
Tie future.