Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-01-25
NUMBER 22.

uty oi wheat no, be much than half the ....
Ted amount Bui even admitting this element Of uDc.,
N INT" M O"rls calculations, aud supposing th.t tho
III the months consumption is than half
NhA be says, what nditon i ESQ ,s.I q, ,h
monthly expenditure Of the for Lrrsd.tu .o-s
An" N'I ~aNs Mr. uairi successive Governments h..
tate ibot 'an OUTLAW Of suo,i to- obtain ,,cu,,.
''"f"- winch would calm public anxiety a. To th.
supply Of food, and would remove that uncertainty aud
apprehension which alarm public credit and p.r,ly.,
trai,.' ''s
But the tact L. that Governments he-i,.t IN i,;,,
inquiries ol this kn' tot merely account OF TN. e,n
- hnt t>" on account OF TIE obstacles their way and
ue disappointment which has again and again tru r.p..
nencrd n obtaining trustworthy returns n the Ff.ch
Government can nov point O returns he. h,y.
been obtained alter many ruitle-. experiments la ,h.
last century the National Assembly made more than o.
attempt TO secure information as to the ay,i
tai produce and Jailed. Napoleon also mad. nj. ,tt.m,,
ana tailed The BouFbons likewise failed again and again
anu II was not uhuI 1886 Tat prospect OF aw-
ned OF the more perfect organization which WAS then A..
vise tor obtaining the required rnd la England We h.
Oren equally unfortunate aud hope than the end o.,
shall be equally successful In 1886 the Board ct Trad.
made an experiment Of this kind limited hoxrvrr to Bel.
orShir The inquiry instituted through ths clergy
ana utterly Jailed not NOR than hth oi the parishes
forwarding the returns Another attempt made ten
years Hehs ago "a three districts of the three kingdoms
simultaneously Ia Ireland and Scotland the inquiry "a.
successful ia England il nought Since then W.. hsy.
OBTAIN ID returns for the whole of Scotland and the whole
oi Ireland and Ne hope obtain the sam. tor
the whole OF England. In order to obtain this result th.
suggestions OF the Parliamentary committee TO which We
nave reiered, and the experience of Mr. Hall Maxwell in
scotland are full OF value Two classes Returns Ar.
absolutely necessary-One compulsory and ,upui bv h
Farmers; the other not but provided by the
er- Of the district Mr. Maxwell found little difficulty in
obtaining the schedules iron the Scottish farmers T.v
indeed hestated 10 supply the information To the district
e"uineratos and committees, that would expose IN.
state oil Their land to the neshbourng farmers, but they
we're Hing to communicate directly with Mr. Maxwell
In Scotland however the Investigations have been eou-
Quoted under the auspices Of the Highland and Areuu
ral Society," body in which the farmers hay. unlimited
confidence In England it would be- conducted through
the Poor law machinery the idea Increased rates ana
rents haunt the dreams the country gentlemen and
to a certain extent the returns be compulsory
But there would be lite use in rendering the second
class OF returns which relates the average yield of the
acres, compulsory and If could prevail the farmers
TO furnish them should still be- liable to doubt their
accuracy The farmer would either refuse to give nfor
natn Or would be tempted TO uncrstlte it, Let an aver
age therefore be- struck after every possible inaury and
ths multiplied into the acreage OF the district will yaye
tile truth pretty nearly. These returns ia all their accu
rcy cannot be furnished than November although
as ~ have before remarked provisional estimates might
be made much earlier period and thes. for all nrac
ucal purpose, would be enough Ii must be ey
d"ht ' IN order TO oreee the OF the markets and
10 compete with countries in which the harvest is several
weeks earlier tan our own, require aud must be
content with, rough estimate previous to the final one
III any case too In the accurate statistics
"h'ch ~ u at present possible 10 obtain b, con-
tent with an approximation the truth The returns of
the Weld will be facts but estimate.-uot IN,
tcts Of the farmers books but the estimates of survey
orr and even It We had information A. To the
preic number ot quarters and bushels per acre still this
capacity We overlook n important itcn,-weshi
uuc quarter o wheat may differ from another by forty m
any pound. weight Here them Is much difference
ih the relative proportions OF hOur and bran. Such lil
terence M millions of quarters considerably Affect thu
accuracy OF the returs and sha be Quit. content in
'"e meantime It the Board of Trade will lay the matter
seriously 10 heart and provide with estimates which
although rough maf still be relied ou and may A. much
possible moderate the auctuatsns OF the market