Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-05-22
THE CROPS, BkEAU,lUtFs AND PROVI-
SIUSS.

. The New York Journal of Commerce has the fol
lowing on this interesting subject;
We wish 10 utter a word OF caution to our country
friends. and il may be hat some In the city will pro
dt by standing within hearing distance. The new-
ny the Asia is moro favorable for breadstuffs, and
there is now ia prospect ot more active trade n
wheat 6 ,ur and Gudlan corn. in the principal Euro
pean markets. tor several weeks to coms-perhaps TO
the tins Of fh- next ngatherng n! il the harvest be
short, throughout the yenr In anticipation Of this,
and in connection with the reported damage To the
growing crops here, the late season for corn and the
estimate. urged by Inanyj of mtrd stock through.
OUT the Western country .-re Is quite disposition
IN renew last seas0ns excitement, and try another
round Of speculation. TIose who look calmly upon
rhe prospects tor the future See no inducements to
such course, bur m.ny well-mesninE persons stimu
iare ;hs fever, without though OF the vexaon aud
didrres5 II 10 likely ~ cause. That prices might b.
greatly enhanced, both h re- aud throughout the iute
riur by s1ri-s pf speculative operations, is beyond
a question. The stock OF hnur and grain here, al
IArugh larger than generally supposed, Is not O.,
large that II cAnnht be easily controlled until the sup
ply ncressrs and the receipts likely TO be limit
ri for several WEEKS To come. With iudicious ma
ue iv.ring therefore, Quotations here might be iuft
tod, and consumers looking 10 this city for a supply
III. eupply througnouc .hssrn~rar barrel above m.
late at the points o! shipment, and capital Is TOO
,csrce AMI high eifher to control or Keep u oacR-
There 10 = larxs breadth nf land sown with wheat,
and even if part of 1t IL winter'kllIeo, ana sui
rau.rs. th-re VII still bs left yield above the ave-
rage OF past years.
Auy sipmp, therefore, 10 control price, or to specu
ats upon tn. present necessities OF consumers, Wi
ONLY create An excitement unhealthy oa
n will be likely t. involve the movers in emosrrsss
mani if not in total ruin. We d-em the present r
tnyorahle opportunity to utter this warning, 90 the
foreign news is better and thsre - more Danger o'
.p.culaun than Of paiiic. The Western dealers IN
dulg-d last year in fancy opsratlons ootn 10 oreau
,,l fh1vn m
now 10 psy their honest debts. If they Will allo"
th.i. prudnce tn be- soid during the coming season
without any such attempts give IL fictitious value
they will save themselves from dlth 'ufy aud d.
much tnvnrd. recovering their lost position
The Courier and Enquirer, on the same subject, re
m,rks:
There are daily circula'"d on change, somewhat
e1.r.vagant and apparently contradictory reports
r..pec,iny the condition of the growing crop OF wheat
,hs o,anti,y Of wheat and o"rn now In store anc
orsnsry, vi 10 come 10 market, aud the quantity
of ,ur now on the way and yet 10 come f"rwarn. /
il not too much say. that the cause o these repnr
hing made public. Is d-sire 10 Influence tho marke
n one way o! ihs olh-r-fo depress o! aaYanc'
nric.s We do mt wish 10 throw dlscredlt upon an,
of them; for exrravsgsnt and contradictory as W.
have character z-d them, th-y are, to certain e1
,snt susceptible of explanation. la come paris
yiryinis the growing wheat Is undouotediy a RooC
deal injured the sa,ne remark ID true of llilnois
% hils in other psrts of both Illinois and Virginia, thf
n.w crnp never promised better. In Tennessee, crops
nt carexls proiss finely, and there s reason to oe
li.ve, 40 far as may b. iuiged from present pros
pect. that the coming wisst crop Will De tair aver
aga one. observation-disclosures
There are, however, other considerations OF momen
In this connection. The great and growing em'Hrs
tIon TO rhe far West, forms market tor breadstun
tina, must not bs overonked In calculations as 70 IN
ou.nti,y 10 come tn Eastern markets. The interna
movement of produce in any direction cannot un
fortunately be a.cerained with that degree ot dcru
rnoy which Is demanded by tho interests OF taoe
and must !. great measure, bs left 10 personal 20
,.ry atipo 10 determine All accounts agree. that 10
months past tho far west has drawn largely upo
I,n;cs,n and silw.ukie for brsadstuft' and prov
sons. Ii is to bs apprshended, a'o tnat IN me VIII,
snscuIs,ion which prevails in thar quarter sHelcu
,nrsI nursut. will to sune extent be neglected.
Bur that which commands consideration most I'M =
n ,dsrely. is the financial condition OF the EST.
will not h- deu-d, We think, that tns qnahtny
wheat and pur now coming Eastward, ana soon 10
out upon this or some other Eastern market ehceeo
the general exnecaton OF noptn or SIX "sehs ae!
This is undoubtedly owing TO The hnancla necessi
t,s now pressing upon Western operators Tor relief
and must not b. regarded as evidence that the sup
ply I, larger than wa, anticipated. Flour now RUE
=, fair medium price, and in the view we nave "a
ken of the ira ,ences affecting the rnsrkst, no" o
hereafter attempts to drpress il csnno. be euccsssfu
o ,ny serious extent. while i'll view OF Inc oepres'e
cund,on uf trsds, ths absence OF foreign uehisle
and the vast x,ent Of the interest IN breadsuus'
speculative movement to tnrce up prices " 'po'
| which rulsd two year. ago. rnu'f also iaii'