New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-15

Tours. Grenoble. st. Etienne Nantes, Orleans,
ApeeIs, Rheims Chalons Metz, Lille, pout''
yalenciennes, Beauvais, Arrss, ST. Omer, CaAls'
Bouloene- sur Mer strasbourg, Mdhsuasen, kouen'
Uavre Murop, lie Mans, Amens, Abbe'lne, and
Toulon. According to the last census the PoPula-
tions Of the l6i towns sHd cities may now be SET
down at about 5000, COO, This gives US then
$500 600 hectotres, at a cost OF between 'o,ooo,
COO and go OOo 900 frspcs for the reserves In trans
mttpg by circular the decree to the Projects OF De-
partments. the Minister Of Agriculture and Com
nerce tells them that. though they must not
"ropstrsin the bakers to fulfill preciptately the
obligations imposed on them BY the decree tney
must "fx within reasonable limits the period
&" allowed for 20 doing" He leaves tie Projects
to decide, from local considerations, whether the
reserves shal be laid in in grain or -four. He then
tells them that the present measure vast as 1t Is,
may be considered capable Of extension.
The Government does not exag,erate, Monsieur
Prelect the importance Of the measure have de-
sciibrd. 1t s aware that the decree only concerns
small part Of the population, and accordingly II mas
occupied itself with the possibility OF extending hs
mt rms cf action. The Inhabitants Ot bamlets aud of
villages bake their own bread. snd take from their
crops the quantity of wheat necessary for their tam-
lies during the year. The Intervention of the Goyerd'
nent with regard to them would be useless ana iIp.
ros,;be But in a cert ain number III chief towns Of
departments and in greater number OF the cher places
Of srrcndssements and Of cant0ns, and even in popu'
lous villages bakers make an important part of tue
bread consumed and yet they are Lot the opect Oh
any regulations and not obliged TO make any re-
serves l. il possible Ia place the bakers OF such
places as these under the same regime, AID to impose
on them the same santary law of prudence Inc
Government il disposed TO think that IT. prescriptions
IN this respect would lot meet with any serious OBJ
j-ctions'
Before, however, subjectng to the above decree
ell the rest Of France, except the small villages.
the Minister directs the Projects to consult the Mu
inequalities of the places which do not now fall
within its operation. He then tells the Projects
how the reserves are to be stored up:
"Bskers must as far AZ possible, utilise the depen
dercies Of their shops the surveillance Of them will
be easy But you must invite the Municipalities to
organize and 10 place al the disposal OF BAKERS pub
lie store houses calculated to receive on payment OF
rert 10 be fixed by tariff the they cannot re-
ceive themselves. do not doubt that the enlightened
cooperation Of the municipal authorities will render
these operations easy.
The Minister next arrives at the vital point
where to get the money for carrying out the de.
cree
"As 70 the realization of the capital necessary
am convinced that bakers will employ the most seri
Gus efforts to procure tie they Will need. Such
AN employment Of capital presents commercial adj
yantsges great and promises to realize snch egtl-
mate profits that they hardly fail to obtain credit,
especially at moment at which the interest money
is low. Is il presumng too much on the good will
Cf the capitalists in each commune to hope tor their
cooperation in favor of the bakers Would they not
find in the reserves const led safe pledge of their
udvances-and pledge which is rather destined to
increase in value than to decline shall be happy
ii the efforts you may make in this matter may be
ii Ell ~ No NIL.
uies could NOT necessary IN imitation Of the Coisse de
Paris e,eats and employ then, ., adraaccs
10 bakers. In order to encourage and facilitate such
advances, and to multiply them by circulation, the
eranares destined to receive tie mi ght have
the character Of bonded warehouses (aogastns
generaur) conferred them, and might deliver
warrants which would safely be accepted with favor
10y our financial establishment, and especialy by the
Bank Of France.
The Minister concludes his circular by directing
that within twenty days the Projects shall inform
him what they propose in regard to the execution
of the second article Of the decree, and within
month shall report Oh what the Municipalities of the
towns ard villages not concluded in the decree re-
commend.
Now, we DO not purpose to enter at this moment
into the question of public granaries, but the I'M
mense Importance of this economical coup d<tat
needs no org commentary. 1t is well knownthat
the present price of grain is ruinously low in
France, and that consequently, signs of dissatis-
faction are perceptibe among the peasantry. BY
the artificial demand to be created through the
the means Of three months reserve Napoleon tries
to enhance prices artfcialy, and thus stop the
mouth to agricultural Frame On the other hand,
he procaims himself a sort of socialist provi-
dence to the prOletarians of the towns,
although in rather awkward way, since the
first pslpable fleet of his decree must be 10 make
them pay more for their loaf than before. The
- savior of property shows the middle class
that not even the formal Intervention of his own
mock Legislatures, but simple personal ukase on
his part is all that is wanted TO make free with their
purses, dispose of municipal property, trouble the
course of trade and subject their monetary deal
iDgs TO his private crochets. Lastly, the question
is still to be considered from the pure Bonapartist
point of view. Immense buildings for public gran
aries will become necessary over the whole of
France; and what fresh field they will open for
Jobs and plunder. An unexpected turn is also given
to the trade in bresdstufs. What profits to be
pocheted by the Credit Mobilier and the other
gambling companions of his Imperial Majesty! At
all events. We may BE- sure that the Imperial So
calist will prove more successful in raising the
price Of bread than be has been 10 attempts to re-
duce it.
If Theaters have, at last found uie, the !egiti-
macy of which-if it has real one-nobody will