, 1859-05-12
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AAAAA4 - Al IN hIROPE-N1x1 EFa
FECTS ON THE WEST.
The Crimean War is too recent IN event in
tho.tecolicctions Of our farmers, and indeed Of
all Western people, to call for any argument
IN the probable effects, in this part Of the
world, Of similar s,rife a, tic present juno
turc. 1t will be remembered that the prices
OF flour, grain. meats and nearly all the pro-
ducts Of the Northwest, rose to figures which
made it seem that the good time coming had
:'ctuatsy come. The abstraction Of quarter
Of 4 million of men in tue Old World
from the avocations Of peace, requiring
to be fed and clothed, and producing nothing
but empty stomac!as continually; the closing
o. ports whence the surplus products Of other
countries were shipped to the markets Of the
world; the diversion Of capital from the usual
channels o. commerce 10 the great business of
lliug-all these combined to sci premium
Oh the staples Of the West, and resulted ii.
the most remarkable harvest Of dollars We
had ever enjoyed. But another effect NIT
nearly so agreeable. will be equally well rc-
me,nhered. The imitation If prices and the
1nwonted prosperity consequent upon these
unnatural conditions, induced the 1,elef that
thai state Of things was to last forever; and
the investments anil expenditures Of the coun-
try were regulated very much OIL that opinion.
Hence, when the war ceased as Ill wars must
cease. and the prices oi wheat, corn and beef
came prccipitatcly down to their former Shatu
quo, there WIS not only I, very general aud
Erieyous disappointment. coupled with heavy
failures in different parts of the country, butt
was found that the benefits expected 10 accrue
to the West from the long-contiuucd season Of
high prices, were only partially realized. Mon
ey soon began to be tight, Speculatons Of i'll
sorts became unplcasanly slow, or took
1urn adverse to the speculator. :1Dl times got
harder and harder, until the crash Of 1857,
when ii seemed 1llat the end oi MI things haIl
come. Tie late rcyulsion is not to be :ttrib-
ated 10 the Crinean war. or to its iuopportunc
CLOSE, though doubtless r;sel4 contributed
share to the result.
The effects If the war now begun in Europe,
a1pon the Northwest. viii lie similar to those
experienced in the late conflict in the Crimca
The cultivation Of the soil will he largely in
Permitted in France, Germany, Italy. Austria
:1ud perhaps i'll England and Russia; The
ports Of Austria will be blockadrd. and tic
large export trade which finds its outlet
Through the Danube will be suspended. Near
1y all the large erain-proaucins counties Of E,-
rope will become purchasers to greater or
less extent in the American markets. Prices
will 70 up uuqucstional|y, III the degree that
zhe war seems likely to be general and pro-
1ractel. And nothing apparently. but t;il-
Are Of onr growing crops can prevent a*lerdy
return Of the prosperous time: Of ls55-G
But let it not be forgotten that peace is the
normal condition Of the world and tll4t :,
year or two of figltin" is very sure 10 turn
the attention Of the fighters to all arrangement
tf their unsettled accounts. In its present u.s.
lscct, the war just commenced III Piedmont,
lids fair to he 'loody and long continued
condition Of the wtrld elsewhere, suggests
1llr idlcuess Of siug!e inan t,r Il single acr. Of
detrut soil in 1lc West. On tie contrlrv.
everything calls l',r strenuous, careful and tn
tr:1suS la},n7 in the broad fields IF Illinois.
Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri aud Min
nes"t;i- LIT us tlen profit by tile lessons Of
the fur years siuec tie first gun WAS fired at
ssebastopnl. Al best, the flush times we
sl1all Sum enjoy lruln tic commencement uf
liostIlitcs i'll Europe, will not last laif "a lfy-
lime. But the capital thus furnished to orr far
1norS aud business nlt1l, m.y. if not frittcrcd
away i'll useless Injuries, or locked up in spec
a.lations for the next century to realize Oh h.
como the basis of q great and enduring pros
1erity.
A GAME THAT WILL NOT WIN.