The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-05-27
Correspondence Of the journal % Commerce.
The Effect Upon Agriculture by
the Wan in Europe.

Tho prospect Of war IN Europe at a.
early day, even il it has not already COM
n,enced, attracts much of the attention Of
~ our people oirsaly. As the war pro-
presses L win become more and more IN
rortng o. us, in a commercial point Of
view, and possibly in regard 90 questions
that may arise relative to our rights and
.utios az a n-utrll power. Tho contest
IL likely o. be one Of great yigor and de-
termination on al sides; aud will Il not
nvolve all the powers of Europol Brit
! b ministers, IN the recent explanations
nade by them in Parliament, OF the efforts
Of England 70 preserve peace, strongly In
iimatod that Great BStlin might herself
take hand in the fray.
II IL already suggested that Napoleon
will be involved Ia a war, tinglc-hlndcd,
against all Europe.
The cordial understanding, so long OK
sting between England and France, may
De now broken, and the two nations
plunged into war
Then, again, Il Is possible that Eng
land and Russia will stand aloof from the
contesti or il may be that England will,
combining with France and Sardinia, re-
ievc Italy entirely from Austrian domi-
ion.
In the event Of prolonged contest, the
United States might be much benefited
through the employment il would offer 70
our shipping. But Il may be doubted
whether the provision markets Of Europe
would ever be so bnre, during the war, ns
70 produce much demand for provisions at
the scarcity prices at which they are gem
orally held here.
Nothing but long-protractcd war and
famine in Europe can probably ever ona-
BILE US again 10 export brondstutis at prof
u, and even thonit would be uttcndcdwith
aggravated distress at home.
Tho Truth has recently forced itself up
on the consideration Of our people, that
our agricultural resources hHvo not im-
proved, but have rather dctcriorated during
the lest few yenrs.
The United States are not SO product We
Of grain a. formerly. II Is the theory Of
some its fertility Is, in a great degree, eX-
hIueted, and that the organic matter which
constituted that fertility has been swept
OF by rains into the ocean. The trans
montane region i5 loss productive than for
morly, and crops in the older Western
States have become more precarious, and
are frequently very light. Going further
West TO the prairie country, we lind that
the whoat-crops are scarcely 70 be dopon-
ded upon. In the whole of the southern
portion Of Illinois, wheat culture is nearly
OF quite abandoned. and corn substituted
therefor, Chicago will no longer be tho
great wheat depot that Il has for a short
time been. Beyond the Mississippi, there
are some tolerubly good lands, though not
Of late productive. In Iowa crops have
failed for some six years in succossion-
sometimes from excess Of rain, aud, nt
other times, from protractod and parching
drought, Along the water-courses Of Kan
sas and Nebraska L is not unnatural 10
expect to find either tillNhle or pasturage
land, but there is less Of il than has gen
aOlly been represented. The general
character Of that region is sterility, So
with Utah and the whole country to the
Rocky Mountains.
Instead of our feeding Europe In case
Of scarcity there, We may soon fnd our
There Is no prospect, present or future,
That we can export broadstuils 90 great
profit, or that we shall possess such SUR
plus as will enable us 10 export grain and
flour without producing famine prices at
home.