The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-06-25
GO The following letter from the pen Of
prominent Delaware farmer will be read with
attention by both farmers and politicians.
For The Cecil Whig.
The Wheat CPop.

prominent De'aWare taTIner VIII be read with
attention by both farmers and politicians
For Tile Cecil Whig.
The Wheat Crop.
Mn. EDwoR - So far. this season, the bears
have hid their say, in their own way. The
accounts have come to us TIN pugh the Press
| from every part of the country, nearly ever
since the wheat was sown, that the PROSPECT
of an abundant harvest was never more favor
able.
W ell the Harvest is at hand, and with all
the pressure or growing Of the bears the. price
OF wheat has s.>adly gone up since September
last, and until some Of the new crop has
come IN at st. Louis the great Agricultural
centre, and at Philade! phia the great manu-.
featuring and consuming mart. 1t may now
be fairly SAID, with some degree Of certainty,
mat The wheat has escaped nearly all its
natural enemies the llcsSian fly, Joint and
army worn, nudge, wecvl and fungi. But
tins important moniod cereal of our country
is not yet out OF danger: indeed il may be
placed IN the same category as the Old women
OF New England formerly were, when sus-
pecttd of being witches they were tried by
having heavy weights ted to their nccks,
then taken to the middle Of some liver or pond,
and thrown in; if they sank and were drown
I'd they were dcemd innocent, but if they
swan to The shore they were punished So
1t is with us doomed Falmers if our wheat
be attacked BY all It's natural and occnSiuual
enemies, so as to reduce the amount produced
below \ remunrrating crop, why that is well:
bnt il it should happen to escape all of those
and prove abundant and bid fair to be rcrou-
lucrative then we are headed off by Rccipro.
city Treaties or other Commercial or Free
Trade regulations, for the benefit OF foreign
governments. How the price will rule the
coming year no one can venture a guess If
we are to ueliovc the Press, and the general
news from the Yves. ard from Canada. there
IS no old heat there to come forW ard, and the
PRICES which rule as high in all the interior.
rs upon our scabuard consuming cities Tor
we export none. indicates not only IL scarcity
but Il want Of bread in The West. the south
and Canada. Some make calculat ions for
demand from the war now lust beginning in
Europc-Whcat do rne high during the late
Russian war-hus tins is poor dependence
for American Farmers. One thing is Certain
and that is that l.oroiioco Free Tratle, is more
u be feared, and dreaded. than all olher
enemies ha: u'hpM IS hcU t0-Ilrsslan hv the
fog. fungi, and all others. Many of the lat
ter, are only sectional and occasional, but
Fee Trade, is univesal and elects the price
OF every crop OF wheat throughout the land
but could be headed off by blottmg Democra
cy from the land and in that way only. -
Aud this can easily he done if every Farmer
IN the land will do his duty to himself, his
family and his country, for the mex. year. -
FARMERS LOOK TO IT. be up and see that
noue be elected that will not attend to their
own interests, for the industry Of the country
is their interests, and all our interests, that of
the protection OF industry in America In
your own proper capacity, you have never
asked bit for one small Appropriation of
G.0O0.O0O acres Of the public land in aid of
Your calling. The oil was passed by large
majority III Congress; no one would or could
Dc lou nd to make a speech against 1t, because
OF the business of the request; but the Press
dent OF youi choice vetoed it, contrary to the
expectation of every sane man in the nation
The Presidents plea for the veto, came with
| bad grace from him, or from such a quarter
lie could not let the till pass because the
b OOoOUO acres would materially effect the
receipts IN to the treasury. lie had no com :
junction Of conscience, when Offering the
hr'he to Kansas, nor had the party whose
president he 49, any when they gave the
State Of Arkansas, whose population was
oii. -OV'Svi, W me ana Di3tk, 5ODu ana free.
the enormous era Of &c 900 900 acres, an
amount Of land, under different heads of
appropriations more than equal to 20 such
| states As Delaware.
The official books show that Governcnment
has disposed Of over $50 900 900 acres of the
public lands since Mr.. Polk came into power.
1t being Sc 430 sec acres more than were
| held by individuals from the first settle
ment Of the country in Virginia in 1920 to
| 1850, the time Of taking the last census d. and
| from winch $4,000 600 acres of public lands
Sqnandeted, only 100000 0UO has accrued
to the treasury. All This free LAND, at low
prices from l2i cts to 81 Los per acre. comes
in competition with the farmers OF land owners
of the old States, and yet the old states of
Delaware, New Jersey, and Maryland are
! the only states in the Union whose wheat
crops have increased upon their population
| within the last decade, and with all the giving
away Of the public lands for objects of doubt
full utility, and the commercial and treaty reg
| Nations against u.s. the revenues fall $50 co.,
Coo below the cost for the support Of the
country and for the payment OF which, our
Improred Farms stand pledged, and for W! Iicl
dned taxes, Will be levied Before years, il
not betole another year rolls round. This
should open the eyes of all the farmers to
thelr own interests, and it is no use 10 llnd
the question further; this must and will
ht-J IN r.,