Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-06-24
The Wheat Crops and the Crops GeneraIIy-To our


Merchants.
During hurried visit made this week to Raleigh we
enjoyed an opportunity of seeing something ourselves
and OF learning much from others about the state
of the crops and the prospects of harvest Asa general
thing with some local exceptions of course, the appear
ance of the corn and other crops is good. Some has
suffered from the want of rain and some was cut off
early in the season, still rule, think the appear
ance of things is more than usually good.
From the middle and western parts of the State the
accounts from the wheat crop very cheering. The
prospect in the Spring exceedingly fne and, since
the Of harvest the crops have turned out
even better than had been hoped. From persons who
had come all through from Charlotte to Raleigh the
N. c. Road we heard that not only did the wheat CROP
were very promising with the exception believe of
the oat crop. The papers of the central and western
parts of the State confirm our information about the
wheat CROP and from the fact that an unusual breadth
of land has been planted, may look for very large
surplus to come to market. Gentlemen who have vsl-
ted the wheat growing sections of the State assure us
that the receipts at this port for the present season bid
fair to double those of last season.
1t cannot be doubted that were merchants to d.
rect of their energies towards securing this trade
and opening up business relations with the back
try the result would be beneficial to themselves and to
the interests of the town generally This can be best
done by going themselves or sending reliable and
petent agents into the wheat growing country That
is the way the merchants of Charleston Norfolk, Pc
tersburg and Richmond do and have seen its nflu-
ence Anybody who chooses to go up west of Raleigh,
either off the line of the Road can see for himself
how little known the names of our business men
there compared with those of the cities referred to-
who have taken every to make themselves known,
and their rapid progress and their persistence in the
same course show that they find it pays Now think
it is bad rule that won't work both ways. We cannot
see why our merchants should neglect awaiting them
selves of the used by Others Or why they should
fail to profit equally by their use. Under existing ar
engagements we have every facility fo transportation to
and from Western North Carolina that our neghbors
have
But candor compels us to say that we are met by a
dilfculty-an objection. We happened to be urging
verbally the attention OF merchant something like
what we have now attempted to urge generally upon
that Of the whole mercantile community. He assented
but put case-Suppose acquaintance made with
our Western peope-suppose their attention as turned
Wimington-wards- they visit town, where
can we put them half the time? No doubt our one
Hotel is wellkept and all right far it goes but
all know that the accommodations are not sufficient
half the time and cannot risk inviting the up-coun
try people to visit our market On our part we put
question-IIow much did you subscribe when an
effort was made to get up Hotel to give the accom-
modations the want OF which you deplore?
WE'LL the truth is that We think our merchants, who
certainly understand their business want little
stirring up and we have tried to turn their attention in
the right direction