Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-10-31
wheat and Flour.

Il IA currently reported that some or all of the city
mill, have made contract to furnish the Comms'sry
Department Of the Government -four at IS 70. II we
are not mistaken this statement has been published BY
authority 1t is a combination of the largest buyers
with the largest consumers and probably supposed
to be powerful enough control the price Of wheat
It was strong game on the farmer who not to have
voice in the matter The milers made their 6sures;
they Calculated dat with wheat at 30 cents to dol
lar they could make handsome spsck flour at s. rs
Il they could get monopoly Of the trade The Com
missary sgeed to give them their price, ard by way of
ensuing them the monopoly put the price of country
-four at So S. The n ct OF this combination Is not
only to force the farmer to sell at the chmold mers
price-if be sells at sl-but to sell to those mlleis -
The country milers are thrown cut Of competition Alto
gether
The reason alleged for this extraordinary combination
IS that Richmond mills lur, when the ports open,
being prepared for the South American market, COM
maDds dollar more than country; and, therefore, the
Gov rnment which has Southern voysgs to make, IL
required give 81 40 more than 1t gives for al article
jus. a. good There would to be margin here for
the "army porn;" but, we know nothing we assert
nothing In that regard. What complain offs tie
Just operation Of this combination against the farmers
As class they have not sought to profit by the neces-
sites Of the Government and though an official state
ment from the Commssry Department represents them
as wot ,rfully blessed getting untold prices for
hog horse pea and potstoe they have the picture 10
greatly overcbsrged Thcs, highpriced articles are the
very ones which they have not to SELL UnfortunatY,
they do raise enough horses hogs or potatoes for
their own Here and there, there may b. farmer
in Eastern Virginia who has horse beef or hog
to spare but, general thing, there is not enough
produc, for the domestic consumption. The staples OF
;he State are wheat and Tobacco and on them the peo
pc mainly rely for money to pay their taxes and Other
indispensable obligations The body Of the people have
no participation and no interest in the eI,orons which
have been pracsed upon the Government. l. H. there
FORE peculiarly and oppressive, that the agents Of
Government should combine with mers TO deprive the
peoI, of open and fsir market for the only STAPLE
they have for sa tobacco like cotton icing bloekided
and drug.
II the Government buy country oorfae at 50 s.
which i, good enough for any man th, side of Csp'
Horn, the additional Al 40, which he pays for -four
that viii cross the line to be used at home is much
clear loss But this Is matter fer the higher powers
What We desire is to make successful resistance by the
G ,vernment ageats and mllers. We don't care how
cheapy this Government gets It's supplies, and we shall
rot be sorry to hear that it has contract with the
chmond milers for 500 900 barrels a; very low fig
ure II the farmers will determine not to let those mil
ers have busht of their wheat. they will have the sat
action Of seeing them thoroughly bankrupt before the
season is over. All may be able to hold their whes
some havnt money can't get bank facilities as rec
en- rended by Mr. Memminger, and they may be CON.
PEELED to pass between the UP and neither mlstoues
Of Richmond millsrs Bat the buk of the farmers, by
holding or selling reduced figures to country miers,
can teach the Richmond gentry lesson which they will
RENE mber for long whis.
The signs are favorable that the combination can TO
broken. Already there are indications that the supply
Is no. very greatly 10 excess Of the dOmssio cOnsump
ton If the ports opened, there will be demand
both in Europe and South America. The crops in the
Northern States deficient the only resource Ia Rus
sa-whch is the OILY region Of the world blessed with
redundant crops this year.