The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-11-23

Famine Prices iu New Orleans.
The New Orleans Crescent of Saturday
last furnishes the following talk on Change
In that city
Passing by the talk on battles and dis
ruptlons In the army, we come to the
steadily increasing scarcity of breadstnifs
and other necessaries Of life. Even the
article Of rice, which is selling in Charles
| ton and Savannah at "a TO 3 cents per
pound, is now retailing here at ~ cents
per pound Ii has been the current opin-
ion that this nourishng article would at
least have been restrained from advancing
to famine prices. 1t would be supposed
that an interchange of commodities would
follow the political changes that is, the
sugar of Louisiana would be exchanged
Tor the rice of Carolina. Possibly such
may attend the course of trade. The sys-
tenn of credit which has been in vogue for
years, appears to have been struck down,
wholly repudiated. Therefore, unless
rice is forwarded hither on Carolina ac
count, we may not have tierce this sea-
son.
According to returns before us, the ere y
Of rice OF Louisiana for 1860 was 10, 5O2
barrels. The Charleston table of exports
says there were shipped from that port
for New Orleans, between the lst Of Sep 4
TENDER, 81, and the 3lst OF October, 81
two months.) one thousand and twenty
six tierces Of rice. Has this quantity
been received herey Quien soJe 2 We
nave merely to say that : cents for rice
fur family use, aud at the corner grocer
les say about D cents, which the public
pay, are rather high prices Irish pota-
toes excuse the BULL, which might be
raised IN almost any quantity ON our pro-
litic soil, arc selling at one cent each, or
about - 30 per bushel Corn has now
advanced to 81 25Gl 35 per hushel, and
We have been for months past reading Of
the greatest crop Of wheat and corn ever
known We judge the country is abund-
antly supplied, and that farmers and rails
ers intend TO hold on and starve US out
here ia the Crescent City Ii planters
have these heavy yields secured, we urge
them TO send a share to market. Flour
Is advancing. to famine figures Each
succeeding day is attended with an adj
vance OF - cents or more per barrel.
Olher articles-such as soap. candles,
starch--are advancing from day To day.
Soap. candle and starch factories could be
made profitable. Soap, which can be made
for TO cents per pound, is held at 80
to 30 cents. Starch, another necessary
article, commands A. cents per pound: in
fact, the supply of this article is running
so short that shirt collars will have to fol
low wilted cabbage leaf For can lies
the poor folks have TO pay ID TO 20 cents
each al the corner grocery l. it not time
that some Of our leading citizens should
! take action and move In the establishment
Of manufactures for these and other arti
eles Ii requires but very little capital
1T dealers In scrip, stocks aud paper ever
expect to confer any good on the country,
now Is the accepted time. But we fancy
if the war should be brought TO close.
many of our moneyed citizens would leave
MS and 20 northward or TO Europe. and
| CUR good city would be a secondary
thought with them.
Its asked what has forced up the price
OF cotton seed oil Six or seven months
ago il was selling at from 81 to 65 cents
per gallon-now it is held at from 81 %
TO s. and s. so. There is no scarcity
Of cotton seed in the eountry--in fact it
Is drug where planters have ginned
their cotton. Are there any solid rea-
sons for an advance Of 200 per cent, sim
ply for the cost of transmitting the seed
into oil