New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-05-24
no, remember that to provide for the wants of p,,

not remember that to provide for the wants Of plan
ation Of 200 negroes, more than 1000 acres Of com
lands are required hence, the conflicting report,
brought back by travellers. Some more corn thac
usua' has been planted, know; but the advance 10
very slight, and for obvious reason. Planters are
vi "ahto OF money and money in Southern economics
comes only through the coton-fed. There will.
therefore, be no material increase in the corncrop az
the Cotton States. Who is there 70 provide the pro
visions formerly supplied BY the Norh.Westf Az 1,
now appears, only Tennessee. But when il a remem
bered that the whole available products az Tennessee
have hitherto poured down into these State. ;,bon.
filling the void, and that in consequence q, tia vs,
she will this year be unable 10 make her u.u.l c,or
the original question still remains, and there Is no
friendly ghost to supply the answer which will extr.
cate the South from the difficulty il inyolyes II il M,
resolution Of the difficulty, as some seem to Suppose
TO say that Texas has large grain resources for when
the wants of the SOUTHEAST have become 10 grea,
as to warrant the transportation of Texan
grains, famine prices have been reached. and the
grand effect of land blockade is accomplished What
has been said Of corn, applies with still greater force TO
bacon. For some reason the hog does not seem 10
thrive in the extreme Southern States. For yeaa Il
as been the custom of the farmers Of East Tennessee
10 bring down, in the Winter, droves Of hogs which
they sell in small parcels to the planters Of South Caro-
lima and Northern Georgia. in the cities and the ex
IRENE South, however this want is supplied from
the packing houses Of the West Tie amount Of bacon
received in small city like Montgomery from Cincn-
natl alone is enormous and where few weeks ago re-
ports were received there that the merchants of the
latter city refused to sell South the provision dealers
A. a,
there was no place to buy. The corn crop begins to
ripen early in August Before that time there will
undoubtedly be great scarcity Of provisions 10 the
South; prices will rse and there may even be SON.
want. But they will live through this for through ii.
whole year, they have been receiving provision from
the North And even yet this work is going on to
some extent; for, when passing through Louisville,
short time SINCE ! saw TRAN laden with -four sI
pork, already on their way to supply the demands
the extreme South.
But the real period Of straitness, If the war con.
tinues will commence at Janusrythough the scarcity
Of pork may begin much earlier. Left for an entire
season to herself the South will then learn, in the
pressing wants of her people, the shaowness Of her
resources.
There will not as some seem TO think be condition
Of absolute starvation but stages of want are not easily
separated, for there will be terrible scarcty-s
scarcity great that thousands Of the poor will see
its hard features the family traits OF famine iIsek
Prices of provisions will be doubled and tiped. Al
the resources Of the poor will be exhausted 10 supply
ing even the simple articles OF Southern consumptoa
In parts Of tie couHtry, there will be want. The eI'
penses of the Government will be greatly increased
TIE army will be imperfectly fed, its numbers dmn'
ished and ira efficiency clogped by the continued df
fcuty of procuring proper provisions Through al
this the South may live nd continue the war; SUI,
this is AN obstacle with which she will have 10 contend
and from which the North is free.
A RESIDENT IN THE SOUTH