, 1862-09-30

Eatiming population Of this State within =
year, WIN insure much heav1sr surplus
Ills wear tkan eTer before = ,.:1. /.
IF there are those among our readers
who sre not inclined to be1ieve the reports
which arc gathered In the country with
regard to the crops re refer than TO table
which appeared IN the TRIBUNE q few days |
ago, showing the comparative receipt. Of
wheat IN this city during the first twenty
two days Of September Of this year and [
last ): Tbs. receipts during tbs period
named IN 1861 amounted to 2,m5J $50 bush-
els, while the. supply during the cores
ponding period this year was only I ,5oz, z,5ss
bushels dsseit IN tseenty t.ao days q up
&oards Of q million 6u&hdzs. ,{
With regard 70 the: com crop there Is
not 30 much certainty; but tie 1ate plant
ing owing to the. vet spring, will doubt |
less opersta against it In the central and |
nnithern counties Of Illinois and Iowa
The scarcity Of field lahozers also Will pre-
vent It's being gathered, and much will be
destroyed In consequence Under any cir
cun1stanoes it is conceded on all hands
that the crop cannot approach In quantity
OF quality that Of Last year, -
=, Thus much for the Northwestern States.
Let III now turn to Europe. -
From England we hare conflicting re-
ports; but the majority Incline to the belief
that the wheat crop Of that country, though
better than those Of the past two yearn,, is
still below an average The London An-
cantte Gaaette says = without fear Of con
ttadiction, the crop is considerably In e1-
css Of last year, and Of full average quail
ty;" but the Marx Lans Erprxss and other
agricultural Journals still persist in declar-
ingithe crop "short," and somewhat de-
fc1ent IN quality. -
The wheat crop in France is generally
admitted to be q full average yield-al-
thongh 9 distinguished agricultural
statisdcian figures it below an average.
The crops in, Ruasia, Turkey and Ger
many are reported good, and fair surplus
for exqortation may be expected
With all these facts before rs, the ques-
ton comes up.-What Of q European de-
! manda To the unpreiudieed observer, 1t
must be evident, in the first place, that our
eurp1us viii be much less than for three
years past, and that although the foreign
demand prove not 50 great, it will prob
| ably be quite sufficient for the stocks On
hand In the second place, the ag1icultu-
r1 regions Of the West have been drained
| Of farm laborers, by the repeated calls o1
the President for troops, and unless the
war is brought to q close sooner. than il
expected, there can not be the usual
hreadth sown this fall and next spring
This Will tend to retazd deliveries On al
hands, snd Of course limit the power to OF
port
In the Eng1iah journals ne find the mat
ter of supply Of breadstut1s discuseei
| with considerable anxiety. tits attemptet
to he shown, under the feeling Of enu1it!
displayed towards our Government tha
England is independent Of the Unite
States for her supply; hut We can judge q
thisa well as English journalists. The bar
fact that during the seven months endin
July 81, the United States supplied theu
With IS per cent Of their impnrtations I
.. wheat, and 70 per cent Of their imports
!. tions Of flour, ia the best argument that ca
!. be adduced to prove that England islargel
. dependent upon us for her brsat
etuHs. True, she might be supple
!. by Rnssia, Prussia, Turkey and Egypt, b1
It would be at greatly enhanced price
;, which the operatives Of Great Britain, uo'
crushed down to the lowest starvatio
= point are not in a very good condition
|. pay. So far, therefore, as England's Ind
pendence on the breadstuf question is CO.
= cuned, It is, under the present cdrcun
=, stances, ~eanaray dt1culoua The ssd ar
> comfort which England has given the 7
= bels against the United States Gove1nme1
- has most efectually placed her IN the mo
), dependent position possible. But for thi
she would low be getting her regular gu
ply Of cotton. and her operatives won
not be p4upers, ss q large proportion
n them now are. For England to cut of ffif
o per cent Other supplies Of breadssu
g would be simply to produce anarchy a
is revolution. which would speedily swe
Of away afistocTacdes and thronea.: g.
Of With regard to the foreign demand
ce beeadstuds, therefore, there is every reas
T. to believe that 1t will be fully equal to {
bt surplus. Although : both England a
ne France may have full average crops, I
at- stocks are SO reduced that it Will be t
IN years at least before they are up to an az
no age condition During the last three ye
Or England has imported double her us
elt amouni-so great wss the deficiency
o. he1own crops; and in France it will tt
OF two good crops to bring hez up to an
lat porting point