Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-10-17
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Tie ois'u; s'i'c, f:om ts s. L)ais republican
e so. IS D. .. s.cSs Cat "a, No-th- e,t is bsgia-irg
s. consequences e. rs folly in s~ugpor.iug
81. .-- .s-. r .a-'- cr.s ie s-,f1: the S,u.s:
Ea-7 11r,r isl'-srA.es, in a way that T.
Hc'-sts-- I1-yi q ed oI the farmers and /, Cpl.
". a. ne 0t u.s s'g'Isg up OF the Ms ssiFp'. Tat
1..a'as a ."F ~ 7'.rl1s 20 :hs West sSolii be IA
.-. ~ 'rr.g.ss.D- s-nP,giCs. which colro. the
J5.ds 1s'~-er o. Eu: and We, ia b.. paiurs'. Ven
s-e seisH. B. 10 o. .lcu car RESIST the CT 1oT.Sni;y
l,l e. ID O. q P--@ l7s oy ;te cl,m,des which bssli
"s usiR4SH.s ! is 40 u=gli ,I?sricrco that # one
lsls g tOFlis euti-Ely bl,GCl dnsl. tie Inhabitants OF
to otasr hi; Rss tie zen 3 upon TIE houseiets snf
t--r.. Ire oEgs:s Of the railroad, were cot SLOW 10
Id "a. ,a-r, =, he Peopo OF he Wes. we're forced 20
.e. sEJc.-s slros: nCc sslry TO their Il stsaos Ia Es..
"a ci,eF. sd could not gei thoss articles 10 their own
'co-s NJ -oct :'Ansp1riDg them over these roads, these
transportation companies knew they had q monopoly,
I'D hey, as usl usudy do, turned that kuoH.ecgs 20
pot able account oy eel S their rsGs
T sea a p,t,h have thess rIt,s now risen that. as We
zee {; stltsd. 20 Gusts three dollars q barrel for Ihs csT.
Rage OF Gus db;r from tee Aississippi TO the Atl4uuc.-
IN ; chA-sa - .b1u Tire e hs OF toe yllus of the ar
Gle o. ,h3 sea gu4-S Tae charge would make il in-
rls-ib.e for = nil IA 81. b0Ss TO lay down d our In NV
York Ct y, ul,ess iae mill here could tSy rhsai a. abou
Jrty csn,s 4 bushel. Tust H. the fs'msr who depends
n the Ks.sru nITEet, which Is really the great reSu-
l'or, must BE- eon:en. 20 tske forty cents a BUS ell Tor
.s Wiea.. NJ farmer 10 Hissouyi or linos en- send
IL NIeAt 70 -. u Us LOT lts1 IlaA EOm LEeIVe 10
.Wel'y cslE a buinrt, OF 81 average OF 81 N cs1ts 30
lst, d~sGrclng this co { from Whst The N Her cIn aliTd
D pay hin, the I.yHer gs.s Lei tEenty !Olr cents a
lush5L Tao isrme- can rAiss, in favorable years. some
SseatT tUslCis " Tho acre, but d0es not Ia the average
II year,, raise ov fourteen. /. follows, then, that
ne Illinois o. Missouri wheat farmer Tcalzss IS SO
an acre, WaiOd retssh has to cover interest OF the
,Alca o. tas lad sowu - FAeaL interest on farm
lorses, to0s, etc wear aud tear Esd repairs, seed,
AMI wages a. something near a dollsr a Day PEI ea0A :
e eau be counted tP. Upon a fair rsckoriag
pense Of culiva lou could 10: be SGT down a.
dx dollars an acre, or nearly doubls Of Wba.
would recsiVe net tor his c op Soma Of h l. r.,r.
however, seem to think that the ability Of h. Wes: %
70 k for 9tI' 10 notti & ) beyond = question THu5 q
Tr,V r il tae last numo,r OF the Atlantic Mo- thly informs
Is thai fImsrs IN Illinois can make mo1ey by selling
cOfl ~ tan csit1h pu-hei, aGi that il Il qriia easy for a
man I'D boy 20 cllivats ore hundred ~ acres AID
s,t.cT tie crop, be7iGoS, Ws suppose, mpksiIg il
-uol 4 ffc, fts wsro one, would be suhi .IauJ wa. r
-ih the transportation companies TO charge al sdsy u.s
d. f1r fre'Eh. 70 tho E-s: ]. is, hcrev T no. fet.-
Nevertheless tee cens a blshel is all that thou lsnds Of
farmers il Illinois haVs BEEN able to &c. fer their corn
mis- yssr. The trAop1r.atioa charges esstSardlY were
- be IVY toai they could get no more, siuos nobody who
wIuted their corn for export east could Af ord to pay
them any more.
Tas occlusion Of the Mississippi thus operates to the
distress Of GU farmers, by lowering the prios of every.
thing they have 10 sell l; also operates 10 TIER distress
oy raising the price Of all they have to buy. An expen-
siye land transportation OF brlxy a~r,lclss of p-;ms ne
cessiiy, such as hSrd~ares. cal, suga-, cof-e, 60, re-
osssIly Z ises ,hes' lac! mentioned Fices. Nos bring
into y'T he oIe cu3,s SL.cl have raised The prices
Il articles W-ich the lArntrs mus. buy, 10 All: The high
tE,f on imported goods, aud tie Internal duty on a.
mssJc fabrics, and I IL dffcu!. to Imagine a time, sy n
IN the early history of settlements in tho West, when the
Western farmer va pu; in a worss p 'ght than be is a.
toe P7seai moment. And all consumers in the Wet
snare this misfortune 10 a degree with thu po,r farmer.
TIE West vans al opening through the Mssiss ppi.
Wisbo1sit she viii be kept impoverished and deprived
Of q large part OF those comforts Of life to which her
penTls have heretofore been accus o ned
% course when We speak of the Wet We speak
especially Of that part OF IL embraced BY the hissis lppi
Valley, and more especially OF that part Of The V,lsy
.lieh q isrthest removed iron the East. Ths people Of
his Valley have been greatly dependent on, aud svslec
ta'nsslTes AdVsnAgslusly Of he S1iga.ion Of their grest
nVsr' But We my add that 1t is noG simply the nav.
gallon Ehca may De AIKEN mo the socoaa; Il ID cor.
neoton, The trade Of the Southern Safes in tbs same
Vklby-the demiad created by those States 10, the a.
pesott1s "e'!, have been snorg our sdVin'sgeL How
nuih We h-ve Already los: by ia the blockade II The
nHsappl snd t5s ssprage Of the trade with lhs South,
WI R0SARy asSa - soIaPlssd That our loses have