Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-20
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..1-,,,,, ;,,n,crS or PROVISIONS IN RICHMOND"
Richmond is bound to starve OUT anu sn-- e A.
Of mauy of the most Loyal people OF the
- lam sorrv 20 nee it these things ought
az ~ be But until the present Comnissary "ene-
raj ia changed and more liberal aud SEN man
in his stead, or he changes his present Po'u, you
not ret supplies IN Richmond. No man WIZ Se"u P,O
visions to market where be fears ana Oehe'e'
NAV be taken from him at Unfair ra'eS;. INV"
numbers of persons who have wheat -FOUR oacon' c"f'
&c that would tell Commissary or Quartermas'er ne
had none for fear of its being impressed Yes SIR the
whole country as far as know, and know, i pre-
sume as much as any man can fluid out, are hldhg
everything they have to eat for fear Of impressment
and never swallow it until they privileged to dis
nose of il in their way, and by their consent
These people are as loyal any people dare De- anu
are ready to be led anywhere for our glorious CAUSE
INIT tbspean never be driven That there are aiP'e
suppies have no doubt both for the army anu ''e
soone but il can never be seen till man can send
% market and dispose of il in his own way we are
sh,ing for our liberties does any sane man beheve
tkat while putting off one yoke, We will take on anoIh
~ No ss,ever, rsver. The policy OF the Commssary
General las produced scarcity and high prices too and
w1l starye out our noble army. Look, If you please
at the price he offered for wheat in the fall oil
less than one dollar per bushe-not enough to sunu-
late the prodelon of that article OF prime necessity
for The army. When Isay he offered less than one
dollar mean it would net the farmer one aonar
Mt home for bought wheat that fall to make my iaml-
" flour out of at seventyfve cents per bushel, which
xas a. much as it would net the farmer by
sending il to Richmond What next! As soon
as the wheat and flour began to advance Ill
nrce he began to keep i down by force,
nd mn the prices went and at each successive act OF
impressment they have gone up. I know of specua-
tor who had not bought bushe Of wheat or barrel OF
flour for months; SO soon they commenced to i'm
press flour this year. he commenced at once to buy and
gave his reasons for doing So. He says the act of i'm
nressment always exces the price of the article i'm
nresed in every other locality where the impress
ment is made Immediately and that being the case the
market where the mpressment is made also very soon
Affected Now, the cure, and the only cure for high
prces is full supply of the article in the market and
unless every restriction is removed and provisions are
allowed to 20 into your city, you are doomed people.
ook At the history of salt last fall it went up enOr
nousl, high in your city, and every man who could
send bag to Richmond sent it there; and soon the
rice went down in Richmond, and consequently went
doyn ali over the Confederacy nearly and so it would
b Of bacon -four and other articles High prices
themselves When will men in high places learn com
mon sense Sir the country people and the people OF
villages and other cities deeply interested in the
market value of everything that is sold lin Richmond
Therefore hope you will urge the Commissary Genera
IN change his policy in relation to the management OF
NINA of provisions, or he will ruin the country.
nresume would be the height of folly for you ask
the President TO change him. Sir we want at the
baaa of affairs of liberal and sensible common-sense
views Of things it is the only way TO manage the South
ern peoplc aud believe the Yankees will find out the
true character of people before some of our officials
will The whole military power of Lincoln, combined
with the mower our Commissary General has, cannot
force the price of provisions down. The circulating
medium is too abundant; the supplies too shOIs You
cannot fopce water up hill believe the law1hat go.
verr ,rade are as mmutsbe the laws that govern the
water or the winds and have The same Author. High pri
cs have saved the country andthe army far they slim
pate production and induce the peopsto sell everything
they can spare and economic and spare everything
they can and the specuator the muchabused individual
has at last turned out to be beneactor GenI Wash.
ingtons views, Notwithstanding, to the contrary.
MEoELENBURG.