Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-31
Speculation and PliceI.

lke " lhile "Reeister" gives st teuen, q
tho Speculation IN asur further south t''sn
4 &C! Ii ,nd, which shows how III. =A!o-ti l!
IN that a,tirtr ~ carried on:
There IS nrw Included within lbe Conede-
rate lines = population OF sbou, 400. 0r0
whites and 2150,000 blacke, Or to'ai .oi
745O, 900 inhabitants This Inc lodea-- na: 30
estimate too closely, and giving and ticking
fractions III tf,isut fscea-ths S,st,u II
North emf Sou,h Csruiius, Ge9igis, FInr;dI,
Alabama, MI s'ss: spi, Arxansso u"d Texas,
rwo-thirds of Virginia, ard bsif 81 L,tisi-
ana, "a population J and half OF IunreEsa= -
The totsl p",n!,,,icn Of .hoso ehtle &;a IS
in ECO a. $4,000, winch Hsmts coue
So i,e-1 the .st,mato ,ba-u .h-t. 10 ma pvr-
..> fU- y hirh ~ p;ul":e IT, u ih-.", he
stttis;i = 81 1860 lnay b. rdupt=a .T,thvat re-
6Hcti N.
In 1860 those Safes pr, daced 1871 76l
bushels of ~hest, wirg 30 pounds
Of houe 10 tlv orshe-yuh!d furnrn Yes, e
supply "f five ounces dsy to 'i'e or:'re
" mite population. Tbs army - - !. %
ounces, Ind that Tas 5xed "n :he br,is Of
Nnruneru four, wAersss :. hiss IN yt"srd
BY c,mlarA.iSe t:isi2 t7at Son:h-'n hSuT,
makes nns-thi-d usore t'ieaC, (e"cn higher
proportion las bet en- cIsiu.ed FL - r, tf,s, is
ounces would he d f&ir equivalent fo' tbs
old Amy rat'ons. Pinntere, Who ere god
;sedera, allow their neg:u nen pick .rd a
halt, the WomeE peek: nd ets children half
peck Of meal q week- Adopting the ssmo
proportion, aud allowing ths lnea s:,I WI
men eaci: Ia constitute one fourth nf 'fe pnp-
uistion, We should ;t!u'r. al av-:Ag- Of
81 ounces 20 the sntirs popIis::sr. Now,wb.n
it is borne ih mind l!., that gres: p-rt #
our people use com bread from preference.
and thai it for large psnpoJtinn vi The
b:,ad Of the i. aS;cs-2d, ttat An nnu,uG
brssdlh Of land was yown in wlest III lSGl-
ard 81. tia. no .iti}a amount CT Il nj ii.s b"rI
obtained from portions OF tha Country nOw IN
the posse s. iol # tic enemy; wis'rE. We ask
10 ground lett for tia belief thG; there Is ouch
al ais Hate scarcity Of eur az siEo ~ouid
have ~ supp"a-
LIT US lonk y, the figures !oT our own Gity.
No complaint wss MAZE Of t.. scarcity "i
hour here a gear ago.-nuthing, al !6asi, II
Gnupsru with tie gTrasut out:.y. wen q
the present pic. should be aIt.ioutoh u be
dep, ecis,ion Of tie currency, gold yesr aga
WAS quoted at leo scd -four ut SIS. Nov
gold in 400, which would give ST. SO barrel
for -four, while the actual price il ESQ. The
additional Jrics, than, must BIZ OWING to tho
increased scarcity. Tia actual fac. ", that
the rsceipts OF fur for the ssasun sre
2s.794 bsr-e's against % 230 last year; Az
excess of 6 564 barrels, or 29l per csn:. THIS
excess has accumulated In the LIST three
months, the rec .i,ts on The Is h 81 December
having bean I27SI bArre's sgsinst 1880 s
year previous, and thu receipts since that
date averaging 1881 berries week against
12l last year,
If we ask what has become Of this surplus
where il the vast army th,t has consumed
It, (snd lot it re boine in mind what an amy
there wss heru yss- Ego, and h,x til y
Jared comparatively With the rstionn If the
present army OF Mobile) the people all ds-
Clare that it Is stored way By -p"cuistors--
$500 barrels Ct -four held y them
It 100000; but when ic j. t.'ne in
mird lat the high price has, fer. ih-
lat three moths srd more, rhi'sed al
nur people to di.r-rre with t!ae' ~ rsit.
and na1y Of them entirely, il vi readily ne
believed th.i 10 0GO hsrrrlS 81 aI50,000
would nc n-nr"r 'hs truth. Again. it you
ask what these SPECTATORS wer= sh,u. iast
yeu-, that thsy wtrs MT p.uc'i:.":: n sa"r
thing tho answer il thse they ssyr pra [.
sing the sams thing, but in q srail'- Wy,
snd upon minor matters. They had not then
the means to control al set'c a nf snc.: vital
Importance But week by veal, ~ theit
gains increased, they we're able to erubrsce
additional branches Of business, and as sron
az they felt th.mse!v., aSle, they laid hoid
of tho if,-blocd o! The people aud the etock
which thsy now have tn hand had been lur-
chased with txe exorhitans profits wrupg By
them from, tho necessities of the country
There il, there mnsI b. not lcss than 800 QUO
barrels of four in that part Of tho Gonfeds
rate Safes not occupied sy the enemy, ard
the greater proportion Of it is held bT apscr-
latoIs, At pricas varying from $50 to aloe R
barrel, according - the distance FROM tie
place of production, the isolation OF the iI.ts
where it is held, and tn auouns Of p,e,ences
they arc able to accumulate for their e1tor.
ton. How many millions of dollars it repre-
sens it 10 impossible to tsinatS; but it is
ssfs to say that every dollar Of Il has been
within = twelvenonth past
I. 10 useless for the spectators to deny it.
Everybody knows that there il not man IN