Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-17


corn-evila Ct temporary durstion-to some
extent, artificial because transportation
had not done it, accustomed or proper office.
But that in country whose products are as
various md diiTuscd as ours, with so much
Of its labor devoted to we'll established and
intelligent cereal and stock culture, there
is any actual serious scarcity, any TINT
an ounta to iesrth or threatens famine to the
population, utterly deny. Virginia alono
ex; orts from the valley and he- tide. water
cities, moro than million barrels Of -four
Dor annum; a. since The blockade she has gone
on 10 produce ~ before, though no! with rs
much dil;gance perhaps, for the f,rmcTs are,
many Of them. in tho field, and largo por-
csntagc OF tc. slaves have baen in the trench
rs. But comparatively amsll portion OF
hs- territory that ever was available to tho
Atlantic slope is IN The enemy's hands, and
the North west never fed as except with 4
f.w cattle So of tho country at large, which,
doing without sugar and coffee, az thor
grandhthsrs did, and in somo cases without
il1ur pcrhapa--snd economizng clothes. as
10 old tines. can live and does live in comfort
ond ress unable abundance except in the track
| Of our armies, which like all other armies,
move like sTa!nS OF locusts.
lmp:cSsrnent is merely a declaration Of
scarcity. That declaration had previously
b. On III ,de by advancing pii2eS, and it was
only when refusal TO soil, and boarding pro
dneo began to interiors with army supplies,
that :ic Secretary fund 1t necessary TO re-
SOFT 10 another mode. 70 have attempted to
coax supplies out by high prices would only
have been to contribute in another way to
| the serious expansion wli,h it was his duty
20 rvcid.
| 1t il mistake to suppos" that Impress
| tncn., a snch, raised the price Of flour, though
| Of course the knowledge Of scarcity, and the
clamor against tho injustice Of feeding the
army 81 flour taken under this rule did cause
! ,hn slcmnai OF higher rrises. Bat tho price
! had c.Ilnsncrl IL rise before improvement,
: Ike that &C god ard Of tobacco, neither
! snecL TO impress 'ment The report that
; hc governmeat had engaged vast sup
ply Of tlouV f-nm hessrs. Uaxal, Orcn-
! rhaw Il Co., lad tended TO keep flour
dnwn. s.ccalsa Grll-fl thought II" govern
,rrt w.l :uppl;c,i Bu. ,hn testimony
! clGt"si :."far" toe committees charged by Con-
rr:.:; 20 in,caIF.r that contract, disclosed
! u Il r'.;ra a.nto q! :hinss. Mcssrs. Warwick
.S i;.,As:lale 7nI Il,'ars. Dlnioo, MHnrnre,
& 60 laTg' InillaTI, both Ci them, and wit
! 'ns o. IN thai case, nf course tnund it ont,
arl :hnir il0ur began - advance. Before
! the meeting Of thst committee, superilne
! ilour had said at auction IN this city q. $
! Ia :: Is ,ur bsiIcl After liza. 1t went up 10 gu
and w:s st ri.ing wheu pgblic impress
! mant gs7e public notice. and nf course hold
rrn pu, vi ,hs price; and if allowed. will
continue to put it up until il rcacheS fifty or
yerhapa uno hundroI dollars per barrel,
| :hnugn a. | e.a;ed 1t has b,rn proved ind
can be cnlcriisted nv ony one VIII" will take
tha trOuhl" tat III 20 pays much more than
! tI,r usual avnr,g proliL 1T "Tin ling.
! That imprts '.ncni has prndncei scarcity
; Richmond J., [. ,ui-t.ke. There ia now hnrh in
! I'll city ,!gni, '!Trid in some places, secret
! j; boarded in others. more than enough Hour
10 Last It's irhsh,tanis until three months
after the cn,nmen:r cement OF thu next milling
| acascr and tlu.rp is achieved to he also enough
hacnn for he Same r,urposr. While in the sur
rounding country there is ~: abundance. /; il
F; f,r ti.oru vino hold it to ssk what thoy please
/. i,r il. "n,l it - for C"n:rrss 70 say ~hbther
wh4. il !a, sa.zed Shall Ia pail fr in just
":.lly,-.r 5Ii0n acGo,dirg 20 tlm Constitution,
ur III market prices according to tho cry OF
:.*t"rtion. by fixing Ericn for such sup
! yi.d L., Tho demand until Congress shall
aherHi4c ordrr, tho Secretary Of Wa has
lone his duty. Does .iuSticc iinmand that .he
oye-cia" Of that delicate phver sinai! no. be
oppressive Tho Sec:Gtary h2a IN regulated
il a. to leave sutfic:en 2 fur I'll; that tho
! poSc. shall % impsrtislly eXsl cisaa He
has Grsd ratah'e prices on every aHicle ~
Dymy consumption that it shall not b. III,
hitra.y: lie he% nere:' p'eiumad 10 dony
iha right "r reclamation; in any shape the
party mac praC'I. That it. shall not he ven.
at;ous, IIn has nvitc,i and again invites all
COMP i4insnL.: 10 lay thoir grievsnces before
! HIN. Until that ia done, let no ,nAn complain
uf s':n Snare'.'y, bui Only pf himself. Is
p:+cedcrt dcnaud-h Til" war nj Tho ravo-
luton affords ii. Then it xas not uncommrn
/, say, Whist IA! nrGcI for army supply
! and rive tbs pnrty-"marka: price:' No
"just compensation = No. by any means
bu!-a certificate
And, tie revolutionar? sircS We boast OF,
i they g:ulnb!Sd, at ipast have not stained
! LEar historical racnTI by organized COIN
plants.
! Alu Ia iniacfef is done in the world by the
! 1c.!d's foolish maxims: and pr ointment among
oS', in the proven bs Of Thrift Is that (allacy,
snL the;n never WAS g'eatnr-that The
wn.,h af . ting il what il will bring
VIA: thing will hiring has not tho most
ii tant relation, cyccp! an accidental one, to
It's value.
The real y.iuo oi sny comurdity depends
on thr quantity of labor necessary to Produce
it. That think. il tho received philosophy
of thu sUhjec,. Nnw we have tho Same labor
rs h,f,'e, increased in price it. i, true, but in
ic : rata Than the a!t,cIGs + produces, and al
wsyF, from ~ nature, scli-'nbsis:ing in
c:r.',ig IN .aluG i.y population fsster than
itu raun ~ a.n Irvaatm-ilt-nhliged TO BIO
| employed, ~ it always haa been, and, 80
| long "a a's,mry continues, always will be, in
S!..'r { tn. liFa wbackH and law prices OF any
orc or two }cl's. For what can q man do but
! work bis negroes!
An argument # some p!ausibity ID, that
people VIII not 'aise food If it 10 subject to
,mp-cGsS,ent g'ant that, If an eiF,rl be
! In1hc - con,"Gl pick loF any ordinary pur-
pcs. al h 'n:ht hsrn been lis effect. and that
i. my urw !. SOM "yieut. f tho cuiL vation
nf either things les ;i"L forbidden b. INV. hut
il shoui'. ~: Remembered tia, III. o:rart had
bco'' n.a,:" l., rrgul.t. ths quantity Of cotton
ard tohscco grown il the COME ir. acy before
the p"licy Of imprG.sncnt was hru,,ched.-
Somehow nr other tnn opinion was, that this
spring "" Sh .nld haIs' paace, All mon wanted
to invite and Grzt :: With heavy EXPORTS
Nav, tdst dream has been. thought to he dig
s,patcd, scarcity haa bear nnnonDc'.d; the
necessities CT The scny demand snppli rs; and
/, at lea,t, willy 40. n3aIt the ssnse or. patri-
ot;sIn cf TIE penplo by supposing that mon
whn have sent .theic own blood to the battle
field will Gail 10 give il bread because the Sec
rttar7 If Wa wii not consent to CT teat them
with market pr!ccH payable in reans OF rags.
i5dwho a7e thG pie: Accorditg 10 Ed
mund Eur.", wa may "comp'Asr that
thcae Of aduI; agn not '!aclnlng in life,
OF l0l6rshl- !nisnTe for .lch discussions,
and cf .rne Iaesns ot information, more
or Irs:, and E:Io arc ahorh mental
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