The Chattanooga Daily Rebel. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1862-1864, 1863-06-21
TIE DAILY REBEL.
MORNING, JUNE q, 1858.
ooNvENrIoN oE ZEE ooM.nssIoEERs -pUTl
OF PURCHASING AGENTs.

dent Confederate" In his article IN TINS morn
sng's issue, Oh the aResource4of the gonfed-
crate States, furnishes important and valuable
information to the country, It is evident that
there will be an abundant supply Of articles OF
food during next year and The remainder OF
this The wheat crop Of 1850, il appears,
amounted to 81 1866, 1874 bushels and the corn
to 2SO,665,014 bushels. The probability is,
that the wheat and corn CROPS of this year
will considerably exceed thossof 1860 Upon
the supposition that they will be the same, and
allowing five millions of bushels Of wheat for
sowing this fall, there win be Hfft twenty-five
.milliens Of bushels of wheat 70 be made into
-four This will make seven hundred ahd fifty
millions of pounds Of aouF. allowing only
thirty pounds Of -four to a bishel OF wheat.
The ar my will moi require mdFe Than one hun
dred and thirty millions Of pounds of -four for
subsistence during one year II they use corn
meal during one third Of that time The See
rotary Of the Treasury estimates that the tax
bill will draw out 1916 900 bushels of wheat
or "a, Osp 900 pounds Of flour This win lack
about 100000 bushels pf Being enough to.
supply the army. II the army should use
-four and corn meal in equal 4antitiss, then
perhaps the amount to be eolletted by taxation
wouldlbe sufficient without any purchases
being made. The Germ raibkd during this
year will not be much less than four hundred
millions of bushels, one tenth Nj which would
be forty millions, whichIis toi be obtained by
taxation. This will probably be as much as
the army will need Secretary Memminger in
his report estimates that one-tenth of the pro-
auctions OF the country will be sufficient to
sustain the army. In this, perhaps he is
somewhat under the proper est mates as to
what it will require, but itis evident that not
very much more will be reqpiHed than can be
raised by the tax BILL if il i properly enforced.
1t is, therefore, proper that there should be
a convention Of the Commissi8hers Of the va
rious States, inorder to ascerEt44in what will be
the probable waat, OF the army and what
the probable amount of produces in the coun-
.tFs, in order to determine what will be fair
prices for the articles to be purchased. There
should be uniform schedule Of prices, with
the exception OF the difference Of transporta-
ton. There is no reason Why BaeoH should be
worth in Tennessee only thitt5-fve cents,
and in Georgia from ssYentylfye 10 eighty
FIVE. One main object Of this tax bliib as stated
by the Secretary Of the T+easpFy. lisl Ito with
draw from the market the CSoyefhment as a
purchaser of articles Of prime necessity, and
then individuals would Be enabled TO purchase
at so much lower rates. jIlEil
He says, "such tax would afford abund-
ant subsistence 70 the army 10 bread and 10.
rage, and it would relieve the eurrency from
issue OF the amount necessary to Hurch ase
the articles levied in kind.'' lllIBi
Now, if the purchasing agents buy all the
wheat. in the country thatis fdt Sale, the very
object Of the tax bill will be dE4stttpyed and it
will virtually be rendered null and void. sThe
Government will not be withdrawn from the
market as a purchaser Of aftialF OF prime
necessity, and the currency will nsi be relieved
from an issue Of the amotsnt neHe8saFy to pur-
chase the articles Ieyied in hand It'll
Whenever wheat is exposed ID the enemy,
then it might be advisable to purchase a por-
ton of it in order that the epdtps might not
get it, and in order that the army Ia ay be sup
piled until the tax can be coIlfeted. Further
than this they should not go. III the Govern
ment becomes the purchaser 81 all or the
greater part OF the wheat in the country,
monopoly in articIesof prime Necessity will be
created, and the purchasing agents pf the Gov
ernment will possess almost unlimited power
over articles of subsistence There ought to be
and that soon, convention Of the Commits
sioners of the various States, and in view Of the
necessities of the country, the wants 81 the army
: and the probable amount Of tiOns, they
ought to determine what amount will be ne
cessary to be purchased and VI st will be a
reasonable price. 1lIilI
We are satisfied from what VIZ have seen and
heard, that one dollar and half pr at most,
two dollars hbnshel viii be 4 very remuner-
alive price for wheat We nedd cheap bread,
and there is no use in creating an artificial
scarcity when the earth is teeming with
abundance. The soldiers in 4he 6gld and their
families at home, are injured u a. alarming
extent by high prices, and when the Almighty
has blessed us with abundant h.rvests, we
ought not by combinations and mepopolies to
cause prices to be kept up Il the present
rninous rates. II the present tax bill will not
"afford abundant subsistence To the army in
bread and forage let it|be incrkased until it
will, land by all means let the GoyHrnment be
Withdrawn from the market as purchaser of
PARTICLES of prime necessity, wheasver it can
Gbe done with safety. We are gati9fed there
l. u Z III r.