Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-14

mere y one favorable indication, say.
the N. {. Times, in regard to breadstns'
for the next season the crops in Il.
Northwestern States are, from ali -
COUNTS, Of the most promising charact.,
There should be a decline before long 4
-four, and corn may fall of. As rep.,d.
the latter article, there appears TO- h. .
great scarcity in the Southwestern st.t..,
The receipts in our markets for vo.1.
past have been on the most exta,a.a
scale ; yet there is no accumulation -
stock, 0 likely to be for the prese,,
Texas absorbs an Immense quantity-
Alabama and West Georgia are not f,
in the rear.
In confirmation Of large yields in tba
West, we find the following III a St. Lon;,
paper of the 29th ult., the Democ,,t
headed sod. Flour and Newn
From all quarters Of our State and r..
inois come assurances that the weld Il
cereals will be very heavy this season
more especial mention being made Of liz
wheat crop, probably on account Of it.
entire failure last year. Already thu
sound Of reapers is heard III the fields. and
modern appliances warrant US in the no.
lief that in less than ten days wheat nov
standing in the field will be pouring into
our city by steamer and rail in a vast vol.
ume. ID.
The Times continues: We might add
a column of paragraphs, all denoting i
large yield of cereals in Minnesota, Wis.
%consin. Iowa and Illinois. Other States
in the West may have something over
for export.
Continues the Times But what h.
the South to purchase with /? It will take
about all the prospective yield of cotton
simply compeDsate-for raising it, with
the three cents internal revenue tax 81.
acted. tt IE
In the Cincinnati Gazette Of the %
inst, we find the following in regard ID
credit and the mercantile condition Of the
South : .-o:
Representations of mercantile houses
who have. returned from a business tout
in the South, give a very gloomy account
of the financial and commercial condition
of that section. The people are in want
of everything, but have no money. As
soon as the war closed, there were large
shipments Of goods from Northern cities.
These have only to a comparatively small
extent been paid for. Il is easy to sell
goods on a credit to the people. They
will pay high prices if trusted /; but they
are not able to pay cash prices. A Mis-.
sissippi merchant who bought goods ID
this city last spring, determined to do .
cash business, writes that he could have
sold at large profits on credit, but there
was no money and his goods are on hand.
Southern merchants who bought goods
on credit, are, to a great extent, unable
to meet Their engagements, and their
creditors are under the necessity of car
rying them over. z044Q
This accounts for the large falling off
in the Southern trade, and the dullness
that prevails in many branches Of bust.
ness in cities. When the growing
cotton crop is sold there will be som
Improvement, but it will require two or
three crops to put the Southern people
on their feet. Meantime, they must buy
very sparingly, or on very long credits.
This is the opinion of those who have
travelled in the South and had the best
opportunities for getting an inside view
of matters. The people need everything
usually supplied from the North but they
need money more than anything else.