The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-07

COrncrins Farm Products.

There may have been in the past a
time when q speculator could approxi-
mate with some accuracy to tho exact
amount OF wheat, corn, or pork which
could be thrown upon the market, but
TINT does not exist now. The area OF
cultivated land is so much greater and
the crops so much moro varied that no
such estimate can now DO made. The
Western people have learned a lesson
from the experience Of tile past, and
they now so vary the good crops OF their
farms that most OF them arc no longer
absolutely dependent upon the one grain,
corn, or wheat. There is point Of price
beyond which the farmer thinks it good
economy to eat some other food and sell
this or that article. There is point in
price beyond which the farmers knows
It is useless for him to hold his product.
Then the multiplication Of railroads en-.
ables the farmers rapidly to concentrate
their salable articles at any ono point
where tho price may be highest. Tile
great wheat corner OF Chicago was an
instance OF these facts. Never before
was n speculation gotten up with SO little
foresight. The earth may be said to
have groaned with the burden Of grain
and fruits she was bringing forth, and
the very men engaged in this wild op.
eTation are among those who boast that
more than one.afth Of the railroads Of
the United States center Mt Chicago. IT.
may truly be said TINT from the four
quarters Of the earth the golden grain
came pouring into that city as the price
per bushel touched 81, 90 T; for wheat was
even shipped back from Buffalo, and
the vast resources OF the railroads be-
came wonderfully apparent. It is stated
MS an instance OF this TINT ono OF these
great lines brought to the city in one
day 1,G00 carloads OF grim. II would
seem that with such experience and such
resources plainly evident. tho Chicago
operators would be slow to enterthe field
OF speculation in any agricultural pro-
duct, but we have from there tho iAtelll.
gence that they are now engaged in the
effort to corner pork.
The prospective success OF this new
corner is based upon the fact that Chi
cago demands mess pork to be OF cer-
tain standard that there are now only
about 1910 barrels In the city, and
that all in Cincinnati is controlled by
three firms, aud that these two stocks
are the large proportion Of what is in
this country. The true standard for
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my corner is the certainty Of n demand.
Inthis light the present Chicago corner
Is even more lily planned than tho one so
lately collapsed. The corn crop through.
out the whole country is very large, and
in most sections the wild mast is excel.
lent. The patato bug hns been, com.
pared with last year, almost harmless to
that great food crop; the production Of
molasses from various sources has in
creased (; the timo ot tho year when
work ceases is Mt hand, and the number
Of hogs in the country has increased over
1000 in the Inst year. There is no othe-
SO cheap mode OF transporting bushel
Of corn tU market MS when condensed
into fat Of hogs sides, hence with
abundant corn it can readily be seen that
the farmers OF tho West will rapidly turn
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cheap corn and high priced pork will
spare from their farm stock n few moro
than originally intended for this purpose.
This will makea a plethora OF pork sup.
ply but It may be contended that it
viii not be put up at Chicago standard,
or rather that the rulers Of the clique
will contend tLat it is not Of prime quail
lity. On this point, firstly, st. Louis will
buy il Chicago does not, and thence the
American market will be supplied.
Again, buyers may choose to make a
standard Of their own and not take rs a
finality the dictum Of tho Chicago clique.
In any event we can, sec for this new
combination no better fate than that met
by the attempted monoplizers OF wheat,
and possibly in It's elimination m injury
to the commercial interests Of Chicago
and the transferlncnt Of come OF her
trade to her rival on tho Mississippi
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