Show the effects of war upon american produce thus far there is nothing to change thi the course of commercial affairs the assem line and marching of Aust austrians rians french and sardinians ians ma king in in all men or more than are usually under arms will ivill make but little change in the consumption of food as follows population army france austria sardinia total among of people the taking of men that is one out boutot of seventy more or less from ordinary occupations will have L but bat Pil influence luence upon production and no mora than u nhai hat Ns ill be I 1 depou caused b by y waste what they actually eat as soldiers is less thin than what hat they get at home A large portion of these are idlers atom aiom large cities and in europe the labor t oe agriculture thanks to the long wars of former ages is customarily performed by females no conscript is taken where his laboris necessary to his family the mere movement increment of the men is of no commer commercial clai importance where their operations extend over a large agricultural surface they however destroy and prevent agriculture and in in so far cause a d demand el nand from other quarters it if this is is confined to northern italy while all the ordinary sources of supply are undisturbed the commercial effects of the war will hardly be felt there never was a more propitious moment for war than row now since since crops of 0 all sorts in in eurate europe are v very er abundant capital ri and money a abundant dundan t a and cheap and enterprise not recovered from the panic of 1858 tins is is a very different state of affairs from that ahat existed when the russian war took thee there was then a failure of oe every tuii in western europe wheat in eng ly W had touched in F trance france tae the vines rites silk worms food and other crops grerr ire all short and money was very dear under these circumstances the exports of traduce produce from the united states would have been een quite as large had their been no war at all that thal evett event did not add to the demand many in any degree its influence was felt only in the manufacturing towns of england in a scarcity of labor whence hence ii a large portion of the new troops were drai drawn in the armament of the war however caused a great decline in in government funds under anticipations of large loans the migration of men and capital to the united states during tile the crimean war and tales sales of 0 produce to europe were certainly large rge but those circumstances were not due to the war they were the result of short crops P I 1 in europe which drove forth great numbers abr and called tor for large imports to sustain those thos e who remained those circum circumstances are arc not now to operate at least for a year to come if in in that time the war should become general involving strife be hveen heen england and france their fleets would fould disturb the ocean instead of keeping it open and england would be thrown upon tte the united states for those large supplies the now draws from froin france |