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Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 6
Holding back wheat. --The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican, from information in its possession, fears that the supply of wheat, which is amply abundant in the country, is likely to be withheld from the Government, for the purpose of forcing up prices. It says: We heard of one farmer who refuses to sell at the prices offered by the Government, because he expects wheat to go to ten dollars per bushel. If there was any surely that this would be the case, or any reason to expect it upon the grounds of scarcity and a short supply, the desire to get the highest market price is but natural; but when, in face of the fact that a crop of wheat is made, ample for all the wants of the people and army, the refusal to sell does not seem to us to be conceived in the right spirit. We learn that the Government has given the Commissary at this post orders to buy wheat from the farmers as quickly as possible, to be converted into flour, and if he can't buy to impress it forthwith. Some farmers