Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-01-31
STATISTICAL
Apcrogs price Of FLOUR, iaA1e losn q ;5o re- e
dericksburg, from the 1st Of January 1872, 20
II y y xIlrf.as I Q:34.
REFLECTIONS.
he same dQta. lS31.

This statement shews that for II years
mast. while. there was no foreign demand. pc,
evond what generally exists; when peace ana
nentv prevails in all parts Of the world, and no
,ecnniarv distractions similar to those no W
pressing on the country, clogged the wheels OF
our commerce, -four has kept up at an avera ge
rate. that most ofour farmers would call to-
ing prlce.
Bnt at this moment the country is eXperien-
cling a Sudden transition from the golden to the
iron age, and at the commencement OF this
dreadful revolution, down goes the price OF nouf
from S to IA per barrel.
And what do the signs Of the times lead us 10
augur for the next three years? we may ven
ture conditional prediction, having pflght
and dark side On the one hand Hope gllm-
mers on the other is seen ruin and despH"!-
Where shall we look for relief? 10 the feople
who alone have the power, Gas hangS St0na a1
present, to apply an eftectual remedy Ii the
neople of the United States will speak out I'M
anediately, in strong and commanding tone,
and say to the President" Conhding IN your
patriotism. we have bestowed upon you the
highest office in the Gift of a free and enllghten-
ed people, under the impression that our inter
ests would be protected. But we are deceived,
and sadly disappointed. Instead OF dlscharg-
ing the important duties OF the Presidential Of
flee, with an eye SINGLE to the public welfare,
as expressed in the solemn oath taken at your
inauguration you have tamely yielded yourself
no to the dictation of selfish and reckless advl-
sers; men, who care not who Sinks II they have
the good luck to keep above water, and now
you are about to make shipwreck of the welfare
Of a magnanimous, and confiding, but an abu-
sed and deceived people. You have missed
your reckoning, and now you are in duty bound
to bring the Ship Of State to anchor, discharge
faithless and unprincipled crew, and speedily
tack back to the point you left in 1929. This,
we solemnly charge you to do, under pain OF
going into retirement, pursued by the froWns
and excavations ofyour injured Country" Let
the People do this, and the most happy result
may be anticipated. But, let them on the con
trary, sustain the present Administration in its
lawless and erratic course, and it requires but
little foresight to see, that Gin apecuniory SenSe)
they will become accessory to suicide
2. 1t is evident from the fluctuations in prices
exhibited in the foregoing statement, that traf-
ticking in flour is a hazardous business, and
that it would be prudent for men, who wish to
keep what money they have and get little
more, to NEEDLE but little with this trade. And
further, chat men of limited means ought to
" get by heart' what Poor Richard says
Large ships may venture more,
But little boats should keep near shore"
It should be remembered too. that from Novem-
ber 1928, till June, 1929, when the price of flour
ranged from So to Sc l per barrel, that sundry
failures, in different parts of the United States
were the result ofspeculations in this article.
Virginia Herald.