Constantine republican. [volume] (Constantine, Mich.) 1836-1838, 1837-10-11

who are circulating stories among tho farmersfor
the double purpose of political effect and making
money themselves, that grain is not going to be
worth any thing this year-thlt wheat can be
bought at this and that place, for four and five
shillings bushl This, they say, has been
brought about byth, m assures of the Administr.
tion-that Genera jackson and Martin Van Bu-
rem have ruined the country, &c., and many far
mers, we think, have been led to believe it, But
now we ask them to look at the facts of tn, case,
and then draw their own infsrcnces. We were
told short time since that it was current re-
port among the farmers that produce was good
for nothing this year-thlt any quantity OF
wheat could be bought for fifty cents bushel on
Prairie Ronde, Kalamazoo county, and oats ia
the same proportion. At that time we were not
able 10 contradict the report however much we
doubted the truth Of it, as tho place mentionc
was some twenty miles distant. A few diys
since, however, we happened to be on Prdirie
Ronds, and, in conversation with a very intallI-
gent f,rmer, we related TO him the reports in cir
culaton in our county with rgiri TO the price
of grain in that quarter to which he replied
section, on tho contrary, were unable to get
| out wheat fast enough to satisfy the demsnds for
| it, at thor own price-ehat he was not awvr.
that any had been sold short Of ten shillings per
bushel,-and that oats were commanding pro
portionate price.
Now. mere is refutation Of an outrageous and
malicious -fllsehood-onc which is calculated to
ivure the farmer pery materially. We have no
doubt many farmers have bsen induced to believe
from these reports, that produce Mould not BE-
saleable this year, and it would be better for them
to sell at whatever price they could get; and in
fact we have beon told that farmers under Ties
imp, ssions in this vicinity, have made contracts
to furnish wheat at six shillings pr bushel. Ii
i. is the intention of those persons who crculste
these filschoods, to speculate upon the crcdulity
ofths honest farmer, by crying out that wheat il
not going to beworth any thing, in order to BUY
1T UP AT Low RATES, aud at the sam,
time crying out against the Administration, "a
bling the cause of it all, in consequence Of tn
scarcity ofmoney, thereby creating political ex
element, we say that such men, who will stool
to such acts of me inness, for pecuniary or poiti
cal interest, ought to be condemned and discoun
tenanced by euery honest man. These reports
we believe, have been circulated by these men
with view of putting down the price Of grain
to scare the farmers to sell cheap, and then buy
it up themselves; and at the same time workin,
against the Democratic. party. Thank Heaue'
the Democratic party are not compelled to RE
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1t is not to b. expected that produce will bring
as high price it did last year; no f4rmal
ought to look for it. OTIS this spring command
cd So per busel but it was in consequences o.
the scarcity ofthe article. Money was then a
scarce as it is now. Now oats are selling here a
from three to four shllings per bushel We vii
allow that grain will not bring as higha price q
it did last year-which will most certainly BE- tn
case, and then we would ask any candid man if
is reasonable to presume that wheat, or any 9th
or article of produce will bring as high price il
season of abundance throughout the Unite,
States, as when there is a general failure of tn
crops.
Can those who circulate these stories for poll
teal effect, make the yeomanry Of this countr
believe that M rtin Van Buren, or Gen. Jackson
can control the elements that thoy can at tlici
bidding cause bountiful crop, or general fam
Inc through the land Mo- we will not so muc
abuse thor good sense as to believe for moment
that they will swallow such dbsurditics.
We only ask the farmers to look into this mat
ter. We will not willingly stand and see false
hoods circulated through the country, which ar,
calculated to injure the producing portion of ou
population, and allow the perpetrators to go un
whipped of JUSTICE