Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-05-18
HIGH PRICE OF PROVISIONS.


There is universal complaint throughout the
north and west that provisions arc unusually and
exrayagantIy high New Olleans and has good
reason to complain on this account although
prices olar,lcles sold in the mlrkes are not high
trihanl they were this time last year. The sea-
son mas prodlcedat least the average quantity Of
all these arilcles-here Is no scarcity OF any thing
that appettains to eating. What then renders
their prices so Hight II is undoubtedly the inAat-
ed state OF the cuuency-The undue aud uErea-
sonablc issues of paper money that have given
an artificial value TO provisions, to real estate, to
Aodst rent, and to every thing necessary to the
sasienance and comfort Of human life. In the
meantime the price Of labour has been very it,
lie augmented during the last five years, while
heFce 81 every thing else has risen in the same
PeHed at est 2j per cent. In general rise Of
P1ces' that OF labor is the last to move In Il
general fall Of prices on the contrary, that Of la.
Dol Is the very first to take the downward course.
we ask every working man to refer to his own
experience for confirmation Of tn truth, Ii Is
me undue issue Of paper money TINT enhances the
prices Oh the necessaries oil lite, and the benfts
accrue exclusively to the iSsuers Of paper and
laeT dependents. They can effect their process
" lao days, and lis consequences are felt
throughout the community in week.
Inc pnce Of labor rises slowly and by imper-
NPuoIe degrees, because to create such rise,
necessary that workman should combine
"ncnls attended with difliculty--or it requires
utle Ior the dropping OF and removal Of those
VINO are unwilling to labour at starving wages.
= working man never derives any benefit from
oa'S--in this respect he belongs to a prescribed
N''Ss. Inc benefits which bank tavortes de-
''e rom discounts and accommodations operate
a'sfc' injury TO the working man, because every
"eE oaich of paper money raises the prices of
articles necessary for his consumption. The
Ia,e' IS incapable Of being dlsguised-.the pres
I" 0,lnRng system is injurious to those who liso
Y aOoF. It never has been and never Will be
~s'ahlageous to them as class LoMSidissGa.
H'ip Cassius or siak."-The Boston Atlas,
s,'eF summoning up the probabilities OF the party
IaiaGter OF the next congress, breaks out into
wy 'o''o"'ng very pathetic stran'
.,larridge.-The man who passes his life
4, 'u' vile, will contract unSocial ha0its, be
t.Speased with the world, and in the winter of
"s Ieafs wIil stand like lonely tree on the ex-
''"d' plain, his breast exposed to every blast.
Exchange paper.
,'ooN here, mister; we are passing thro' life
""lolt wife; but we are far from having con-
Sd unsociaI habits, as any gentleman may
discover who viii invite Us to dinner and Bur.
sunay' Neither are We displeased with the
"goo, lfs very good world. and "go! up at con-
s y. expense;' and finally; when we con-
S,1ue 10 stand ION an extended plain, with our
o'eas' exposed to every blast," we'll send and
e1yoa kno@.--.N o Picayuns.
r. ny are YOU running abou, IN The sr'ow,
-1.'As' Without your shoes and stockings ?"
uq1hed a father Of his son. " Because, sir
answered the urchin, "the shoemaker hasn't men.
go my shoes according to his promise, and
III % show proper resanimsnin