Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-02-23

now Polish form, (zLoLx PoLsKI)
which is equal 10 one shilling OF tha
State Of New York, is divided into thlr
" very small pieces Of copper, called
'GoRzE,' aud for one such piece Of feopper,
that Is TO say, Tor The nineteenth OF a
shilling, they have a loaf o. bread sUffi
Gent Tor tho breakfast. dinnsr, and
supper of an American gentleman. The
price Of wheat is from eighteen 10
twenty five cents q bushel; rye, barleV,
and oats, sell at two thirds or one half
OF the price Of wheat. 10 some parts of
Poland, incorporated with Russia, these
articles may be got al much lower
price; whilst for coffee and sugar they
must pay from eighteen 10 twenty five
cents pound, and for tea, from seventy
five cents TO three dollars.
The consequence is, that foreign ar
,lcles, even OF the first necessity as tho
A above, are used by a very few families,
in proportion 10 tho population Of the
country; scarcely one person in hun
dred is rich enough 10 uss coffee and tea
= in Poland, since it has been dismember-
ed An owner Of Two or three hundred
acres Of we'll cultivated land, seldom
makes use Of any arti3e which does not
grow on his soil. As to the laborng
class, they never see any The pro.
, duce Of the soil feeds aud cloths them.
!, A common Iaborer gets in Poland,
!, from six to twelve and a bali cents per
8 day; a mechanic seldom more than
d twenty five cents! female servant in
8 the country, has from thirty seven TO
D seventy five cents per month; male
servant from fifty cents TO 81 per month
d ln the cities, the wagers ol servants are
= about one fourth higher. The clothing
2 OF the aborIng class of both sexes, is
$ comfortable, but very poor, made Of lin
q en- and woOlen cloth, and lurs OF the
10 country. The whole dress Of country
female per annum, costs from $3 to S6
70 the dress Of q laborDg man, from S4 tc
n So, including shoes and boots. pair
e OF shoes used by q aboring female, sell
y from eighteen to thirty seven cents,
y and a pair of boots OF laborng man
= from thirty seven aud half TO seventy
u five cents AS TO the clothing Of Iadv
n this costs nearly as much as in the Unl-
= ted States; the cotton and silk slulfs, the
n ribbons and other articles necessary tC
Is make ladies' dresses, being almost Of the
8 same price throughout Poland as here
81 1t is the same with regard 10 the dres
es Of a gentleman, only that the ladies
to shoes and the genllenen's boots ar,
10 cheaper in Poland; such SHOES as W
r. pay here $l,25 for, are selling 10 PO
D" land for twenty five to thirty sever
ts cents; for such boots as cost here iron
ut 7 TO So, they paw from 2 TO So. Bu
ID TO get boots for So, they must sell iron
10 twelve TO fifteen bushels Of wheat; an,
the dress OF lady, worth only 500
o' will cost them from eighty TO one hun
e. dred bushels Of wheat. A farmer, VIII
has two thousand bushels of wheat 70
sale, can buy silver watch for hmseI
y" but not one for his wife; while had he
before the dismembe berment Of POLAND
sold Two thousand bushels Of whea
neither he nor his lady, or half doze
daughters, would look at gold walche
=, not sell with diam Jnds, or al least VIII
,u rubies.
w. w. The cattle, focks and herds, are al'
NJ very cheap A mich COW can be bougl
~ at from s SO to SS; no OK for slNughte
from 10 to $50. horse, such as "
: pay here $40 Tor. is worth in some par
od Of Poland, about S25; in the parts OF tn
~. country incorporated with Russia, sue
-, horse is worth only from 7 to Sl2 =
49, common sheep sells from eighiee
.,o cents 10 So The 'merino sheep in
as troduced from Spain, are sold al fro
80 20 TO 800.
w The policy which reduced the peop
TO such condition as this, forced man
4 Poles TO open some manufactures
~ cloth, cotton, silk stuGs, ribbons, ire
- utensils, and Others; and the article
,;a manufactured al home, are cheaper b
- about one third than the articles of II
-, same kind imported from abroad. Son
~ ~ articles are Of as good quality as tho
I'd OF the English and French manu(ac,ur
NV But whoever thinks that this is an in
,aJ provement Of the condition OF Poiau
~ Iabors under great mistake. POlan
-, from its natural situation, can new,
90 prosper as a manufacturing Stale; al
1.' the Poles have undertaken to be man
ar lecturers, choosing The least Of "
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