The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-09-28
For ths Lancaster Gazette.
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ant farmers of Fairfield. condescended to
point out the errors of their ways and
show them the sure way to prosperity
and eventually to richesJ aud all he asks
is that they believe what he tells them
and do what he bids them,
Who he is no one kuows. He calls
on the voters of Fairfield County to be
at their posts, on the 9th day of October,
with their trowserloUns and shirt sleeves
roll'd up and their tickets ready with the
words Subscription" written thereon;
and if you dont, repentance afterwards
will avail you nothing as you will have
then to follow the old tuinous plan, of
raising corn and feeding hogs and cattle
at home, aud making them carry the pro.
duce of your farms to market; but he
tells you to just write that cabalistical
word Subscription" on your tickets and
then you can send your corn TO any of the
eastern markets aud realize such profits
as will make you rich in less than no time
Now being farmer, and of course hav-
ing got poor by following the old uhprof.
table plan, was good deal tickled at
the sure method of getting rich pointed
out by our Philanthropical friend j. H.
5. for as he is no corn raiser himself, Ia
corn raiser and hog and cattle feeder
would never have found out their error,)
| was sure he could have no other mo-
tive but love for the dear people. | took
down my old slate and began to sifer up
the clear profit on bushel of corn on the
new plan over the old one--I must own
that not beIn cute at siferin, it puzzled
me to get the hang of Stain the thing
it struck me that the best way would be
to make calculation from what was the
price for carrying a 100 lbs from Balti.
more to Cumberland, which is | think 81
cents, and supposing that about oue-lhird
the distance from here, (you must know
| write this from Amanda which is to be
the Capita of the World when the rail
road is made through it,) then the cost of
transportation for a 100 lbs, would be
Sill cents. But not bein good in frac,
tions, let us suppose it one dollar, which
is certainly below the rate-then as a
bushei of corn weighs Sc lbs, we see the
freight of one bushel to Baltimore, the
nearest eastern port, would be Sc cents
beside all incidental expenses. Now
thinks to myself, | can soon find out how
much more | can make by seuding my
corn 10 market on the railroad than by
that old nupro6table plan of feeding it
TO Hogs and Cattle; so goes to neigh
Dor, who takes the Baltimore Sun, and
asked the privilege of looking at the
price current, aud he handed me Satur-
day morning Sept. 18th, stating white 55
to 81 cents and yellow 60 cents per
bushel. That was damper. | began
to think the writer had been fooling us;
but on reflection it struck me that as he
had been educated at free school, he
had chance to get better up to siferin
than had, who had only such chance foi
information as my father was able to pay
for, and that altho' | had failed to sifel
it out in any way that would not loose
the corn and make US pay something for
taking it away, that was no reason why
he would not be able by his superior ac
quirements to show that if the producer
was not benefited some body else would be-
then gathered up my old slate and wen
to siferin again. thought if | would
change the Stain, l could find how the
writer had come to such conclusions; SC
says l-says |, if bushel of corn i:
worth 90 cents at Baltimore, when the
potatoes has all rottcd in Ireland, wha
will it be worth when they don't rot
then sifercd down one side of the ole
slate and up the other and when the fig
ures met at top the amount was 25 cents
as that did not appear to give profit
thought | must have been siferin the
wrong way; it then struck me if woulC
try it leflhanded and state it in auothe
way | might find out the secret; so sta
ted it left handed and says |, if ], H, S
has a warehouse, at Amanda, and yol
send your corn through said warehouse
allowing j. H. S. 3cts. commission pei
bushel, on 1000 bushels, ]. IL. SIS. &C
count will stand:
Commission Credit, on 1000 bush
els corn, at 8 cts. per bushel. >. $50, ,0I
The railroad account, tor freight
on do. at Sc cts. per bushel. -. $50, ,0I
Incidental expenses not known
TIE producers account would be
fre 1t and commission corn, DR.. 500 ,0
If the potatoes had rotted in Ire
land, 1000 bushels corn at SIS
cts. per bushel, Cr.......... $50,
Loss besides corn. ........ 400
IF the potatoes hadn't roted the los
besides the corn will be $4,000 beside
all incidental expenses.
So find by the left hand calculation
that Mr.. j. H. S. will gain on 1000 bush
els corn 80 dollars besides his share c
the profits, made by the state on the sloc
purchased by the 100000 dollars. H
wishes you to authorize the Commission
: ers to borrow, and that for The loss yo
will sustain you will have the Honor an
Glory of being partner to the Stiot
t and H. V. Railroad and of having bee
+ the dupe of j. s. You ought to kno,
+ if you send your corn you must also sen
= your hogs 10 be fed there or, if the maj
ket is glut,ed, which will be the case
the corn raised in Ohio is sent there, tn
price must be furthet reduced. He ha
better advise the farmers to send the
!. cows there to be miked and To have the
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