Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-10

UUANO. line demand 1Or THIS article is daily
creasng, whilst the circumstances attending the sale
of it. in Richmond, have become the subject of gen.
eral complaint. 1t is now being sold at the enorm-
GUS price of yfve and sixty dollars per ton of two
thousand pounds; price that must deter many
farmers from the of it altogether That there is
something wrong, radically wrong in the trade and
sale of it in Richmond, entertain scarcely doubt
few facts bearing upon this subject will show upon
what ground we base this assertion. The price of
Guano in Richmond for the Fall of 1852 was fifty-
two dollars the short ton. 1t was then thought
reasonably high and became as it now is the prolific
theme of complaint To obvate this state of things
as far as possible, and secure to the farming
nifty the benefits of this invaluable fertilizer, the
Peruvian Government Agents, in Baltimore during
the early part of the winter of 1852-53 caused to
be published the following notice:
PERUVIAN GUANo.
The undersigned, exclusive Agents of the Peruvian
Government for the importation and sale of Guano
into the United States, have the honor of notifying
to the farmers and dealers of this country that they
have settled in this city branch of their Lima house
Gin Peru under the especial direction of their part
ner, Mr.. Frederick Barreda, with the object of per-
forming all the business relating to that Agency in
the United States.
Following the views of the Peruvian Government
whose wishes to establish fixed and convenient
price for this manure offering the facilities to
farmers and dealers of obtaining it from first hands,
the undersigned have decided to sell the Guano at
the rate of $45 per ton of 2240 lbs put into good
bags for all quantities above 20 TONS with due notice
to purchasers, that all duties, charges or fees now
imposed or that may hereafter be imposed upon the
introduction of Guano by the laws of the different
States into which it may be imported will be paid by
them, in addition to the above named price of $40
per ton.
Full cargoes of Guano can be purchased and de-
lvered at any safe port of entry in the Chesapeake
or Delaware Bays, their tributaries.
The consignees only warrant proceeding from
Peru the bags of Guano marked with their true mark
and sold by them or their Agents
For further particulars apply to
F. BARREDA & BROTHER
No. 81, S. Gay street. Baltimore, or to
T. W. RILEY, 40 South street,
Our Agents in New York.
The foregoing advertisement has been published
in the American Farmer and other journals in Balt-
more from its first appearance to the present time
All that could have been asked desired on the part
OF the Agents has been done; and the effect of this
notice and the subsequent arrangement made with
distant dealers, as every one believes was reduc-
ton IN the price; and guano readily obtanedin
Richmond, during the past spring, in any quantity
tor SIG per ton OF 1000 pounds price satisfactory
to the farmers and it to be hoped to the deal
ers also. Such, however, was not the fact. The
dealers not content with the profits arising from the
sale at $46 by some species of mercantile manage
ment have contrived to raise the price to 500 and
$50, as before stated when we are informed by the
Editor of the American Farmer in his August num-
ber the second hand dealers an Baltimore are selling
at this very time for $45 and $40 the short ton.
1t is greatly to be regretted that such state of
things should exist for we had hoped that the ar
rangement between the Peruvian Agents and the
dealers in Richmond, locking to permanency as an
aim, would put an end to all that the
farmers would be in future effectually shielded
against imposition. To surprise do we acknowl-
edge our disappointment.
Guano is selling in Richmond at from So to 8
$14 more per ton than it sold for during last spring
OF the dealers who have entered into the arrange
Inent with the Peruvian Agents the Farmers can OBJ
tain none. They say they have now more orders
than they will be able to fill; when not one in twen-
ty of the Farmers in the vicinity of Richmond has
been supplied. And yet guano is daily arriving the
city appears to be fooded-pL plenty can Be had Dat
only at $50 and $50 per ton These are some Of the
facts connected with the history and sale of guano
IN Richmond in the last twelve months. From
saying abuse exists somewhere The subject is one
of vital importance, since it deeply concerns the
Farmer whose interest is paramount to every other.
The evil ought to be sought out and the proper cor
rection applied. We do not charge collusion upon
any one, but care constrained to say the circ1n-
stances not suspicious wear at least mysterious
aspect. rs
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