The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-04-11
GBY REQUEST
From the Fayetteville Observer.

By REVCEsT'
From the Fayetteville Observer.
MEssRs. EDrTORs. learn from the
Captions published in your paper, that
there is an Act regulating the Flour
Inspection in Fayetteville. You would
oblige some Of your readers by giving
the act an early publication to give
those interested knowledge of its pro-
visions. Ii they are such as satisfy the
country people there will at least be
some more Flour taken to Fayetteville
than otherwise will be. 1t is little
surprising that the merchants generally
of your town do not use greater excr-
tions in having the subject arranged
more to the satisfaction of the cOun-
try farmers who have so long been
accustomed to taking all their sur
plus produce to Fayetteville, many Of
whom are now driven TO other markets
By causes which might easily be remoy-
ed. ] see the people of Wilmington
are complaining Of the falling OF Of the
usual quantity Of flour in that place.
Ii there is but little going to Fayette-
vile, still less will 60 to Wilmington
for an additional reason the people can
not understand why there should have
bccss during the last year the markeed
difference in the price Of flour in Will
mington and Norfolk Is not barrel
Of flour flor shipping) worth as much
in Wilmington as in Norfolk. Ii those
markets were equal more flour would
be taken TO Fayetteville. provided equal
justice was done in the inspection.
Ii costs dollar aud ten cents more TO
send barrel of flour from this neighbor-
hood to Norfolk than to Fayetteville,
and still many Of Us, under existing
circumstances prefer the Norfolk and
Petersburg markets. There is no one
thing which has contributed 50 much
in sustaining Fayetteville as the con-
yenience there III procuring Salt for the
supply Of the blck country. But IN.
asmuch as the palpdble frauds are be-
coming notorious and constantly prac-
tiscd in selling pieces Of sa,ks for
whole ones, as BY the Flour, 50 il will
be by the Salt. II Is stated by some Of
those who have had considerable expe.
rience in boating frum Wilmington tC
Fayetteville, that il is not unusual iol
sacks Of Salt to be made up in boats b,
scraping up the salt which IS CASUAL,
scattered out Of other sacks aboard d
the boat, with little or no regard I,
measure or weight. Twill not presume
to say that any regular merchant wa
ever engaged IN such detestablc spe
cies of fraud. lam sure that none VIII
are entitled to the honorable title o
/ Merchant ever would be. But, never
/ theless, inasmuch as those sacks mad,
up Of the sweepings Of the boat are pu
NJ in due form, | have no doubt the,
find their way into market, anl az,
sold as whole sacks Of prime clean salt
In conclusion. | will say, in my hum
BILE opinion. il ought to be The bust
ness Of all merchants who desire L
do regular and honorable business Il
attend to these subjects. IL their IN
terest Is not sufficient TO prompt them
| am sure their moral duty should
A greater amount Of fraud may be i'm
ppsed upon the community in scllinI
Salt than in any one article, inasmuc
as il Is an article Of more general Us
than any other one Of the first article
Of necessity altogether indispensable
TO be had at any price. The last cer
, is olten paid out by the poor for III
, tie Salt 10 assist in keeping soul an
/ body together; next TO bread il Is th
, nearest indispensable. Then 0ugl
. any, particularly the INDECENT. TO {
cheated in the purchase oI that whiC
| they cannot do withou ! This il
/! subject which very properly elaine
/. the attention of our last General A
! sembly. And doubtless. but from Il
G fact uf its being crowded out by u
/. numerous Bank, Railroad. PlankrOai
/. Navigation and Corporation bills,
!. would have been regulated by Legisl
E tive enactment, which, in my humb
/ opinion. would have rendered mul
! more acceptable service than some Ut
c er measures claiming TO be Of mu
!, higher dignity. The public has BE-,