Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1859-12-31
GRANT COUNTY HERALD
For The Herald.

10 sell or to hoIci, that - w.
AR. Ei1roR:-The above caption haN
been a common one for newspaper article
far the last four months, not only 10 tn
leading national journals but from thos'
aovn to the most obscure local sheet
But this question has not been the subject
Of DISCUSSION at all for the universal cry Ct
the press has been, SELL SELL To the
producing man for some weeks past tins
has been practical question, and 10 some
such it may yet; but 10 mlry for tbs
year at least it is one Of small moment,
for they have yielded to the cry; their pro
duce IS gone; and that, for an equivalent
HAT las scarcely rewarded the husband
man for his toll; while it has left him no
surplus for that payment Oh his farm; Tor
the purchase o. his team, f1r necessary I'M
proyemeuts on his estate; or for the eda-
cation Of his children. To su b, present
DISCUSSION may be Of little avail; bat j
becomes the farmer this year to rears. Il
lar n lisrack that shall remind him f'r
the future Of The imposition that be bias
suffered in the past; and thus prevent his
splitting on the same rock again"
Farmers, look moment al the course
Of the press as regards your interests
Last Nav and June the reports on harses!
prosg Gets were most fattering; and We
were promised year of unnsv S. prosperli
~ and thrift; AMI we were quite elated
at the prospectof ''the good time coming;
now so far 50 good.
In August and September report Is made
that the crop which is heavier. than ever
before raised, is secured in most excellent
condition. Then, new cord Is struck 10
the music. Tae grain buying monopoiists
victimize the press which is made TO cry
large surplus Of grain, putting the q
mount at one third more than the truth )
no foreign demand, the home mari Y
gIutted, prices low, with dropping tendon-
cies: and thus the poor farmer is urged oy
ali the motives that device can present, 70
crowd his grain just pow into ilalrket.--
And knowing farmers to be men Of large
hearts aud sympathies, they work upon
these by telling them that the importer OF
foreign goods has made large shipments of
costly wares; and that unless rroluce Isl
Immediately forwarded in exchange for
these, he poor soul must break. As
though it was no matter what became OF
lis so that he could go to Heaven on flow
cry beds Of ease" Aud the plea prevails
usually. But ifany back gardness is ex,
hibited to do so, we are charged through
the press with actual crminality; because
we are in debt and are refusing pay. Now
how could the publisher cancel his debts
by selling his issues at less than eost!-
what kind Of a speculation would 1t be for
the broker to sell his stocks for less than
the cash cost2 neither could do it, nor can
the farmer. And there is another plea
made at lust this point of time which we
are sorry to find is advocated by the New
York Tribune: which is, that " that cheap
bread promotes tie prosperity ofMe com.
try." Now this we believe is as geritab!e
humbug as Douglas Sqaatter Sovereign
y, for when produce is low the producing
class are short of profits; and when they
are thus, there is general stagnaticu III
business. But to test this principle let us
inquire what would have been the result
had the price Of wheat been one dollar per
bushel from the first day of September to
this time, it would have probably affect
ed every branch of honest industry. The
farmers could have patfonized the meehan-
ic: they together the merchant, and ne
could have Cancelled his long standlng oo-I
legations at the east. But while produce
will bring no more than cost the debts Of.
our country must remain unpaid. But we
wished to notice again the influence OF the
press that mighty engine, which when
free aud untrammeled has no stronger de-
fen ders than among the agricultural pop
ulation Of our country. But AS one oil
them we hereby enter our protest against
its being any longer itself yictimized, or toI
its using its power to yictimize the honest
Iaborinr man. Wheat to day worth one
dollar per bushel was three months ago
worth but 60 cts; and why this differ
ence2 No reason can be given only that
combination Of interested parties through
the press, put it down to that low figure
and intended to keep ii there until theI
crop was secured But the law of supply
and demand, one over which they had noI
control swepttheir fine spun theories away
But unfortunately not until the sharper
had put in his pockets from ten to thntS
per cent Of what justly belonged TO the
producer.
But Just now We see the scales beam j.
going to kick again; the sharper is no
done with victims nor with the press YET,
he las just made the discovery that there
is but small surplus Of grain The country,
and probability Of large foreign demand
and the grain now being largely in his
hands he uses the press but TOO easily tol
slide The figure up the scale Of prices where
ne before turEed them down, aud why is
this2
There Is another percentage to be made