, 1859-06-16

possible true esttuaats o&: tae surplus crops Of
this season, as compared with those Of the last
thres' Year,, 2nd To- lay the facts before both
buyers and seI1era. True, 1t Was not conten-
p!ated to rely for information upon merchants,
bankers ind land speculst.Fs; but upon honest
fazmers-upon men who could distinguish grow
ing wheat from growing oats. The Financial
Committee Of three, to which Spectator al
!udes, Was appointed to raise funds TOR detEsJ-
ing the incidental expenses Ct the Convention
hall rent, stationery, printing handb'lls. ETC.
4 Central Committee Of seven, afterwards
effect the resolutions adopted; and finance
committee consisting Of one member from eac4,
furmer's club in tie Northwest, was authorized
to collect fluids fos that purpose. The assertion
that the crops Of each county are to be est1ma--
81 q ths eEeP Of single township is Wsolay
tator.I would shake the. faith Of good-natured
people in the old adage, that there is apoint
beyond which fotbearance ceases to be virtue.
Your correspondent adduces the testimony
ofDr. Way'and to prove that in commerce sup
ply and demand always overn prices. To
been strangely violated within three years. In
September, 1857, the was near'y twice US much
surplus wheat in the north west as in September,
1858. TIE demand was certainly not 20 great
And Jet the price WIS about the same. During
the early part Of the year 1856, there WAS more
than twice the surplus Of the carly part Of 1859.
There was less demand. And the price was
higher. Since last harvest, with the sau'e
relative supply, and with but little appa-
rent variat,on in the demand, the prices
Of wheat and corn have huctuatcl
nearly a hundred per cent. It is those rainous
b changes which farmers Low propose to stop
first, by aseertaining Immediately after harvest
each year the amount Of surplus breadstutfs in
the country; and secondly, by preventing
the supply in the market from exceeding
tho demand. They have learned BY pain
full experience tbat tue price Of t.leir
hard earned products is governed, not by
the supply or demand throughout the whole
certain leading markets. Last year every BUSH
ci Of wheut they raised for market cost them
| two or three times as much Us ordinarily, and
they received for It less than the usual price.
1 continuation Of this state Of things would
soon bring every industria! pursuit to a stand
them all. a 1t is the roots aud the trunk tic
others are merely the branches.
Your correspondent evidently considers it AZ
astrange doctrine thut farmers should presume
to claim voice in fixing tie price Of their pro
ducts. Competing railroads mutually agree
upon rites Of freight and farei butchers orsanizt
societies and establish the prices Of meat thert
are associations Of shipowners, associations o
, lumber dealers, associations Of almost every
branch Of trade,-and all these associations
formed to regulate prices, are found indiscen
sable. Mechanics hare their societies and uniuu
for the regulation Of wages; and woe to th'
man who works for less than the fixed rate
Among printers he is called "rnt,"-a
he deserves to be despised, Stunned
aud driven from the society o
honorable members Of the craft. And has th'
furlner no rights in common with the shop
keeper and the mechanic: Is not bis produc
his ock in trade aud his wages: IS erer:
other man better qualified than he to deteru.ln
how much that produce cost him:
JAMES G. NEplLt.