The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-11-28
High Prices in the sOuth..-The victims $


High Prices in the SOuth-.-The Victims >
GrumbIing.
One of the most hopeful signs Of q
change for the better in Southern senti-
ment is the unmistakably growing fear
throughout the Confsdsracy of speedy
famine. To the Tennessee Legislature =
few days ago Mr.. Jones introduced some
resOlutions asking the passage Of law
to prevent ruinous prices NOW demanded
for all staples. and to 50 tax domestic IL
quois as to prevent their distillation du-
ring the war:
on the same day, in the Tennessee
Legislature, Caruthers, from the Commit
tee on Judiciary, TO whom was referred
that portion of the Governors message,
reported two bills on the subject Of frauds,
speculations and monopolieS. One was
"a bill to suppress bnying and selling on
false pretences." and the other was "a
bill to suppress monopolies." Those bills
have fines and imprisonment in county
jails and penitentiaries, as the penalties
for various grades Of odeuses under these
ACTS.
The Governor Of Alabama recently is.
sued q proclamation condemning the
practice which is doing SO much mischief
in which he instructs the agents of the
State to purchase nothing from men so en-
gagged.
The Mayor Of Augusta, Ga. has lately
issued proclaim alton on this subject, and
public meetings have been held in Macon.
Savannah, and elsewhere. to inaugurate
some movement 10 suppress speculatiOns
in the prime necessaries of life.
Gov. Brown of Georgia. in his late mes
sage, has also recommended the Legisla-
turs to take this matter IN hand, TO regu>
late it 80 as to cure the evil and do justice
to all The Governors Of Mississippi and
Louisiana have also. These are soms Of
the indications Of public opinion.
The papers from Virginia to Louisiana
abound 10 discussions on the subjeot.-
The journals OF Norfolk and Petersburg
in the former State, wOfully contrasts the
cheap rates which prevail in Iowa with
the ruinous prices III their own locality
The New Orleans Crescent. the paper
which predicted that England would
break the blockade before October lSt
now confirms i!s potency and denouncea
the stories Of vessels running il as foolish
lies. Its editor groans horribly ever the
payment Of sic for a barrel Of four
The Atlanta, Ga, Confederacy is equally
angry at high prices and the men who
are filing their pockets by making them
still higher. Itsays:
Before this war commenced, beacon
could be bought at 10 and l24c per ID.
1t is now selling at 500. Nothing has
transpired to increase the cost of making
il, and lie transportation costs no more.
And our Government should have is to
feed the soldiers and their poor families at
home should havs Il at more reasonable
rate; and those engaged in the sale Of it
should have that much patriotism in them.
II they have IL not, the law should lurn-
ish them with il. ......
Country jeans could be had for SOC
per yard before the war; now it is from
1925 to 81 so. The labor of making it,
and the material out Of which it is made,
costs no more now tam then; and ut the
same time the soldier can have it to clothe
him while he fights us. at more reasona-
bio rates. Patriotism demands this much
at the hands Of those who deal in such
articles. 1t may be difficult 10 frame a law
to meet the exigencies Of the case; but the
necessity is great, and we are in favor Of
the Legislature making the attempt.
Coffee is selling at SO to Goo per oound;
but we say let it sell for whatever people
are wiling to give fov it. It is not On
article of prime necessity. 1t is a luxury
and lei those who indulge in il get it as
cheap as they can. Fine dress goods are
luxuries, not necessities; let those who
wear them pay what dealers see ct 10 ask.
Weiwould make no restrictions on such
articles as these. But during the war.
when our national existence. our great
est interest and personal honor are at
stake, we would put check upon the dis
position to speculate upon such articles
as the Government and the soldier must
have or perish. ...t
By these confessions Of the advocate of
Secession. Dixie does not appear just
the place in which "youag couples of
limited MEANS" would choose to set up
hOusekeOpin.