The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-12-03


reach and purchase first. If ship runs
the blockade, hundreds Immediately crowd
me port she has made, and run every ar
tlcIe OF her cargo up TO fabulous prices.
wow, why this strange spectacle For-
tunes we're accumulated BY speculation in
a lew months after the commencement of
me war--prlces- have been continually adj
yAnclng ever since, and the love Of country
y TOO weak to resist the temptation tomake
money. The glittering prize--a fortune
70 short time and without much labor
newiiders men; and they insaneIy press
into the " Army 4
oentlemen, ask you to pause with me
Tor moment, and contemplate this melan-i
choiy state Of things. Ha
Our country is engaged III struggle for
life o. death. She is bleeding at every pore.
Hundreds and thousands have fallen by the
sword. Nearly every house in the land has
been turned into house Of mourning. Is
such time ft for the patriot-for the man,
who loves his country or his kindred, 70
tnrn to bartering and exchanging. that he
nav make money! And how can he make
money: We are cut of from the world;
all that he makes therefore by his specula.
tions. must be made out Of his own Goyern-
nent and his own people by increasing the
prices of articles to be used by the Govern
nent and the people. And every good
man, who feels disposed to buy that he may
sell again, should recollect that every one
who Is added TO the army of speculalors,
necessarily increases the prices Of articles
sperulaied in.
iAn3 strange to say, many af these men
never bought to sell again until their coun'
Try tras inuolUed Ia War.
Prices Of all provisions have become
enormously high. A necessary consequence
Of the presence Of so many eager specula-
tors; all oi whom must have their gar pro-
1T. That they have had the chief agency
. IN producing such enormous prices, il re-
qulres no argument TO show.
Conspicuous among the individual spec
nlators or extortioners. stand the " Hotel
keepers Ihe thousands put into motion
by the war, soon crowded every hotel
hall Of those, who applied, could not be ac-
commodated-seeing they had the game in
their own hands. they increased their char
ges. Provisions rUse, il is true, but no,
IKE their charges. The, excuse themselves
by telling you. the enormous prices they
pay for every thing--but unfortunately for
their guests, they do mol furnish everything.
Genuine tea or coffee at hotel. would star
Tie atra'elsr. Do they pay increased rents
increased hire lnr servants! No! What
tlen justlties their enormous charges! Ger.
talnly no; the meat aud bread they buy,
Tie osergrown fortunes tbey have made ID
less than TWO years, tell the tale. They
have exturied.
When peace again smiles upon US ant
We are free and independent, these fortunes
will afford their pos,essors the refreshing
reflection, that much Of their money wa
made by charging soldiers from four |,
five dollars per day board, while these
!. same soldiers were receiving eleven dollar
per month for fighting the battles OF th'
country.
Bu, il would lie idle 10 attempts refer
rnce 10 lie different classes Of speculaior
aud exturtinnrrs. They are 'uund every
where. aud eng ged in buying and selling
. everything. some on The largest and other
on The smallest scale. II has become
disease, a mania.
Corporations, ioo. figure conspicuously
, That they have" no souls" need never b
Observation-Disclosures. Uur Railroad com
/ fpanies have been constantly engaged, AM
have had an amount ol travel and transpot
, tation exceeding their capacity. The.
have made more money and declared large
I dividends than at ans previous period i
: their history-yet their managers. catchin
: The spirit of The times, have thought war
/. proper time 10 raise freight and fare. All
I believe, have raised their freight charge;
} many their fare. They will tell you eve
I trything is high, that they are wearing ou
their roads, Sc, forgetting 10 tell you Q