Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-10

VOL "a, 2Ob- ls was, N t3Cf, 70 little pur
pcse thst q f)re5d circulation had been given t.
this money, if the lrs3ssmaa, By raising his
! pEice, eO9id oVads the necessity Of taking it
Lss loreed rate, then, be fixed for commodities
( rs well 70 for money. The moment the law ssid
such piece of paper shall be worth six francs,
it oUght also 10 say uch a commodity shall be
sold f5I no more than sir frsncs otherwise, the
deslsr, by raising the price to twelve, would
escape the exchange
It had, therefore, been absol ately necessary,
in spite of the Giroudius, who bad given excel
| ient reasons ded1csd |rom tho ordinary econo-
my of things, to tx a Bs1TimHul for gram. The
| grestoss hardship tor the lower classes Is the
! want of bread. Tho crops we're not deficient
! but the tanners, who weuid rot confront The
tUmuls Of The markets, or sell their corn at the
ate Of TIE ssslgnats, kept away with their
! goods the little corn that did appear was
| qu eBly bought no by the cOmmu1es and by i'm
/ diWiuais. IN iU-sd II fear 60 lay in stocks Of
| provisions. On the 3 and 4rh Of MAY the con
ventioa could not hslp passing = decree, by
which 81 farmers and corn dsslsrs were
obliged to declare the quantity of corn in
tbslT possession, 10 thrash cut what was still
iu the ear, 70 carry II TO iho markets and - the
markets only. 20 sell il at th8 mean price fixed
by each commune. according to the p.ico which
had baon fTed between tho first Of January and
he first OF Nay. No person was el'o-ei 20 lay
in a supply for moro shan month. Tl0ss Who
sold or bought at price above tha mzxinzr, OF
who made false decaratiou5, were 10 b3 pun
isled with cln6scstou and A fine from fhres
hundred 70 eae thousand francs. Dlm-cii.ry
Wits we're ordered 10 ascertain the tru.h Lastly,
q statement Of ali the declarations were to be
sent by the municipalities 70 the Minis istsr Of the
Interior, in order to furnish a general sssi7tcal
survey Of the supplies Of Fra1ce. The CON nuns
Of Paris, adding its police regulations 70 the de-
eTses Of the convention, and moreover regulated
The distribution Of bread At the bak9-sh1p3 No
one WAS allowed 70 90 to them without safety
tickets On these tickets, delivered by the revo-
laionary eommittss, was specified the quantity
of bread which the besrsr had the rixh, 10 ssk
for, snd this quantity ws5 propOrtORate 70 the
number of persons of which each family was
composed. Even the mode of getting served st
the bsksrs' shops was regulated. A cord was
to be fastened to their de0r; each customer was
TO lay hold Of it, as not to lO5s his turn, and
avoid confusion. Malicious women Frequently
cut this cord; frightful tumuls ensUed, and an
armed foYco was req aired to restore order. We
here see to what drudgsry, most lsb1rious 70
itself and veIAtions 10 those for whom Il legis-
lstes government is doomed. IS soon as it is
obliged 70 set every hing IN order 10 regulate
everything Bat ia this situation each cireum-
stance was the result of another The forced
currency of the sssignsnts led to the forcing of
sales, ths forcing Of Drices for arranging even
the quantity, the hour, the mode OF purchasing.
Ths last fact resulted from the first and the frst
had been inevitable, like the revelation itself
Meanwhile, he rise in the price of articles Of
consumption, which had led T. the msximum,
wss general for all the comaoditiss Of the FIST
necessity B1tcrsT'3 meat, vegetables fruit
groceries, candles, fuel, liquors, articles Of cloth
ing and shOe-leasheE, bad ell risen in price in
proportion as assig1ats had fallen; and the pop-
ulscs we're daily more and more bant on e lding
forsstsllsTs, whore these were only dealers who
refused money that had lost its value.
MEASURES AGAIEsF FOREsFALLERs.
Ibid 277. "a decree was issued which placed
foTessallug among the number ofeapita crimes,
and attached e It tss punishment of death He
WAS considered IS a foTcsta.lzr who should win
hold from circulation articles Of FIRST recessi-y
Without placing them pGblcly on sale The
articles aud commodities Of 1rst necessity were
bread, wioe, buiehsrs meat, corn, f3u-, vega-
tfbles, irpit, charcoal wOsd, butter tsl'ov, salt
hemp, haE, leather, driukaolss, salt meas WOOL
and Ell sEuft5 excepting silk The means Of exc
cntion for such decree were necessarily ineuis-
it0-isi and veKaii9us. Every dealer was re-
q7irtd TO render statement Of the stock in his
possession. These declarations were to be veri-
fed BY means Of domciliary visits Any fraud
was. Ike the cJiao isself 90 be punished with
eesta. Commissioners appointed by the COM
munes were authorized to Inspect the iaY0icas.
and from these invoices, to fix the price which
while it left 4 Moderate proit 20 she dealer.
should not exceed the means at the people If,
hOWeveF, added the decree, the high price of the
invoices should rerd it impossible for the
dealer to make any profit. the sale must never
tnelsss sA9s place - such price as the pur-
chaser could sfTd
THE CONSEQUENCES or. THE MAXIMUM.
ThsI 50
the prisons, tee hall Of ths revolutionary trib1.
nails, The Place de Ia Revolutior; il DreveiIad
everywhsre-in the markets, in the shops where
the maximum and the laws sgsinst forestalling
had recently been enforced. We have already
seen hOW the 0iscsedil Of the assiqnsts and the
increase OF the puee o. commodities, had led 10
the decree Of the maximum for lhs purpOss of
restoring the balance between merchandise and
money. The f 'st sffcts Of this maximum had
been most disastrous, and had occssonfd tbs
sin- uns up OF q great numb9r Of shops By as-
taoliSbiog 'arh for articles Of prime necessity
tire GovernuaeDt had reached ozly thoss goods
which had been delivered 70 ths retail dealer End
were rea1yto pass from he hand Of the latter into
tnoSe OF the consumer Bus tn retailer who had /
saught them from the Wboessla dealer bsfora fha /
naxlmum, and at higher price than that Of the /
taTlH, sun red enormous losses ald eeu1Dlaipad |
oitIeriy Even wien he had bought sf.er the /
laA'uitui' the loss sustained by HIM was not the /
less Il iaef, in the tariff OF Commodities, called /
goods OF ordinary necessity, they were not speci-
ned until wrought and ready to be consumed.
and Il was net ti they had arrived At this lattsr
stage that their price was fixed. Bot Il was not
sA'o Wnat prieo they should bear in their raw
iofin, what price should be paid 20 the workman
VINO wrought them, to the carrier OF the navigs-
-or who transported them. Consequently the
retailer, VINO wss obliged to sell 20 the con-
'omer according to the taJiff, aud who
;ould not treat with the workman, the manu-
aeturer, the Wholesale dealer, according to
he same tariff, could not possibly continue so
q trade. Most Of the trades
nen shut up their shops or aTadsd the law By