The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1865-04-26
shall We Have Low. Prices I!

. :
While the enhanced value of the green
back currency is shown in the lower prices
nsk ed for cotton goods. sugar, butter, coffee,
etc, there is s,iIl great complaint It At
storskespefs do nei mark down their goods
isro correspond with ihe'reducsd premium on
gold. This, however was to have been ex-
pecisd. Retail dealers, if they can help
ihemssIvs, will not sell an article for tol-
lar Io-day that they paid Two IoIIars for
yesterday. Nothing will make them DO
that bat Ike fear tn perhaps they mag not
get more Than fifty. cents to-monsw. II is
this irsliLct ofirate which prevents retail
dealers from Tesphuding al once 10 The low
-ering quotations OF gold.
But, in any event, We must not expect a
1 Heturn TO the lew prices which obtained be-
/ fess The war. Apart from the still high pre-
4 MUM on gold, there is an absolute scarcity
.of goods, due to The heavy drafts upon The
labor oflhe country for mlItsaFy service
Then, again, everything used is heavily tax
ed, and this burden We must bear for many
sio6R years 10 come.
Ths.co ming summer viii, however, see
many articles cheaper than they are now
CoaI is still ex,ravigantly high. The past
/ has been severe winter, and spring has
'fouEd tie yards so bear that dealers could
| demand what they pleased. Coal ought to
Re selling for four dollar. ton by June
next, no'ma,ier wha, the premium on gold.
/ Asmechanical labor win be more abun-
aant, It's compensation becomes less AMI
lhic viii rssct no high priced goods.
sGfeai complaint is made Of the coat OF
ruest especially beef. Housekeepsrsl can
not understand why il should bs higher
4 now than when gold was 270. The last re
4 tort Of the agricultural bureau. however,
E gises some Interesting facts which go to
show thai there 10 a reason for h igh- priced
meal apart from value of currency. II seems
our stocks Of cattle. horses, and swine, have
ron down during the confluence of he
war Apart from The waste 'o:sreat armies
and especially hay, was SO high that
i II paid farmers better to slaughter their an
FINALS in winter than 10 feed them We
now find that this esIruclion has been
5goiug on :or SO long time hat lhers il an
actual scarcity Of beei cattle. ths number
of sheep have increased owing TO Tie con-
iiiued advance in the price. Of wool =
When a.fleece is worth more III an carcass
farmers will not send their usual supply Of
mution TO market; and this has been the
Iaie Of the case for the past year
4 Nor is the supply Of cattle likely 10 in
rsass very soon. There will be large
demand Tor them from the South when the
war is definitely over, and this will tend TO
eep prices up all through the summer.
There is but one course for the mass Of
ood consumers TO pursue. They must use
ess meat for a year 10 come. This is the
only way TO bring down the prices. Meat
s not necesssry for more than one meal
Jay; indeed oGr people would enjoy better
beaIth il they consumed less animal food
Flour promised 10 be low; fish is always
cheap in our eastern markets and as there
always enough ofvsgiiabIes. it will be no
great hardship il people canaol afford meat
ii every meal in the day.
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