The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-01
.e.ce. Prices ana prospects.


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Feoce, rFAce1 IN veReos
The following article, from Hunt $ Me'-
cha.,ts bEaoostee, by AMAsA WALKER, is
Iii wr;ttan and deserving Of careful at
"eAA ..-.ss .e..a ,,o,,,o
tentlon. Ioe supJects e1e"'eu W ooAAe A.o.AAo
to the business and bosoms' OF Duslness
mon. and there never was time when 1t
-. NO. -, no-t.nt for Them to come To
- .1O' -. A'
W1se conclusions:
That peace between the Federal Govern.
ment and the Confederate States will come
nome time In certain. that II will come s0on
apnears now highly probable, and the effect
vhich such m event will have upon the
hi1eineee Of the country cannot but be Z
natter of deep interest to all.
In the examination of tho subject We
must take certain things - granted, for Ia
no other way can We make any calculations
whatever. We will first assume that the
terms Of peace ineeQqe the perfect resS0Ia I.
ton OF the natlonanIy, sno st,conq 9, IL -.
the great uiscoloaa. 9 p nas h
moveos 70 tnaI tAeIe - no aI.H e.,nt-r
tween oinerenI sectlons VI lne cns.
growing out OF anta9onAsuc lnss..u. ~ ;%..s
that there Is, IN !act, tnat harmony "a aue :;
and interest, wnicn alone eau s1se 'o"n'
dence ana insure tranqu1u!y. :.,a
These two conditions oeing es.aonsuea'
the country VIII nave pesce, na.; ;1 70 -.
CIT, ana CniVefsal coI !l l.e e.i;,rs hos
stored. AS soon as lniS sta.e "a .nns . nas
arrived, as soon even iai - = Tbs as ~hoIa in.
the CONNECT uas enueo' :uo "n -.
dustry OF the natlon WIZ pls ~
severe snocK: nnaI - a.ie ~ ..au h;,a al
war paSaly ze0 INDUSTRY, auu aol !" " ..G =.
was stagnatlon. Ieace III p.o ct.S. .,,,,n.
tlar. enect, because Toe lnuus'ly -. .ne $3.50 ~
try must De changed aIcIn s.1 49,. "a 49, -.
10 STATE VI peace. Auos ~" W ~s,;Anras
engaged m ~. Ma sn.Snsnane. ~ han,.n do.
OF va! anu .ne l n,aaua .ha;r nccnnaton
s a,, nus s cn h,,sd.oS. ~ thn,,sand.
Auo.s ~ a frc,,, ono branch 81
: .n9s. ue - ..n.has uaIfa ,,,;SI;on If mon
luuuss1y 20 a'iu.n . .s.a - .ho;r I.n .rsa
noS ~ San,nnrrt ~ ,.ascaf,,l ,,n-snits
NY ~ nnu eup.oy - .s;.hat .a,,,,,a
Al. .L.S Saunus 80 * @c.,...s,,.s,t ~ ..1.,
- "''A ~o-'' Oe>-> s'-.S
sN'
But the greatest shock will De felt upon
prices. Every body knows that these are
AZ least oo0ole tnel1 usuai average, anu
mus,' 20 ceI.an.y ae uoMm W so ene n o.
s1. ":ds W. "a 70 s.en;. hos;s A
49, ~. W sessoeu =; s,,s,.a n,, +ho
ssea. pu.s.S y. so,se WI Enerv 1 nm hsrs
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. VI PeaSo. ~ sa.;.,,.
ing properly OF any Alnu WY. VIC 49,. =. =,
~ sel., VIA "su ~ o = 49, asarrh. 10
po pos, Auu VIA. - "v.so, 80 49, =,
wiz oe ai1alu 70 pu1c ,s. s.i .s a =.
sure prices a1ss ~ w" nuu W.. p...
-! .nes Seaeu ZIG $3.50. t.sss' $500.
Tue genera Cpasuuap.auaa -. . ~.
Mus. " on on, ,;;a suo ~ 90. a.;nE .nd
WOMEN WI cnn,au s. ~ Ga., ui -; ~; "uI
y, ea1 aao' wa. ~ vs. ~ W. 49,. -;
lucy nave paenty " navM 1vsy' VI .a.ne -. -.
l nlaAe ~ steeAoaeAs auu Na..oua. 'au -,
STATE ba0A noles, oI when W. nase 81
many nuhoLeu iu,l1Aols, uu. io1 purchases.
4 uen WY snou,u no. Tue Peop.e pulcoase
Vesly. Anev WIZ 10 SO, anu W eour Sc faAe
m ... ahu VIZ 70 oH.
Tue nrst news OF peace WIZ uouo.less
cause great oec.lneoi prices' most persons
WIZ ~ leaoy ~ selA VI a..s Vs. IVY .eA ~, ne
ana at an sacIincc' those Wno nase .ue
courage 70 make purchases undei sucn clr-
ccms1ances VIII 90 SO 20 gteat aavantase,
because prices canHot a. once permanently
decline. AFTER tue mrs. snocK mere VIII
De a reaction, ana prices Wili advance
again.
Three causes have co-operated in rails
ing prices; the increasing volume Of cur
rency, the depreciation OF the national
credits anu ehe movements Va speeuaa.ots'
All tnese causes nay cease Win tue 70
turn OF peace II cur finances are MANAGE
on souno princlp!es me currency VIA De
reduced. the national creui1 VII! De re.
stored and the speculasoss occuplon VIII
De gone. But since TINS cnange cannot Oe
instantaneous, so iar as feDonoans cur
rency Is concerned, the reactlon We nave
spoken OF VIII take place:
Prices are governed Dy the exlslng
quantity OF cur rency. ana as that cannot
be at once greatly contracted prices cannon
Immediately return 10 their natural point.
To mos, persons prices seem to DC merely
accidental. That they are actuauy gov.
erned by laws as ceterminate rs those OF
yravitation few understand. Hence there
will be great panic, and many will sell
OFT their stocks, as some did under the
senseiess panic OF september last. AZ tnucn
less than they are worth, anu oe quite glac
to repurchase ut advanced rates.
fit were universally known tnen prices
in general can fall only as the currency !,
curtailed, all would be wen. Prices would
go down grad ualiy as tho currency was