The weekly union record., 1865-03-11
The Bresdstuf Monopolists.

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breadstuf uouopolists, from which We extract
the following paragraph:
i Spectators have managed to monopoiize
bEeadsiuTs 10 such an extent tha; they com
nand the market, and are fast forcing prices
up 10 famine rates. at time when ii is well
known there is an abundance TO supply the
wants OF the population until the growing crop
shall be harvested and come into market. Or
Ginary methods OF securing this monopoly Of
the stock and power 10 e1tort ruinouS prices
from all who would eat or s'arve. are not sui
fcient. They are not satisfied with having
gobbed all or about all the breadStufS OF
native growth but even the imported must be
made to swell the maws and copScienceleSS
pockets Of these cormorants. To efiset the
latter. they resort to what we consider unluSti-
fable means. We are informed that upon the
arrival here. recently. OF cargo OF breadSlufiS
from Chile, these speculators combined 10 ex
tort from the people enormous profits upon
their investments. at once waited upon the
consiguees aud demended that the cargo should
be sold to ihen, or one of their number, with
threat that if they did not do so, the mouopo-
lists would throw their own stock upon the
market. aud sell at such reduced prices as
would insure loss to the importers Il is uot
strange that this argument OF threat succeeded.
7 The cargo was allowed to be sold to party il
is said with an enforced condition on bis part
to use The grain exclusively for distiiling liquors
thus preventing ii from reaching market in
form to be used for satisfying the hunger Of our
people. There is DO
reason existing except By the acts of these
monopoliSts, to justify the present ruling prices
for grain and flour. There is enoughaud more
than enough breadstutfs Of native production to
/ feed all our people until the present crop shall
be in market. That crop promises 10 be very
abundant. The rains have been copl0uS. More
land than ever before has been s0wn. The
cold weather, as an argument. is sham. 1t
may delay the crop, but is not likely to mate
rally affect it as TO quantity. Wherefore we
advise our people to purchase no more than is
necessary for use un'll the crop shall come into
market. The cormoranis cannot well control
that, and when 1t comes the monopoly and the
famine prices will be ended.
GET A HoNE AND KEEP Ir-A leading
object to every young man should be 10 secure
permanent home. And tor its greater sta
bilty, it shoold consist partly in land and, up
to a certain limit, the more Of it the better, if
paid for. The house should be as comfortable
and attractive as ore has the means Of making
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TO, and will cling around more and more firmly
with every passing year. It's owner should
desire and purpose to keep possession Of it as
lous as he lives, and his chlldren should grow
up feeling that there is one place fixed and
stable for them through all changes.
Americans are altogether too rowing in their
habits. We build houses cheaply and pull
them down without regret. Or we sell out or
move away half dozen times in lifetime in
the vain hope of bettering ourselves. 1t is
better to choose a homestead early in life, and
then lay plans with reference to abiding there.
Even though our gains are less than are prom
ised elsewhere, certainty should seldom be
given up Tor an uncertainty. a bird IN the
hand is worth two in the bush"
Only those who have experienced it know
how firmly attached family become to their
long loved homestead. No children love homes
as well as those who have known only one. As
the young become Of manageable age, they
should 90 out, one by one. feeling it to be the
model after which their own should be estab-
lished, aud knowing that this will remain IN
changed as long as the parents live, place to
which they can return, and where they will
ever be welcome. A pleasant writer confirms
our doctrine thus: There is great gain in
being settled. 1t is twoiold. Each year &C
cumuates about the farmer the material by
which labor is lessened. The rough channels
of labor become worn and smooth. A change
involves great loss, and rarely is there cor
responding gain. Time is lost, labor expended,
money paid the wear and tear of removal is
10 small item and above all, the breaking up
of Old associations is disastrous in the extreme.
Parents aud children become unsettled in their
habits, if not in their morals. Let man who
has home ahead keep it +; let him that has
none get one, and labor to render it treasured
remembrance to the absent. and constant Joy
to those who abide in it." To all of which
every intelligent thoughtful person must give
hearty approval AHerlcaa -4gricuturid.
NEVER GET ANGRY.-It does DO good
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