The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-08-14
Serirnltarat alo gFattirai
Selling Produce.

OF course this is the most important thing
infrming operations w fsiss our grain to
sell it. Much depends uPOn.ths lucky bit
in this respeet-for it must be luck as much
as anything elsa, KsEe it not t-so4-yere Sc
known what the price would be, those know
ing it would reap the advantage, and specu-
lators would not fail, those that knew. But
the very fact that spectators fail-in half
the cases, ssathey ddO4shovs that the
prices are not known in advance. And yet
there are nany-rnay We not say the ma
Ority?-who pretend to knoW-for that is
the way we must construe their meaning;
they yhold on, seeing some Hgood reason for
higher prices. Do they know better than
the spectators, who are at the sources of in
formation and Fho are, among the most ins
teITgeht meat we here seq &c falIacy Of
holding on for higher prices. Il would be
the same thing as buying up produce and
keeping it for speculation, for that is what
WgTe doing with our Owe; iFs are specula-
ting with our own eTain out own PORK, our
buttsr,hna Skesse BY keeping AZ Hi
No one can know the coming prices. The
thing hiss been tried 50 thoroughly taat peO-
pie ought to be convinced, and act accord
ingly. But they act as though. they were
infatuated, which they are, 20. 4 certain *
tent. They make lottery of their grain
run risks; and they generally fail in the end,
We say generslyf-now and then there IS a
hit; not but that there is Oftener the same
price realized. But suppose there is; is
there not loss BY shrinksge by the depre-
dations Of rats and yermin, and loss of inter
estg And are there rot often sleepless
nights and restless dsyl7 This uncertainty
is something, and therwise many viii avoid
it, especially as there is no loss by it--nO
loss generally. s1"ol -l''-'
uThis tbing has bseh thoroughly discussed
aud well aired in the papers. Itis cowmon
talk; and it influences US more than any
thing connected with The farm, as we have
sid! We'll, what Is the result? 1t is that
most farmers who caq afford It viii shold
on to their grain. This is one result, au-
other is, the most experienced and iptelii- |
gent sell as soon as their produce is ready |
fJt market. They have adopted this as a
rule, not as mere matter Of guessing, but
from past experience. They see il is more
profitable, in the long run. We could men
ton the names Of many Of This Kind, and |
they have all been successfdl. Sometimes
they sold for less than their neighbOTE who
held on; but as often sold for as much, and
Sometimes more. Thus in Ibe price, on the
whole, they lost nothing; while their gain
otherwise, aswe have aaid is considersble-
always considerable this never fails. The
interest, loss of grain BY rats and mice, etc,
is always saved; and the risk Of loss by fire,
theft, ETC., is avoided. There is, therefore,
alloays considerable. Let Us then save this
considerable" and make sure Of. our crop,
as intelligent men do. Turn at once into
cash, and have no trouble. You viii lose
now and them but with the consciousness
that on the whole (is you psrsist) you viii
be the gsinsr. and the considerably. This
should quiet any one, as speculationor keep
ing produee On hand VIII not The "spscu-
latOr" has the anxiety. and the loss also.
Farmers should not be speculatOrs.-0Or.
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