The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-29


Reaping, 81 90,
Binding, 81 20,
Shocking. 4Oc,
Boarding hends while cutting, 4Oc, 2
Hauling and stacking, 81 rs, 5H
Threshing. 81 90,
Boarding hands, 80 90,
Hauling to market, 81 90,
Taxes on the money invested in seed,
plowing, narrowing and drilling, "a
Total cost per bushol, 0OH
Considering the straw and pass
turo worth the wear Of tools,
hnrnoss, &c, the above l consider
fair estimate of the cost OF one bu-
shcl OF wheat:
The land may be estimated too
high. But that very fact, taken IN
connection with tho inflated condl-
tion Of the currency, is n strong
one, i'm evidence Of the distressed
condition of tho farmer. On .hc
other hand, he puts the average
production of wheat to the acre at
twenty bushels. 1t is not Tuch
more than one half of that.
Now, the dollar tho farmer re-
coivos is not gold dollar, nor IS it
even n paper dollar The farmers
as class are, perhaps, the heaviest
consumc"a in the country, and, in
return for wheat, they arc paid in
articles sold on an inflated currcn-
cy, aggravated, or rather sustained,
by the tariff. Let us see. While
ho soils on a gold valuation. he
purchases on paper basls. On the
salt ho pays fearful bonus to the
salt manufacturer, that never roa-
ches the Government, and is, thcre-
fore, not considered taxation. The
same is true of Iron, that enters 80
largely, through machinery, in.o
the business OF farming. 70 bcnc~
fit .ho pig IRON interest Of Pcnnsyl.
vania, he is forced to pay heavy
bonus. This is the samo of his hat,
his coat, hi panialoons, his boots
all that hIs wife and children wear.
This is what he gets in return for
his wheat. But, you say, look at
corn I; see what he gets for his corn.
Corn is high because it ls scarce +;
and five average this article, as we
have the wheat, 1t will DC found
that 1t fotches less, although con-
sidcrcd the bcttor crop in this Sec
tion OF the country.
Nor will it do to assert that any
Of this loss Is to DO attributed to
bad management. Here Is my
ncighbor, John Enoch. ne has
over eighteen hundred acres 81 the
best land in the world. This is the
accumulation OF his own hands, and
the net result Of his own head
And yet, ] will venture TO assert
that, for the last four years, Mr..
Enoch has nothing to show for his
heavy investments and labor. lie
has probably kept out of debt,
which is more than his neighbors,
who had 10 borrow money to pay
their losses, can assert.
THE LATE ELECTIONS.
Small wonder then that tho far
mors begin to look uneasily upon
the Republican organization, that
permits, if it does not cause, thi.
robbery, took no part in the late
canvass, other than to stand off anC
indulge in philosophical view o.
the situation. There never was G
fight so fiercely contested by Oui
pan ty as this. The land rung Will
Z speakers and was flooded with doc
uments, As wo avowed ourselves
clearly and distinctly in favor o
the Bankers and Bondholders, VIZ
had an unlimited supply of money
Q On tho other hand, tho Democracy
! did nothing, or worse than nothing
5 and yet look NJ the result.
Z The farmers, mechanics and lab
orers, like Bully Bottom, are SLOW
> of study, but thoy are sure. Th
D loss in the lato election indicate
0 the coming defeat, unless we TAX
a now departure, A2d this We won
do, because we woro Victorious
1t was u case, on both sidos, wher,
u victory was fatal. Had the Dom
I ocrats succeeded, they would hav,
h, been tied to Pendleton, grcenback
4 and the negro, Success with u
Q means devotion TO Bankers ant
d Bondholders and Prohlbiuonists,-
i And, rs the Fifteenth Amendment
= takos the negro out of politics, tn
I future issues will be of a fnancil
sort, and then whore are wo2
Put your house IN order, my Re
publican friend, for Tomorrow yo