The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-10-25

| 1t is Il somewhat curious fact the prescn
financial panic has thus far injuriousl
I affected only speculative stocks and the like
and the agricultural products of the country
y This is fact, however, that demonstrate
very clearly the proposition that the manipu
e ators of the former count upon the latter IA
( legitimate prey in the iurthercnCe Of illeglti
mate railway schemes and stock jobbinl
operations. Staple articles in the grocery
trade, manufactured goods of all descriptions
/ such rs dry goods, cloths, implements; in
short. the products Of every mems labor, save
the agriculturalist's, AS yet retain HE value
of two weeks ago, while the live stock of the
latter stands without demand in crowded
stock yards or reposes in improved pastures
and his grain remains unCalled for in home
bins and cribs, is stored in warehouses, or
remains on track, where it is held at prices
reduced by diScouraging percentage. 1t is
only the old and ever repeated attempt, natu-
raj or otherwise, to shift upon the producer
the loss resulting from the manipulation of
irregular transaction. But the timehas come
for successful and profitable resistance.
According to al! foreign advices, the English
harvest is greatly deficient In France the
case IS equally bad The London Times csti.
mates that the deficiency of home production
in Great Britain is eleven and halfmilllOns
quarters, or nincty.two millions Of bushels, or
about twenty per cent about the average
deficit of the las, four wears The same paper
and the Mark Lane Express both confirm
reports previously received of short wheat
crops in the United Kingdom, France and
Hungary, and that but an average crop can
be realized in Germany. In our own country
the department Of Agriculture estimates "A
deficit in the wheat crop of some twenty
millions Of bushels, while the yield Of corn
in all the great corn zone Is scarcely more
than twOthirds Of It crop, if, indeed It reaches
that amount In California the supply of
wheat will only reach three bushels where
five were furnished last year. According to
the Saturday Rsrtsr, Of London, America is
to be called upon for about double the ship
mcnts She furnished last year.
Now what is the natural and inevitable
teaching of this condition Of affairs? 1t is
simply this; that the American farmer must
withhold from safe and shipment for the pres
cnt, his entire available crop for 1873 AL
ready bullion by the million is in transit
from England for the purpose OF taking ad
vantage of the present depressed condition Of
affairs TO Sccnrc our breadStuil> at the lowest
possible figures. Canadian currency is here
IN large quantities To take similar advantage
Of the situation Sales are being made at
a ruinouS reduction from the market price Of
.Nb NtihS ago, DN lHO>c WHO must realize
Dr 90 under in the great financial maelstrom
But the farmers of the country have only To
stand stcadfast by each other until the storm
Ias fully past, and they will reap the advan- .
ages of an unprecedented foreign and home /
demand.
If organization is of any worth, now is the
inc 10 prove its value Farmers oranges
md clubs must take hold Of this matter in
earnest. There must be true fraternity Of feel.
NJ and purpose. Meet therefore, at once
md take action liza brother is in need of
realization from his crop, put your hands and
purses together to sustain him. L is simply |,
question Of whether the Spectator shall
cap the benefit of the present surroun-
ling circumstances, or whether the
PRODUCER shall have Il decent rccOmrensc for
lis toll and the use of his invested capital.
FOR rest assured the distant consumer Of our
rain and meats, in England France, Ger
many or Hungary will pay the tribute
cpcndent upon scarcity, either to yourselves
r to those who purchase from You. 70 him,
he consumer, the result is the same 1t is J
merely question as to whether the producer {
II the middleman shall pocket the profits /
he former in Justice, deserves them, and he q
reeds them; the latter has no legitimate I
laims save fair percentage for handling /
,hich amount he generally gets whether the |
rice Is high or low. To the tOilcr belong /
he SpOils. At any rate, be is entitled TO a L
upon The cost reproduction. |
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