, 1873-09-08

without opportunity for rest or reorcatlon.
rn0srEoTs OF TIE Foon.I1ousE.
only asso dsX XSs 70 es s4hn sphs4ag .s so9s s
uuod to call it whon was boy, t could remedy
ono ,.e., Of tho o7ila under whioh vo labor +
do.s could ia ns6Sys net you t" ,t t1nkng o what !
Or oats, Or pound OF pork Or boof,
you would assnrodly stop producing, becaqaa
how long can yon Or stand 1t to raise corn which
snporysors in my county because tlloy votol
| e5G, 900 to build now poor-houHo with. But
| when look tho mattor over, Lam worry glad they
! did, as TINT wo might pay TOR it WHOM NO could,
60 there aa sure aa you 1.-Two. And you men In
groono County, you had better build q big poor
house too, II you nre going on in this way, for
ay% VII II h hase rspssos 10 IT, to M IT rhen nat taes e
have stolen all We hnye, md turned us out OF
house aud. homo, they hive to furnish q house
for you, and fced you when you get therc.
["What will they food Us oni"l I hardly know
out.
| LAVE OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND 4 uuunua.
"gut." says ono, and thts Ia roally put for
much corn eths, laws OF supply and don,and
Oh how long,, shall mankind be hum.
buggod with this atory that tho laws Of
supply and do1nand govern tho price OF
braaastuTa7 Thoro nover has been and mover
will 10 time, In Tie history Of the world, whom,
taking series of yoars, there was produced In
thin or any othor &C country, surplus Of the neo:
corr, beyond tho wants Of the world-but thcre
| was not, oven last yoar, for thero wore many
who were starving, but tho high rates Of trans
portntion prevented the auppying tlom-whst
What would common wisdom dictate7 Waste II
hosTd It to all tho vsonm, i wo sshou'd a hayo
without provisions. Thoy must have bread and
piness, welfare, and. life Of tho whole human
family. Tho, supply Of theHo things, then,
md what is more they should nevoy in this
Cd year aftos or, {ea an and tic surplus
the next. The prices should be equal all tho
! time, and fairly romuneratiyo to those who pro-
duces and those who carry the produce to tho
market. Thore has neEor beon timo In tho
! history Of this country whore you could find
three successive. years Of plenty, and those Of
you who live till next fall, will SEQ corn very
scarce and dear article Id this land. Henoe, say.
wo should not have given, away and
nboye what was noodod I Suppose you raised q
hundred buHhos vhero only fifty wero needed,
Is this reaaon for selling at 2o centa what cont
WHAT CONSTITUTES VALUE.
What governs tho price OF labort Ono man
says, "What fools those farmers are they Aro
going to logislate about prioes they arc going
for carrying their products to markot."
.What 11oa values ~ says one smart man.
"Why they ~ regulate themselves, as water
@ ssynss with WHICH, they meet US u Old q foo
sh tarmors. ask you, in heavens name, what
conattutea value. what constitutes tho value Of
your pound Of pork Or bushel Of oorn7 What
broadoloth which i used to manufacture In the
reokonod tho coat Of tho material and added to
that tho cost Of the labor by which
Of finished broadoloth. Then It cost mo
80 much, what then7 Why, am entitled to O
fair, reasonable percentage Of profit over that,
In order to 1.-Two aud keep my machinery whole.
just so with YOU. That conatitutcs tho value Of
your buRhel Of corn or pound Of pork, or what
over may DO tho product Of your farm. Thon
find out accordingly what it costs you to produce
q buBhel OF corn, and fix q price upon It, aud
getit.
THE PRESENT ABSURD SITUATION.
But here comes the difficulty, which some
folhs think is unsurmountahlo, and they laugh
Ss sbol ta s Een a Rs'e
do Il. Think a moment. Whom YOU ladies want
8 calico drcss. you go to dry goods merchant,
and II you and AZ ~ article that suita
o.
Suppose , yes, were % to say to lin
. yard for it when t cost him H. do yon ina
giuo you could buy that print at TINT rate? Do
| not know you would be hootad out Of the store /?
And yot does he not act 10 to you whom you
say, IT want you to take some Of my butter,
prodluSSt. Of my dairy, IN exchange for this
for Ss sz eb you w tEni x SS lie
positive ridiculousneBs to say the least Of it, Of
the position in which We place ourBelves7 We
hhyo to get What wo need Of our grocery or
hardware merchant and pay him his price, and
then ho gets your products at his price also Did
you ever stop to think OF tho position IN which
that plaoes you ALLOW mo to uso an expression
7 have often omPloyed IN speaking Of this nat a'
way have folt so small, my mauhood had auuk
80 low, that wanted to creep into email holo
and pull the hole In after mo.
Il DUT THE FARMERS ARE N DEBT.
But they aay ITO cannot thus fix price upon
our products because We arc In dobt, and they
say We must sell anyhow. That is the Bnartost
thing thoy eye said said because tue fact IL ws aro
be mutually benefited brought no grist here
to grind, have nothing to make out of this
my only hopo i, that you and may bo mutually
hnye hero together. They meot ua and say,
"You cannot bold your corn, because you arc
In debit" and admit it. Thon hero comos the
question, Was that debt o neoesBity7 or Could
We by Bome economy, somohow, have got along
without making tic dobt or mortgage on oui
corn and pork, which is what wo do Whom we
incur these debts for reapers, mowers, md corn.
! planters, for whom tho notdB are due the corr
! belongs to tho man who holds tho noto2 This il
fair dealing, and. whom your noto beconos duo
you havo no business to Say, MY corn is only
J 20 cents, and cannot sbttle.' You must pay It.
But 1t was not your duty to give tho noto. THAI
Is whero tho wrong comes In.
THEIR oARELEsREEB8 WITH THEIR t1frLEbENTB.
When have travelled over your prairies, al
latoly, have scon, will not say how many
. era, and plows, right out ii tho Aeld where you
left on work, where yon took the clip Of wheat
corn, oata, Of hay. There they lay and are rust
Ing or rotting out-maohines which, with propol
= know, for I layo run my Own that time, ant
> thoy did very well Inst harvest. But you lo