The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-01-29
County Correspondence.
Written for The Spirit Of Demooracy,]
3 From Malaga Township.

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~ Ed SPIRIT: Lake great pleasure, in
reading the township news Of, Old Mon
roe. take. a greater interest in the vel
fare OF my neighbors than those living
in some distant land hence, to do as I
wonld have others do, &C., / will pencil
down few locals. .i,sHp i-eaasfsa ssT
Firstly--Msy the all Triune ever be
praised for the good health, ofour neigh
borhood, secondly--there seems to be
q general awakening in all OF our clutch!
es throughout the country; many that
have been living quite unconcerned
about the future are no v striving 10 obey
the Gospel. gsBg sbaq st.. a5na
Money matters are somewhat strin.
gent, greatly owing to the low price OF
our farm. products; for instance, tobacco
at S3.. oals 25e. potatoes 30e, corn 40c,
hogs 3ic, and the price Of horses, is
quite;meager; in fact everything that the
poor peasant produces on his farm, for
the support of himself and family, has
come down with the crash of mighty
avalanche. The major part ofYour far
mers propose sailing down their surplus
pork, and even this may not prove a
success, as learn thst this idea of salt
ing is very prevalent throughout the en-
tire country which you see will overstock
the market with bacon. If a majority
of the hogs had been driven out of the
country then the farmers bacon would
have found a good home market
We hear a great deai of wild specula-
ton and wide discrepancy on the sutjtct
Of hard times Some attribute it to- the
scarcity OF money; some say there is
plenty Of money, but the farmers have
nothing to buy il, with, ] claim that ,nei-
.her OF the theories are correct. = There
is plenty of money and products Ny
version of.the financial troubles is, in
the first place. all mechanics and maua-
faeturerss have overstocked their mar.
kets, and the agriculturalists have giut-
ted their markets except wheat, ard it
would have been equally glutted had it
not found 8 good market in Europe,
owing to- q failure of the wheat crop. in
that country. Now, as the farmers have
overstocked the market, ,ihe argument of
having aotbing to bay money y.with must
fall to the ground I claim tits the sup
lply and the demand that governs the
market. Give us san active market and
high prices and good times will follow;
lon the other hand, when the markets
have been engorged withlow prices, hard
times is inevitable .fFor ,sinstance. ii
each and every tobacco raiser would
grow Just one half of the tobacco that
they now raise, they would receive very
nearly the same amount Of money that
lthev do now; and if the farmers could
be induced TO do so, what q great amount
of labor, would be saved. and what 9
great relief to. the ground, There is 6
very erroneous theory prevalent with
farmers. sss ~ 5e74 id 't".. ti-ia s4ss
7 was in conversation in Springfield
this State. with o respectable farmer, il
which he claimed the hard times were
|caused on account Of having no market
He, also claimed that the towns we're al
allied with. .losfers J be said the farmers
had all of these fellows to.support; h
further remarked that If those nonpro
Iducers would go out.in the country snt
lget land and 60 to farming, the farmer,
would all see better times. Now yor
see his fallacy. II the consumers woulc
turn producers, where would you find ,
market 7, They would raise their own pro
jdnca and alao n eurnlna tn thruet unon