The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-11-07
PLAIN TALK
On rna,. 1.s:ss 81.
BY A PLAIN cHAP.

Sugar In the East IL cheaper thar
sells for only Al cents q pound. and in
New York The best graduated can Dc
bought In any quantity for 61 cents
gon. The prices are actually doubled.
1--we get sugar by the dollars worth
we pay over II cents for grnnuIatsd,
and even by the barrol all the way from
ii 10 IA cents is charged. Great sweet.
ness, but don't we pay for getting rid oil
our sourness. This fact though IL due
TO quite an extent 10 large freight bills,
though there 10 some doubt whether the
freight Justlfies the large difference.
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Speaking Of the price OF sugar. the
great advantage OF buying many diff
ferent kinds OF articles Fn large quanti-
ties 10 suggested. For instance you get
7 pounds OF grAnulated sugar for o dol
lar. Fer . keg OF 40 pounds It would
cest you H20. But II you buy the bar
rel ell together you only pay e15 40, q
direct saving Of e4G0. an amount not
to be sneezed at by even q newly mar
ried couple. On somewhat the same
principle IN Insurance company will
Insure your property three years for
twice the yearly rate. tits doing busi-
ness ct Wholesale on small scale, and
pays In the long run, In both OF the
above cases about 80 per cent, Ponder
over this.
In the bark wire suit with the city
last week Albany came out second
best. it being decided that the city has
no power 70 restrain q property owner
from using barbed wire on his fence IL
be pleases. As the city seems TO be IN the
habit Of coming out the little end OF the
horn the result surprises no one and
anyway, ifa man wants 10 make q
fence that will keep boys and cows
ont Of his yard why should he not be
allowed to. IL IL claimed that such q
fence would tear clothes but the dam
age done would be Incompatible to
that done by the nails left up 10 our
sidewalks, from the Indian huts Ia the
west 70 the oak grubs In the east.
In last weeks DEMocRAT was q clip
ping from the Independence paper, ad.
vising the farmer TO hold his wheat,
do not endorse It. Ifhs Is 10 debt hG
should, In justice 70 himself and thoss
he owes. cell his wheat, eYen at . Low
price, and pay on what he owes. Be
sides the prospects for . rise are no
generally looked ut a. being IS encour.
aging ~ claimed by the Polk county
man. There 10 little 10 back such
claim for IncreAsI In price. The couu-
~ would be much better OF II every
body who ownes money would sell anC
put what they have Into active cireu.
Lation. This ls what makes trade live
lly.
The Pacific Coast IL inevitably com
Ing down 70 the Eastern style Of MAX
Ing change 10 = cent, and predict tins
IL will Aot be long ere the little pennie
Of the Atlantic will leak out Of sna
holes Ia the pockets Of the peopls OF Il
! Pacific. Thsse who have been satlsi
cd with the loose way OF getting chani
within ten cents will lock Oh it wit
, sauIntSd eyes. But. as q matter OF fac
It 10 business. II . person buys
cents werth ofgoods that is whats
0 should pay. and II the child wishes
buy Q cents worth OF candy, it shou
!, have the right. In fact even In Or
4 Conn ow Il has the right 10. Pennl
are legal tender 70 . certain amour
a ! believe four cents. and under the lAV
: Of the United States. . tender Of the
10 o payment As big nuisances (
many consider them they are bound
pot In an appearance.
Vermont has been said 20 be 20
" place TO Smlgrate from. The genuI
Yankee there IL becoming an instit
y tion Of the past. he 10 now scatter
over the western prAiries. and his pla
10 being filled by strangers.