A Sharp Letter From A Farmer

The following letter to the Ypsilanti Commercial is a good one, and every one oi' our subscribers ought to read it : Congrcss is about to demonetize silvcr, the pnor man's tnoney, and undoubtedly wc ire going to see hard times in tliis eouDtry. In casting about for some plan lo ratte tb wind and keep the wolf froin m.v door, I bare been naturally attracted by the big figures of profits ghown in the Bohemian Oats business; and figures won't lic, nor farmers either, you know. The l)i'iiiiy of this sclieme is, we farmers can set onr own prices on produce. The law of supply and demand in flxing prices, liat these learned political economista have been harping on so long, has gone out of fashion and become obsolete. It's an old fogy idea anyvvay and ouglit to liave been abandoned long ago. What ia the use of our selling oats, corn, wheat, ifec, at present ruling prices, whlch barey cover tho oost of production, when we tan all become rich and progperous by ofnlng in a littlc schemc,as easy as falling liTalogf You know when the farmers jrosper, eyerybody prospers, and when hit schenie is fully developed, workcd up 'á its ful lest capacity. inil wr all take a land in the game, buying aml aplling fiom ¦i ili of her the golden " eared cereal wortb $25 per bnabeL and the silvcr hulled buckwbeat and Bohemian Oats at $10 per iusliel, down to beans and popcorn wortli respectively $5 a pook, surely a reign of prosperity would be inaugurated unprec'dented in the history of the country, and tlif poor f'ai muts woulrl got rich and some of them go to Congress wherc they ought to have gine long ago only they did not mve mnney enough to pay the campaign aills. In this connection let me say, and wam the Democratie party, that when ;he country is morlllg nipidly on the llghway of prosperity, and the wheels of progresa are set in rapid motion, don'tta; wc knew t would be so "when the rascáis irere all turnad out," and President Clevemid was placed at the head of civil service reform. Xn, that little game won't work. We want the credit of this great commercial revolution, and we want the lion's almre of the profits, for we farmers are obliged to do all the work, "The hoeing and scraping and digging up the dirt.'' Not that we would be smal! or mean about this matter wheu beans were worth $5 a peck. We are willing and right glad to give the inventora of this sóbeme I royalty of 25 per cent. for thisdiscovery in economie science. They are entitled to it and to the gratitude of mankind. But it comes kind o" tough to allow them pesky lawyers and money sharkers hang ing iround town to buy up our notes at 25 per cent. discount and the notes drawi 1 1 Í-C 7 er cent. interest on their face. It does seem as though they were getting more taan their share, but after all the farmers hold the winning card, for can't we sock prices higher to them on their bread and beans? (I suggest the farmers forman auoolatloD to buy up one another's notes and thus head ofl' these town chaps). I think it was the immortal Greeley who once sairl, in speaking of the resumption of specie payment, "The way to resumption is to resume." This, Bro. farmers, iu my estim&tion, is the key note Lo the situation. Let us meet at occe, and all co-operate in forming the U. S. doublé actiug, reversible produce exchange; get out our bonds and commence business at once in the doubling up procesa, and don't be afraid to put the prices high enousrh. It's an arbitrary matter anyway, and we can just as well scale our prices high as low. Besides, as everybody claims that when the farmeis are prosperous, the wbole community prospers, no one can object. Now, Mr. Editor, as I believe in taking time by the forelock, if it bas got any, I will just inention the fnet that I am arranging for the sale on the improved plan of the Kussian Mulberry Beau, a new variety just imported, of enormous size and great productiveness. Price, $5 per peck. I hope, Mr. Editor, you won't think me so small as to want any free advertising in this matter, I merely want to convinoe ymi that I mean hlisjntw Besides, I expect to do all my advertising in your paper. The old Latin maxim is applicable iu this case, "Youscratcbmyback, &c." Another considcration lends wings to my speed. These Bohemian Oats fellows have been iu the field for some time, and if they keep doubling up on us as they are doing, eowin twioe al miich ground each year as they did the last, it is rmlv a questiou of time hefore the wbole l'. S. wil 1 be covered with Bohemian Oats, and we shall have to annex Canada for me to put in my little Bean erop. Yours most truly, Col. Sellkrs. T. S. I forgot to mention that I have made n great discovery. Last spring a nelghbor imported a new variety of Sweet Corn that lie proposes to sel I by the "new method." Having a few kerneis of this corn by a mere accident I dropped a kernel in with my Russiim Mulberry Bean. The result was astonishing. A new and improved Succotash was produced that niake8 a dish fit for the gods. I shall at once organize a company to sell this variety of Succotash on the improved plan. There's millioni In it. Do yon C?