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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1856
Abstracts 739 - 743
FARM IMPLEMENTS (Cont'd)
receiving many orders from the farmers of Canada. It wi 11 be only a
short time before Canada and the western farmers transfer their trade
here from the eastern factories. (4)
FARM PRODUCTS
739 - L Mar. 8; ed:2/2 - A failure of the corn crop would increase the
consumption of pork. Sometimes the price of flour is kept down to a moderate
price although the wheat crop has been light. It is a rule of
commercial ethics that prices are regulated by demand and supply. There
is an increase this year of 800,000 hogs with no additional demand. If
the rule holds good, in this case the most ordinary intellect can tell
the consequences. (7)
740 - L July 9: 1/5 - We learn from the fClrmers that unless prevented by
heavy rains and colder weather the grasshoppers and flies will ruin the
grass and wheat crops. In some portions one fourth of the crops have been
destroyed. (2)
See also Grain; Markets & Marketing
FARMS & FARMING
741 - L July 9: 1/5 - As there is a great scarcity of farm hands, it is
a pity that a draft cannot be made upon the corps of gentlemen of leisure
infesting the city. (1)
FEMINISM. See Women
FIGHTS. See Brawls & Fights
FILIBUSTERS
742 - L Jan. 29; ed:2/3 - Mr. Wheeler defends his course in acknowledging
the Walker government. He says that he has no partiality for Walker,
but found the new government was recognized by the people. As minister
of a great nation he would have been derelict to the plainest dictates
of duty to have acted otherwise.
"Wheeler cannot crawl out of the difficulty in such a manner. He was
either instructed by his government to recognize Walker or he was not. If he
was, let the blame rest on the President, if not, let Mr. Wheeler be punished
as he deserves. He is the same Wheeler who attempted to carry slaves into
Pennsylvania, and who was the cause of Williamson's imprisonment. We
believe he was instructed by the President to take sides with the filibusters,
but when it was apparent that Walker would fall, a change passed on the
aspect of affairs. Let Congress appoint a committee to investigate the
affairs. " (5)
743 - L Mar. 28; ed:2/1 - The SOUTHERN STANDARD, published in Charleston,
deserves a palm for conceiving the most gigantic of all schemes of filibusterism
yet conceived. It boldly advocates seizure of Cuba, conquest
of Hayti, and a close alliance with Brazil. It defends the re-establishment
of the African slave trade.
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