TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 372, 21 April 1876, Page 3

TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

(To fhi t l3>i' QHEOMdM;)' f; Sp,—la myjlasst mentioned tMlrllLacta few ing the prices in general' which' tliS npeople of:l\aseby liave been., "crushed, under for the last'ten* yfeifr's'. 'I f, liave :a ti4ed i: -t6' find stjmie fcousolatioii is' the; ,s tores, ,b.ut it: was qq use-.---Thei - e vrafe:oio fbalm -there- ;V | - gcabv"^sixpence<jon; oh that; so, in disgust, I (feiiecced-'iny 1 pHss'-bodk's &tr'ei m'a'de lioite": ±o afie( • of' 'Mrs.- • Soy J aild ■ -family! •?<- told myrifttle \^n'}tojliiak6".,up.'the!- boote; -and, 'i'''tbtad\ that/'they ;; were simply-a silent-eatmg /mo'ilj ; in-'ahy'',! family. I^ael{ji-e ; to ti-Sife 1 got pitied at such 'items" as'iHe of—well X shall call if soft' soap. |at 9d. per lb., 3s 3d"; that I was paying at tlie-HB34f , 'as'' !^-s&iJc.i6r: "4he; quarter. If the scales only—show the remotest inclination to go down.-its, a quarterj /Novr, those quarters must* "Jjay, for l iihd that in one year I ; have paid for •iqu&rtiers alone?a;baut jLlien>,X; find tjhat six and. eight months' bills are as bad,. Boots, tells"me that he" -got some : les' M&icia^ i jn the inarketi 'Jie.';did-iElotupay them) for sis \Theyi'?ktfd By that time (risen in priceJ-sO'tkey were I '.entered in his bill'at tjie advanced figure, although When he purcliasedHheyf'Were' at a'.lowprice. I think I- haiye' said- Enough ft;o show: : the evil of the present system of dealing. I will xxovr-ggi v e.a saßiple,',of ft^%t.v ready c . '■money can do. I went .into a" store last ..week for a bag ,,6iiqiiired the price; 30s. Tt cheaper triecl another; the price, <s4s;'MM' anbTther; 2'6's. I took ' the 265, but, "had I been dealing-m-^f tiC 3d/, andh&dnoniioiey. i.-tfr credit elsewhere} by-all the.,la;srs,,.of gravitation 34s was posted in jthe, ledger; to;me. That, sir, is the way in which l so; : inan|y families have glided unconsciously iiitOjdebt. There is no'straightforward Fresh' butter in ©ufifeditt is only Is' per lb. in lOd to 2s jper lb.; candles, JLOd ; siigat,' ! 4Jd to 5d ,'per lb. Here butter!is 2s ;' tea, 3s;..sugar,! 7_d.; r .§ncL, §ajisles . Js.Sdj... A few ,weeks agolthe merchant's "(balv!.)' r aQtu'aliy 'Keld'' ;baek .theiij.keg butter- foi;^e..pjarp^s6 ü bf' ; it in the iharketj < > The iib. "loat is i soldi at 6d im Palmerston,, ,OaiHaru,. ; and •Q,ueen-=town, .pay 15.,-Bread "is ; an sir tide >of xonstLinption-, whibh es'hould - •liHrvfe he.cn. sold tUisfownship five years 'ifgoiat" Bd. If "the fiakers; can drfver l-f'to" 'the jchannel 9d,j: iancL.; "also /serve some favored parties for lOd-a loaf, I whal[there to prevent bread feeing sold m this. pla,ce for 74 pr v .Bd ?' " I f . trust that every"miner in'tlie'district''who ; §ees this letter Afiir 'come' tS ■ the : GOncltiision that the ; pfices>of ;the, j;WiU ibe, tolerated no longer, iAs there: is aivacant" bakehouse and store to-bei.-letJ now would be the time, for; some person-who- under-. stands the start and,bring down 1 fthejprice. o^ : bread,and stores. r .Let .there,, be no Aa'b : ii : . J ',-Th : er6 ,J could not be a more favorable time than the preseiif'to Start' siich ah -m-hdertaking.'-I would add—Let the' : people Support the •cheapest markbt, : for by so'doing they will only be' acting - true .to themselves an_d. families.---1/amy &c., . r . , , . fr ; ' V v: ' Eoiis Roy. : 1 0Q l^f99 rr espon"dent's. leuter has.'.likd' ,to' be curtailed:'-:- He. him advocatfe it fairly'.and stdnd "by ih'i'fii: ../The 1 eaiise can -be ;-lost <by; :unMr Siatemeht's/'of- mere infereiii©;,'aiidperso'hai abiise. - dine;. in.' Jf&'s eb'y| J i's' -'tMt' i?he;;'sy stem v of' 4^a|dfe'cVii'M J on4sviei6us; ! ho<;'disHdneSfc'j ; - ; aud.-that no one is to r b'e :, blamed for it 'mdrfe-'tliail th 6 mirters" tlleinselveSv ■-• '>Tke"' percentage bf ; '2s. i;i in l £ for f niontM^ :^ayMeiits; -iiis -been : proved insuf-;; ficfent to.intlhc6!!mWre-thanl'a:'-bape./!per-ceiitagfe' of'them 1 fco'exerciieiatlittle -thiiftli Let thei» oflei' cash/or. reguiar;„paymetits none willTejoice more-than : the tradesmen r 6r! be ...ppieei. i;We have- pointed"otifr alf-e'ady ~t qahnot live this winter on probable -wag-es,-arid pa'y living"at (present rat,esi|vThe business men milst 100k J the positibn >in. ! * ..r-r-p-.-