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They should uot stand idle and see the farmers of the Eastern States, six 

 thousand miles away, sending their produce through our borders to sup- 

 ply our nearest neighbors with butter, cheese, and meats. jSTor should 

 they allow France, and Italy, and the Sandwich Islands, to furnish them 

 with fruits, sugar, and molasses, when they can just as well furnish our 

 own people and our neighbors with all these articles, and manj^ others 

 that might be named in the same connection, and make money by 

 doing so. 



To all who would profit in the future by the lessons of the past, th^ 

 following tables are recommended for study. They ma}^ be valuable to 

 those who deal in domestic produce, as well as to those who till the soil 

 and wish to get the best prices for what they raise. The prices stated 

 are wholesale prices at San Francisco, in gold and silver coin. The 

 tables are from the Ilercantile Gazette and Prices Current : 



