REPORT OF THE MEETING 



OF THE 



MARKET BOSWOBTH FARMERS' ASSOCIATION, 



TO COINTSIDER 



THE CURRENCY, 



AS IT AFFECTS THE INTERESTS 

 OF THE AGRICULTURISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, 



ITROM THE LEICESTERSHIRE MERCURY. 



ON Wednesday, October 2nd, the Market Bosworth Farmers' 

 Association again met, and the attendance of Members was 

 numerous. MR. RICHARD SMITH, of Sutton Cheney, was called 

 to the chair. 



MR. NEEDHAM GIMSON moved the first resolution, as 

 follows : " That the question of the Currency is one which 

 materially affects the Agriculturists of Great Britain, and be- 

 comes indispensably necessary to be considered since the 

 principles of Free Trade have been adopted." It might be 

 asked, perhaps, (said Mr. Gimson,) why the Farmers should 

 take up this question ; what had they to do with it and, did 

 they understand it ? If they did not understand it, that was 

 because they had not yet studied the question (hear). As to 

 its not affecting thefai, he would remark that the farmers found, 

 owing to the reduction in the price of agricultural produce, 

 that they were paying 2 for every 1 they were receiving 

 (hear) ; and they all knew that our present Currency system 

 was based on the Corn Law, which estimated the average 

 price of wheat at 80s. a quarter : that was, no foreign corn 

 should come into this country under 80s. a quarter. He did 

 not mean that the farmers received 80s. a quarter for their corn 

 under that law (hear) but that they were supposed to be 

 receiving 80s., and that their payments were based on that 



