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ber of the community who consumes these products. The but- 

 ter, cheese, beef, pork, and lard which enter into the yearly 

 bills of every family would be furnished a little cheaper. The 

 vast quantities of Hour and grain which now come to you from 

 the West might just as well be raised at your own doors and 

 be furnished at a cheaper rate. All these articles arc increas- 

 ing in price from year to year mainly because consumers in- 

 crease faster than the agricultural skill of our farmers. Farm- 

 ers here have long since ceased to supply eastern markets ; 

 and we have to import the deficiency from abroad, and pay a 

 profit to the shippers and merchants, who stand between us 

 and our producers. There i3 no remedy for this high price of 

 provisions but in a more skilful cultivation of the earth. This, 

 then, clearly, would be a direct pecuniary advantage to all 

 classes in society. 



