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On The Abuses Practised By Millers And Dealers In Corn.

taid on the advantages of ready mone } , without the trouble and expence of attending markets ; and , if a farmer be poor , a little advance money will easily enlist him into the service . ' I only desire , ' says this friendly man , ' to have the first offer ; if you find that I do not give as good a price as any body , then you are welcome to go elsewhere . ' In the mean time , this price is regulated and fixed by the fraternity , who maintain a general correspondenceand agree upon

, their several divisions . As at some times they will not buy at all , which every observer will find to be in seasons of the greatest plenty , so at other times , when there appears a possibility of ingrossing , they will infallibly be above the markets ; otherwise they could not hope to gain their ends . In very plentiful J'ears , we may form to ourselves ihe case , as it must always be under the present management . Then

the innocent fanner , who ' is the dupe of these harpies , shakes his head , cries out that the times were never worse , and that they shall be all undone . If you ask , how he can be so ungrateful to complain of plenty , and observe that the crops are every where remarkably good ; ' true , ' replies he ; ' but } r ou don ' t consider what charge we are at in inning and outing , and the grain sells for nothing . Mr . A . Z . buys none now , and we can tell by iiirri when the times are likely to be good . ' *'— -The truth is , that this friend to his country ,

unless put into action by some foreign commission , does then sit still , and rejoice to see the market glutted , that the farmer may feel" the difference , and have the greater eagerness to deal with him again , when it shall suit his purpose . —Change but the scene ; let there be but a bad season , and thin crops ; then , like Pharaoh ' s lean kine , who swallowed up the fat ones , this herd of dealers in the dark are incessantly busy to increase the calamity . By large contracts with ( he

farmers : by changing of hands , and such concealments as are exceeding difficult , if not impossible , to detect ; theycan monopolize the corn , introduce an artificial scarcity , and dispense the necessaries of life upon their own terms . —Hence , the bitter complaints of starving the poor ; hence , in populous towns , those grievous parish rates , which no reasonable profits in trade can answer , and which , added to

the expence of maintaining his own family , too often make the industrious housekeeper a greater object of compassion , than the poor who wear the badge . Q . Do nqt these grievances cry aloud for redress ? Q . Should not all- ' millers be obliged , by a clear and strict law , to grind every grist that is brought to them ? Q . Would it not be hi ghly beneficial to the people who live near

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE . Article 4
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Article 10
FEMALE SECRESY. Article 17
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 18
ON THE ABUSES PRACTISED BY MILLERS AND DEALERS IN CORN. Article 22
REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY. Article 24
ON THE POWER OF HABIT. Article 25
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS. Article 28
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND PAPER CREDIT. Article 34
THE REMOVAL OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE FINE ARTS FROM ITALY TO FRANCE. Article 37
CURIOUS ANECDOTE OF A FRENCH TRAVELLER. Article 38
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE REPRESENTING A COMPANION OF THE ANCIENT KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, Article 40
ON THE DEGENERATE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS. Article 42
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 53
POETRY. Article 54
ODE TO FORTITUDE. Article 55
ELEGY, ON MR. MATTHEW WINTERBOTHAM, Article 56
VERSES, Article 57
SONNET. Article 58
THE SIGH AND THE TEAR. Article 58
EPIGRAMS, Article 59
THE CONJUGAL REPARTEE. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE Article 62
ARMIES IN ITALY. Article 64
HOME NEWS. Article 66
THE ARTS. Article 66
OBITUARY. Article 68
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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On The Abuses Practised By Millers And Dealers In Corn.

taid on the advantages of ready mone } , without the trouble and expence of attending markets ; and , if a farmer be poor , a little advance money will easily enlist him into the service . ' I only desire , ' says this friendly man , ' to have the first offer ; if you find that I do not give as good a price as any body , then you are welcome to go elsewhere . ' In the mean time , this price is regulated and fixed by the fraternity , who maintain a general correspondenceand agree upon

, their several divisions . As at some times they will not buy at all , which every observer will find to be in seasons of the greatest plenty , so at other times , when there appears a possibility of ingrossing , they will infallibly be above the markets ; otherwise they could not hope to gain their ends . In very plentiful J'ears , we may form to ourselves ihe case , as it must always be under the present management . Then

the innocent fanner , who ' is the dupe of these harpies , shakes his head , cries out that the times were never worse , and that they shall be all undone . If you ask , how he can be so ungrateful to complain of plenty , and observe that the crops are every where remarkably good ; ' true , ' replies he ; ' but } r ou don ' t consider what charge we are at in inning and outing , and the grain sells for nothing . Mr . A . Z . buys none now , and we can tell by iiirri when the times are likely to be good . ' *'— -The truth is , that this friend to his country ,

unless put into action by some foreign commission , does then sit still , and rejoice to see the market glutted , that the farmer may feel" the difference , and have the greater eagerness to deal with him again , when it shall suit his purpose . —Change but the scene ; let there be but a bad season , and thin crops ; then , like Pharaoh ' s lean kine , who swallowed up the fat ones , this herd of dealers in the dark are incessantly busy to increase the calamity . By large contracts with ( he

farmers : by changing of hands , and such concealments as are exceeding difficult , if not impossible , to detect ; theycan monopolize the corn , introduce an artificial scarcity , and dispense the necessaries of life upon their own terms . —Hence , the bitter complaints of starving the poor ; hence , in populous towns , those grievous parish rates , which no reasonable profits in trade can answer , and which , added to

the expence of maintaining his own family , too often make the industrious housekeeper a greater object of compassion , than the poor who wear the badge . Q . Do nqt these grievances cry aloud for redress ? Q . Should not all- ' millers be obliged , by a clear and strict law , to grind every grist that is brought to them ? Q . Would it not be hi ghly beneficial to the people who live near

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