High Prices

Title

High Prices

Subject

Economy

Description

This exchange between "Farmer," a reader of the Puget Sound Herald, and the editor of the newspaper is revealing.

The editor, in his original article, claimed that farmers on Puget Sound could and were doing very well. He was teasing his readers, but he was also doing his job - as his newspaper was sent south and east in exchanges, his editorial would be excerpted and reprinted, encouraging migration to the area. "Farmer" argues that farm prices are no higher than they should be and institutes comparisons with New York, that the editor takes issue with. A good-natured disagreement, that tells us much about the antebellum economy on Puget Sound.

Abstract

A Letter to the Editor by "Farmer."
Here the "Farmer" responds tartly to an article entitled "High Prices" in issue #33, October 22, 1858, page 2, 3rd. column. The editor had claimed that farmers on Puget Sound could become well-off, charging the prices that they do for vegetables, milk, and butter. "Farmer" rebuts these claims, and the editor responds at length..

Creator

"Farmer"

Source

Puget Sound Herald

Publisher

Steilacoom W.T.

Date Issued

1858-11-12

Contributor

Allurinda

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. 1, No. 36, col. B

Spatial Coverage

Steilacoom; Pierce

Temporal Coverage

Farming Season 1858

Provenance

http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

URL

http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers_detail.aspx?t=29

Start Page

2

End Page

2

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