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Letter to Editor
March 4, 1829
Daily Richmond Whig
Richmond, Virginia
What is this article about?
A letter to the editors urges Richmond citizens to enact a corporation law regulating corn sales by weight to ensure fair measures and prevent deception by dealers, who currently give short measure, causing buyers to purchase elsewhere at higher prices.
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Gentlemen: You will do many of your friends a favor, if you will say to the citizens of Richmond, that they ought to have a Corporation Law regulating the article of Corn. Let it be sold by weight, and let that weight be established by your corporation: for such is the complaint by the sellers that many persons who would buy their corn in your city and get it home with less trouble and expense, will, by the advice of many who have bought in Richmond, buy here at a much higher price. Your corn dealers will not give as good measure as they ought, and by that means deceive many people. Now is it not just and right that they should weigh it? By giving them information on this subject you will be the cause of their quitting price or quitting the market. If you should think it worth while to do so, you will please to ask them to do it through your paper, and oblige
Feb. 20.
Your Friend up the River.
Feb. 20.
Your Friend up the River.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Informative
What themes does it cover?
Commerce Trade
What keywords are associated?
Corn Regulation
Richmond Corporation
Fair Measure
Market Deception
Weight Standard
What entities or persons were involved?
Your Friend Up The River
Gentlemen
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Your Friend Up The River
Recipient
Gentlemen
Main Argument
richmond should enact a corporation law to regulate corn sales by weight to ensure fair measures and prevent dealers from deceiving buyers with short measures, encouraging honest pricing or market exit.
Notable Details
Complaint By The Sellers
Corn Sold By Measure Instead Of Weight
Buyers Advised To Purchase Elsewhere Due To Deception