HOLD THE WHEAT: A QUANDARY SOLVED.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6754, 1 June 1889, Page 3

HOLD THE W HEAT: A QUANDARY SOLVED.

AVhat ically is tlio truth on wheat— ( 'an anybody toll ? Aie we to trust the mirn who buys, Or ho who's wheat to sell ? 1m Austuilia empty ivul bare, As t\ o have oft neon told ? Oi is it all iv get up scare — And is New Zealand sold ? Is Tiisoo glutted to the roof, Oi , Inn oho nono to spare ? Is parched India going to fred The hungry thousands there — Wlioio Heaven 'a uvin so seldom fnllt) — • Or is it all a snaio ? And is it true New Zealand men Have icasou to beware ? In funnel's place wlmt would you do Wlu'ii tola so many talcs, Of stocks and rates and f.o.b. And c.i.f. and sales 1 " Hold the wheat !" shouts farmers' hiond ; — He's got no wheat to soil, And (hat is why so airily lie price 1 ! docs fortell. " Sell at once !" cries Middleman, Who wants the wheat to buy ; " You'll hold too loag, and then you'll find Yom faces will be wry." Not knowing aught, I freely give, Like otheis, my advice ; Lit fanners see just how they stand — I'Aiietly— in a trice. " If you will sell, mind, get tho cash, Tlicn,.hotheis at un cud ; If \<m will hold, and prices rise, Your pouchps will distond." " Thin" (for all's plain) "should prices fall, \iul markets fill and glut— (Km' Jiub ao I Yes! Poor farmer might Ay.uu bo in a rut) — (> Y(mi can't go wrong ; just follow me, And think the thing right out, With coiuBCS three, so plainly put, (It's tine there i» an if an but) You i.ui't he put to rout." Oaiuaiu, May '2B. Oiikd.