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Title: Benner's prophecies of future ups and downs in prices; what years to make money on pig iron, hogs, corn, and provisions
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Benner, Samuel. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Business cycles Prices
Publisher: Cincinnati, The Robert Clarke company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ially in nature,we are forced to predict, judging the futureby the past, that in the years 1876 and 77 theprice of hogs must decline in the average, soas to fill the required number of years neces-sary to complete the present five and elevenyear cycles in low prices ending in 1877; alsoafter two years of decline there must be threeyears of advances to the year 1880, to com-plete the next five and eleven year cycles inhigh prices, and therefore demonstrating to acertainty and to the comprehension of all, thefulfillment of our second series of prophecies. On the following page is a scale of years toenable the reader to see the different cyclesin their order, also the ups and downs inprices for the past and in the future. This scale shows the years, of lowest andhighest prices for the hog and its productslince 1836, coming down in five and six yearsycles after 1847. At the top of the scale arethe highest priced years, 1836, 1847, 1853,1858, 1864, 1869, and 1875 for the past, and HOOb. 87
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PAST. UPS. DOWNS, 1856 1859 1857 186C 1858 1861 1862 1863 1865 1864 1866 1867 1870 1868 1871 1869 1872 1873 1874 1875 FUTURE. 1878 1876 1879 1877 1880 1884 1881 1885 1882 1886 1883 1889 1890 1887 1891 1888 68 BENNER-S PROPHECIES. 1880, 1886, and 1891 for the future. At thebottom are the lowest priced years, 1850,1855,1861, 1866, 1872, for the past, and 1877, 1883,and 1888 for the future. We have now passed out of the cycle of sixyears in high prices, the year 1875 closing thiscycle. The next cycle in high prices will re-quire five years ending in 1880; at that timethe price of hogs will be high. We are also in the cycle of five years in lowprices, this cycle ending in 1877, whe^i theprice of hogs will be low, and farmers com-plaining about the prices they are compelledto accept for their hogs. Pig-iron will also beat a low price at that time, placing agricul-ture and manufacture at a low ebb; priceslow all round will make hard times anddull trade. After 1877 agriculture and manufactur

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