, 1844-11-16
LARD OIL.

dS esptC ITO 'ohS 'o'0s r.
~ii,ical, and pecuniary. fit were or
" on the score of cheapness, it is des
tined to supplant and supercede fq'
light, entirely in the house bold use
and to a very great extent TOR othe'
purposes. all other materials. i
mus, take the place, also for The same
reason, OF all other oils in application
to machinery. ,
10 follow the subject through al
its headings, would furnish material:
for a pamphlet, if not a volume. ]
design nc more than 10 glance at its
most obvious ones.
It's pecuniary bearing--First, on
the producer, and secondly, on the
consumer. In the first respect, by
raising the price of pork, the raw ma,
,erial in this manufacture. it raises,
paripdssu, the price of corn-vlrtual-
ly the raw material Of the pork-by
increasing the consumption, and bid
ding on the article, in fact, agains!
the distiller. Here, then. are two
classes Of farmers beneiilted; the pro-
ducers Of corr ard the ialteners Of
pork--Inciden,alIy, the farmer is
benefited also by the circumstance
hat the article oflard oil is less haz-
ardous and fluctuating in its value
than pork put up for foreign markets.
The bacon, pork, &c. must be sold
ordinarily within the year in which
il is made, or it deterioratcs; it is al
so exposed TO damage by warm and
wet weather in the season Of putting
up. 10 damage by souring, and injury
by the fly. The greatest care 10
guard against these will not always
insure success. AS all these hazards
and drawbacks enter into the calcutta
tons Of the pork packer. the seller Of
the pork has TO bear his share--indl
reclIy, 1t is true-ot the loss. Lard
oil, on the contrary, sustains little o.
Their variation in price Than what re-
suits from quality, and will soon set,
tie into an article as regular as wheat,
Of which the plice will be affected
by no other consideration than the
exten, Of the supply.
As regards the consumer, there is
not now, and probably never will be,
SO cheap material for light as lard
oil. Gas, Tor some purposes, and in
some places is, doubtless, cheaper;
and will, Of course, in cities, there
fore. divide the market to certain
extent But in most places, and for
ordinary household uses everywhere
lard oil must supercede all other
means of light.
Its political bearing--WiI be first.
TO destroy the whale fishery, which
requires an immense amount of CAPT.
tai to carry on, and affords always a
tardy, and frequently an uncertain
re endorsement. the voyages not un-
commonly lasting three wears, and
tie ships returning sometimes with
out capturing a single whale. ! say
nothing Of the shipwrecks which are
more abundant in this description of
vessels than any other, from the re-
gioni in which they adventure. Un-
der the most successful circumstan-
ces, however, they cannot complete
with the lard oil. The effect Of all
this is TO render the whole Atlantic
region dependent on the Yves, for the
means oil light, in which the entire
country has heretofore been depen.
dent on Massachusetts. Maine, and
Rhode Island; and it ac~ceIerates. in
this respect, the progress Of the West
10 It's eventful destiny, as the great
manufacturing interest Of the repub-
lie.
It's moral bearing.-Wheat may
be ground into flour, and our surplus,
in this shape, is Of a character porta-
BILE enough to be sent TO all parts o:
The world. With ordinary care, al
so, it never spoils. Blu, Indian corn,
our great grain staple, cannot be ex-
ported. 10 much extent, from its great
er p~erlshable character and lower
specific value. To the great injury
Of the public morals and private hap
piness, it has been therefore wrought
up extensively into whiskey, as Il
means Of It's consumption. But the
increased value of pork, which is the
result of the manufacture of lard oil,
inlerposes here; and by raising the
price Of whiskey, as well as a1ording
a market Of which thousands will a.
vail themselves, on principle, checks
the supply as well as demand for
corn, to the dis,iIIers .-[Cin. Adv.
A young lady in Memphis, Ten
nessee, criticising n gentleman's
modes Of dress and fashion, says
"Moustaches are never worn by
mon n fordinarv ense. FoppiSh Eel.