The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-06-25

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The general inquiry is. Have you
corn enough in America to keep us from
'ssarvinss" Every eye is now turned to
the United States Tor supply of bread
stuffs. with an anxious hope that abun.
dance will come from lha, quarter. From
The continent, hope is cut off. for there
are now large demands thence to supply
the deficiency there.
The subject has again anil again been
brought up in Parliament. IN the ,inuse
ri Lords on the llih, the following de-
bate occurred
SAFE of the Cora .Nuket.
Tie Earl Of IIardyick rose 10 pu; the
question of which he had given notice
Yesterday. en- the subjec; Of the cranJiiy
Of corn in the country, and the Means of
supply. He believed there was no, suf
4 ficicni corn in the country for The de.
! mand. Ii appeared from returns made
IN consequence Of the efforts Of a private
s. individual TO ascertain the quantity OF
corn in the country, tina, it was very def
4 ciens. Taking it for granted that there
( was corn enough al The end OF las, h,r-
vest for The supply of The following year,
rs twothird' OF that period only had
elapsed, there ought TO be one-lhird re-
naming, whereas i, appeared that in
England and Scotland no county hal
onc-fflh remaining, and only one county
had one-,hiid, while ia Wales the def.
cheney was still more serious.
He was therefore strongly impressed
with the belief tia, theirs was no, food
enough to las, ill the mex, harvest; and
x seeing there was quantity Of foreign
buyers, he was led to put certain ques.
tons TO the noble lord opposite, in or Ter
40 know what prospec, there was for 90.
taining supplies from abroad. lie be.
q lisved there was lille probability Of any
corn being received from Poland, the
Baltic, or the Mediterranean, ana our
only hore therefore remained in Ameri.
ca, and he believed there was a very
sssmall quantity 10 come from there. This
prospect was dismal and alarming, and
3 he wsked 10 put the country on their
guard, so that by economy the quantity
{ of food might be eked and he would
q sugges! tina, brown bread con,aiRing ali
+ the particles OF the grain, might he con.
rumed, and tina, all starch should cease
10 be used. He farther hoped that the
4 landed gentry would take care in their
owl counties lha. by some means or 9TH
CT the remaining supply of corn should
MOI leave them.
1he marquis of I.ansdowne SAID it was
Almost painful and perious subject, and
he should carefully abstain from haz ,rd.
ing anything like an opiniol which could
Nave the eifec! Of misleading The public.
Every iudivldua! had the same means
1hch the government had of ascerlaining
Abe present stock of corn in the country,
and he should therefore make no state.
ment on that subject; but at the same
Time he did not at all subscribe 10 the
.statemen, OF the noble earl, tina, a, the
end OF the harvest of last year there was
twelve months supply of food in the
country. But he could tell the noble
earl, for his satisfaction, thai very large
quantity Of corn had been imported this
year, and it was still on The increase up
10 the present moment. Hear, hear.
w January there had been 66l 900 quar-.
tiers imported; in February. 557 900 :
in March, $4,000; and in April, l..
040. 900 quarters indicating that in pro-
portion to the amount Of the demand, the
3 supply 10 great exltnt kept pace and
II it was rs great for The remainder of
The year as it had been Cor the last four
mon!hs. the quantity imported during
,hc year would de 0 100000 quarters.
He entirely agreed with the noble earl
tina, the stale Of the market was such az
40 make II tho imperative duty Of all per.
sons, as far as they had interest. power
and authority, 10 maintain in their iaIn-
lies, as miI,er Of feeling as well as
economy, the slr;clest regulations a. to
the consumption Of food.
Lord Ashbur,on said that The prospects
.pf the year TO come wero anything bu,
satisfactory to him. They may as ye,
receive from America Indian corn and In.
dian meal, these being late crops, bu, oil
wheat, which was an early crop. they
had received nearly as large an amour,
as he could venture 10 expect. He doubt
cd the ability Of the American market &c
afford them a sufficient supply. He fear
cd that the antcipa,ions Of his nobl,
friend as to farther supplies, would no
be realized. The resul, Of the researche,
which he had male in his own neighbor
hood was The same as that to which tn
noble earl (HardwicSe) arrived as to tn
insufiiciency Of corn in this country. IL
thought il the duty Of government 10 pa,
the utmost attention to this subject.
The suggestion to save all tina, can b
saved in grain, has been adopted, and
find in every house, both public and pr
va!e, that seconds" or flour with tn
| bran, is in general use. Potatoes ar