The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-30

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is fedto hogs or cattle, ii increases the
pork and beef, not (it is ADMITTEDLY in
an equal portion, still-slop will produce
say 90 per cent as much pork as the
corn would do If not distilled. Well,
then, if the corn is so fed out, we
shall save at least As Of the loss that
would accrue if it were destroyed; SO
that the loss to the country would not
be greater than from / to 2 mills on q
bushel Of corn, taking the widest possi-
bic latitude for calculation.
But then stiIl-fed pork is rot worth
so much in any market, by say 20 per
cent, as corn fed. Now suppose 10
bushels Of corn will make 200 lbs. Of
pork. That corn would cost say, on
an average $3: and the loss in its mar
ket value would be 2mills on the bush!
ell, or 2 cents on 10 bushels, in conse-
quence Of the stoppage Of the distiller-
les. But the gain on the price Of the
pork in consequence of its being of
better quality than still-fed pork, would
be 20 per cent. Of its value. So that
if the pork sold fer So per 100 lbs. the
gain on the 10 bushels Of corn fed to
the hogs would be $4, and the loss in
consequence Of the stoppage of the
disitlIeries would be, on these 10 bush
els, 2 cents. y .1ts
/ These calculations are it is true, in
part estimates: but, they are made on
reliable data, and show, after making
all allowances for errors, that the far
mer who feeds his grain to his cattle
or hogs, will make much larger pro-
fit on his crop, than he who distills
it; and it shows further, that the coun-
try would be almost infinitely the gain.
er in dollars and cents, if every distil-
lery fire in the land were forever ex-
tinguished this day. q.
So that if you take this question of
loss and gain any way it can be fixed,
the loss is all on the side of the farmer
if distilleries are kept going. 1t the
loss of the grain was total, as we
have shown above, it would not be
one cent on the bushel. If the corn
should be fed to hogs. the loss would
rot be one-ffth Of a cent on a bushel
and the gain it would make in the
price of the pork would beequal to not
less than ten to fifty times the loss.
tits, therefore, worse than folly, to
argue that it would impoverish the y,
country TO abolish the distileries. 1t
would enrich us many fold, for we
should have more and better hogs and
cattle; more money, more peace, more
happiness, more men, better govern
ment and better people. vs
AS to the argument that the stop
page Of the distilleries would glut the
market so that there would be no sale
for corn, it will be seen that it is simply
preposterous. Eleven bushels out Of
six hundred is the proportion now
distiled.t We should like to see the
man who would be frightened at the
prospect OF glut in the market if our
own crop shouldhappen to yield eleven
six -hundredths more this year than
last. 1t is stuff: tits folly, or worse,
to use this argument against the Maine
Law. .r ..
A man with a mic roscope could not
see any appreciable difference in the
demand for consumption ifthere were
no distilleries. Every hog now fed at
a distillery would be fed out of a corn
crib, instead of slop-tub, and the
demand on that account alone, would
be nearly as great: hut if, as we said
before, the whole aggregate were
thrown upon the market, it would not
be felt to the extent af feathers
weight.
#Less than bushel to SIS. -.14
+The proportion of corn distilled in Ohio
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