New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-26
60, or,be cattle and swine of Indians or Illinois

.he feet Of the cattle and swine OF ind'ana VI in'
Tho Iovy nree at which corn has beea SOLD ot late
wears by the great western producers wiz a''Oai'
for it's extensive use in distilling aud viii a'''"'s"
all uniformed readers. Ten cents Dusue Ha' O0O"
considered a paying rate by those large i""ei'
whose prairie fields often are measured D! Ho'' anu
even much lower price has been rece'eu 'o' '"'
GRAIN The contracts OF Jacob Straun' OF Ilhos Nu'
farm contains 1000 acres) the greateSt corngro"er
in the United States in bushels, though perhaps eA'
ceeded in acres by Mr.. johnson. on the ROANOKE
River in North Carolina were made this year seven
cents bushel for the labor of growing the crop de-
lyerable on the stalks in the field as 1t grew' the
ouantity being estimated Alter examination or oy
nrovipg part of the field by measure. few years
AGO Henry L. Ellsworth of La Fayette, Ind, mad
1000 acres in one field contracted in the same man
per At FIVE cents a bushe The average yield was
sixty busbes These facts afford an illustration both
of the abundance and cheapnes OF ths gram IN rut-
fu seasons, where it grows to the greatest perlec
tion. Indeed, ii has been SO plenty aud so cheap
that it would not bear transportation ana as we nave
before stated, it was thrown in the most wasteiul
manner to swine, who compelled to carry their
own fat to market because its price was SO low 1t
would not pay for hauling, aud when the corn was
converted into beet, it was still worse
Under this state of things is not at all surprising
that the producers of have not only countenanced
lis conversion into whisky but have believed Mat dis
teries furnished the farmers their only market Ihey
did not however consider that the same amount oi
capjtal inye sted in lard oil manutdt0ry would give
item better market for their surplus corn, besides
retaining upon the land valuable portion OF the fer
lilizing properties Of the refuse part OF the grain
which could be given back TO the soil. Dstillers OF
course contend that they have right to waste the
vast quantity of human food that their business must
in the very nature of things put out OF existence,
houeh a million of starving fellow creatures may
stand within call of their establishments begging Tor
bread even while millions of bushels OfcOrn are con-
verted right before their eyes, not into the stall OF
life, but into the spirit that norishes famine, breeds
disease suffering, sorrow, starvation, crime, death
There can be no doubt that the present and future
high prices OF grain will prevent its use in distleres
to a very considerable extent but II possible we
would still further diminish the amount SO employed
by urging the moral considerations against whisky
making to which the suferings growing out ot the
short supply of food may well lead additional en-
phasis Certainly there could be no wrong more
gross than to employ in such manner crop that
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with extreme economy can barely carry US through
the year without fa nine. Wnen bread is scarce aud
dear it is tenfod crime to transform it into poison;
/ and we call upon the people at large to use every
means to preven. its being so perverted There is
nowhere surplu, of breadstuif;, and il some of the
most productive regions there an alarming scarcity
Whole fields of Central Illinois are given up as not
worth bushel for the year. and the most productive
and best cultivated farms on the Scioto bottoms in
Ohio, are rated at 20 to IS bushels, in place of 80
80 or 100 bushels to the acre. The same state OF
things exists relatively everywhere.
There is 10 Disgusting the fact that while the
present crop of corn is dstressingly short that
of wheat is not above the medium that of
buckwheat, which is very much used by all classes,
il defcent while potatoes the greatest of all sub
stitutes for breadstus very small and very few
in the hill, prematurely rpened, affected by disease,
unfit in most cases for wholesome food, and now,
when it should be season of plenty they are selling
in our market for 81 bushel; -four at the same
time is SI2 barrel at retail, corn 81 bushel and
rising and every article of food almost beyond the
each of the hard-working poor, while coal is forty
per cent. higher than it was last year.
Now, if, through the effect Of the drouth and
actual scarcity OF indian corn all over tue country,
the price of bread, and beef, and pork aud mutton
will naturally bs increased if, through the insult
ciency of feed for cattle the products Of the dairy
are reduced and the farmer obliged to sell his stock
half fatted to the butcher and suspend his farm i-
provements because he cannot feed his laborers,
while the laborDg all the country are vast
ing their substance to buy bread through year OF
scarcity, what will the farmers and laborers do :
Will they stand idly folding their hands while
the distiller destroys the food that would
sustain Themselves, their wives and children ?
If the destruction of grain by dstillaon is always
wrong, how much more wicked is it when the poor
are crying for bread But it is a wckedness which
those who most suffer from it possibly remedy if
they choose All that is ,essary is to vote for the
Maine Law and to see that it is enforced. Whatever
individuals may think of the Law at other times in
this period of scarcity the dictates of duty are clear
and imperative. We would press the subject upon
the attention of the people of the corn growing
and distling States especially. While this
distressing scarcity remains, every cOnscien-
tiOus person must vote to prohibit its destruction
by the disher. 1t should be preserved for food,
and every individual in the country is under strong
obligations to humanity to lend his assistance in aid
of such preservation.