Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-08-11
LIQUOR QUESTION ECONOMICALLY CON
SIDERED,

LIQUOR QUESTION ECONOMICALLY CON
SlDERED.
| M.ssRs GALES & SEAToS: | have observed seq
oral hri.f notices in your valuable journal 10 the SIN.
tisnral view of the Liquor Question think It Is
| most important phasIs OF very important shbrc'
which touches our national well being at dIrera points
I am M membsr of 4 temperance society az any
kind and never have been; ati nave 'housh s"me
harm has been done, psrhap by the tanatica course
of som. inudicious, though doubtless honest advo'
Gates of the CAUSE But BE- that a. It may whht Il me
effect of the dislillaton vi vast al amour o' gram
;n our couptry1 Have YOU ever thought vi cacula-
ring how muchl The papers toll us thar nineteen mi
lions OF gallons OF whskey are dist led Tor the Cncic'
natl market TINT fifty millions OF bushels III grain arr
40 used up in the Ohio vsey-wbeth7r this iuciu !-s
ria Land vs.r Of the Mississippi, do no; know that
fan thousand bsrres OF ,rb-k-y n:e shipped AZ on-
time from New Orleans to France 10 he rr'n7nuiac
rure Tor corrupted into artificial French brandy an:
s:runse to cay, by the sktau uss OF chemcas' INTO
wines.
Now. if City millions. of breaistu!I. corn, rye.
wheat Sc.-ars converted into ardent spirits res. Of
toe mountains. should not hesitate 10 say that u eas.
as much more i, manufactured lu the eusIern portion
of the aoumtry. In portions OF Virginia. Penney
yania, and other States having large dieter:rs.
know OF many that up from two hundred and fifty
TO We hundred bushels If grau per dien for wJsary
aon- to leave on: OF the count the large USE "' toe
staff OF life tor porter, al, beer, and such like i4nora
Oae Euudred millions OF blisho $ al oar b:eni per
auuum are turuei into ha which the cattle canno; usr
aud watch certainly does good 10 tue nrn who can
cad will use il! need nor for do not WISH Il touch
the morale OF the question, but ask you 10 look u
the results economically.
lat. Il It surprising that meat is so high when the
product Of the land is not given 10 the cse, sheet
aul hogs to each vast smoun the grass lands anu
meadows turned lnto nrsble 10 feed the worm hs
naver eo2iS, but the rorm tha. ! trust may Que Jay
d,c'
ID Is il nu; ua.t 10 certain that the 10: cholera IS
q disorder perhaps made contagious, certainly epi
Lemica', by the OF di,iIcry stops! Know taat
cholera in is produced by unwholtsom- io"l
and mi ~ maia, from filthy localities, sometimes very
crcuinsc have had the means and iui oppor,
tunty OF satsfy3: myself oi ,bis and do not SEQ,
You take the sugar out OF the hog fool ana eve INN
the sour starch and Intoxicating, oil Il vt the suery
tubs, why he should not have d'.en-es wbicH may D..
come communicable ike e0lp lever Or c5up ie'"' W.
typhus gTLvlor.
3D. They say il is the fashion TO mix poisonous drug-
in :he bsey OF the d,sllery. do uo know The fast.
0. my own knowledge bu. do know that Tie Nqlo'
nduttersors or -eciitsrs m1I factors, whatever
los- are ca!el w.o .u.k. stimulated !iqnu:s ou OF
whislev d, use chem cals, aud dangerous ONES !
car 0rOiycc p,01fgf hisUndr TIE sgnm1aHt OF SHch.
Now I have confined myself 10 the Question as II
bear. upon the national wealth. comfort and economy
II you rasc The price OF one or more eaug articles
of prime E-cess;iy 8od general Use III nation Ia'H
food yol raise The pro, OF all kindred articles Corn
carno, lie high aud wheat low and II You lessen the
production Of breves aud sheep aud hog3, while you
increase thr consumption by immigration OF tens OF
thousand ut cUn-untrs you raI-. The price al in+a
fish sugar dried fru;:s, and Tie like for demand aii
supply, winch regulate pres iuexora5H, settle tns
for you. .
These are mere hints. win not some cf your able
correspondents follow them up by II more car1u sta:
ti-ticn view. IL nsy wake W up to the necessity et
doing something the money as well rs the
hr nth and morals Ut our people. " CTS.
ITh. author of the foregoing article sends to Us a!
our particular request. lie Will follow il next Week
with another. We hope We shall hear rom him oteu,
thi. AID kindred subjects. The people need lntor-
nation about the economical We'll as the moral aud
political questions arising from the lqror question:
Fin