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Correspondence of the Chicago Tribunal
BE1sro1, England, Feb %, 1861.
Through the kindness OF some Of my many
Chicago friends, I have recently been flvored
with sight Of the good old familiar face Of
the CHICAGO TRIBUNE. It gives me an IRE
sistiblc desire TO speak to these many friends
more formally to the public at large. The
accustomed Annna! Reviews and statistical
tables, showing the business Of Chicago ard
the West, have been scanned By me, from this
far distant city OF the Old World, with more
than usual interest, for notwithstanding
home calamfties, I see bT these signs that
s'Chicago still lives
The var cloud having passed away, feel |
some confidence in Improving the present op-
poTtunity Of sunshine to make some suzge5-
tons to Chicago business men, Of a practical |
character. Our foreign relations having stood !
the strain that has been put npon them, VIC |
may safely calculate that they are good for |
another panic Of the kind, and I think busi- |
ness men may safely conclude there will be 70
war with England at present, nor at any rea-
sunable period OF time in the far future II
our Illinois corn and wheat traders could sec
how chop-fallen the cotton lords of this
country are, at the hilure Of their trump card
to win, they would indeed ind taat We have
gained great moral victory. Therefore, let
it be understood that we shall have no war,
and our people may go On uninterrupted IN
the pursuit Of commerce.
Now let me state some facts, fro1a which, no
doubt, there will he many enterprlslng men to
draw pEact1cal, probably profitable, conelu-
sIons.
One of the first astonishing facts which
xe t'a9slas Saxs and sos1S s!rsnssr 3aste%pns to
tue renarkably high price Of: every
thing pertaining to the expense Of living
England Is the moat expensive country in the
world in the item Of rro7isons- It-is evident
forced on TO the notice Of the nation,
! and will become more and more essential, Of
more importance than the cotten supply-t1a,l
that is The bread sas2ply--cHEAr BREAD FOR HER
| PEOPLE The spirit Of foresight, if not proph-
| ecy is now enough upon ME to ask the Thought
| fnl man Of Chicago to consider what answer
the Ens}i4A nation will give to the call for bread
i've years from the present time, whatever may
| be the character of that settlement which she
| is now anNiously looking for in regard to tie
NOttuA 4Atht4O44. II IL MIS- Es1&A HtaIiI LHC
| thousand years ago in Il spiritual sense, that
! men could not live by bread alone-can it not
| now be asked as cmphatically in literal sense,
| caR aation lire by cotton o!oae2
| II IS nov certain that England will not
| hereafter look exclusively 10 the United
Shareholders in srasping at the shadow,
cast in the pit Of Independence beneath
| thtir feet, in the greed to hold theshadow Us
well as the substance, Elaye let the substance
| drop from their teeth. Cotton is no longer
Hiag. c.c'i i TT: Daris shouzt5 &c President.
Now viii swing back in remarkably short
period Of time the destiny Of our country to
The national equilibrium from which it has
been jostlsd, the lst two generations,
was thc eo,antTcsaI mission Of An,srica-to
'gsre bread to tie aro12d.' I wish the
men of Chicago, those who hold the
keys OF this great commerce, being located in
and holding the destiny OF the greatest grain
market in the world, to 6e tcise in season asatl
rst13are for the coming tine.
Thus much. and enough for the present, OF
the idsalify, which moral philosophers say
always prccedes the reality.
I take tho last list Of Liverpool wholesale
!. prices Of the principal articles Of provisions.
such as are exported from Chici5o, and
/ compare thcm with the prices in the las:
!. / TRIBUNE.
I find uhcat in Chicago ut 20 cts; here it Is
) $50, more than double the price.
, E7our in Chicago is sS,s5GS.6o; here it i:
Ss.l0, dou6e.
Indian corn in Chicago is 2a5z cts; here it i:
! 90ets--1Gur tines the aalue. ~.
Rask in Chicago s9-here it is s17@1 10, double
Hams and zdgd 6c-here 12c, asltn double
In the matter Of pork, in the hog, I see it il
9 worth in Chicago s,151c-hcre a day or two ag,
y On EHglish:Aan from the country, eudeayorvs
, to persuade me that he was selling the half Q
: lis "farted pig'' under the market price, a
l4c q pound
4 hia SIs-douNe again
+ Butter, choice article, which I suPpos
5 can be bought in Chicago ut u cents, vii
y wholesale here at 2sQI25 cents: this too, ahou
), douJ1e heprief. I hare paid 81 cents 4 poun
n for butter which could have bought in Gu
I caso when I left, at 10 cents.
!, These arc I'LL among the cOmn10nest art
= c1ts Of subsistence, and their prices sho'
u the indispensable cost Of living, which cauno
. be sliirked by even the poorest classes. PEI
Q prrsent, but there cannot be much rrductio
= from -.the prices so long US tue geuer;
e order Of things remains as it docs. For som
time to COME, the general average must tu
e Does it moi show how sadly the laws Of triG
le arc out OF joint, when there Is such gre:
a d:sproportIon =? There is a power OF sci
r. interest that ought to attract the attention
OIL Chicago merchants and shippers, to eqnasia
this unequal balance Of things. Illinois wan
D. higher pTices-Eng wants lower-aud tt
O shipper wants a fair price for transportation
= thus all will be bclsfttcd. Those who tai
Is the initiative hope will be doub1E rewardt
;. for their pains and risks.
az It must be absurd to believe that it will co
nc as much to transport ouT Western pTodu
or from Chicago to Bristol as is does for Il
farmer to raise it and send it to market. II
r. great interests Of the West call form invest
ns CATION into the cost Of and su;
= p1ans perfected as viii insure the transport
u tlon Of her surplus produce into Europe.
IT. markets at remnneratiye price-ard not
.ec- robber price Last fall, when tue price
u flour rose in the English market, your r..
l. roads Immediately cfapped on one doll
70 Western farmer got no benefit from Il
OIL rise: he still had to sell his grain at STARRING
ne low rate, while in England, to the laboFi
nc man, it was *{arzfngly high. Thus men We
len mcre money than be should have done by CO
~ TeliDg it at 4 reasonable rate, and recelyi
It'll back paving freight.
H- The item Of lumber Is another product frt
Chicago and the lakes, in whicha good payi
business can be done. Lumber sells ia Bris
:. Of the common grade; the lowest sold in Il
49,, market, at three tiu,es tue price in Chicas
-" to the upper grades Of five times Chlc:s
rates. But Chicago lumber is not adapted
an English marlet-the habits Of the peoI
j and the et3 le Of manufacture being SO dill
i ! ent that they Will not at first 5ead;t: recc
ind our Western lumber; aud il NE would h.
de- tnelh eny ouE AAAoes. We Enst peEo 70 III
re- CustouS. HopE ~ 1otnLsH y ueeeI!t.tou
nor tne au1Aoet t4a1e heAe. atset etoslag tHls ~
our of my subject, By saying that when 1nml
ftY which Is a dead article in Chicago at IS
SI2 will bring ready cash from $50 to $50
tbo LOCO, it is time some enterprlsiug man sho
on. | settle the matter whether OF not there is a
fhc thing to be made in lumber trade with E
land- II there is IN honest penny to
xa- turned here, then let Us see what there Is
rc- the other side. While England needs
, Us corn, wheat, pork, &c. VIC want
and sell them, she has many things which
Dr. want. and which she wants to sell. It Is a.
exchange, to take tho product Of. her mi
IN and slops for the product Of our eraar
rms and the labor Of our farmers It is $
mar that the Morrill, tariff lies d;tes
across the path Of this mutual benetit
,n;. the Morrill, tariff is not perpetual inst
an ton. The Chicago business man will be :
na5 ! to Judge better tlan /, if be cannot nos tr
haf1 with England, and pay the honest revenue
A'AA1 the Government, which it needs nov, !
- | ever needs 8 revenue, and look to the fut
'.,7 for an amendment Of the tariff It u ny
fps4 siness to report the facts--1et more pract
ra, men see if they cln dovctail them to prodta
conclusions.
+.a These facts are, that there are here Ia
ma. quantities Of csockery ware, made espcci
and for the American market, nov on hand, vt
A10 has 70 demand in any other market, III
can now be pu1ehased at q deduction c9ua
;oon the percentage Of the tariff, The SAINT
~ ~. probably true Of cutlery. There are II
, - ~ kinds Of psints, indigo, hax. oI-cloths,
;. 49, pets, and block and plate tin, which are
7Aes steadily exported to the United States, J
withsta1din. the tariff. From many, or al
| these, several earEoes could te t:.ke1 il