The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1863-10-22
Established 1895.

ing into an animal form more portable.
The hog eats the corn, and Europe eats
the hog Corn thus becomes incar.
nate; tor what is hog but fifteen or
twenty bushels Of corn on four leOsP
1t is among the many providential fea-
lures Of which this subject is full that
a striking revolution has taken place
just within the last two troubled Years
in the destiny Of the American hog
by new process of curing or prepa-
ration, brought in, as | am told. from
England, the animal has become ex-
tensivel y marketable in Europe. Here.
tofore the quadruped had passed after
death into brine, obedient, perhaps. to
the traditions of New England, where
a pork barrel in every family is q sa-
cred institution. But Europe did not
relish, and would not eat the hog in
brine-so that a great hog reformation
IS now In vigorous progress through
these interior States. In packing the
animal not in brine, nor in q barrel.
but in dry saltin a light, cheap wooden
box. In that shape, Europe has re-
Gently consented largely to eat him.
But let US ascertain precisely and sta.
tistically just how far the tickling of
the palate Of the Old World has already
advanced. In the year 1859 the ex-
ports Of pork in the box, (barbarously
denominated "cut meats" in the off
cial tables were only nine millions of
pounds. In round numbers they rose
to twenty millions in 1860, to seventy
millions in 1861, to one hundred and
thirty millions in 1862. and during the
present 1853 will probablyvery near
y ascend to three hundred millions of
pounds. ..t-.-
In crting the calculation, and bring
ing the "ctt meats" back to hog"
again this export is equivalent to an
army Of a million and half Of these
Interesting animcls, marching across
the ocean. After this, can you, will
you laugh at the hog? At any rate,
you will consent to be more serious
when you perceive the fiscal effects of
such swinish exodus on our National
Treasury. These three hundred mill
ions OF pounds are worth in Europe
thirty millions Of dollars, sending back
imports paying in duties nine millions
of dollars in gold. Nor! is this quite
all. We have a little more of ..the
whole hog" in fiscal point Of view.
The skill Of our artifcers in pork
expresses out the very quintessence Of
the creature into lard, an humble ele.
ment which has suddenly risen from
its ancient culinary Office of making
cakes and greasing kitchen utensils, to
the more exalted duty of illuminating
houses g. oiling the millions of wheels
OF our locomotives l. other labor saving
machines. Not only has it literally
smoothed our way to this very Conyen-
ton, in this great hog-manufacturing
city, but it is eXerting its world wide
influence in relieving the whales with
in the Arctic and Antartic Circles from
the ipdefatigable pursuit of that same
rock bound, but vigorous New Eng
land. But to descend, or rather as
cend again into fgures-tbe foreign
export of lard has so kept place with
the hog in box, that New York during
the present year will send out nearly
one hundred and fifty million pounds,
worth abroad at least SIS 900,
bringing back duty paying imports,
yielding the farther amount of 81, 500,-
900 Of gold to the National Treasury
Do You not see. my friends, how gal
lantiy and patriotically IN Mr. Chase
great financial struggle, the hog has
come to the rescue? Respect him, then
beg, as your and our great co-opcra.
tor and much esteemed associate in
the great business of removing, in fact
of"rooting out" every impediment to
our internal commerce. But again
This most necessary and valuable pro-
cess of transmitting our vast and over.
whelming supplies of Indian corn and
other grains into animal forms, holds
true to a large extent with the count
less herds OF horned cattle so richly fcL
on our Western prairies, only to be
hurried off to the great beef-eating ci
ties and communities on the Atlantic
The OK now on the dinner table il
our great metropolis was feeding bu
forty light hours before on the Missis
sippi, and thus equally with the hcs
plays His patriotic part in swelling thu
mighty stream of our domestic anC
foreign commerce. might proceed
yet further, and but for my dread o
the displeasure of our Temperance
friends, might trace our Indian corr
onward and upward into its spiritual
lied condition, furnishing whisky an,
alcohol by millions on millions Of gal
Ions, not, only to our own thirsty coun
trymen, but largely to France, thence
to be returned to us as genuine Cognac
another striking proof of the value o
our corn, in animating and inspiritinI
our foreign commerce.
DIALOGUE.
Uncle Sam; Secesh; Copperhedd.