New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-10

WIS lie quantity and not the quality OF the bread
Which brought the LoaIse and hungry mobs against
,Ae cook.sAops. There O great deal OF diplomacy
M diet: and we NAV cite an aECcGOte Of Cesar and
Ca:ai.as The poet lad written a biting epigram
against the mighty julius. Caesar, says VI. Roilin.
cid lot Cis,emAie L.s G.sIlcasure, but contented
himself with obAnIe tie poet % ask his pardon, AMI
invited linn 90 supper Tie same evening Cesar
.1Vpers good ones and the satirist, no doubt,
cd eat and was hlled-wtA CONF .acency IL might
have been az Ibis very urper that he wrote his XXylth
tLC, beautiful IN the Original ana oi whlch-not 10
cao,c Latin in "a newsTapt1-Wo offer metrca YER
90. Of oIr Owl IIOol Of what good supper may
accomplish:
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So tlc orders Ct, Ioet4-ui..
Wto car r-.Icl-C-'na. require
oar Fcsi-n 'Eho /. asals@
ca. cod va.1sl GO .te sober
Stay nCt Ice 60 Hc- oat vine!
NoL.lr lCe boy Ilod1co
Bat ttt f.ae Llycii.l .-c'
7. was said Of Captain HoGson Tue young Indian
hero that be always knew what tie rebels had for
tiuu,T Delhi, and took h.s siege measures accord
iLe.v Bat mast iOrbear further preliminary Illus
r5atOI. and come as once TO Mr. Fishers interesting
iIE valuable boob.
Nj F,hor is an Ir.sLmar ard has therefore had
scrrowgl bat exhaustive opportunity OF observing
tie phenomena Of popular famine. lie is also sarc0-
mag r. AID believes ~ beef. with the normal accom-
y6nlnUt, we presume q hct potatoes. IleIe is a
sov q. Rousseau that when somebody visited him IN
his humble abode be cyu.CaAy sraIed: so ou come
10 see how ] 1--we Well, tanc ut the cover OF my
d.uner.pct and you wiz see M Fisher has taken
.he cover from the d.nnospCt Of rance, Switzerland,
Belgium and Holland; and The result is tins book
which is intended % answer ;he question; Nhere
is ENGLAND 10 Get meat The writer appears to
have travelled mainly as lis Own Commissioner,
although there is q show Of ofdc.ali:y IN the pubca-
ton If a correspondence with the Foreign once and
she Board Of Trade-ra pretty piece 81 Recommendation
Which seems 20 have led TO nothing Mr.. Fisher did
better tie went abroad for himself, and IN the letters
winch be sent 70 Tie N0rH.Eg Herad newspaper, he
laid The foundation Ci BIS useful little book which IS
ull Of odd things for tie curious and OF statistics Tor
she Gradgriuds.
There IS something melancholy in Mr. Fishers ttu
lar question: Where IS England 10 get meat -
great, mighty, arrogant, imperial England. with both
bTeectes-pOckets bursting with raineas-the richest
Il an lands vet unable % support It's own population
10y IL own pgoductoEits paricians rotng in palaces
and is plebeians starving IN novels, The student oil
history cannot bat remember that Rome, IN the
daTkenug DAYS Of rs decline. exhibited the same
melancholy spectacle, and looked over the narrow
Ieds of Italy into the barbarian lands for succOr and
sUsteuaDce. As in England now, there was IN Rome
then an enormous class Of recognized and registered
yaupers, who depended upon The donations Of public
and private charity for their daily bread. All Africa
wa Put under contribution, as England is already
drawing upon Belgium aad America. " IL was the
mild policy" says GibboH Of Augustus 10 relieve
the poverty and 70 aulse the dlenes Of an innumer-
Abe people" IL had been customary TO make a
.tSntire changed this 70 daily allowances Of bread
The public ovens of Rome we're Ike the soup kitchens
Of Ireland; and the Government in the time of the
tliTd Valentinian, gave away 262e, 600 pounds OF
bacon every year. But the problem OF feeding the
Roman population was never solved and race OF
beggars was established which still survives numer
GUS importunate, and shameless, in The ruin OF the
imperial city.
Mr. Fisher states the meat question in Great Bri.
tain with candor and perspicuity. In our cold
climate be SAYS, "where II is necessary TO keep up
the temperature Of the system 10 blood heat go II
is Beedfal for more than half the year that the food
nsed should contain considerable amount OF heat
ciyers such as animal fat. We also require hesh
formers TO keep up the vital force muscular action
In warmer climates, where the external atmosphere
e above blood heat, man does not want so much fat
meat, and in the colder climates he requires more
animal fat or oils. Meat is necessity for the inhab-
iants Of Great Britain, and The question which We
are forced 10 consider is from what regions we are to
obtain the supply Of meat 2" For a supply OF meat
supply Of grain is necessary The growth OF TINS IN
England has diminished % per cent IN twenty years
- The deficit has been made up ~ foreign impOrta
tcns. But the decrease n the growth Of gram pro-
iuoes decrease IN the supply Of meat and tins not
oenc made up by foreign impOrtations there is de-
6eeney, and consequently al ADVANCE in price. Meat
n cold countries cannot he made rom grass, except
N warm Geaher-taere IS no deposit Of fat because
he animal only gets enough, simply 70 support lie.
In England in Winter. house feeding must be resort
ID 10 and this requires artificial food; decrease IN
lr6in pTedicates dimiLluOn II the area under tur
ape. and thus there is a decrease in the quantity Of
meat and an advan in ,he Irice. Thus," says our
,nthOT "agriculturss have been compensated for the
reduction in the price Of corn By an increase IN that Of
mesL From what course can greater supplies be
ub.aiDed
Leaving behind lin the British domirons, the
Bn,.sh bulls and the Bnt1h turnips Mr.. Fisher land
% az g. Malo. n Brittany, only find British malt
sters buying French barley and British dairymen
French butter. Riding by Tail nifty miles 70 Rennes
he Observed the butter and egg market ioT English
,UJpiy sin brisk The value Of ihcse Injuries i'm
ported into the United Kingdom from France in le64
tas e 100000. Tie faImers Of Brittany make it
her business % encourage good mlkeTs, and do not
breed Tor the hatcher IN Normandy Mr.. Fisher in
dLiCes for several pages IN historical sentimentasm,
which, considering hat bis talk IS ayowedy OF fat
olen anG i6tening roots he s 81 al times sngulary
Prone; Dat be suddenly brings up in the very middle
II h.s fine writing, with the statement that his cOun-
trymen care more for the supply Of Fat cattle which
iLey can Obtain from Normandy than fOr the trad
ions 81 race which has passed away" which we
Ink extremely probable. IL short the great beef
t1trg country Of the word now looks 10 a foreign
lard fI q supply Of ts favorte flesh. The traditional
British roast beef now comes from province Of frog
Eating france-a fact startling enough 70 make Ho
garth turn IN his coffin. But M Fisher complains
aha; tie Norman cattle not a;. partly account
q the warmer climate and partly for lack Of tUrnps
lie suggests the importation Of bulocks the hoOi 10
he brought into condition u England, where the tur.
Lpe grow.
Our traveller does rot lincer long in Paris bat he
tays long enough 20 notice that wo-kmen are not so
well pad as In England bat cat less and perform less
NoTk. lie consumption Of meat in that city IL IN
sIessine CIVIC populations generally, are non-pro-
duceTs, and me countries N which they exceed the
yurRl inhabitants not producing enough for pOpu.
Jar consumption. France, with It's smaller cities, has
The advantage Of England, and in favorable seasons
produces sufficient gam, CT nearly Efficient for her
own consumption. The diffusion of the French peo-
Tie over the surface q France has prevented the eY.
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