, 1873-02-19
p0CT0hfNG BARLEY.

70 tha Editor Of Tas Chicago Tribune:
SIN In yonr yesterday Issue youhaTo pretty
thorough article about " Dootoring GRAIN" Tho
only fault to DO found with 1t iB tho fatt that
tho reporter who picked nip thia piece OF noWs
Inns mixoa up q fow facts with 30 MANY inoorreot
statomonts that bog 1eavo to- tell tho trtith and
nothing but tho truth, about this mntter, Of
which, porhaps, nobody In Chicago and tho s,tr-
rounding couhtry knows more than your humble
aorynnt, II being, ID fact, tho vory man who in
vented this kind of bueinoas, ind who holds
oven now patont on 1t III his hahas; who hao
brought It to It's present alato Of perfection or
! defy any chernist,. hiobig not excepted,
botween a % aoSEorod Te and not doctorcd bsrley
But lot first ask you, Is 1t fatr to publish tho
had heou great doal nearer the truth # you
Ind told tho public that thero existed thirteen
such establishments in tho Virtuous City of
Ohicago9
why ia this business going on7 csn toll you:
When, eix Jcars ago, cano to this country,
had a iettor Of Introduction to one Of the ohtca-
30 grain-doalere, and was shown all kinds Of
grain, and told that li8ht-golorea barley, even of
greater douland, than good, sound, plump bar
10y, a fow Bhados darker; md that aickly, whito-
looking brought fancy prices: My friend, who
explained this to mo, addod: Brewers aro such
fools hero that they will pay fancy pricos for the
dolor nlono."
Now Is Just camo from QUO Of those etrote,
tyrannica1 nonarohios where re poor ohildrcn ro~
coivo, under tho compulsory school system, q
fummago . little In my rnenaory to find aorna-
thing there taught mo 29 years ago In chemlstry,
although had not had d book treating about
that aolsnce in ny hind M since H. childhood .a and
and, If the demand is there, ! can supply them.
You sec the "doctoring" business is not Of 80
very recent q date.
to prove. It viii ger1ninate juat as quick aa
brown barley will havo no evil influence on tho
color, taste, and hoalthinoss Of tho alo or beer
made thorcfrom and ia In nothing changed OK
cept in tho color Of the outslde h'lsk, and that
"dootor" it, and brewers aro stupid enough
to buy tho bari 10y alono for It's color,
and re- tor e real vq Gs
buyer "a with the aolier2
Will you blame the cutler who manufactured
the bowio-knifo for the murder committed with
1t, Or call The Gorset-makor q murderer it young
ladios toiN use q ton-horse-power eng1no to lace
themselves with, aud commit slow stioide7
Tho demand is there; the supply will follow;
and people toant to be ehested, ~ VII prove to
princpal % brewers hero, that, if they we're obliged
to use white barley, could make 1t 90 for them
at nominal prico, 90 that they could Bavo tho
fancy prices They had paid 30 long. Ono Of tho
head rnen,-ho is doad now,-answerod me that
they noyor uAod such barley, although told him
that the two carloads which they received the
day before wero "doctored" By moi and his
partner, who Ia carrying OH tho business, has
bought many carload OF barley this winter
| which had s'doctorod;h hut no would call mo 4
liar il told him 80, and the world would believe
him, for he owns half million, and only lit
You spoak Of the "effect on tho Chicago
market - but ia Chicago tho only place whcro
! this business ia going on !? have, with my own
hands, built out West, in those little towns
along tho railronds, soven Of those cleaning and
] 'tdoctoring " mills, and In Canada eleven. Yet
tino white Canada barley brings fancy prices on
'Change, and all tho grain-dealors and brewers
look admiringy at II, for this barley is not tam
pored with ); Oh, no 1t comes direct from Cana
da. or those rural towns where people live in
such eorene innocence as - woll, as tue 69na-
tors aud Congressman Of 500 Credit Alobllier
investigation and if ever had any doubts Of
the truth Of Darwin's theory, I havc lost them
as aoon aB saw browors pay tanoy prices Tor
'',st hiow % raS to Md that, although ha7e built
many machine to otean, grade, and doctor :"
barley and have dlscolorea many hundreds Of
| thqueanda Of bushels, have never sold single
cents worth Of il, t,-having not loat tho Jreon-
ness, which atill' clinga to me from my old,
stupid country do it for others to make my
own pot boil, and it boils but poorly, you may
cali It siu1moring.
CHICAGO, Fob. 10, 1873.