, 1873-07-03
during tho post twenty-four hourB, and for the
corresponding date ono year ngos


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Withdrawn from store yoBtordny for city |
consumption 5,952 bu wheat, 9,774 bu corn,
s,s08 bu oats, 400 bu rye, 115 bu barley.
Tho following grain hos boon inspected Into |
Btoro this morning, up to 10 O'clock: 147 cars
wheat; 2821S cara corn; 19,400 bu No. q do,
md 5000 bu rejected do, by canal; 66>1 cars
oats IA cars rye. Total (5oo cars), 220, 900 bu.
Tho Board Of Trade to-day resolved to adjourn
over from O'CLOCK on Thursday afternoon till
o'clock on Monday morning, making triple
holiday. Tho Board will not intcrfore to sotelo
disputes arlsing out Of tranaaoaona made IN tllat
interval, and thoro will probably be worry littlo
trading done in produce perhaps mono at oil.
Tho stock Of wheat in Liverpool Is Sboooo
quarters, or 2, 800, 900 bu.
INSPECTOR Harpo, Inns rocolycd letter from T.
M, Brooke, Esq, co-prosilont Of tho CONNER
cisl Exchange OF Philadelphia, asking for full
information In regard to our syetem OF inspect
Ing grain. It ia probable that not only phisa-
do|pAia< but Now York and othor citieB will fool
Obliged to adopt ayBtcm OF inspection Or gram.
HOT COIN.
The positton heretofore takon by The TRIBUNE
in relation to hot cornQ Ia vigorously opposed "
cortain wa1ohouAo clique, aud those who MAKE
mouey by hanging to Tho skirtB OF tho warehouse
clique. But that opposition cannot "rail tho
aes from Of tho equity to th0 u aeo
In store In good condition
It Ia objected that corn and other grain, whom
it onco begins to heat, cannot be prevented from
running It's course. Buoh an argument ta worthy
,I+, ,f &t,r nil $jftaa trf
Bacrilegtous to intorfero With tho progress
Of fevcr for fear Of contrayoning tlo
designs Of proyidonce+ It might with equal
proprioty be affirmed that cho1ora or tho small.
/ pox, to which the human race is moro limbo ut
some times than at others, cannot ba initigatod
by tho skill Of tho physician. Nay; THO latter
assumption would 1o oven Ieaa absurd than tho
former, becauso va DO not knew beforehand that
tic best medical appliances will ayai In any III
dlyidual case We do k7oto TINT tho cause Of
hot corn ia dampnesH In tho grain, and VIC know
Just aB cortninly TINT there s su1e cure for that
dampneas, and consequent hoat1ng-to-w1t: nos
cir.
Tho warohousomen know this worry we'll; but
lest soma Of our readers may not, We will OK
plain that tho capacity Of air for moisture i'll
eroaseR rapidly, with an increaho Of tonllpera,.
10 pass over or through damp mana
| It 1icks up tho supcr1uous moisture
with great avdty;. oven sucking It from tho in,
| torior Of q kernel Of corn or other grain, and
safety. It ia not necessary to burn tho moisture
| out Of the grain, aa some suppose. Wo naY add
that tho reason why corn is more apt to boat
than wheat is only because tho corn kornol is
! much tho largest Of tho two, and therefore rc-
| quirea much longer time for natural curing,
| Whilo it's greater cloapnosg renders it liable to
| DO much tho least carefully handled. mass Of
| dry corn ia In no moro danger Of hoating than Ia
1nAns OF dry whoat md neithor ought to DO
rnassoA IN ponderous bns unless it is dry enough
to keep from spelling.
Hero Is one radical dofoct Of our elevator
system 1t has no appliances for putting in con.
quantity that threatens to leavon all tho rest.
| Many carload OF corn has nrriyod hero within
the past two weeka only slightly llcatcd, which
might havo beon rendered perfectly safe ut a
cost OF scarcely 1c per bu 1t We had proper ap-
pliances for treating It. In their absence tho
NWarehouaemen havo refused to rooeivo it, audi
has been sold on track great deal OF it selling
absolutely for loss than tho railroad charges fol
Tho loss to tho farmer, and Other
legitimate corn holders cannot even bo
measured by tho rocont decline OF 8@10o Per bu
Thore had been previous depression Of fully
out Of condition in tho hot weather. Wo pro
auma that no ono will dispnto tue aBsortion thni
No. q corn would bo worth 300 per By IN our mar.
ket to-day but for tho existence OF these fears
in the past and the facts OF tue present.
And the same or III equivalent deprcsalon II
likely to occur in any future year. HIVE We no
tho declaration Of Hiram Wheeler that he docs
not suppoao thero Ia moro hot corn this yea
otheSs who declara that he ia not u1iatakou
They say that, it we, do not hay
hot corr in Gbieago It ,ds Is hot It. sfsef
worth while to provide tho means for curing 1t
II 1t bo not true We can adduco the e1perienc
Of tho ownarn OF one grain drying apparatus tha
existed in this city in tho pre-igneous epoch
! r%fN 4nu r1nIa III F1Nn
one aeaaon to pay for its construction, and t
cover the cost OF ita lying idle for tl,ree years
and that was not q frst-olaas year for hot cor
I either.
practicable means of preventing corn frol
becoming hot it cannot bo donisd TINT
> would bo comparatively easy. to ayoid tn
4 grosa injustice now praoticed On the hold
5 well as to prevent tho evil from spreading 8
widely AZ at p1esent. This can bo done by til
! uao Of smaller bins, which might be 80 arrange
!, in tiers that they would occupy little more ROOF
q ent bins aud could be operated with uoarly t1l
/ samo facility. Nc have plan before lis Of thi
writing Which aoen,s to give those advantages
r and, douhtleaa, other arrangononts than thu
= much less need for artificial drying than now
able to ofrof both Of thoao Safeguards t
ssaass iess bg ': are. 9. The 'tSS oWnes 't5 oi
parcel Of grain ought to be- abl
> 10 storo bis prolorty apart. from contact vii
ID other grain, and to have It cured II 1t shov
" in doctor on the Ilrst symptoms Of ;pliysic
disease. II tho law do not provide for or Milo,
these things to be dono, let the law be amendeI
~ but In whatever way it bo brought about, Il
There ia no use Of falling back Oh tho selht
plea thatn pains should be taken to koop grain