, 1873-06-21

good corn, loAveB but llttlo to the country ship
And tho whoo thing, 40 disastrous to tho tl cntir,
North"oBtl Ia altogether unnoccasary. 4 drot
of llo per br Or ncarly 90 per oont, hns onsliot
boen fsead het e % Witt n
that there has boom no hot corn in onr oloyotorl
but wo do aaaert that It haa no business there
aLaH nnloss Al. IN y. very exeeptionA! sonaons-rnnol
mon, hayo no right to rocoivo grain 70,
storage, oharginB.a good round sum thorufor,
and throw 2 thas grain into bIg blns to sweRs and
rot whilo they stand round and laugh, without
community to take, as good caro- Of Tho grail1
oomrnittcd to theIr Keeping as thoy would Il il
were thclr own property.
They Yy Tny thoy cannot prevont grim from hont-
.Wo had ono grain dryer In the city before tic
fire. Wo Lave none now, 40 far as KNOWN. But
thors go, ouglt 70 bo drying apparatus
seto nss giefod IN and paso ns g g Is mot
such apparatus Mt hand, any more than property
would DO safo 1T. a city which had no wator sup-
ply and no fro department.. A 1tt1o troatnoiat
with hot air Is all that is necessary to put 80
much an TINT might carry OH few particles OF
dust, and .ooulA take away tho supcrhuous mois-
ture, and thus slghtly deorcaso tho weight, tl,orc
10 little hope TINT our warohOusomcn will do their
| duty, except upon compilation.
Tho only way, then, to doal with tho qnostion
iB to mnke tue warchouaomon responsible for tho
condition OF tho grain committed to thoir keop-
.ng' Il they Yoao Obliged to give out good grain on
when good grain Was plaood in store, We should
hayc no more cries OF hot corn. The warehouso-
men would stlll laugh; but tho laugh would not
bo It the expense Of the Victims Of a misplaced
How much of reason .thoro Is In tho nboyo mr.
| guments let current facts decide. Tho holders
| Of the grain declared out of condition In QUO
elevator agreed to chip IL ont In concert, and 1t
was tranafs1cl yesterday from the elevator to a
vessel. Whes was tho zesuls7 OF aomo $1,000
| bu corn declared cut Of condition, not moro thnn
| 1000 bn was hoAtod, and that not badly. The
rest was - good a. nny No; corn mood be-,
tanned loss Of 11o por bu on ,o0, 900 bu Of corn
! now in store, besides a corresponding loss on
nearly nnosher LOCO 900 roccivod during tho past
week. Hcre la practical vtping out Of 100000
hu Of corn, which might have been avertod by
tho prompt romoyal Of not more than four car
loads Of corn from tho building. II this IL not
pttiahle, and dsgrncoful, VIC do noskuow the uso
II may b thst our present lavp, constructed
BY men who know nothing Of the business, aftor
long consultation with mon who know loss, and
= suspicious avoidance Of men who do know any
thing about It those laws may not furnish tho
moans Of bringing to terms the men who are ro-
Community doos @ oTo % to iRs issof To paes
upon the mattor, and ought not to rest
silent. Our grain receivers ought to hold O
meeting. and in behalf Of thelr oucbrcd con-
stituonts, q VOL ae OF themselves, should take
decided action " the matter, md then not after
warts IN Way that will show they intend nevor
70 forget 1t. At the same time, they should take
tho broad ground Of asserting their right to do
What they VII with their own, in tho face Of
either an arbitrary State inspection system or a
soarcoly leaa injurious warehouse monopoly.
surely they have suffered enough to bo able to
toll whore tho shoo piuchcB, and f1aYp moral
courage enough to insist upon change Of pros
sure when they lavo to pay tho shoemaker.
TEE MARKETS,
The beading, produce markets. woro ,tondior
to-day, except corn aud pork with oniy a ,nnl.
crate amount Of tradiuQ, The racoints of arain
were large and viii nreab1v oot;n3e 40 " ~ ~
next ton days- ma countrv bnidara viii ~ ~ r,sI,
in as much ns possible bcforo tho chango in TIN tn
ratos Of trapgportntiou on Iil;noia ron1a ay,;n.
menta were on1v moderate, -0"A'' "e'P
Thore waa little or no Change In tho a,tu.t,on