The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-08-18
A susHsL OF CORN.
II. Progress From the Farm to the r..
sumer Of whisky

n. prorrcss From the Farm TO the =
sumer Of whisky
Illinois Is the great corn state, and b..
r;a is the center OF its most prolific ~
peoria a a great grain market, and CO.. .'s
ci.llv for corn. Vast quantities of ~
Golden grain are shipped into this citr ~
7cnernl distribution and loaded into ~
mammoth elevators by the hundreds -
tbonaands of bushels. A great deal n ~ "
il .bippefi from Peoria. but vast onss
titv il used at home. There is mora 60
used in Peoria than in any three citIes 4.
the Union. even though those cities ~ \.
New York. Philadelphia and Chic.,e
THE reason is Obvious Peoria IL NOT 81
the center of the great distilling interess:'
INIT here are located two of the great,
sngar houses in the country. Down ~
conacious maws Of the great distilIer .ns
are noured every day 10000 busbeIs -
corn. The sugar houses use from 0oo -
10 900 bushels more each day in the ve.r
To supply this demand the product ..
900 acres Of rich corn lands are AMI,
Skinned into Peoria for home consumnt;o,'
Aside from these fully 5000 bushels ~.
used daily for other purposes. So thai y
IL safe to estimate that fully o.00o ono
hushels of corn are used in this CITY am.
ally for manufacturing and other pnrnosa-
The preater part of this is manufactnrod
into spirits
IL is wonderful to consider the chance.
made by bushel of corn in its transit;or
from the owners crib TO the glass of tba
consumer. These changes are various anS
farrcaching. They are other than fnan'
cial. But consider simply the nero ala
ment of value Corn was selling wa viii
say, for 80 cents per bushel. 1t came ali
the way from Nebraska perhaps, where I,
brought but % cents. In transit two deal
ers received n commission of cent esch
The railroad company received cents n,
its freight and other charges. The distill-
err paid 35 cents. He took and convertsd
it into "a gallone of finished spirits and
fed one of his steers on the refuse Tha
distiller sold the spirits TO a local deale,
for S5.12, Of which Uncle Sam received
81 .O5 as tax on the spirits, leaving hal.
ance to the distiller of ~ cents after ba
had paid 80 cents for his corn.
The spirits, after being well watered and
compounded. are sold at profit bv the
compounder and rectifier to thedealer. who
sells il out at Il cents drink. The AZ
gallons have swelled to nine, and before Il
gets through it swells many a head and
also the revenue of the city where its lines
may be cast.
So that in its travels from the Nebraska
crib to the Chicago saloon that busbel az
corn has increased in value from 25 cents
to many dollars, and with its constant RIM.
ming mates has furnished employment at
least to so men or more and has contrib
uted to both the national and municipal
revenues.
To resume, that bushel of corn was thus
scattered on the highways of business and
pleasure: Farmer, 25 cents; railroads. s.
cents; commission men, . cents: distilles.
~ cents; feeder, 10 cents; Uncle Sam, S4.O5;
compounder and rectifier. % cents: retail
dealer, $40: city, 49, The consumer got
whatever was left in the spirits, each &C.
cording to his strength or weakness. --Peo-
ria Herald.