Reply To Mr. Hunts Defenc...
The Times, 1824-02-14T00:00:00

TAnVV%-PrAV-wv?w 1! .-- . - , - TO THE }DITOR OF THVITIAiES." 7 Sir -As we lainj the meritof bei3g th rmst who PblidIy-expos- aed the rack price and extravagant profit laid on posticom or hreakfastpowder, ve deem it,our dutyus.tbe proFe edy)ocates of family economy and cheap comforts, to reply to the dtfeincp setforth by AMr. Hmuit im The Tants of the l'th .msiantw thb Sh-besdirected it acainst a publicatuon in which our origal stat iments-bai been given without- accnowFledgmeDe. Before.lrovo"duizg we declare that we have no mish to rnt dowtvn Mr. Hunlt, jiid have no enmity against hnm. We nre no politicians; bpt uve wlsh to dissect to.tbe Core Il schemes pretending to economy 3ndsvu -t,ofdr Huni does. d s~~~~~aving, as this of' ii . We stated in November .last, that " rye; by ht aversm'October 25, was only 2Ss., or 3s. 6L a bushel, weighing nearly 60hb. bel'ore roasting." Then suppose zye is 32s. a quaxter, niueh higher than this average, " a bushe3l wiU only cost 4s., and will usually produce' vou, (allowing for loss in roasting), about 481b. you will tbeiefore e.only one penny pound for your breatkfastpovidr."-PaFs*iI1? Oracke of hea.'th, No . B. r. Hlunt say,s he gives 7s. 3d. ai1iushel or his rye; but how does this agree with the quoted prices of-the public market? He farther says, that a- bushel will pzoduae on3y 281b. of-his bre;ltaist'powder, so much of its original weizht;ef 50 or 60 pounds being lost in roasting, by his "uniqUelerparAsor) process." If this be correct, then we say, abiout one half bf the nutritive properties of the rye must be destroyed by this uo;uoueniro. cess of iVIr. lHunt, a great part of which iwould be saved by any other good processot roasting. We also stated_and this is important-that nearly al the roastedf corn sold, is" bad, and must be bad, from lyin ,lo2ng roasted in-the shops. It ought to make but two leaps-one from the roasting-pot or.rying_par into the nmul, and another from the mill intothe Rumford coffee-pot or drainer-" as it is, like-coffee, quite spoiled by boiling or simmering. Now, after losisgone half of its nutrimnsent by Ir. Hunt's " urique process," we are certain it loses moi'i tsan half its fine flavour by lying papered up for weeks and mrenths toge- ther in shop-windows. We are positive, therefore, that homeLroast- ed corn :s to such, whether it be Hunt's or any other's, as two to one in nutriment and flavour; and it can be had, at the mnost, for two-pence per pound, and one pound will equal two. Mlr. Hunt's defence of' his profitable per centages is equally unique wvithi his process of' roasting. He coxuessesto 300 per cent. by retail, and 100 per cent. 1 ay wholesale, and refer to iiinilarprfits on blacine,, perfumery, and patent medicines. But the comparison, to be tair, oughit not io be wvith dealeua infancy arficlesincl quacks, but with tea-dealers, grocers, bakers, and chandlers,ados4eldom averagel10per cent., anidon somieart.icles 6t-per'cent.;.wbile out of this pittance of profit (is Ilir. Hunt would 5iewr it), they have to pay- their servants, rent, taes paper,. %tring, cosls4 .&c., none of whiicli Mlr. Hunt reckons in his estimnate; ard, on ofrering his bu- siness tn the readers of The Times as a bargain, n ttiave all these paid, and a clear bonsus to himself, besides, of 25 per cent. ! Prodigious . If our farmers, groscrs, bakers, blltchxers, chandlers, ani coal-nierchants,were to talk thus, and treat the public thuts, there would be a speedy necessity t'or a radical reform in the business. Ill r. lunt, o course, may seU his corn for what he pleases, so long as u obody is forced to buy it; bat f"mm his pirofessed charaster of a reforner of. abuses, we should doubtless, were otburs to act thus, soon hear him bewailing the oppressed state of the Voor, as he didi the other day respecting the cealatax,t which, high as it is, crannot be compiared with his percentage on his "nuique" roasted corn. Let us hear no more, then, from kr. Hlunt of his moderate nrofits, nor of his unique processes, nor of other roasted corn besides his own being made, as he states in his placards, fronm damsaged grain, because it sold at Od. per lb. From experience we c an answver to this being usualy equal to his unique. - Ve have now done. but shall let slip no opportunity of exposing every speces of bumbugp, fraud. extordon. antl n -1-'. .? TBE PVITORS Of " THE FA2LYU OCLH-OF HEALTTI, ECONOXY, AND GooD LTvrTS _ -, raternoster-row, F'eb. 13. [ICEPLY TO AM-R FRNUROTH PPCE II . IOf IJROAN2-RrYYnRkf'flP I BY TUE EDITORS OF 'UE ?(4rALYO - - . - - II ]LACLIF. Or..tXL TA~."