We have received a valuable letter from a correspondent in
the milling trade in regard to our article proposing that there should be a Grand Victualler to the Nation. That letter we do not think it advisable to publish at present, but it amply sup- ports our plea. Though we do not fancy that there is any cause for immediate anxiety, we are bound to say that we are not satisfied that enough has been done to make our position absolutely secure, or that there is any one person of Cabinet rank responsible for seeing that this country shall never be short of food supplies. In our opinion, and we believe in the opinion of all who know the facts, there ought always to be in this country at least six months' supply of corn—an emergency reservoir which should never be drawn upon except in a supreme crisis. For reasons connected with the keeping of corn, it might be advisable to let a certain amount of corn flow in and out of the reservoir in ways arranged with the trade, and so as not to upset the market.
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