text:  But so far as regards corn we maintain that there is no real ground for alarm; and further there is this important consideration connected with the late harvest which should not be ungratefully disregarded that two months of the grain season have already passed and the new crop remains comparatively untouched so that it will have to supply only ten months' consumption instead of twelve: and should the next harvest be an early one which we have reason to expect after this late one the time bearing on the present crop will be still more shortened