The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-06-11

the hiuh and honorable character OF her bus
mess men. naturally induce US TO seek that
market. and Notwithstanding the increased ex-
nense of transportation, large part of the
products of our soil now finds ats way there.
IF then Boston is onr natural market an en-
Tghtened self-interest would lead Boston and
Vermont to increase by all the means IN lneir
power the facilities for communication VIII
that market
IT will not be denied that it cost al least D"
an average SI3 per ton now TO sehu oui pr
ducts to market. / am authorized oy Tue
hest Railroad authority in Massachusetts, 10
saw that witha Railroad. the same productions
will he carried at a charge OF from two to
e four dollars only per ton; at most an average
of ,bre. dollars. Here then is saving Of
Ten dollars in every ton.
This saving is to the-pfoducers. Our pro-
duce will command the same price lift cost
hut three dollars to transportit, as 1t now does.
What farmer but would esteem it as great
advantage to have the saving in the transport
,ation of his produce pay his taxes every year!
What farmer that would not like to exchange
a ton of hay for len of plaster al his own
door, or a fat calf for ten bushels of Turks
Island salt There are thousand articles
but which are now considered worthless.
In order to show the value to the people oil
Vermont look at the aggregate. 1t is ascer-
tanned that now 10000 tons are sent TO and
from market annually by the section oil coun-
try accommodated by this road. A saving
of Sl00 90 per ton would he annual saving OF
800. 600. Ia five years this saving, alone,
would pay the whole expences of the road;
and If Vermont could furnish the whole capt.
til necessary for its construction, she would
be richer at the end of five years, if the road
should never pay one cent of dividend. am
aware that this is a startling assertion, hui il
is nevertheless true.
Fellow citizens, think of these thingsl-
Think Of the many advantages you will de-
rive from having Boston market brought
within one day of you, and at a charge of on
~ three dollars per ton for transportation
Think oft, you Of Western Vermont, and
am confident your good sense will tell you at
once where your interest lies. Farmers Of
Vermont, ton of pork, or butter, or cheese,
or wool, or beef is now sent as cheap from
Buffalo. or Cleveland, or Detroit. or Milwau-
HE, or Chicago, 10 Boston or New York, as
the average price from Vermont to the same
markets Think oft that the cheap and fer
Tile lands of the West enjoy nearly the same
advantages Of communication with market
that YOU do, and isit ny wonder that your sons
prefer the cheaper lands of Illinois and Wis
cousin Ii you would keep your children at
homc-if you would preserve your farms from
depreciation-ifyou would neutraIize the ad-
vantages of the new and fertile lands of The
West--if you would bequeath TO your poster
Ty the richest legacy you can conceiye-shOw
your liberaIity in this mighty enterprise, and
YOU have accomplished it all.
There are important events in the history
of rommunilicS, as of individuals. which have
an effect for all time. If rightly improved,
they lead 10 prosperity and harpiacss-if
neglected, though may regret the wan: Of
light that induced lis 10 REJECT ,hcm-yct
they are gone forever. ! candidly believe that
the present is a crisis in the history of West
era Vermont, that viii he remembered with
pleasure or with modification, as we decide 10
accept reject the assistance that the Bos-
toninns are ready and anxious 10 reader US in
the completion OF our Rail Read.
Fellow citizens, be wise. DO not lightly
rrjec; the profcrcd aid.-CiNDOR.
Rutland Herald.