Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-01-11
Ceml,aercs Or me rratries.

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on this subject, has furnished us with ma
terials for an article On the commerce Of
the prairies, which We have been con-
PEELED to defer to future number Of, this
Magazine. In the meantime we give be-
low some more recent partic liars Of this
trade, furnished partly BY thS 81. Louis
Republican. and parity byta new paper
recently established at Independence. his
'..cc..ri. The editor of the Independence
Journal, says he estimates The exports AZ
l$4OO, 900 in specie, and buffa.lo robes, futs,
&c..ltothe smountiof so, 900 i,orc.y Sew
eralIof the companies which came in last
spring, have not returned in consequence
Of unfavorablc state or the wcath-r. For.
tnis reason, the exports are much less than
usual. companies went out this year,
taking with them merchandise to the val
ue, o. eastern cost, Of 100000 l-the in
surance, freight TO that point, outfits, &c !,
cost another IS 90, 900; makn & the whole
sum inv,s.ed in this trade $3OO, 900,
which would have been Increased TO
$500, Oo0 but 6r the bad weather. In
the four companies, there were l6O men,
and the outfit for them is stated as follows:
$50 mules, worth each $25, $27, 800
so oxen '79sssf go. 80, 800
+ 5000 lbs bacon, 81 cts, a9siHaH lS2
nv 30 bbls. flour, at So, 7ist LEO
90 SO bushels meal, 80 cents, "a
Merchandise, outfit for hands, $500
Harness for teams, $500
tsaoa Blacksmith's work, sai ~ e9a 500
ssss 81 les syaiesa sii i9is----------
Making, altogether, tie sum of S5,959
exclusive Of wagons, wagon sheets, and
many other articles purchased at that place.
The number Of wagons was 81, each cost
ing $3.50, many Of which were made
there's and the totalnumber ofwagon sheets
WAS 300 including blankets to put be-
tween them. fa 4...s
The trade Of Santa Fe i thus made to
amount to $3.50, 600; but even this sum is
said to be short ofwhat il is in ordinary
seasons. = The Independence editor insists
that the trade should no longer berneg-
lected by the government. s'Cive us o
port Of entryl give US the right Of draw
backs, and our traders will supply the
whole Of the provinces Of Santa Fe, Chihu-
ahua, Sonora, Calaforn q, and others, in
stead Of being supplied with British goods
through Metamoras, Vera Cruz, and other
ports. Instead Of the trade being worth
half million Of dollars, it will reach Il
\ four or five Millions" The east ii Is said
is, deeply interested in this trade, a. fur.
nishing an outlet for their calicoes, and do.
mestics--Missouri is interested; and The
editor hopes that Congress will act upor
this matter next winter, and give to oul
traders all the benefits which those Of othel
nations enjoy. wv 'Na2 E
The wagon makers ofIudependeuce hay,
orders to build seventy five wagons forth,
\ SaEt, Fe trade, BY next spring only fifty
were made the past spring. Several new
mercantile establishments have Just beer
located there, aud all are doing well. A
turnpike road from Independence to Wayn,
city, on the river, will be completed as rap.
idly as possible. All. that is wanted L
make Independence one Of the most impor,
tant towns in Missouri, is to make il por
Of entry, and for the Legislature to establish
branch Of the bank at that place, to accom-.
MEDIATE the traders, and the commerce o
the western part Of the State.-Hunf',
Margarine. haa iia II sits'sss Ill