The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-01
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third their value 70 gel to market The length Of this
road with deour will probably be not short Of two thon
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both ofWhich together may be taken At not les than
slo the ton Tolls % market BY railroad go per ton
ners oi the great valley Of The West Il their wheat Their
lead, their -four and tobacco their coal and iron, and
hemp. and their beef and pork. and cotton and ce
pay sixty dollars ton 10 gel par q lie way 10 market
simply to get from the depot at end Of the road TO the
depot at the oheri Ingenuity great and invention 10 rife
in the land am therefore, not prepared 10 ssy that the
time will not arrive when, In consequences Of inventions
and veto be made In railways, cars and the
engine merchandise be taken one cent or even At
less rate per ton the mile over railways; but such
improvements are known at present; and " estimating
the effects Of work like this the only true Dide which
we follow is that afforded by the light Of expert
ence Consequently, in estimating 10 what this road
can do we must take things they Some teas are
worth 900 the ton Such tea, therefore, can traverse
this road and can pay the tolls TO the amount Of 900 the
ton, BY paying per cent only its value but corn, a
so cents the bushe must pay 300 per cent on its
value TO get this road ton OF sk may be trans
ported over for perhaps or two per cent but coal
which costs 81 80 NE ton mines, would have TO pay
forty times its vue to get the road II IL question
whether any article Of less value than S25o per ton
(and almost all manufactured articles OF commerce exceed
through-tolls
The suboned table shows the average or usual value
per ton OF our principal agricultural staples in their crude
state The expense Of getting bale Of cotton TO market
in England, after pressed the plantation, including
the cost OF transporting to railway steamboat thence
TO the place OF shipment including wharfage, &C.,
thence TO England may be assumed the average. TO
be six dollars the BALE or twenty per cent Of It's value
assuming thirty dollars the average price OF bale OF
that cotton and all great staples can afford to pay forty
per cent OF their value fer the sake Of the market the
other end Of this road Even with this exuavagant as
sumption, the figures by the subjoned table show that
not one OF the great agricultural mineral staples OF the
country could afford to 70 in their crude state from one
end Of this road TO the other with the view OF seeking
foreign market in the Pacific: