Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-01-06
Enterprise Boston andAew 0rk v
Philadelphia and PittsDuTg

sdelphia. i the result simply of no oth'r
cause than The natural effect al the diltetenef
- hch exists in the commercial pbhcy oil ms
cities. For The sake Of illustration. let u TX
The article Of -four, and compare lie Tat 81
charges on Inc railroads leading To Bosom, and
Ia New York, with the rates by rbc T. pnsyl
wanna Cruti al Railroad leading to PbiladelP bla.
From Ogdrnsburg to Boston, the d-lancc To-
roiroad ia 400 miles; transportation Do c. l.
per barrel From Albany 10 Boston, 200 miles.
transportation % cents. From Dunklk Ia
New Yo,k $50 niles; Trans .orialan 50 rett,.
While from Pitfsla1rg 10 philadelphia, 356
miles, The rate Is 100 cents, or more han twice
the rate permlle charged By any olihosc roads
| named. Wheat is takcn stg from New Castle,
Pa transported 10 Cleveland distance by ca.
nj OF l2l niles for seven cents; thence % But
ialo. 500 mile, by bike, for thrrc cents; thence
10 New York, being 325 miles by canal, aud
] so miles. by aver, for 3 ccnt.; total cost for
500 mlrs, 25 cchts per buste or IN avctaa"
loflhrce cents per bushcl, Tor 100 miles. | hr
expense Of unloading loading and stOrale at
either Cleveland or Buffalo, amounts to only l-2
cent 10 cent per pushrl Now suppose
This wheat should be transported FROM New
Castle 10 Philadelphia, tb'. expense would BE-
about follow $: from New Castle 10 Pms
burg, 50 miles, cents per bushcl; unIoading
drayng. &c, al Pnlsborg, 9 cents per bushel;
rran-pora'ian from Pilsbnrg to Philadelphia,
357 miles, al 60 crnt.,par 100 lbs 80 cems,
who . cost iG cents per bnshrl for distance
81 i07 mrs. nearly y cents per 100 miles,
against % Gems for 800 miles, or n trlAc over
3 cents per 100 miles
The miserable policy of roqpiring property
ID be dragged through Pin5hurg aud the ne
ccssi'y for sackng grain in order to lis safe
lranspoltalion by the Pcnnsy lvauia improve
ments, While by the lake route to New York
the gram is shipped in bulk, and handled by
means of steam elevators at a trfing expense
" ithout any necessity of draying, is among the
many considerations that give to that route the
almost entire trade IN the grain of OHIO AMI the
other western States, and take from the cities
of Petersburg and PhildcIp hla, an immense
trade which their natural advantages Of loca.
ton would give them, dill they pursue cor.
responding liberal course of Commercial pol
icy IN the management or their public inn
proVements. which is pursued by tho cities Of
New York and Boston.
Flour should be transported from Pitsburg
10 Philadelphia for 80 cents per barrel; " heat
ID Cents per bushel corn IL Cents; butter
lard, polk &c, from 3j to SO cents per 100
pounds and Other articles in proportion. These
rates would ensure an immense business on
the Central road-a radetolhe cities Of Phia-
dcphia and Pittsburg, OF which their citizens
can scarcely form an adequate conception
These prices for transportation would be lul
y equal IN proportion 10 distance to tho rates
of charges by the New York and Boston roads
| Will not the cities of Philadelphia and Pitts
bnrg wake up to a spirit Of enterprise and EN-.
IL II,
cities of this great and glorious country" and
reap the rich fruits which the harvest of nature
has designed for Pitsburg Gazette
We would invite the particular attention Of
our Railroad authorities to the foregoing facts
and the writers deductions from them In cur
judgement, they supply several hints. that it
would Le well for them to take. LynchIurg
needs all the help it can get, from a more ex.
tended trade with the Western counties of Vir
ginia and with East Tennessee, to enable her
citizens 10 pay the taxes they have imposed
upon themselves, To hajld the Railroad That
trade Will be Of slow growth, if it grows at all
unless stimulated by low transit charges:-no
low, as compared with wagon rates, with
which alone the present tariff Of freghts
bears comparison, but low as compared wH
tie first class Railro0ds in, tie Northern and
Eastern States.
We have advocated low transit charges on
the Canal We did SO, because we were the
friends of that Improvement. We now advo-
cate low transit charges on the Railroad for
the same reason. and for the additional reason
that we would desire TO see labor and CAPITAL
relieved from every unnecessary burthen in
order that industry may receive its just recon-
pensc. Thrifiless labor debases, rather than
elevates the masses. 1t is for their elevation
and Improvement that we are the advocates
of IN ernal Improvement The rich can paw
high taxes To the Sheriff and to internal i'm
provement corporations, and still take care of
themselves; but the man " no has but a small
capital embarked in commerce or agriculture
or who lahors with his own hands, needs all
the profits he can honestly gain. Give laid
and comfurf" IN these classes o,d 49,,