The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-03-27
Advantage. o, western Railroads.

The followisg Arguments and statistics, show
Ing the value Of Railroads 20 the Wet, IN view
Of the profit Of exporting agricultural products
10 Europe. were Published in the Transactions
Of the New York State Agricultural Society,
for is49. Il /, from the pen Of JosEra &.
BLOOMFIELD
These improvements fRailrosis) are draw
ing lack 10 us cur population. and creating a
sure and profitable business in the dairy. Rail
ways arc not inpeled by the drou,hs Of sum
mer, nor are they stopped by the Ice and SHOWS
Of winter They arr overcoming the AilegbsDy
Mountains, where canals cannot he constructed,
,hns commencing new era 10 the Transports
ton Of articles, that canDot be acquired by
canals. Ia winter they will he opea 10 the
granares Of the United States, 10 desirable TO
supply the first demand Of Great Britain.
With Railways for winter transit and the
chief production OF whea, On our rich prairies,
sb0unding with the deposit OF vegetable and
animal manurcs for ages, we can compete with
the continent Of Europe in supplying the Brit.
ish market, On = taiinre OF the English crops,
ere the ports Of the Baltic can be opened.
| believe il admits Of demonstration that
with our labor-s saving machines, cheap and rich
lands, almost without taxes, we can compete
with the farmers II Great Britain in the cos,
OF placing bnshei OF wheat in Mark Lane, the
grain market Of London. and may add the
regulating grain market Of Europe and Ameri'
| ca. We CERTAINLY eau do il. taking into con
sideration that the English farmer has 10 pay
on the average, about $500 per acre per annum
| Tor the rent u his arabic land. and larger sum
10 manure it. with poor rates and church taxes
N an amount that he must receive 81 so PEI
bnsbcl In London for his wheat to compensat,
him for his labor.
One dollar and iifty cents per bashel in Lon
don for wheat viii pay profit 10 the Western
/ farmer, the iorwari.r and shipowner on the At
the producer and shipper from either the BlacA
Sea. the Baltic. or from any part Of the cont
DeDt Of Europe.
iSee jacobs, Mccullough and others. on thu
Corn Laws prior 10 their rpeal, Of which
have extracts
! The cheap bat inferior wheat 0i Russia ship
ped from The Black Sea by the long voyage o
The Mediterranean, cannot compete Ia the Lon
don market with our wheat. as their vessel
have ba. one fright tosca,ds market. whil'
we have srsigh: besA ,xasss, 80 -.
| This is an important 90, liberation. when VI
come TO n close comp titon with Russia u sup
plying any deficiency in Great Britain. 1heI
Railways 10 our prairics cannot be dispense
with
The long voyage from Odessa, through III,
heated waters of the Mediterranean, cas,-
many carg". to grow and perish by the delay
/ incident to n passage through the Straits o
Gibraltar, where n strong current is Away
settling from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean
while the winl only blows two ways, east AM
wct, and often Tor long periods GASES ar,
known to me, when In the grain trade at DAD
| IN, that after the arrival " vessel with whea
ut Gibraltar, the active captain, by prompt,
taking advantage Of the first slight "levan,, o
east wind. to cut through the strong current O
the Straits setting in from the west, neglected
but few hours by his more sluggish Censor
In the feet. was enabled with the west erl,
wind he met alter the passage Of the Straits
10 20 10 England and return To Gibraltar, the
to fnd the wind hound cargo of bis companion
spoiled by delay. and not lit for starch ON II
srivnl IN England. iron, il matted AMI grow
STATE.
The advantages our farmers will possess b.
Railways 10 the West, and with steam navigu
tiou across the Atlantic. will place the reguia
ting market is grain MARK Lam) within e.
teen 10 twenty days Of the Valley Of the Mis-
sissppi This being so, the moment the Brit
ish market requires supply. from failure o
injury 10 the crops by rains. It will be iurnisl
ed by Our enterprise. and ~ l coatend, on bet
ter terms than Gun he supplied by seri labo
oa tie nUtn-oa lands Of Westetn and Smheri
4 Al A.. A.