Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-03

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OF the zotn mstans'- Mr. s1ae you ad'
vocate the building OF Railroad to connect
the headwaters OF the Mississippi with the
bead Of Lake Superior, as the flrst great re-
quhement OF cur Sfafe 70 fhe wsyof Kallroad
facilities.
There are many reasons why railroad
colnechng the two great avenues q wafer
communication inzoar { country Is Of vasuy
mora importance TO the prosperity ana CROWN
Of this community % than any other mat can o
builti ,1zsq srasy anos rs, sss,i.. 80.
@ Among those that nrst come % mpnino, % y 1s tne
great fact that eurpeopie are emost sasoge'nel
agricullttullradnsts " d ana tnereiore' oesale a''
speedy apd cnsap q anls o1 pielr ' =
tne 3des'inea @aiKees IS Possioee fso" = 'us =
markets ior our surplus Proouces are nos "es'
tern a' markets @ lof tne ~noie west Is Proooc'ne
the same arucles we are ana 40. IN MI iarer yuan
oqes tnan tney copsslae 'lletelois, l =. ~ tne :
/. western o..'es '. .le oui oupeu' :, '.'e Des,
Y mess sslI o. ra'sln eains' 81 ca.'lo A i0'
sucn communities " oul lanu - 90. ais 'hsu.'. SUI,
ers ana NOT proaucerss soa Sf anesY S arcles ina'
oehs 'ne case .ne ''a'e ~. i''s n ''s ouuc's
5ne nearest 10 'l'e o0''Sumef VI Su ses .rfi A,Fn
TO the consumers Y market tne cheapest nas
tne advantage ever oener p'a'es nore F' re.no'e'
oy just tne cost Oh tne dinerence M 'rsispof-
tation, Wmch %nelence 'sah s ,s', es'uent nos oniy
IN the value oi the Pfoouc.s wnele proouceo' GEO.
but also IN tne Salue q Tue ianas prouuclns'
minnesota IS oa'A VI anu 'eyonu Tue
States OF Wisconsin anu .lnho's' 80 o''r laru'
ers are oolseo - sen .''eii S'Ops ~ % MUCH
less tnaa Ine isco''sln a''u iil'o.S M FARMER laier
as tne cos' oi 'l'e "anspo'' ''~''0" =. 'N'00 '''ps
untll th tpey reach po'''' as near :" 'ie rea'
eastern markets as are the crops OF tne iarm'
ers in the States mentioned; !; consequently
the Chief inducement lor iarmer 10 pass
through Wisconsin aud Illinois to Minnesota, t
is the lower price Of the lands IN Minnesota.
Owing to the want OF proper facilities for
sending forward our surplus crops this year,
the difference in price between st. Paul and
Chicago this fall has averaged fully forty cents
a bushel on wheat, SO that q farmer, living
within twenty miles Of Chicago, has received
say ninety cents bushel for his wheat. while
farmer living within twenty miles OF st
Paul has received but fifty cents bushel for
his wheat. OF course, land that Will produce
wheat worth ninety cents q bushel, is nearly
twice, as valuable by the acre as land that
will only produce wheat worth fifty cents
bushel, notwithstanding the fact that the
wheat which sells for fifty cents a bushel in
St Paul, oSMinnesota wheat taken to Chica-
20, sells for four cents bushel more than IL.
linois wheat does in the same market .lI H., p
1t must be patent, therefore, to oevery one,
if we can in any way annihilate the cost Of
transportation Of our crops to Chicago, they
will be worth just as much here as in Chica-
go; and also the lands producing them as
much as if they were located in Illinois. But
Chicago is not the market our crops tend to.
The markets that demand our surplus crops
are eastern markets, and our products need
not pass near Chicago in seeking those mar
kets. ',,.-.-'''~' -. d" ..'.@ 10 a92A'hAVtH 81
Let us then look for q moment at what can
be done to give an additional value to our
crops as well as to our lands. We have ave., al
ready seen that owing to the lack OF proper
conveyance, our grains are worth only about
ne-half as much here as when they reach CHI
cago, and also, necessarily, the lands are
worth only in the same proposition The cost
OF transportation TO Chicago' including all ex-
penses, mas been forty cents onsnei tms sea-
son on wheat, tnat tNag oeaing tne drnerenco IN
price between the TWO markets. 4 s5'.g
Supposlng' tnen' tnat q hallroad san was al
ready completed % Lake superior from rom tne
neaa Oh navlgauon On the mississippi, ana our
grams nad iound an Quiet over tnat halllroad'
let us see wnat woold nave neen the result
TINS year. a-r.,s... - -. -.
An eminent engineer states' gooed gel..i''h ran Ill
ROAD can oe ouut 10 Superior starung at An An
oka, running up the valley OF hum hlver'
whicn WI VIII = nave " length OF one hundred ana
twenty miles, or IRON 81. Paui' . distance ice OF
one hundred and nifty miles, which we VIII
assume 70 oe the lengtn Oh the ROAD " nat
then VIII De the cost OF transportation OF wheat
~ I ." ~ S, :, ~ - 4, I'' ''o " oAo %. "'
80 g. ~ anr DS ' = "a'pc. W
| - $50 oA '. WV
- -' ~ snee uo."'' +" 'or' VI a.
.'"'' " o
: pounus, winch 'a.e gives say '"e,'e oslss
~ 'o p''"u'' 'oi ope nunu,eu anu my
'nuse - ~s'' s.'en 'en'S ousne' 'or "nea''
"A "A u. 'oS. seven 'ensS ousnei "
y transport "nea' oy rahroad' rom d. faul TO
'ouper'or' . nau we . road running between
= e,'ese TWO poh's, @-oay. "nen we get 10
superior we are just as near 70 New Iork' oy
way OF the Laks, as we are when IN chicago,
~" u'' 'oyase 20" oe'nsae IS essny' anu a.
Nv ,noie expense 90 wneat wiz oe worm as