, 1860-09-08

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!hs Western drosers are m1re or less excl.
ted this week berausa Of the new freight ar.
Engagements lhat weus into eGec: Lust Satuyd.v
! Oh al the greet railTosd rHuses from tn. We,t
to tie Atlantic. They c.npluiu bitterly II
Tue advance, but take special exceptions to the
plan "h:ch requires then to pay By weight in
s,eaa Of ~ n:ucn pr car, as heretofore. The
ne" arrangement tails heavily upon all sbipprrs
west OF Clncienati, and The Kentucky dtoyrr.
particularly, are discouraged by its Operation
] Under the old tarll The Gust to them Of trans.
portation from Cincinnati to Buffalo was Is per
head uader the Few arrangement it is f7M7. So
per head-an advance OF 4i to so rtr rant
From Buffalo to Albany they calculate that ths
advance upon their cattle il from 10 IL 70 nrr
cent. Thus, &uy they, tho ralue of ont .th,,d ri
common drove is swept away b. the hioh
ttei2hts- Aany OF the crovers Luve CONTRACTED
aaead toF their ea'tlr, not an.icira:ing rive.
| aad now have hundreds and huuJrrds unan
their hands, which must b. brought forward m
maete' " hat the sAcrthce may be-, and it CERTAIN.
y must be great unless prices auYarc. sudt}en
| y to point t. per H., live weight, higher thar,
has been reached Ut any perioa wilh,n the nj
tHesse months. 1t really -o6ks IS 1t msuy Of
them must lose thousands Of dollars before ihs1 ~
c4n get Gu. Of the dilemma, and not lev nn.y
De driven out Of the market altogether. o.
elect OF the new arrangement will be fn leassn
the supply as 4oon as all the contract ca,tis A..
brought do"n; and it is also estimated that ths
supply OF hogs will be ons.tbird less. ''o
U~ne1a will pack mora extensively at all the
great packing ponts in the West, and seek va.
ter routes for their shipments. Another effect
il to favor the small shippers who shin a, no1nts
where there are no Weighing depots. They thus
escape paying By wsight until their cattle have
fifty lbs per head, while those Who SIN nt liz
elnna'i, or At any Of the other weighing depot,.
cannot receive the benefit OF the strinkaoe n
other words, the kentuckiau who uhina n drova
averaging l,al5 lbs per head at home, and pa7s
accora1ng'y, hnds oa their arrival here that they
average only ], 400 lbs.
Thus he not only Ioses 145 lbs, but is com.
pefied to pay freight on the loss. lie shins
car load Ut Buffalo. They weigh q, ,OUo ibs n
The time they arrive here they hay. shrunk ~
~, 5oo lbs. Lie loses 800 lbs, aad has to nav
ire'9ht on that loss Thus the arrangement o.
crates With great serer'ty upon the dforers from
the far West, while it may be Of Some beneGt ~
those IN our own Stats-
The gan to tie shipper who gets his ca,tle Mt
point where there are no scales. is from of1 to
40 per cent, as compared With him who hus to
weigh before tie cattle enter the Cara
The new s7steu, therefore, they saw. !. bioh1v
objectionable ia every aspect.
between Cincinnati and Buffalo
It viii grs:sly iIjure. il II does not ruin. many
who hare contract dEoves On hand in the Wesi.
ern States. >Ae "so''
1t will cut of the suppIy-esnec;.,,v or r,o
hogs. ~ "'o
1t will drive more or less business from the
intermediate Eastern markets back TO Clncn.
na.i aud Chicago.
1t Is upjusty oppressive, because it does not
operate with like elect upon all.
The man who escapes weiehinr at fha .t.rt
Will be able to aell cheapest wien q market is
reached.