, 1860-07-23

less, Mr. Jervls needs no defence at our
apds-,. NE do, however, like to see man in
lis position treated fairly by tho Press Of his
'wn city! Mr.. Jervis has one Of themost dill.
ult posts to fill that We know Of among
he railways Of the West His road is Mil
Vaukee road, and it ia right that he should
manage it 80 as to promote the interests Of
hat city. But be should also SO manage it as
sll best promote the intereet o. the stockho4- !
lera, and this requires that he should attract !
business from every source within his reach. |
Experience has shown him that he gets by lar
ne largest part Of his business from hih coz
,eceon with the Chicago and North Western
Railway, that is from Chicago than he does
rom Milwaukee,. Hence his duty to his stock-
holders imperatively requires that no should
dford proper facilities to the Chicago trade.
The matter Of which the Sentinel complaine,
we presume has its origin IN the sharp compe-
l;tion which Mr.. Jervis constantly encounters
from the Detroit and Milwaukee, and the La
CROSSE roads, which have q close treaty, offen-
sire and defensive, against all other Enes.
Hence, all the passengers that come a,ross
the lake, bound fur A;;anesota, are ticketed
over the Lacrosse road. Between Milwaukee
and Janesville Mr. Jervis gets very little moro
than the local travel, aud the passengers from
Chicago BY the Northwestern railway, form
his main dependence. The time is not distant
when that magnificent ferry humbug from Nil
waukee across the Lake will blow up, and the
Lacrosse road, as well as the Milwaukee and
Mississippi, will be forced BY its own necessi-
tes, TO cultivate close relations with the Chi
eago and Northwestern Railway. The La"
crosse IL now losing much more Than it makes
w. it's combination With the ferry interest," and
it will not take many'months to satisfy its
managers d. the fact'-'. $780,. =.
When the experience Of few months or
years, 'atcmost hts broken up the combination
hetweeu ths Lacrosse; aud the Detroit aud
Milwaukee roads, the true interests, both Of
the Lacrosse and the Milwaukee and Missis-
Sippi roads, will be found to be in making
c:ose business connections with the
Chicago and il. Northwestern and the
Lake Shore roada Whatever they :;from
t3e Chicago and North Western passes over
tso~tbin3s Of their raods; and what they get
from the Lake Shore road passes over their
entire lines. Hence 1s the Chicago trade is
much larger than any other, it is the true in.
tereat Of the Milwaukee noads to~eompcte for
that and leave Il g business Of the !" ferry in
tteefest" to take whatever course It lists
Despite the Efforts at concealment by the press
Of Milwaukee, the people Of Wisconsin, Nor:
thern Iowa and Minnesota find that Chicago
is tho largest and the best market, and they
will come here. Tne La Crosse Republican
Of July 18th hits the true source Of the trou-
Lies Of our Milwaukee neighbors in tho follow
ing paragraph:
The tofat receipts Of -four, wheat, corn, oats,
rye, und barley, for as1 months, from January
1sI to July lat, 1860, reduced to bushels. are as
follows:
:; =, =, BuxhelA.
At Chicago. II. .33s $40
III. .Aitxankees. ..-! .u......... 2,759. .652
Excets.. ...-+................... P,579, les
| So long as the commercial figures cf the
two c;t:es bear such proportions to each other
the management Of one or both Of the Nil
waukee roads will, to Milwaukee editors, b
oil wrong. We know Of no remedy for this
state Of things. So ar as we can see it must
Be perpetuaf= Hence Mf: JeIvis viii be oblig
ed to endure censure, and we hope he vii
tcar it with all long suffering and patience
;Tlo,,gh he is one Of the most honest, ener
ge1ic, and gent1emanly. railroad marr:ers a
the Vest he cannot hope to escape tic invec
tivcs ef the Milwaukee press. He can &
what any man can, hut he cannot hope II
achieve an impossibil.ty.
Lords and Commons.
/. A quarrel. has arisen bet~ern The British
House Of Lords aud House Of Commons, Oh
question Of privilege relating TO the right q
taxation The House Of Commons having paas
ed = bill repeating certain duties on. pape,
which was one Of the measures of the aurii
budget, ths Lords re!u1ed 10 concur, and th
Commons thereupon chose to consider the II
fussl Is equivalent to reimposition of the II,
es repealed. Is such, it was regarded as an i.
1esIpn Of the privileges Of the Commons, i
| which I'll ta1ation must oii ginste. The popul.
feeling took the side Of the Commons, and IL
| question assumed the aspect Of a eontrorera
rbesween the people and the a.istocrpey.
Lord Palmerston, as The organ Of the Mini
!. try, has brought into Parliament certain res
lutions which are meant to solve the difficult
They read in'this wise:
"lst, "That; tho right Of granting aids at
supplies 10 the Grown is in the Commons ulon
u an essential part OF the Constitution, aud 81
!; limitation Of I'LL such grants ~ to the natte
4 manner: MEASURE and tip1e is only in fhem."
, "a. "That although the Lords hare exercis'
, the pow er Of rejecting bills OF several desert
:. tions srelating:1o taxation by negausing q
! :. whole, get the e1ercise Of thai power b. the
!. ! has not been frequent, and is justly regard
VI by. Uaia House With peculiar jealousy as a1et
ing the right Of the Comnlons 10 grant 7
a supplies, and to provide the waysand means
The service Of the yclr."
Sd. That to guard for The future against
undue exercise Gf that power by the 14oFds, al
r. to hecure to the Commons their rightfni CO
10 4eol over taxstion and supply, this House has
= tts own handktho power 10 toitnpoba and xeu
% taxes. and to frame bills OF supply thasthe rig
D. Of the Gommo19 - 70 the matter, manner. mt
~: kssnfe Ind TINA may BE- maintained iasiqlate."