The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-01-23
Milwaukee,.

| BY the politencss of AUSTIN GuNNIsoN. Esq,
Wholesale Grocer, of Milwaukee, we have a
copy Of the "Annual Statement of the Trade
and Commerce" Of that city, for 1850. 1t is a
very neatly printed pamphlet Of 80 pages, from
the Office of the Daily Sentinel. The PAM
phlet abounds in very interesting matter relative
to the State of Wisconsin, its Agricultural val
ue, the city of Milwaukee, its shipping. manu-
factures and trade generally. Hereafter We
will refer more particularly 70 the statistics EN-.
hodied in the statement: At present, we have
only time and space to show up the Importance
of our little "Pocket City," in this review of
the commerce OF one Of our principal western
Lake ports.
By an examination Of the Table headed
"Grain Movement on the Upper Missis-
sippi," by w. H DANA Esq, Master of
Transportation upon the NJ. s.. NJ. Rail-
road, we find that ports north Of Dubuque furn-
ished Milwaukee for the eleven months ending
July 18th, $50, with 4346 900 bushels Of grain,
all from the "short crop" of 1859. OF this
amount, the Is ports of Minnesota, furnished
l ,645, 2Ss bushels, Winona standing at the
head, with $4,000 bushels. Hastings, Browns
vile, Red Wing and St. Paul coming next in
with l34, 900 bushels. The IL ports Of Wis
consin, excluding Prairie du Chen. furnished
s6s,2a3. La Crosse being credited with 405,-
500, or nearly half the whole amount. La
Crosse is the storebouse for large portion of
Minnesota. The four Iowa ports above Du-
buque, come in with credit Of ,597 $3.50
bushels, or nearly as much as Minnesota entire
of this amount. the little town of Buena Vista,
has lO.5OO the German city of GUTENBERG,
1910; the smart manufacturing town Of
CLAYToN, 4450O the vigorous young city Of
LANSING, 1877 $40 bushels, and the unrivaled
McGREGoR, One Million One Hundred and Firty.
enc thousand, Sepcn Hundred Bushels. To show
the nature of our trade, VIC will state that Gut
tenberg shipped l9,S4O of wheat, (and -four re-
duced to wheat), 22,5OO OF oats, and 2,32O of
corn. Clayton. ii 900 wheat, $4,000 oats, and
1900 corn. Lansing, 255, 800 wheat, 1910
oats, and $40 corn. MoGregor, 95I 900
wheat, lit 600 oats, and 1900 corn.
This table gives only part of the grain
trade of the ports mentioned, and it is particu.
larly cruel to Clayton City and Gutenberg, and
probably to Lansing-all these towns being in
conveniently distan- from Railways, and hav.
ing close business connections with St. Louis.
During the early season, when the water is up,
Clayton and Gutenberg, ship very largely to
st. Louis, both in Grain and -four. The extern
sive mills at each place make ready market
for grain for wide range of excellent country.
MCGRLGoa. however, must beat them all, and
when this full crop of 1860, is reported a year
hence, our importance as Il Grain Depot of the
Yves: will almost induce the Milwaukee Cham
Der of Commerce to pay US visit. 1t may do
to remember that McGregor also ships extern
sively to st. Louis and Chicago. but her natu.
raj business connection is with Milwaukee, and
so long as the commercial men of that city
treat US with the fairness which has character
lied the past, We can safely promise our city to
be tributary to her growing importance, as
one of the great produce marts of the West.
There is scarcely man in our place who is
disposed to ''secede" from the Milwaukee and
McGregor "Union."