The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-30

m needed at ALL commercial and not mill
itary, and local and not National in their
character, and they could see no good rea-
son why money. should be appropriated
out of the Federal treasury to enlarge Ca
nails in New York and Illinois, while
works of equal importance in Ohio and In
diana were left out in the cold.
It is time this stupendous humbug, star
ted and kept alive by set of hangers on in
Chicago should be ventilated. The whole
movement is destitute of a single redeem
ing feature that is practicable. The Chair
man of the Committee on statistics regret
ed exceedingly that Iowa's single vote in
the lower house of Congress was against
their project. If our delegation does its
duty in the next house, it is to be hoped
Iowa will cast six votes. as one was cast
last winter. If the prime movers in this
scheme had devoted half as much energy
during the past year in trying to induce
the railroads in Illinois and Wisconsin to
reduce the freight tariffs to correspond with
similar roads in Ohio and Indiana, the
thing would by this time have been accom-
plished, and the producers of the North
West have received fully three millions
ofdollars additional for the crop of 1862. 1t
may be said that railroads cannot be
reached by circumstances from the people.
Such is is not the fact. Let the press of
Chicago, the fever loyal Board of Trade"
| Mercantile Association and business men
generally, display but half the zeal for a
single month in denouncing the railroads
for their unjust, arbitrary, and oppressive
tariffs, that they have in trying to carry
| forward this impracticable ditch project, and
change would be brought about. tits awell
established fact that railroads, with plenty
of business, can carry freight for cent a
tun for a mile. Now the minimum on 4th
class freight over the Galena, Rock Island
and Burlington roads is g cents. If this
rate could be reduced to /! cents which
would still leave the roads fair profit, the
saving to the producers in the States of
Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin,
on the crop soon to be harvested, would be
| fully S5O00,0O
! have just made inquiry and find the
| rate on 4th class from the village where |
write, ION the indianapolis and Cleveland
road to Cleveland, 212 miles, is IL! cents
per 100 TBS. This is a local point, and where
there is no competition. From 1ndianapo
lis to Cleveland 2s5 miles, the rate is II
cents per 100 lbs, which is but triie over
a cent tun per mile. The price on either
of the Illinois roads | have named. for the
same distance (2S5 miles, is at least30 cents.
! Notwithstanding the low rates named, the
road above referred to is one of the most
prosperous in the country. Last year, the
roads leading from the Upper Mississippi
to Chicago. We're satisfied with charging 20
cents per 100. During the winter they adj
yanced to 20, and If the pubic quietly sub
mits to such extortion, producers may
part their coat tails, and prepare to receive
a fresh kick after harvest. The extortion-
ers have their eyes on the immense crops
now growing, and you can look out for the
rate from the Mississippi to Chicago and
Milwaukee to go up to 80 cents. have not
yet noticed that your worthy Mayor has
called meeting to appoint delegates to the
| I'd Of June Convention, and trust he Will
do no such thing. Let Chicago ditchdigg-
ers invite their delegates, and furnish all
the poor Champagne that circumstances
will permit. Iowa will not just now take
a hand. When our people want any ditch
es dug, they will not be found calling upon
''Hercules'' to give them a lift.
The growing crop in this part of Indi-
ana, in fact all the way from Burlington.
looks very well. Fruit will be abundant.
Rain in some localities is much needed.
| The news from Nicksburg looks so we'll
that the Union folks feel very exultaIt and
hope the full details will give it no differ
ent coloring. Yours, SANDY.