Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1863-11-27
From The Independence Guardian,
AN NABOMlNADLE MONOPOLY.

AN NABOMINABLE MONOPOLY.
As another item connected with tho xbom.
Unable Freight management at Dubuque and
Dunlcith, we publish tho following:
yea iLLrsoa CENTRAL RAiLsoAp o.,
vets GrsusAL FHsiour orrics,
81 CnIcAoo, LIZ, Nov. 10, 1853.
Nercs TO GnAm snirrsas The l!iin,s Central Rat.
road Company Will receive grain IN elevator Duu.
iei,l csnsgped 10 any special elevator In Chicago,
w s !. u. .Ss
,tre,.' of ,hs Company demand that they may elect "
whetu 10 deliver. A@ Fe
RoarRr FORSYTH.
'..' .asl .-..=- Gen. freigAt Apeat.
d This means, probably, that the Freight
Agents Of the Illinois Central Railroad have
extended their special privilege OF robbing
the people to some parties in Chicago own
ing elevators For some time shippers have
had the privilege Of olecting the parties to
whom they would consign their grain, thus
inducing u competition among elevators. and
bringing down the cost Of handling the grain.
Much of the grain sent from this portion Of
the State. took the Racine road, aud went in.
to the Northwestern elevator, ut less cost
than by any other route. The above pro.
nunsiamcnto is doubtless intended TO stop
this, and to force the grain to pay tribute to
some favored parties in Chicago, just as il
was forced to do to Mcssrs. Merry aud For.
syth, in its passage across the river.
1t is certainly time that the people Of tiHs
section Of the State had awakened to the i'm.
portancs Of some change Of affairs at tho
Mississippi. Probably few are aware Of the
immense tax which the monopolists there are
leyying upon the farmers and consumers o:
this section Of Iowa. who arc compelled to
ship and receive produce and goods through
hat. .lo al .st.. IL. AZ.
ed by the Dubuque and Sioux City, and Illi-
nos Central Railroad Companies. that are
given TO shippers by the Chicago, lows and
Nebraska, and Chicago and Fulton Roads,
We are assured by somc Of our shippers that
they could afford to pay at least three con,s
more on every ,busl,el Of Wheat than they
now pay. On the lower roads, freight is car.
ried from Marshalltown to Chicago without
breaking bulk The cars are fcrricd across.
and the freight is not handled, and reaches
Chicago as promptly, almost, as il the Mis-.
sissippl did not intervene Shippers know
precisely how long their produce win be In
going to Chicago, and cnn afford TO buy up
close to the market, which they could not do'
1t their grain hadto 60 into an elevator, ard
remain there an indefinite length OF time
Our shippers repeatedly wait weeks before
they can s.. 'hsi, S'"in across the river. Ir
the meantime grain may 20 down. All this
has to be calculated for in buying. Then,
there is the handling and storage at Dubnnuc
and the rc-handling at Dmleith, all 10 be paid
for, and altogether, the farmers get Cas- ship.
pers have informed us) five cents less on ev.
cry buShel of wheat they sell, than they wo'd
ii communication at tho river was imnediaie,
and If freight was not re-shipped. And do
the people realize how mitch that amounts
10?
Last year there was shipped from this sta.
ton i63,l 10 bushels Of Wheat That was
short crop. The year before we shipped
2G9,447 bushels. This year VIC shall proba-
bly, ship 10000 bushels. H it Is true, then,
thnt the abclninablc ,nonopolics at Dubuque
and Dnnld,h, depreciate each bushel sent
from here 3 cents, they create tax upon the
farmers of Buchanan County, in the single
article Of Wheat, Of S12 10000. Our Oats,
and Barley, and Hogs, and Cattle, and But
ter, and Eggs, and otr half million pounds
VI Miscellaneous shipments, are also subject
TO the same forced tribute, as is also the goods
we import. Put the estimate AZ low as you
please, and there can, we think, be figures
shown to prove that Buchanan County pays
100000 year to support thc state Of affairs
now existing at tho Mississippi River in tho
transhipmentof freight.
And the farmers and people OF Dubuque,
Delaware. Black Iiawk, Butler, Floyd, Bre-
mer Chickasaw, Mundy, HARDIN, Webster,
Hamilton, and the whole Northwestern por-
ton OF the State, ara alike subject to tho rob.
berries OF these monopolies, and the aggregate
will foot many hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars. hH $50 as 4s,s aes
Must the people snbmit to this. Is thcro
70 redress? Are we inextricably in the pow
er Of these comorants? Appeals have been
made TO tho Illinois Central Railroad but
thus far they have been productive Of no
good. II is also understood that the Dubu.
que and Sioux City Railroad Company hAve
contract with the Elevator Company at Du-
buque, which prccludes any attempt on their
part to correct tho grievance But has not
the legislature Of this State sufficient power
over the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
Company to force them to adopt some means
OF relief? Is it not possible to force that
Company to an agreement TO adopt a system
OF ferriage like TINT At Clinton. And il the
Illinois Central Railroad has power TO pre-
vent that, why, with the Southwestern road
in operation, could not an arrangement be
made TO carry freight By way OF Cedar Rap
ids. and avoid the Central, until its managers
come 10 their scnses
We throw out these suggestions for die.
c,ission. We know that the robbery at the
River is inducing an universal inquiry as to
whether something cannot be done to prevent
it, The people are indignant, but see no
possibility Of redress except through the ex-
ercisa Of the power which the State has over
the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad Com.
pany. The legislature will soon meet, and
the Company must ask its indulgence for
non performance Of contract. Willie il Is
the General wish that no straw should be
placed unnecessarily In the way Of the Roads
progress westward, nor in the Company's
success, financially, yes II is the pcopies duty
toproicct themselves from cxtogtion. IT the
legislature has tho power TO do this, we hopo
i! will bc exercised.
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THE SEAsoxs.--Summcr' gone and over J.
lTosts are falling down and With russst, tia
ges Autnmns doing brown. Boughs are
daily riicd by the gusty thieves, and the
Book Of Nature gcttch short Of leaves
Round the top Of houses, swallows, as they
iiit, give. like yearly tcnnauts, notices toqnt.
Skies oil tickle temper weep by turns al 4
laugh, night and day together, taking hslf
and half. So November cometh-coid anl
! most perserse--but the nron:h that fo!ows-
sure viii pinch US worse. f.S5
AccoIniso to the Fort Dodge Republican, /,
the State Senatorial District in which that
place is situated, consists of twcnty.cirhs
counties. At tho canvass OF the votes Tor
the District, recently, only eighteen Of these
counties werc represented. or these Mono
ma and Bucna Vista reported seven votes
each, Ida nihs, Clay twelve. and only four of
the others scvcrally over one hundred. Tho
whole vote Of tho eighteen counties for Sen.
ator Was 1876. There must certainly b,
| abundance Of room in that region for more
inhabitants.