, 1865-09-07

Of com Shipped On hoard vessels at chi.
Benton's aeurss...-:.. -:..:.,.--::.-..:,. sa 0 0
Charges, oonsicnmcnt md reshippins.e ss 5
Canal and Hudson Eiver freight. czciu.
NJ =; is;x iii: :;s:i ,s,i; 81
HsT Weighing IN New York and rhip-
ola8 mng irsirht New York 10 Europs-my
rss 8 ss5:a s,asf ss:ss ID
liverpool cha1ges--duty, port charges,
commission, &c.. &e..-.------......-.. IL
Total charges, a. above, On one bushcl OF
wheat From the place Of production 10
pt;uef dia:icnoe in issieht and coamis.
eion, II cora instead o4 wheat. 10
To,a, charees on bnshe1 of corn shipped
liverpool, basea or fieishts es abo.e.. no 90
Present gold vn1ue OF corn sold In Ivef-
pool. ii Cos per quarter OF $50 Ds......- 81
Charges On bu-hel Of corr. exceed. the
p:esent value In L4w1pool-based on
Mr. Benton's lake md cAual trcights..- 20 2 Q
The present value Of a bushel OF corn iu
Add t prssent p premium ] On goid at 4ic..... s.
Deduct yalue OF bnshel Of corn In Liver
no0l in rrecpbaeks ............ lal
DedHct chsr:es based rs Above. ....... 1l0 5
Nett value Of bushel OF ccsn Ut placao ot T..
rvcduc,iou, based On A5. Denton'a fg-
ures, In Crecnhocks. 10 q
Tho desired outlet for the West, which will
carry the profits of the distant market to the
Western farmer, Is 1hat which was urged In
the Detroit Convention, the enlargement and
improvement Of the great nnturM cllannels,
SO as to allow by the Canadian canals and the
1t. Lawrence the passnge of craft carrying
from thirty to forty thousand bushels Of grain,
with rnnge Of from Is to 20 cents on corn
| from Lake Michigan ports to Europe or the
| Atlantic cities. This communication once
| opened, euch direct European and Atlantic
coast trade would attract large fleet Of YES
sells. We give Mr. Aspinall's figures for this
trade:
| cts. m. t..
! Average e1pcnsc Of chipping corn On board
vessel at Chicago from plaee Of Prodnc-
1ase nnd' nd ocesn ie1trcme) freight direct
1nie and Ocean Insurance On value III "
n1eI,ooI duty, commission md eiafges
in gold 1cc 1t II r cent. premium -. II
! Extreme charges On bnshcl corn shipped
in Lake vessels to Europe md soid...-: 81 : D
! The above deducted from present valae Of
| . bushel Of coEn in Liverpool about BIC
ME- soleb bnshel e. eo1n nst the insf ii
| place OF production. 81 U
l. And this is the highest range OF freight ria
the St. Lawrence, under the circumstances
named: Mr.. 4. confidently says: "M1th
fourteen tect draught Of water from the great
lakes to the ocean, the Western farmers could
most successfully compete with the Continent
Of Europe in the sale Of brcadstu0s in the
markets Of the world. Tho facilities and
freights Indicated would, doubtless, In . iew
years attract to the lakes greater number Of
ocean ships than nov visit Quebec and Mon
treal." The measure urged may be remote in
its realization, but that has nothing to do with
Its feasibility and va'ue. II will yet be ac-
complished, because It hay to do with the
material wealth and prosperity Of great
bread producing section II is only ques-
tion OF. time, and meanwhile all such discus
dons will do it good in setting the main facts
at Issue prominently before the country. They
VIII moi bc without their fruits, In the forma-
ton of public sentiment which will notr
until the work is done, werc us magnitude
tcn{old what 1t really Is.