The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-14

st. Louis, he said. considered that che had q
natural and inalienable right 70, the trade and
products of this region, Tor she pays a much
fortheam assany ona and odsrs sschsap trans.
,portstions It may he ohisc,sds by the people
here-"You furniah NJ No facilities to get to
your market" He would reply--Nasurc has
given you highway. and one Of the best and
cheapest. -l''''s'''A a-a nslAo1n
THE ATLANTIC AND MISSISSIPPI rRAxsroRrA.
30 ~ 'El rroN LINE. q 3,sdi hge Est
! He then spoke, Of the transportation be-
tween Saint Louis and New Orleans. Two
large steamers left daily for New Orleans and
every day since spring opened, ct least 5000
tons of merchandise had been sent below.
This was distance of I 800 miles, and trans.
portation that distance cost only Is cents per
hundred. From st. Louis to Boston by line
of propellers from New Orleans it was only
about 40 cents freight, Insurance and handling
He had seen 1900 tons of freight leave in
one steamer from Saint Louis to New Orleans,
and some days five or six such steamers would
depart What railroad could carry such
freightsa The trip only consumes4six or
seven days. The river is open all the year
excepting very few days, may be, in mid.
winter. q 1si..r..3 Id rtt asel s'lt.s.. -Hi 3.
ETe l2 A COMPRBHENsIvEf PLAN. i 81, ..gl
Such is one of the water transportation lines
operated by st. Louis. She has others-up the
Missouri, clear to Montana and elsewhere. All
this is for the purpose of opening up and de-
veloping the Mississippi Valley. St. Louis
looks to this region also. Its great wheat ex-
ports can be marketed to great advantage
through her system. By those enormous ele-
vators now building, it can be taken from the
barges on which, at little expense, 1t is foated
down, and taken to her Touring mills, where it
is manufactured into her fine brands of -four
Generally worth % more than other brands in
the markets Of the world), and, in that porta
BILE shape, shipped to Boston at 80 or 80 cents
per barrel, clean and suffering no waste from
jarring.
WHAT Is OUR POILCY2
Clearly one to cheaper rates of transp0rta-
ton. To effect this we must secure,
l. The construction Of some species of canal
around the two rapids.
2. Require railroad companies to construct
their bridges so as not to obstruct navigation.
He did not care how many bridges they
built, 90 they did not make navigation dan.
gerous. When it became so, insurers charged
extra hazardous rates, and steambeatmen were
compelled to increase the rates of Transports
fion-henca all falt tho evil IF II '' . ~. '..'
Steamboats, are true pioneers. They pre-
pared the way in new States for population,
without which railroads could never be built.
Had it not been for steamboats, Minnesota
would not be so forward as she is now by fifty
years. Railroads come in and reap the fruit of
the developments aided by steamboats,.
II OUR PROPER POLICY DELINEATED.
We should have policy of our own. The
Mississippi Valley States are strong and rich
enough to have policy of their own, and COM
pei others to regard it. TApplause.l We will
have soon, not the balance of power merely,
but ,ciR be the pover itself -.@ taaa..t
We should cay, not another dollar shall be
voted for other Improvements that cannot ben
eft us, until we are attended to. We must be-
gin at home The navigation Of the Missis-
sippi must be improved. On this
point you should instruct your repre-
sentatiyes in Congress. Let US have MISSISSIPPI
pi Valley policy of this Kind, and our future
will be so grand, so illimitable, and our pro-
gress so glorious, that even the nations of the
earth will wonder. GApplause. @ s}gu
The above is but o hasty sketch of Mr.. Ho.
gan's eloquent address, which occupied over
an hour. 1t was listened to with profound at.
tention and interest by the audience, and at its
close the Board of Trade passed vote of
thanks to the honorable speaker for his enter.
tanning and valuable remarks. 81 aa.