, 1865-12-26

4 6u11tAQer t6e nAld 10 ttf1, Wnen ne coala dc
tate his own terms 10 tho producer. At the
samc time the thfrty-flve cent tariff enabled
lin and Lis coufoderstes to put their own
wheat On the Milwaukee market at their own
termB.
| His wheat, delivered in Milwaukee, cos.
him, ii Is said, only from IS to Is cents pei
busl,el, and he realized thereon profit ol
from 50 10 60 cents per bushel, while the
farmers Of the iIinnesot& Valley, who pro
ducet1 it by months Of the severest Toll, hard
If realized the cost of their labor in the As OF
50 cents paid them, and not a cent Of profit
At the same time independent shippers, buy
ing at between 10 and 30 cents at St. Paul,
and paying IS cents freight, either lost OF
their Investment or did not make mora than
one or two cents par bushel.
We allude TO- t1lis now merely to indicate,
IN ,pussans, some Of the crooked ways BY
which these rapIcIous monopoles manage,
through their control Of the means Of trans
portation. to obtain m unlimited control OF
the wheat market, to dictate the Price Of our
| ch,et staple to the producers aud then rob
The farmers Of the fruits Of their industry, Ia
order to swell the Immense revenues Of the
steamboat aristocrats.
During the fall, after Capt. Davidson GOT
most Of lis wheat to market, the freight to
! Milwaukee was reduced to q cents per BUSH
| el, at least 16 cents Of which is pure e1tor
tion, as ~e shall show in due course. Tho
up-ffesghts are equally e1orbitant.
1
| We will haycE good deal more to say upon
this subject. 1fa main facts, in their EcoCfal
outline, arc unfortunately already too<fnml1-
lar, by dear cxperienta, to our merchants and
farmers. The practical question OF the hour
is, how arc VIC to help ourselves?
tence Of their III gotten wealth to control
legislation, and to purchase Of subsidise news
| papers and throttle competition-as much as
| tell US that we are completely at their mercy
and that for Whatever rights are still left
| us, re arc indebted to their generosity. We
think they are mistaken. There is mighty
storm Of popular wrath brewing IN the breasts
bursts forth, as 1t soon vii, will sweep these
| rapacfous and tyrann1cal nonopolI.s from all
the avenues of trade, and fling wide open the
gates Of free competition to all who choose to
| enter.
Already the Legislature Of Wisconsin Is
moving TO break up the rascally combination
between the Wisconsin railroads. and steam
boat lines, and to reduce the enormous freight
tariffs Of the former to reasonable limit.
Ono Of the means by which the "comhina-
tom excluds anyicompctition, Is an arrange
mcnt by which shippers by Independent
steamboats, are compelled to pay SIX cents
freight to Milwaukee more per bushel Of
wheat than If they had shipped by tho David
son line. The bill before tie Wisconsin Leg
! nntfnu sna cnmrai. 1ho -an..s O."aa;,ra
! frciehts on eoual tcrn1s from iii sfeamboats.
This measure will be. fought with all the
power and money Of the monopo1tsts.
Bul II is NOT Wisconsin hgnt alone. " IS
more emphafieally nsnt io[ tho yitai inter
sota- Let instant and Immediate action be
taken in Ill our towns and throughout the
| country, 10 back up the anti.monopo1y move
| ment in the Wisconsin Legislature.
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Eamols ch1easo ino.ne'
The late Convention Of grain growers and
shippers ut DeKalb, pulled gently the right
string. Chicago inspection and warehouse
rnorono,;ea am thc +b;,os GRAIN sh;,no,.
~ ~ annta.a .aa,,at G,,os aan pp.,a nrep,aa
n.s . 70 eoursnu a,' asa.h u;s. aney can psos,os
ae.ainst an inspection that grades Nos. I, land
| Rejected from the same bin. and ali of the
| SONS npol;tv Tho vr4ter bercof Ia. b,5
s'L.s. 4s isa...a ~ . ~ p.,sasaa nss 4ao 10.
"nea. lnspecsea NO. : ana he]ectea rom Inc
eas S esD1ss seS
! that thc variation oe weight con,d on,y be de.
ss, ~ 'nlon @ y. Ms.sns eon ~ w. w.
| telm'ncu ny !ne esl'ina.'on o. nair' we
must consequently buy wheat forty cen&a be-
low the actual value or lose forty cents per
1ushcl on every other car. Tn the one case
~ .;>e..aa - - ~ sae .t,l" NV ~s,ss ~
tne 1ai1nef u eheateu' oho N tnc o1heF tae
| shipper Is robbed. Is any system correct that
leaves everything SO vague and uncertain
If we ship car Of wheat weighing onc-hali
pound below the standard Of No. !, TIC must
lose from one hundred and twenty to one
hundred and fifty dollars. We are told
that the amount Of grain received
| ut Chicago renders It Impossible to
is not The1Pe 9amPe a1o two Commission men rek
| C1,{capo to sell every car Of Grain received