The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-11-13


Dur,ns tie month Of October thsss ~
beea received = ~ Dutuqss 6l4sator, oves
the line Of the Dubsqas and Sioux City nil.
road, and Dubuqus and Southwestern r,iI,
rod, 81, sos bashsls q vbsaE, sri ,l98 car
i0stb. The most Of this erain ~ inspected
ard placed = No 2 Usda md - plump,
heavy, e0snai in Appearance, and Il q believed
betssr for Touring purposes thao he wheat
raised from the same section Of coustfy last
year. For H. puspose q showing our lnsm-
err and busineas men the ratio OF Transports
ton on the different routes, " will state that
eight hundred aad thirty -six car loads Of grain
went over tie Illinois Central railroad 10 the
Eastern markets, ard only two hundred and
sixty-ssvsa oAss vset dosa the Gvsfs fnr the
sAas psrpUsA TAb stAslnent |. . esfls;ens
eonnsatasy q ~ inperancs 81 4 eacs
attending 70 The improvement Of the rapids at
Rock Islaud and Ksokuk. The grain Of The
country 10 nov accommodating u this point fast
or than it can b shippsd By I'll tAs railways
TO Chicago, while the e1osbitant freight de-
manded & taking I'll The profits from lie pock.
cts OF producers Until ~ en- reap the ben.
sfits Of sctivs coApetitioa, and hsvs the sbil-
ity TO change the means and routs OF trans-
poftstion, We will end no relief from our pres
co condition. Railroads il the great Ms
sissippi valley, among such . wealth of asri.
asltaral prodncss, Ase inss6icisss, and eleays
will b, 70 mess the wants Of our comanopce.
ater tnnspoftAtioe IL cheaper, ofmose onpa-
city, and tends more 70 invite settlement and
improvement along the line Of its course.
We hsvs nov gYcak naGaFAl outlet, which
runs through the heart Of this region, con /.
meeting the most fertile country on the facs
Of the globe With the ~, or the naeurai ship
ping facilities of S. Louis, and ~ tAsss OBJ.
structions already mentioned are checking
tho outlet Of our erain, and sending L
through channels whore s0rdid .monopolies
can grow rich and fatten on the spo,ls that
were never designed for them, vhiis he ex.
cessive freight demanded comes out of the
hard WORKING farmers Of the Northwest. We
are asare thst many persons ars opposed TO
the improvement Of these rspids, on the
grounds, We suppose that il will tend to build
up St Louis and draw the trade from riysl
cities. This question of unsei6 shusas aust
sink into insgni6cance before the great ben
efts that must accrue to the Usiied States
from the improvements suggested, and IL st.
Louis does become the first IN commsscial i'm
poftanee,> II 10 NO more thsa she 10 enti~
tied TO BY nature. Whea ~ ask for improve
ments in the interests u : river commsrcs
Which during the ysas 1855 amenstsd 70 81
600, 600 600, - an oct essential to the pros
perity and agricultural resources Of the
Northwest, ~s are 81 ore placing It upon such
marrow grounds. and believe thas The inter.
ests Of the whole couatry should Be coAsult
ed, rather than the claims Of few rival cities.
With these distractions removed, 20 o. 10 Il.
low uninterrupted navigation on the river,
wheat could bs shipped 10 Hev York BY WY
OF New Orleans 1t . cost Of 3Oc per bushel,
while the average cost or the presen. trans.
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