, 1866-01-24
FROM MINNESOTA.
The New Railway M Mznin-ExcItcnien
In Prospective Hallway Ccutrcs-A
Cautaon-The Railroad Monopoly
Danger to the Trade Of Chicago.
lCoretpondence Of the Chicago Tribunal

In Prospective Railway Ccutrcs-A
Cautton-The Railroad Monopoly
Danger to the Trade Of Chicago.
Correspondence OF the Chicago Trsbune.]
OwAroSsA. AIuu., jan. 10, 1863.
We're you ever in town afflicted with the
railroad mania? II not, come mp 10 this
section OF country and see a spectacle ct TO
mskc the gods laugh. Whole towns bitten
acd rabid. Each positively sure OF at least
Jour roads centreing within their own "city
limits" and Of course, making that the
are not uncommon where, ten ycars
aco, the foot OF white man
was quite Uncommon. And elevators
of 100 900 bushels capacity arc being built,
while the cars are not yet in sight. 1t ill indl-
progression OF this ofIshoot Of New England:
but the mad excitement and tumultuous haste
Of the people over what must come of nccessi-
ty in its own good time seems almost absurd.
II must be akin to the chicken pox, Itch, and
the measles in the verdancy Of childhood, a
necessary evil before reaching the dignity Of
through with young. There are here in over
flowing abundance all the elements of
future greatness climate, soil, and min
eral 'wealth-whicl, will no doubt make
it one of the finest States In our
Union; but there u great danger that its
crippled by this: Wild and fndiscriminate
building ofcastlcs in the ali, on tie strength OF
promises Of railroad managers aG to the locn.
tlon OF roads, when, in TACT, the course of
scarcely one Of them Is definitely determined
upon. 1t seems strange that the lessons' of
cade in which 1t has taken the ruins of four
companies to complete one road 1.-THE McGrc-
gor Westerly and In which Lacrosse " farm
mortgages have impoverished whole coun-
tics, there should be found men. blind
enough TO repeat the same folly and run the
same risks. The railroad monopoly of the
Northw est, combined with the packet swim
die on the river, has bled this State terribly
the last two years, and the feeling 1t has en-
eendered toward Chicago, can assure you,
Is not at all in her favor. Naturally inclined
to give her its trade, It cannot do So except
not. Unless something Is done 10 remedy
this evil by your merchants, they may expect
another year to see almost the entire products
of this vast region borne by them on the
broad bosom Of the Father Of Waters to their |
most hated nvsl;~ and the Lines of trade
IT extremely difficult to win back what Is now
her own. St. Louis yon may be sure will not
be Idle, and this opportunity oi adding to her |
own commerce and diminishing yours will be |
improved to the utmost And why should |
ehe not? Is there my Justice, any decency,
In demanding .. cents Tor carrying puseel
ofg1ain 500 miles, one-ha1f Of 1t by water!
No doubt to those who have the handling Of |
The profits such state OF affairs Is extremely |
fntisiactory; bnt to those who suffer BY ii,
the farmer who pays more for transportation
than he puts into his own pocket, the mer-
chant whose freight bills nre larger from
Chicago here, than from New York 10 Chica-
70, and the jobbcr Of your own town, whose
ftade ii is destroying, 1t Is not so amusing.
4 free people We are truly. when monopoly,
he smallest end of minority, can thus
rle and ts1 them at their will i am a true
:ssucker'' and feel the deepest pride In her
chief city and in her Institutions; ,bnt this
nightmare to industry, this monster among
enterprises which has been cngcndeEed In her. |
midst, Is blot upon her fair name, a "worm
eating + the bud" and threatening omen
of future evil, which cannot think Of With. !
utshamc. "Look to your laurels ere they !
be gone" "JoNBs."