, 1866-04-21
Tho Storage Qurett0n-A Fnr1ucr'a Ticw
Upon the Snhfect.
STERLING, Nhirt.ide County. II,t
Autfl IL fEspi
Editors Chicago Tribune

Editoss Chicago Tribune:
In 5our lssne o! the l7th- Jon give ypur readers
The new tariff Of ate4 established by your elevators
for the ttot1ge Of grain for the com1nF aea.on and
remarked, with reference 10 the sauethat you SUD-
po*e The change IN fae1 from lie per bu>he extr.
atoEaCe. per non1n, 10 SC pr p1.s..4 hs, v.n IN,
tfOduccd IN order to eject the speedy shipment al
grain. Well. Ktb1s be 20, wny not nakt il &C. Of
1oc Instead Of 3D. Certainly, according 10 this
fCAeoutng, Gcof 10c would expedite shipnueot. far
more speedily than &c, and as II appeass to me.
there quite II much reason IN teeh1inr or
quadrupling list years 1ates a, Ia
donbltnK. Let 10 look at It md sce,
Il understand the two tarira your
eleEaoss received list rear 1t the fste Of 17c mr.
ssa1 fos handling and storing bushel OF crato.
ta.ieA occupies As space Of oniy o1osa oa< cae fat
That L, buahel Of grain, occupying one cubic
foot OF fpace, renamed III ono Of your Eteyators
during The year 1s6s, they would recel.s Tic nc,
huahel for the uEe Of this one loot Of spsce, For
khs same thing this year they propose charge &C.
Nos don't know how this looks to others, bu, To
me ii looks Ike dotcuri9M ertorsioa, nuu ZEE M
naSon- a said beiote why they shonld not ctarrn
Sic for this foot Of space or Csc ~ well a nc
But. u your tupposihon cos1eet' Do your slesa.
totr desire the speedy removal OF Grain under thi,
new tsr5r: One would naturally think
not. An elevator holding one million
buehels Of g1ain under this ncu tarif would ea.u.
II tiled, md lae gratn allowed to remain III store
swe4~~ sssonthe- Fam Doo. One wou4e sstu..1;v
think tat the lonEef grain se1nained in etorr IT
this rate the better the propr1etafs Of your eess
tnss wpn1t likc 1t.
There must be rome o:hcr reason for thi. chsnee
Of tartf; and IN inclined to think II Is 10, the
purpose oS doubling up the fortunes Of the pron,i
etos OF The elevators father Than the -peedY shin
ment CT The gr2iu- Tuee was no business In ,he
stats equal 10 that Of your elevators under 1ss,
5eaF's taEtf, and now for them to nearly doube
rates, a Of which Gomez out Of the pockets Of The
producing cissses in the end. looks to Us very uc
Ike ex&ortion- How does 1t look 10 you'
Lookina Al ihif storage bns,nr.s from my point
gard 10 ihe ~hole matter I.hlp, ~ 1860 nushei.
Of wheat to your city to the carr Of whoerrr nav
fsleet When a.,5ves IL Jour asy have 10 con
wtthou' paying wbsiever tax yonr elesatoss see 1t
10 a-sest ior stEivlug and handling the gram from
ee1,. @ I'd I'm otl,eed 10 sunii beesa.e sf ,leq asq
ss'c The power and aee 1t 70 deu1sud il,
Now this Is sn Wrone. There Is nothing |
sided anangcment. I: vii moi last aiwa,s, TSese
VIII comes oay when the rights Of al parties viii
9e e9usSS ~ faecsa mt 80 Long your Board Of
taxing the pEoduce Of the s1ate jest whatever heT
see ht lot .he purpose Of eufichmc fhe,r own
pockets a the e1pen!e Of the producing cia.aes.
that lski years ratee did not return to four ceyatnr
not oaly roy hana,ome bas az
duced 10 saJ Hord. but when kuow ttat lou,
elevators pad intt year handtoneT return on lhe |
c1pltHl inFc1tsd than any other Investment in the
State think. when II is proposed 10 nearly double
that iEeome. have r1Pht to compain, e-pcc,a!ly
n an The one 10 ertncr fot 1t
1uDdefstand vFhat henent your elevators arc,
eyety wny, and am one Of those who do not OBJ
teet 10 besa.ly and eenerou.ly 70. the ben.
rdts which they afford in The way Of handling and
n0'1nR our products: At the same Time believe
there Is such thing "a justice which II paramount
tn I'll other considerations. and when bee dsrpo-
Bitfon npon the part o! any to ignore this pnncI-
pie. ride rungh4hod oveT ihe community, aad en-
|orce e1tortione. merely because they nave the
7ower propose to iet mT voice he heard. particu-
arly upon matter which 2dels me 10 Nlsity a.
nie doee. Il Seems 70 me Il would be well :ur 5ouE
Chicago people to look into this uatrer lttt'e,
think they vail Of these dAye ind it fot iheir
interest 10 give II little Thought. If no1 take II
nto their pNn bands. viii. view TO regulating Ii
onewhat. In no city At the East, or In ihe world,
1t from Lake Michigan, could tuch q syetem be
ai11ca on fos moment, and am inclined to think
vii be the shnc 10 Chicago before sour city ia
;rea1 many Jtnss older. FAExER.