Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-18

per cent. Inc pacshBtn fcCcH'eS " :" .
company numbered in
1860. !, -t~iVVo.
$500. ............ v'''yNe'
This decrease Of 25i 900 packages YVES
entirely due 70 low water. The company
estimate their receipts for 1896. N case
there hsi been uninterrupted nasiga on ~
. 300, 900 packages.
The present method OF hnnaii"e ga" =
very expensive. The waste o. gram py esr-
rage in sacks, the extra labor the transfer
10 the shore, The damage, the cost OF ar
pauinc. and the injury TO the sacks amount
10 10 cents per bushei. The dangers of
navigation increase the insurance. The
pens of the Rapids add one half Of one
per cent to the price Of every bushel Of
grain which il shipped 70 market from tho
Upper Mississippi. This assessment upon
the industry Of farmers IL oppressive and
unnecessary. Under I'll the existing diff
culties, the freight Of cereals from the Up>
Ger Mississippi to New York 10 fer cheaper
by way Of New Orleans than il 10 BY the
llakcs and the New Yoik Canal. The com.
parative rates Of transportation from Du>
buque TO New York are
Via the Lakes ........G S cents per busheI
| Via New Orleans .....3 SO
DiG in fav. Of S. route. 80
The present cost Of shipping grain IRON
Chicago to Cairo by rail, and thence to New
York by water is no greater than the freight
10 tie same point by way Of the Lakes.
The existing winter tariff ON wheat in bulk
from Chicago TO New York IA
by the Lakes ....... ....... Ale per bu.
From Chicago TO Cairo by rail 20c
From Cairo to New Orleans by
| water ....... lie
From New Orleans to New York
by wafer. l-c
So great is the cheapness Of river earrings
that the rates Of the Southern route, IN
creased by 800 miles OF costly railroad tran
sit, do not exceed those Of the Northern
line.
There is an actual saving of 80 cents
bushel by the New Orleans route; yet, a
present, SO great IRE the delnys. risks and
inialiscics Of river transportation that The
Northern lines Of transit are still preferred
II is thought that, after the improve
ments OF the Rapids, the introduction O
bsrges for the transportation, and the erec
ton of elevators for the transfer Of grain IL
bulk, tho freight Il cereals from the Upper
Mississippi will be reduced TO % cents pei
bushel. After the completion OF these pub
lie works, the successful competition Of th'
Mississippi would compel the railroads Il
reduce their rates Of carriage. Even II there
was no change in the channels Of transpOr-
tation, this reduction Of freghts would it
self justify the removal Of obstructions il
the Mississippi But there will be chang
IN the routes Of frcightagc. uninterrupte,
water carriage always affords the chcapes
transportation. This fact Is forcibly illus
trated by the present movement Of cereals
More than 70 per cent. Of the grain receve
.. Chicago 10 carried therc by rail; but iron
that point only 10 per cent. IS sent East
waid by rail. Do per cent. ~ shipped b.
tho lakes.
The laws Of trade ultimately enforce obc
dicnce. The imperial Mississippi, whic
traycrses the central valley of this cont
nent, and independent Of its tributarici
washes the borders of ten States, will y,
assert it, commercial sovereignty. The Co
of Nature has invested this majestic strcar
with rights Of conveyance which no rnilroa
powers OF attorney can transfer. Teh till
of the Mississippi river to the commerce o
this valley is attosted With the divine signa
turc. The pro iuctinns Of the West will b
borne to the tide>water through channel
y hiclI the Architect OF Nature formed. Gu
Western rivers will soon transport IA create
wealth Of traffic than ever before oatcd O
inland waters.
1t is sometimes alleged that the heat i
the Gulf Of Mexico is too great for the sui
transport OF grain by the Southern routes
Corn is much more liable to be u image
he .V,a, thsvx no.
tho flour made from spring wheat is ia
moro susceptible oi injury from hnmidt
than the grain from whlch it is manuiactul
, I'd. Yet the present trade of New Orean
in corn aud spring wheat Hour is immense
Besides, the movement Of Western Cereal
is made in tho cooler months Almost a
our shipments Of grain are made from Sep
TENDER TO June. SO that, even if the mid
summer heat of the gulf was an objection I
, the Southern route. the difficulty would b
obyiated by the season Of transportation.
The fact that large quantities of wester
Hour is now exported without injury to tn
ports Of South America must not be isnor
cd. Wheat Is carried unharmcd from Sa
Francisco around Cape Horn to New York
The vast amounts of grain which nj
brought to Europe from the Danuban no,
inccs through the high temperature Of I'll
Mediterranean, reach their destination in
sound condition. The assertion. then tina
cereAs wonli Is seriously injured b
warmth and moisture in their passas
through the Gull, Is an allegation unN ar
: ian,ed by facts A fear so foreign TO coui
inefcal experience may be dismissed as
bas, less apprehension. Batthe MISSISSIPPI
river, though entitled by divine patent =,
the transportation of this valley, il now de
iiauded of its tights. An unlineai heir Ell
Joys the Inheritance. The value of til
traffic detected from the Mississippi int
unnatural channels reaches an annual az
/. gregste OF ;ens Of millions. In 1862 out
the 4s,Oo0,o0o bushels Of grain shipped t
Chicago, 100000 were brought fror
points on the Mississippi. According t
Mr.. Dodge. thrce-!ifths of all the wheat re
ce,ved in 1866 at Milwaukee and Chicag
came from the towns on the banks of tn
Mississippi. The shipments from rive
were
Flour, bbls. Wheat, b,
. East, 10y rail .2I3, ID 2,oJl ,0l
South. 10y river ...... 1892 1,i6S, S3
The following figures, furnished by Nj
Gilman, Of Dubuque, czprees the actua
cost Of shipments from Chicago to Nc,
York:
Date. Vessels. Bush. Freight. Sundries
Oct. /, ls65,P. p.
Cunningham. .l2.76l $4,6Os.o1 1892 6
Z, 1865, L. p.
Dorr ...11,6.9 5,52T.25 552
I" 81, 1865, Sailor
Boy. 1890 7,946S7 1850
I "3l, 1866, Ceiling
wood. 49,. 1898 6,634.56 1859
Nov SOS, Dolphin. IA, 600 Assoc 245.6
" W.FAllen ,374 4,O23 80 1868
1897 $S3 1856. Is $243s.9
, There was an additional charge Of 81, 49,
! ca at the Chicago Elevators. Hence III
! total expense Of these shipments vas $37,