Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-01-01
Che Ratlruau 9ursttun.

wish 10 call the attention Of the people OF
Washington county to the benefit they viii derive
FROM the construction Of The road from Montpelier
TO Wells River.
Washington county, like the rest Of Vermont,
is a producing county, The amount Of the pro
ducts of Washington county sent TO the New En-
GLAND cities u year is very large. ! am Informed
That AT least one-scventh of all local freight put
10 the w. Central between Bouses's Point and
Windsor is put on at Montpelier.
The value Of all the products we sell is regulated
b, She markets in the Atlantic cities and the price
the farmer gets for his cattle and the products Of
his farm. or the mills and shops. is all governed
by that price, dcductiug the freight and the com
mission 10 buying che same.
The purchaser in buying the products adds the
freight to the cost part OF the sum paid for the
property. Therefore every dollar deducted by the
railroad from the freight is dollar in the pocket
Of the producer.
II the price Of potatoes in Boston is 80 cents per
hushel and the freight is Is cents, that 9 cents
must be deducted from the price Of the potatoes.
If the freight should be reduced oue-half Their the
farmer would get cents per bushel more for bis
potatoes ia consequence Of the reduction in freight
The freight all comes out Of the producer Of the
property sent OF, aud The consumer Of the proper
iy brought back
The merchant adds the freight to the price paid
for the goods and treats 1t part Of their cost,
and adds his profit on the whole sum paid. There
fore the consumer not only pays the freight, but
the per cent added by the merchant 20 bis goods
Now see how Washington county is situated as
TO the price Of freight. If the price paid for
freights is in proportion TO the distance carried,
Washington county, as will appear 10y the prices
below. is further than Chicago Is from Boston.
am told the price of ireights is higher from Mont
peler TO Boston than from Chicago TO Boston,
through Montpelier. | have been informed, aud
suppose il true, chat the price Of freight per ton
from Burlington, Ogdeushurgh, Chicago and
Montpelier TO Boston. is as follows;
Montpelier TO Boston, per ton, SlooO
Burlington do do 900
Ogdcnsuurgh do do ZOO
Chicago do do $3.50 60 900
This is for FIRST class freight. was recently told
by person dealing iu wool in this county, that be
bought wool the past season in this county, and
also in The West; and that he got bis wool carried
from the city %. Toledo, Ohio, through Montpc-
licr. with tie right Of taking it of the cars at
Montpelier and reshppng 1t to Boston. so cents
per one hundred pounds less than he had TO pay
ior his wool pui ON to the cars at Montpelier.
Two other persons in Washington county the
past season were az Cleveland. ho and purchas-
ed "A quantity Of ptlts and dried applcs which they
sent from there 10 Boston for less price than they
could have sent the same from Montpelier
DO they lose money on ireightiug from Oglens-
burrh aud the other places named? or 10 they
charge an cxorbitant price from Montpelier?
Tie Hon John A. Poor, of Portland, railroad
director, in learned Grafton delivered on the Alb
~ guy i1s'' A' 'A''o"N V'iV'N''''
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,i'o wa, p'i"t I ~ .i 'ii''', ~, p,',
ue on tu'1ugh HNe rom N2uens""sn 10 io't
"nu' az / - GEMS per ''ue lyt l,n ,,'' 1oS'
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avn 'n'o' l"on 'lS' "o oi'Se's ", u' All o''''
~ Nerno"t es,'ueu oo"'e ''io 'et's'a'u'r Nv w
la9t session, 'a' 1t vo't '~o V1'S ~ 10" 'oi ii'
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would be ~ per ton toboSton' hus by then
! own admission lney are enAiBinR @li Pct 'Vil Oh
hrst class reRhl more Juan II costs liou A'nlhs
'oI oDuu! 80 ,l, c,,.,.. ,c w, .t;,,,
~" Hoe' 'H'' ''i'01' '''' ''i'e'' W s'o"
'oT';'! - 100 .,, ,,i,o. a,,. ,u,,,, ,.o. ,,
; -! n -.
/ gagged m aehding potatoes 10 maFSSi' w1al PHo'
ne pau LOT car 10 pos'o" iie 'GiI i'ie So any
uat nc eoulu put "uouV 10y uu s i"'o '''
ms Woulu n1Ae 'he iIe'en' A''tr cents per pu'l
el a SiI "i' carry yen 'o"'' luz pV,Una'V' "
purchasing aca,-'oau o' Po'a'oes WIN uouuue ~
HeiBnV WnSn ne '%AS your PottoeS AZ luAst - Vss
Poi "u'"'', q" go' r. 0as vi uo''' ~ % ~
per ton, or Twice Inc NAue oil the relght 70 carr,
IT, as fs,''eu 70 oy Ia',oai "en' aS ''ui eSalu
ii you Ieuuce lAe IrelenV 10 - per ION Tue Ia'I"u
viii save AZ leaat oents per uusheI' OF SiU On
car-loau Oh potatoes tne sau,e Pr'nciPai Wih aP
Ply 10 nus iuinuer gram oA''le' anu "u Nv pro
u9T me mn nfiiit d r HUI NJ rSddeed 60st
rais;no notatoos Win be the same. whether the
seu M % or 20 cents per bushel, and so with Tia
other farm products.
You may well ask. why the freight is so niue
b;aher At NIontnelier than az the other plac,
t named The reasons are, there are no oompe tin
rosds nj Nentrrler. bnt the other places name
Z Il. H., 81, fr.,, 81