The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-05-07
Influence OF Railways Upon Ag'
ricUittirc.

/ The Chicago fOSt. Ill commenting up 7
on the great advantages thai arc derived
from the railway systems Of the North .
west. as paramount means Of commerce, I
says the influence Of railways upon agri-
culture is shown by many interesting
facts. Ii is well known that the COM
mcrcc between the East and tie West is
. nearly altogether carried on by way Of,
several great arteries, namely: the Erie
E canal, the Oswego canal. the Champlain
canal. and the New York Central. the
Erie. the Pennsylvania Central. and the
! Baltimore and Ohio Railroads. The lake
tonnage of this commerce il reshipped
: nj Buffalo. Oswego. or Ogdenshurgh.
, TIE carriage by canal is less than one
third of the whole. In 1862, tie tonnage
'ibv canal was $4,000: b. RAILWAYS. g.
/, Ols.i52 -tlnc proportion in favor OF the
railways now being siill greater than
|, this. Not only this, bn; The railways
have scared to the producers OF the in
terror the prices Of the Eastern markets.
! This is shown by the fact that prices Of
i meats and flour have not been reduced
in the Atlantic markets, whilst they have
!, been doubled. and. on some important
J. articles. trebled. at the West. Take the
: case of pork forexamplc. Twenty years
!, ago. the average price in the West was
:, less tlan So hundred. Railways have
eimole than doubled the average price
= and II is estimated that the West makes
- an annual profit i'm excess oftwenty' mil
J. lions more than could be made withou
{. the RAILWAYS. And rs ills with pork. st
:. 1T is with other agricultural productions
); The speed and cheapness Of railwa,
:, characterization have brought the OLD
= CHEAP prices Of the West up to the higl
=. prices of the Fast
49, Thus we arrive ut the principal fact
-. the prodigious amount of business Gre
:; lated bv railwavs. The farmers havin:
J.. thus the ADVANTAGES Of the best market
=, - and prices. wonderfully increase thei
= productions. In 1850, there were in tn
!" states Of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Michi
ran and Wisconsin. less than tllirtecl
hundred miles Of railroad in 1890, thcr
~ were more than $500. Here is tabl
:, showing the principal productions Q
tn .se States in 1850 and in 1860:
NJ In lsao in iso'
a. Bush. Wheat, 3o.si5.4a5 1898. l6
all Bush. Corn, l77,S!n.4fl 2So,2's,oo
ne Bush. Oats. c26IO,25i 51Oi3;33
10 Bush. Potatoes, 13,4l7,s96 27,1sLD
u lead Cattle. o,45o.,Vo o,otI'VO
he The ag sregate Of wheat. rye, corn, oat
ed, barley and buckwheat produced in the'
oi States was in 1850, 255, ,240, ,444 bushcl
ca. and in 1860, 400 369,7l9 bushels. being a
tolincrcase much beyond that of the pop'
ne lat.on. tits estimated by the best stati
Inc ticians that the construction Of railwa.
re- in the five States here named has e
Db- hanccd the value Of the farming lan'
or not less than four hundred millions
hs' dollars. r gaa fyE-..t'
es- Agriculture being the basis Of all O
:. commerce. the increase of all branch
5i!- Of business has kept pace with the rap
Is increase in the extent and profits Of hu
ma bandry. 1t is the simple truth that hu
on, drcds of millions of trade now annual
Is carried on would be absolutely impos
Tor bic but for the transportation suppl
r BY railroads; that if the railways shou
,ess be suddenly stopped, crops would rot
mas the fields, grass would grow on
nee streets of our most thriving Weste
''od, cities, and our greatest tcommcrcial hou'
me. would perish for the want of anythi
'ho to do.
ocs BAD IN IT'S EFFEcTs.-A Washingt
not correspondence says: "lt turns out u
be General Grant was sick again last SAT-
tie day. When in this condition lie is VI
c to irritable and pccy;sh, though other III