, 1869-04-20
THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION:
The Proposed Shipment u
Grain Down the
mississippi.
A St. Louis Paper Argues that it Will
Not Benefit that City.
The Convention Of Lake Boards OF
Trade.
What Buffalo SaFs OF Charges In the
West.


I'll 1uy FHoPosKD oKAIN MOVEMENT BENEFIT ST. !
LOUIE !
,ron, The 81, Louis Commercial Bulkti, 1pri[ II.
we are no enthusiast. The finger Of time points
m C-sn1i achievements consummated through | !
,rnr nnu popular excitement Heaven Tas not {
cached y the foolish attempt fo pne peaon On
n fneiT resources, as well as dss!pate their for
unes By attempting too much-ny enneaSoE1ng
grasp too far and W1ae @ iof Wetn eIaaP aaa P16wes 6
in practical yicT Of the matter, we must con-
'Teat nrsctcal advantage that st. Louis will de-
I've from The proposed enterprise Of shipping grain
n 6pik from he Upper Mississippi RI. TsE O.
,ot located In the heart Of the finest Wheat-gtow-
no region In the world, though several gentlemen |
1aye told us shat such ~ a. 14s ease, u sReeenes
KANSAS, Iowa aud Southern Illinois bears no com
1aftson to that Of Minnesota. Northern Illinois,
aaijty, and any reliable market report VII sustain
shc assefttou. The winter wheat Of 8l1 the hrst-
named districts is always nfelter, and three times
i lie heaSs Of the bcss whcai-growing
e oaass ss e% ne s az q St Assea
the prestige Of s.the Northern Jericho, las Mayor
kes That Is her speciality 1t Is not the specially
u 70 60 doubt, the people Of the North. especially
effort Of St. Louis to turn the grain trade down the
river; but 1t Is sefhsh 1oy-for, are they not to
ne Dnea tse as s ,6s eass III saS
happy TO see competitor in the market able to
measure blades with Chicago and the Eastern |
riser against the lakes aud 1ailroads-in which the
rewards New orleans. 100, Is happy at the
may % Be censummased; si lit her Happiness Is Ike
wise selfish; for the triumph OF the proposed grain
movement would make her the greatest shipping
Queen would again retu1n- II st. Louis Is willing
70 invest an hundred and rfty thousand dollars IN
ea viii s thsn sst o
much greater Is the ahyantage accrulng to her.
But ST. Louis stands forth n the champion In this
the victor, should at least nase q share In tho
spolls. WIN she: We say no. Five thousand
laden Tn tns Tsa Of The
oceanward, and jet We be none the better condi-
toned; and those same owls and bats, that the
heard singing doleful requiem In Chicago ele-
houses. even though an armada Of wheat sacks
St. louis has great and exclusive advantages,
hut 1t Is not In the Fraln business She is the
Pennsyisania Of tne Wes5 and nigh, a,,os oe
Is to be- i5ooisKfy "a think} Invested In taa
Utopian scheme, were nsed for erecting furnaces
ana macane snors 70 manul2csufe TaAfoau lTon,
such Is the madness OF the hour that this whole
community ts th1atnatea as 10 inc course OF lev
million bgshe!s o. ~heat seauesea oset sast
est iron mines IN the Forld, practically untouched
This should and might be the greatest tnanqfao-
turing eity n tae wo5la @ nnt iem asty . o. N ln W
halfway house between it. Paul and Ser Or
leans.
thia excitement originated, and also, further eln-
cldAtc tue lact that y LOUIS Is 70 dGlsc 40 gleat
pelent Essn saonlo sne Ploposeu s1a1N uaosctneut
M" oHlEAss' RrsroSsE TO 81 Ior1s.
a eteat mesu4g o. meteaants : anu Gap sap1Ial.sts =
nas neiu u y LOUIS, me otnes aa5' MaGh y Was
give The g!aiu t5ade Of ne Mississippi vallc! to
tae M y s d M r1,nns w ~
Rn IA p ,,a,, s .S ally Mem ~ - =
cap!ta! in the lake cities had diverted the grain
Haoe ilo ~ =; iI au ,t ms .h E
tai a. and business Of oi St Ious to prevent this from
becoming x tne a1ea pathway Of LUG sr'n' Ii seek
hg AZ aa5xet M tio co,,n,,- ,orr,oa - hav.
capita q ooo q WHEN sleo:oo was a.
once eubscfped aad pala ~, "n.en - ~ eone1ct ~
nc gtasn 10 81; e, Lon1s aha pass II on ~ ~" VI"
The question nov !. With New Orleans N .s whether
she e ae 81 tne bF Mne1 ef pV Scx oeaa &
st Louis men Temporarily abiding here aud acting
The r M tsa, Of a sf tAey are Re
men ana othefE. who shali nesome .! who arc now
ths ta o. oar an,
reScc a ScW 7sans .ns IN taa an tint
We shall form COMPANY her here lke the s., LOUIS
Graln Company, with nc lEe object and intent 70
control at thta end Or the great water way the
Certainly Il St Louis Is interested IN having the
grain Of the west, Which size shall gather togetaGr
eb e m
We ought to do as much.
cnapts sE5chansc s ever e i The 9as'aaa Sstoa
Denl, ", H1nan thts snect and n; 1srcnanfs
ana 6usness 1e I'm are Ete to Attend d.
TIE flseiVsAp sos' Nm 1t.nT ~ '~A' 0oA"D7 W
! 1,-o.r ,ax H., 3,,o Ear1.r-to1 4rr1 IT,
The % question st Of diminished transportation
enaEes tv ~ ~ nnaSie IN nearsy T. ~,
ssataHs .1v -; ,hs cnnntr The est has long Com
paoe ot me SIl II ths asme line she frajeS5
charges f1om t1s interior Of 1aose pots IoE 81
shaaa a oMesoaM sonaa - n yam W 'AS
ena,-s 5eonn thc fon,ur rcso,ut,on which
as as rasrea alna ~ Thence nt rhfca1n IN rho 1sfh
instant. that lie whole subject Is 70 be taScn into
nnnsi'ra,snn H a. Tonrnnt1on ~ RnerG. ~ Tr.;Ie
a. aome eaT31 ti.r. '~A30A - N' ~sr
MEs.aIs<a Thst itbc p,..,dcnt and prcctorv BE- rc,
f Ts "a p,l e
kee and Chicago to take into the question
q ehsarsnnK the SGT Of srsn.posips .e products q
tss nGa5ds taiGpfh . hf bs u
IN oint a such Tine snd piaee - tas Dre
tors may dcssna for Tho puIpoee therein set forth
| threatened diversion of trade bJ the Mississippi
River and GUT. The organization Of barge trans
81 the meThants M &c oi St. Lo9ts, and tie cheat
frel9hts nom St Louis and the Upper Mississippi
have ii last aroused the Chicago merchants to !
seqse @ q T. ;af1r nnStsne IN tne mpe