, 1869-04-20


The people Of the Northwest have heard
that 500, 900 have been subscribed mn,
paid IN at St Louis to erect warehouses
and purchase grain, to be thence sent on
l'arees to New Orleans, and pass th.ouob
elevators at the latter city to vessels boun1
to New York or Liverpool It il aroue1
that the producer will get more for his er:,in
at st. Louis than he can ut Chicago, anu
that the grain will be delivered cheaper at
New York or Liverpool than it can be hr
way "f Chicago and the lakes. It follows,
tnen. that the saving is to be in the cost Of
transportation and handling.
"" publish series of articles on this
s':f,jrct this morning:
l. An article from st. Lonis paper,
showing the impossibility Of making that
city grain market; also showing that. if
evez grain finds its way to New Orleans, it
will pass hy, and not be warehoused in St.
luuis.
. An article from New Orleans paper,
Offering aid and comfort to st. Louis.
:. An article from Buffalo paper, adyis-
ing the convention Of the Boards of Trade
Of the lake cities to reform the charges for
handling grain in Chicago.
!. An article from Kansas paper, an-
nouncing that Chicago merchants have
already devised plan for monster canal,
draining the lakes into the Mississippi
River, for the purpose Of making New Or
leans the seaport, instead Of New York.
5, A letter from o house in Pakin, Illinois,
declaring That shippers Of corn to Toledo
can realize seven cents bushcI more than
they can in Chicago.
1t is well that the people Of this city and
State should know how this important snb-
ject is regarded elsewhere. The cost Of
transporting and handling grain, from tho
time it leaves the producers hands until it
reaches the seaboard, is the question which
ove1rides all others, and upon that point
must necessarily turn the decision Of the
rvHte the grain IS to take. The producer
sells to dealer in the nearest railroad,
cannl or river town. That dealer pays for
the grain Just so much as will leave him his
profit. If he can send his grain to Chicago
for less money than he can send it else
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hanao eoula SEND hef gram 10 New LORE
tE Ray o1 lineage 1or less money tnaI sne
can now send 1t by the Enc Canal,
every bushel OF 1t would come here.
from the p11ce at the senboard must be de-
daeted the intermediate expenses u hand
ling, storage commission, insurance and
freight. That route which can reduce these
intermediata cbarrcs tn The lowast eun,
other things being eoual, can command the
vbolo frade. Until onr shin canal is com-
pleted to the Illinois River, Chicago must
depend On the railroads for bringing grain
to this city. These now pour into our Iap
tie cereal treasures of the West.
They bring across the hfissis-
sippi River, from the further West,
lie annual crops. It is with them to say
whether thev will exact such mites Of freight
that the grain they now bring to Chicago
shall ston Mt the river and find n cheonar
exit 10 the oceon. viii thcv abandon thcir
business. sell off the;. cars. ard 20 out Of
grain transportation al,vge.,cl. ovcs
these roads Chicago has no control; but We
question much whether any road running t.
Chicago will continue to exact tolls OF
grain to the extent Of permitting theil
business to pass from them to the river line
Of boats. The same may be said Of lax
transportation, and Of rail transportato,
from Chicago to the East. The man il
Chicago cannot buy grain 500 or 200 mile
.~nt4 OF west, if the freight hither and th
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VI na'luAins Aoo storage, anu inc charge 10
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uiiee1 iesan1os u tne route 1of gram
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not do 10 reduce f1elghts and add the n
ducuon 10 the commissions, the storage 9