Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-05-12

have drawn so relentleSSly upon the
sweat and blood of the farmer of the
northwest. 1t was proven by MIR:
Chauncey I. Filley, who was called
out at a recent meeting at the South
ern Hotel in ST. Louis, as the lead
ing and representative man of the
importing interests of the city, that
wheat could be landed from Du |
buuue via of st. Louis In Liverpool, |
at one cent per bushel less than the
price then existing in New York city,
thus saving to the grain shipper
of the Valley the freight be- |
tween New York and Liverpool
We have, since the remarks of Mr..
Eilley upon that occasion, noticed in
the Dubuque Herald cOrroborative
and conclusive remarks as to the coz
rectness of Mr.. Filley's position,
namely-That wheat has been pur-
chased in Dubuque at a dollar and
one cent per bushel which was only
bringing a dollar and four cents in
Chicago. and the cost of railway
| freight to Chicago was seventeen
cents per bushel-and which wheat
| could be laid down in New Orleans
| at the same rate, thus showing con-
| ciusively that the entire freight as
| between Chicago and New York was
saved to the Dubuque purchaser,
| which saving is clear gain and
shared in by the producer. So much
l for the export of grain in which Du-
huque is so well satisfied that she
has sent forward by the river route
about 2O0, 900 bushels already, besides
flour and other articles. Chauncey
III. Filley, in his speech, conclusively
showed that impOrtations from Liv-
/ erpOol could be made as cheap to the
st. Louis ievee as at the wharf at
| New York city.
The Chicago Times, undertook to
dispute that point with Mr.. Filley,
but was soon silenced by Mr.. Filley's
referring the commercial editor of
THAT paper to a Chicago house which
was commencing and had tried the
route by shipping from Liverpool
fvia the Mississippi river to Chicago.
| There has been, as is Well known
to the merchants of the Mississippi
VALLEY, a strong contest between
IChauncey 1. Filley (who is conceded
to be the largest queensware import
er in the West, and exceeded by none
in the East, and the Eastern and
Western dealers. Many of our West
ern people have not had a correct
idea of the advantages of the great
water route across the ocean and up
the Mississippi and its really cheap
er accommodations for imports than
to New York. But Chauncey i. Fill
ley has advertised this great route
as the cheaper and the best since the
removal of the blockade in 1866, as it
was prior to the war, and has spoke
for it, shipped by it, and is finally
seeing what he predicted-the mer-
chants of Chicago forced to use it as
a saving to them.
Chauncey L. Filley, speaking i'm
behalf of the importing interests of
the valley, proved to his hearers the
fact that he could land his queens
ware midway up the great river, as
low as it could be landed in New
| York. And he further showed that
it cost more-some three times more
Ito take it from New York to Chi
cago than it did to take it from Liv-
erpool to New York. So tlat for inn
ported articles any town along the
great Mississippi river stands to-day
in better position to buy and re-
ceive imported goods, and can neces-
sariiy land t EN- cheaper upon their
levees than can Chicago.
So much for imports. Dubuque,
at the other or upper end of the
route, shows by practical purchase
and shipping of wheat that she can
buy and ship via st. Louis cheaper
than via Chicago whereat Chicago
bowls.
Chauncey /. Filley did not limit
his hearers to his statements merely,
but produced shipping documents to
verify them, and so he showed that
if freights were equal as between Liv-
erpool and New Orleans and New
York that freights from New Or
leans to st. Louis were from twenty
to twenty-five cents per hundred
pounds, while from New York to
ST. Louis it would not be less ordina-
rily than one dollar per hundred and
in the same proportion to Chicago,
so that the freight from New York to
Chicago would be nearly double what
it would cost Chauncey L. Filley to
ship from Liverpool to St. Louis.
Chauncey L. Filley does his trade
direct with his manufacturers in
England and got up the patterns OF
the bulk of the ware he SELLS
Chauncey /. Filley has visited Eng
land several times to get up new
shapes, all of which he has contrOll-
ed in the United States market-a
fact which no other queensware
house in. the country can say Chaun-
Icy /. Finley has been SO impressed
from his knowledge of importing tina
the farmers of the valley can save
money by exporting their grain di-
rect To Liverpool that he has stepped
in and showed up the successful
working of his importations over
New York and Chicago to urge on
the interests of the producer and to
show them the great and controlling
position the valley holds.
Charneey |. Filley does more bust
ness through the st. Louis Custom
House than any house, with perhaps
the exception of Belcher's Sugar Re
fiuery, and he now has the largest
lsteck of queensware and glassware
lin the West, and Is pushing his trade
! in all understanding competition
from none, as Is proven by the way
he pats forth his market quotations
in the papers, and by his price lists,
which dealers can get by applying to
him by letter, or see by visiting his
mammoth fourstory marble ware
house, 400 Main street, st. Louis.