Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

much justice the Express filings tht
above charge Of extortiop in the teeth
Of the Buffalo elevators:
"We would draw attention to the
charges made tor handling grain a,
buffalo. This matter concerns every
consumer, and the existence of this
abuse at Buffalo is very powerful ar.
gnmcnt in favor of the early compile.
ton ct the ship canal around the Falls
y few facts will show how the
matter stands. At least 100000
bushels OF grain are brought TO Buffalo
annually by steam, As evidence OF
the oNtortion OF elevator charges, We
Will cite one case. y large propeller
unloadcd at one of the first class Gle
yators IN Buffalo last season, going to
! the elevator in the afternoon and being
cmptled by noon the following day
Her cargo was about .aa,oo0 bushels Of
oats, and for this service the elevator
ASSOCIATION received, for elevating
! charges st two cents per hushel, Sl,S0a,
Tor shoveling same 1t 81 per 1000
bushels. St50-total. $3.50. In this
! service $500 wonld have been a fair
remuneration, which leaves 1880 is
/ exIortjon.
When it is taken into consideration
that the eatice business can be done
| probably at one halt cent per hushel
i IS seen that the West is subject to
an eXtortson III one ana one fourth
cent on every hu>hel Of grain tran
shipped Al Buffalo What better ar
4 rualent III favor OF 4 Shin canal could
be made? II becomes a matter Of al
solUte necessity . get around Buffalo,
unieS> the Yves. wish 10 see a large
part Of the carrying trade diverted
from the Lakes and given to the Mis-.
! si>s;ppi, by which rver large shipments
have already been made to reach New
York by way OF New Orleans, owing
to the excessive charges Of which we
have spoken
| The New York Shipping List, a
leading commercial journal, discusses
the causes of the diversion OF trade
from the old route to the new one
down the Mississippi" and from this
article we take the following, to show
how the struggle for the trade OF the
West" is arousing an interest at the
East:
Our merchants. cooperating with
those of Buffalo and Chicago, becom-
inc alarmed at the turn OF affairs, are
! working to procure reform in the
transportation and handling of grain
by the lake and canal route, i'll order
to check mate the Mississippi move
ment, They rightly believe that cheap
storage and cheap transportation lie at
the bottom Of success; that i'll proper
ton as those charges are reduced, in
the same proportion will the chances
OF trade be filed
The struggle for the trade of the
Vest is arousiny an interest that has
never before been felt, and it will not
do to longer depend upon our present
inadequate and extortionatc facilities.
With the steady and wonderful growth
of commerce in the West, it is but nat
ural that the Mississippi route should
attract increased business; but this is
not the only diversion that our mer.
chants may expect. Efforts are max.
ring, with some show OF success, to di
vert the trade Of the West via Mon
treal, Portland, Baltimore, Norfolk and
Boston. Our merchants will do well
to bear these facts and their philosophy
in mind; for the spirit which dictates
such efforts is not likely to slumber.
y New York city paper, comment
!, ing upon the subject Of railway and Ell
eyator charges, complains that the rail
way charges on grain from st. Paul t
Milwaukee or Chicago, are higher thar
those from the lake ports to New York
city. though the latter dstancej i,
greater. It says that the charge, pc
ton, from Chicago to New York, OF
grain, ranged, in 1868, 81 o2 on corr
and 81 80 on wheat. The charge from
st. Paul to the lake port of Chicago
$50 a ton for first class freight, SIG 70
second, sll for third and 50 for fourth
The charges on freight from othe
points west OF Chicago to that plac
arc at corresponding high rates. Thu
II it will be seen that the Chicago Jonl
nal did well in disclaiming any inter
:, ton to champion the cause OF th
u railroads. for it would have had
} tough job On its hands in the attemr
to champion these extortionatc rates
{ The Davenport Gazette opens a we
: considered article on the grain move
: ment as follows:
After bleeding the West most e
IS fectually, until the West concluded
Il would be bled no more, the Easter
f. railroad cormorants, grain handler
and those affected by them, are gettin
a little frightened Frightened les
l. the plans OF the West may be carrie
(, out. The products Of the West vi
y not be carted around the lakes and raj
it roads at the enormous tariffs whic
! have so long eaten up the profits {
t producers. Down the Mississippi i
barges is the word now. II Me-
S York wants the handling OF the mi
e lions OF bushels of grain of the Missi'
e sippi Valley, her merchants may bull
a ships and run them from the elevator
/ at New Orleans to their own port
# otherwise shipments direct to Live
!. pool can be made, and Western pun ST
k will be swelled by the operation. TIL
y purpose OF the West to no longer sui
i nit TO extortion is settled--and we
c understood
And the following from the St Lou
: Democrat is worthy Of our serious a