, 1869-08-24
TUESDAY, AUGUST q, 1860.


GRAIN FEok ST. LOUIS TO CHICAGO.
The Mississippi River Grain Trans
Jg1sation" bal Bile has bErst Some months
:.to one steiner carried down to New
ORLEANS, fso:a point in Northern Iowa,
II t,tt Of barsos containing several
J. ';lons II bushels If grain, barrels Of
! ~, >a@'s Q! com, and other products.
. !" Il markets Of the world" were
l. TIA y. senceforth Europe, md !Asia,
-! i were TO be supplied with
ir-i from st. Louis, cid
H.', The grain association
=: 81. L.. invested largely in these
sT:vs--'! ,'e-e convenient, and each Of
'.,la* -: u capacity to hundred or
ss.ar. = ..":s =: but nevertheless they
s*.~s lasa,y- IL.y could afford to take
t;-.::u - = = t.l,ans for utmost the same
ra:.'1 !: ! ~: lint il cost to get the same
At-sa a ): u. tue Enc Canal. Ths down
t:7l' r safe profits, but once atsNew Or
LAS. III: d to be done with the barges :?
1Lex 8: me Mississippi River always
r';-s { v. 20 the sea. Loadad barges could
r.; ls brought up stream, nor empty barges,
tartp: lt an cnormous cost. The New Or
!..:.s people did not want them, so the
-!ec transportation business became fear
.llH'. ST. Louis then subscribed sec, 900
T. III ID "four ocean propellers," which
ND trade between Liverpool aud that
t:t., Il tie fact that these propellers, if
;.!t. wouM I'll pass through the Illinois
River 2ad Steamboat Canal improvement
'''A:cago. knocked that proposition in the
ir-l. In the meantime the j" st: Louis
t'r,i2 Ass. has been flooding the West
'ss'': { Ec,:lars Offering tie same prices for
-4.s: + that place as were paid at Chicago,
80! "a ring the last few weeks the farmers
Nj die md Southern Illinois, and Of
I"~4. and Wisconsin, hare been sending
t..''.f ruiz f,y water to that point The
v lily uf the frog initiating the OF has been
II. .'s'd. For the mere temporary graft
I. 10: Of being able to announce THAT
. T:.s,, Ci7ea number Of weeks grester
-,.. .. Of wheat Lad been received at st,
.::', 'han in Chicago, the people Of the
! N'r Il strict6 were 6ednced into sending
i;'' + ain 10 the former city. What is the
Ht,:t:
i,"' =r@!a; there reached Chicago the ad-
'"',st s'!Al1un Of feet Of canalboats.
e.: s'4'' & three trains Of cars, from St.
l. I'll. irnglng winter wheat from tha: city
'=>tlsc;'.' All along the canal, from Joliet
T. lI.s-;":' AID I'll down the Illinois River,
te !"'::, C. -7ipg to Chicago loaded with
VITA, s!..,i- !sal been sent to St. Louis,
z; T.. >.tra there is there neither pur~
'!-:4se: . = s44c"rs Of reaching tie ocean;
-: vi 4, =. .coaentarily diverted, finds
- VIZ =, :.-;u al chanue1 through Chi
{ -. ! :sttId has also lcen impressed
! nd II 49,. in relicvingst. Louis Of the
rr!4sI i! r-4ch it bid, BIZ for which it has
I" :.:cr ic...
We do7not know, Of course, upon whom
'..' 4 Of this business will fall. Il the /
- I-eE;s Grain Association will pay the
! .ndNc,r and. Gi73ds among its members
'Lr expense Ct its teshipment to Chicago,
WY Ssll; but I the shippers, who have
!! a'Ec:d te send their grain to that
I a.'. have 10 bear the expense Of forward
:: ~ to Chicago for sale, then St. Louis
81 .ci't hhAbbily, and may bid farewell to
"a L'l'of ever being grain market. It
-, lr:.'r turn its attention to the capital
sslEess. and not let Keokuk, nor Nau7oo.
hcs .loines, nor Rock Island outwit it
:, 'lSi enterprise. Better abandon the
.!,;'. az tho ocean propeller, and the
'':'s 's'4es business, and look forward to |
:''..::'ni 1turo as city Of quiet boarding
p '-'"s t'r the accommodation of those