, 1870-11-21
THKRARM AND GARnEN,

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...,.- CHAMPAIGN, III, Nov. ~.
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Aae aateu9h.' *h:s md ,tp whom shs1yetl
te'l our grai* b. It t.4.ens,ta ap>d bdss +
Ese:y ehsnge tn tho busiuess sud couu.sroo
Of tne country bzangs III :nsn = ,opditiops that
we arc compelled to regard and s,.4sr or {sIl
bekad 4 tfn,eA- At GEE tame 20 waguehas |
hftAe4trtfs to Chicago, or soma river landing,
mainly tho former, md from Chicago thsyxe
by the lake. 10 Buffalo or QsHsgo, and thenoe
bJ canal to New. fo1k.., ,Liaes Of ptzitis
sehoana1s, ~ tt1n cotsred wagons Nese called. |.
welded thSs slns, totlsone E1y.to Chicago,
The drivers camping cat 1t night, both no the /
road and Aftas thav hkd reachsd thu city. Bat
tween C1srk attess and tbs river, south Of !
yan Bufen street, vas. > notable eandpidg- /
ground Tor this tsAae, whlle:s fa1osite point /
wss to reach tba Kas-A<mtnk fCaiumst) !
RiSst or the Deep1siues, whore wood, xa-
ter, and shelter wefn It htnds for the |
weary tesm and tired driver. Bomat1mss fifty
.eatns campsd It each Of these points nightly |
diving September. October, and November. |
from three to are yoke, with huge Pen6syl-
yznia waxcns. The farmers within seventy
Gve to sighty miles generasly cana to market
in open WaRone. With stngle span OF hoEsea.
This trlie wa4 verr profitable to tho city, for
It brought aluoet the ant1a population 10 tho
ai4r 1of their goods. Pork ctme to tho city
slaughtered or On foot. az
The 1e:chaut became large purchaser, for
she puspcee OF making exchange. Esch huvs1
had his wheat, corn, cats, OF Barley STORED By
a0fF &y44 he. yAA ha nd nt5f nm
its nesir. The Bo1rd OF rzAds, Inspectors,
BcsIpern. and warehouse rngs 'had not then
bean fnTetttd to test the naotsls Of the
people. Bnt the railroada soon proved that
new corEitinns must work chsnge, and the
| present system, NTH its good and evtl, came
| In its otdcz, Int with more Of good than OF
| evil. rtd yet the latter could be materially
! modified TO advance the ttuo interests Of MI
paIties- .-
tation to ,L- city and river landings, there
&as no Charge IN thu great ontlet to the East;
| hut The railroads It less crowded perioda tried
ths carrying Ut grain in bnlk, md found 1t
pro8,ahi=: /: sssd now. By adopting Al1aoat ,
potns ct. sud itn contents laid dawn =, any
! Depot ia tile Etst+rp Stxtea 1t cost little il
any greater than the short route to the lake
port - rail. then-e BY lake. csnAl, xnd rail-
road to its final destination. Let us
rec hor this works. and tho ohauxe that it u
ef1ecti,g In tho h1siness relations Of the East
and III Wtst, Jacob Baldxin u = booe zad
| shoe mtuufaotuEer It the East John 6imp-
ron il = miller 1t tha earae village, and buys
IN New Yak biz supply OF wheat ana corn,
| M1. BALDWIN s.Ils bis boots .ud shoca through
Nav York house. On 1onkinB over the daily
| price Ii1ts, they find that some o1a, atAndin8
bt tw eei Mir. baldwin and the retail dea3ef Of
lbs boots and shuea, ,HbaorbaA Eoodly pfoat, &no
tfat thei IL Argin Uver tue freight End cost oi
| grin 1t the West that some one Inskas il
| cost an unrt asnbabfe sum moro than It on8h
! to do. They two nEree 10 mako joiut ipves
tigatinn Of the unkEown quznsities, md one
Of them procet d. Weat- AT New York. ht
finds charges for c1e,Atlng and transporting
from the canal boats to tho railroad car, IN
tu1apco, am comm,seion; 1t Buffalo, elevat
iug from the propeller, transporting 10 th'
caDal-boks, and ineurance at chicAgo. Gle
vatlpg from ,ailroad CIR. storage, inauE
ance, commission, and change OF grad
from No 10 No. i. These ssrera
. Gums make u large aggregate whea adde'
to the freighss proper, bestdes tho vast
at each handling. Mf. Simpson goes to one o
: our interior towns, finds that he can charter
car that will lay down his grain At his yer
. door for less than al these petty suma aggre
: | gate: and he Boes into tho otep market, buy
frcm the farmers as they come in with thei
leads Of corn OF uheat, until he haa 1aid i
his stock. and them arTanges With aoms LOCI
t from time 10 t,me. These cars must com
r pack, md the ssveral roads over which tha
! | pats arc willing to load them 1t Ia:
4 than tha utu.l rates Of fteEgh
; Htr. Simpson has found that tt
{ manufactured goods Of his town a
0 retsiled u the place where hn is loading i
cars, and a11.l ges with the dealers to sc
!. them II 1osa4taetures4 cost, which, with th
a low freiglt.. il no email inducement to puI
= chaee1e, and tho roeu1t IL, the ca.a Are RI
. turned loaded with goods. In this maunt
3 there has sprung up di1ect trade betwee
J the Ettt and the West, In which neither Ch
= cago. st. Louis, Cincinnati, New York,
It Boston have an interest, aud iu which there
but cne commission paid. This trade i 10
'e When Chicago merchants began to drs
y their SUPPLE. direct from first hnnds, both
Il / hou1e aid abroad. they struck 4 blow at NJ
j. York that has been seriously feltt and whi
y the warehouses ct Chicago laid direct tA1
:. | the grain trads Of the West they Aaso struck
n fatal blow at the business that made tbs
- - rich and which gave them ! steads incou
New the lRrgsE ehhre ot ths grain crop pass
= through the new channels direct to the %
butIer. .-....-...
ae VALUE OF TIE M1Dn14XN.
This elano of men arc ueulnl ia En1ny !
erocts, bur they often take rather large t1
N Tie farmer seldom wishes to chip full C,
hss ch. neing works with hia nsighbors, to aid hi
a. in loading the car in one dAy aa required,
ia Ills will require 1t least ten good HaEo
er lrads. On tho 10th inst, nav corn was selli
"a 1t Champaign for 81 cen's pr bushel of 70 q
y Tie cohs aud labor SAVED In haultng, a
oR the rAsing OF two or three pounds to n
- = hu-hal il weight. will amply pAY for shel1ln
lly Ut shtll,ng and winnowlug four hundr
u bushels of corn daT. can be purchased I
Ter one huf dred dollars. In shipping rhs Cal
o. corn to Chicago We pay: