The Cairo evening bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1868-1870, 1870-01-12
[ Hers follows q cut of our elevator

tCairo the 81. Louis Barge Line con
meet with the railroad aud take the
wheat directly from the cars or from the
ELEVATOR without extra charge. Last
winter over half q million bushels of
whest were sent to New Orleans by this
route, and the probability Is that much
larger quantity Will pass over the route
Turing the present winter.
The point we. wish to make Is, that
" pushsd for ward TO- Ottumwa,. and
thense. hsstsned Apidly on to Cedar
Fails, and so on through to the Mime.
sofa line. This would tap the sources Of
supply which feeds the Central road
and turn o large portion OF the Iowa
grain tn this city, rather than to Cairo,
We have not the slightest objection in
the world to the carrying by the Illinois
Central railroad Of oil the wheat or suy
other class OF freight they can get %
carry; In fact, we prefer TO sse them
prosper rather than not, but we desire
more than this that st. Louis should in.,
crease her busihsss-especially her win.
4 We are on ths very bed terms with
tlno Illinois Central Compony, and there
y not man In their empty whom we
do not respect, but this must not deter
US from, urging our Merchants TO give
every aid 70 the North Missouri. Push IL
forward, gentlsmen, BY every means In
your power to completion, and then en-.
courage the completion Of those Iswa
lines which wsuid give Us command Of
. great spring wheat area and furnish
business for all our mills during the win
ter months. ' ~, '.'. IN,
Every mill in tho city should now 30
running full time on spring wheat, pre-
pairing low grade flour to I'LL the early
southern orders with. They are not,
though. and why? Simply because there
II no spring wheat here. What will be
the result? Our mills will stand idle
our miiicrs have the bluss all winter, tho
early Southern orders foe low grades will
e. 70 Chicsgo--tto Cairo, I'd, B. her
merchants will make the money ours
should make, and which ours would
make, too, were the winter route for
OF our railroad connection with the Iowa
roads. With every year Chicago gains
upon st. Louis as -four manufacturing
city-not that the South like 70 trade
with her, but that they cannot buy what
they must hdec In st. Louis, WAea Msy
rant Il, and In Chicago they can. eco,
st. Louis could command the great
bulk Of the low grade -four trade done
With the South were she to provide, sure |
ABILITIES for obtaining q full supply of |
Ipring wheat during the winter months,
md We feel II 70 DO our duty to urge our
nerchants TO do what they can TO pro.
Tide such facilities. a..
To all OF which we have TO say that
,airo will quiet oil this contention. In
lus season, by furnishing the South the
'ulk Of low grade -four, Of prices that
vill ct once remove all inducement 10
% to either 70 81 Louis or Chicago. Our
|our sales during the past year have fal.
en- but little short Of . quarter million
arreis; this year 1t will reach . half
aillion, next year q million, and three
ears hence Cairo will send more -four to
hs Southern market than Chicago and
T. Louis combined. This u Inevitable,
nd we would suggest to eur wrangling
-iends Of the Mound and Lake cities
bat 1t In quite useless to struggle against !
he inevitable.