, 1870-04-04
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ROUTE.

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loslAne IN h' e1s *'u7eS pf0c1'ns'o W 'ae
o"'eAso "As"as4' :, ~ ous'5e "p'a
c9n'hetee' "se' ,no ooA4u VI Af7ae "
1nl" c1's 10 psohpas tsaa' anu tnosougn1y
reform tne e3's''ng noae OF ao'ng ousl-
ness Among o'ne1 .nlnss' ~ suggested
IN fecsn' afl'c'e' Ha. continuance OF
tnese ABUSES must result .neS'taplS In INC
os'ess'on .. gfn'n lso'n .n'S cl.y' ptooani5
70 e'een Day. "ls' upon ILLS, 1ne o.
nonss -1>e''ec!at REMINDS 1ne c"'ontese
mat there Is a M,ss'sappi h1EeF, ~ winch
oil the efa1n OF inc "es1 may be moved to
INC ocean, enealty ana e1pedlnousy'
1he ot- LOUIS paper s certainly correct
IN It's geoeFaphaea statement Ihore Is
such q nse1' winch fases neaf British Amos-
lca' hno. moving souto"a.my, empsaes INTO
tho 6un Of Me11eo. st. Loass Is ou'it
upon one o1 inc oanks Q, tnat faver' and
iof neat'S century 1As oecn "ans'ng 1or
'ne gram OF Inc Nof'n"os. 10 pass oo"n
mat a''eam On i@ WY - re" Aoss' new
Eneua1 o1naoa, ne" olunS"1c& ana
NOVA eco.a' anu 1afope' tnese - now
e'e', snu'A' "a" so'ernln6 'ne no'e-
"eo1 ot e1aln, ~ "en aa al otne1 ploouets
"'enoeo 1of sa'e' aao tna' H. nat IL VAL
SEEK tn!seaA'e'' II q very 0oPie tnln8
70 oa,'o oa9ees' anu 10 loSo tnem win gram,
aao 'e' Lae1n noa' Gown me alissassippf
.'''es 10 rev of'eans oot "nae @ 70 Dc
&c zone WILL Inc gram %nen II ge@ snele
1ne consumers AIe he'., III New iosk' new
Ine'a'uo, e1lH<1'' we" ntonS"'eA' NOVA seo-
~ al" Iorole, the ast-nehIlo''ed market
taking one bushel IN thlrty-three OF the
whole crop. Tho shipper of grain to New
Orleans takes the chnnces of waiting there
from one to eight weeks for a purchaser,
who, in the end, will only buy If he can ret
the article at sacrifice, and can charter an
empty ship (which has brought ballast frou,
Liverpool) to take it to Europe. That kind
Of business does not pay Moreover, the
grain TO be shipped to New Orleans must,
IN order to go cheaply, be transported in
large quantities in barees. These barees
cost considerable money, and are con-
structed for going down stream only.
When they reach New Orleans, their race
is nun they cannot be hauled up again,
but must be sold as drewood, at place
where fires are not much wanted Their
cost, when added to the charge of trans
rortation, renders the river movement 80
expensive, that it swallowed up, last year,
all the capital invested in the enterprise.
Grain can be shipped by rail 400 miles west
IF Chicago, and sold in New York, and the
proceeds 1einvested in q second stock before
it would have got half way down the river
in one Of these bpraoo, sud uhen tne Sea-
son ia ~'"f, VII! 10 Aouno lt'at Il costs
nlofe money 10 seno an ofoinass aooa OF
gfaln 70 New oileans tnan 70 ne" fork, TO
say nothing OF the time Lost, the olherence
N ps,ee, .ae ,n'esest on the money and inc
tac1 tna1 oy Tue Cn'eago foate there can be
nali dozen sh'pnents, 10 one ~ the other"
Inc sao experience OF those ahip-
pens VINO listened to the neon
sloesate promises OF INC d. Louis
o'a'a Assoeias'on, Inst year, rs enough
10 oete1 All o1ne1" from any 1u1'nef snip
, men' oi gram 70 . piaee ~nere 'nete Is no
@S.y 10 poy II. tnae 'oaa II 'he cneapes'
WHICH 'eaos 70 Piaee o, sa'e' anu III o'nees
are expensive tao"gn inc g1a'n pe carried
tof notane. Inc al'ss1ss'ppl 1''set' ana
tne tn1~sa aionea'ae " ~ "ln a'"a5s Us
. asaunD'a fou'e ~, 'ae .1Anslo.,a''on %