Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-04-28

But the tax is only 50 per year, for
three years, while at low estimate
on the advantages he would derive
from it, we have shown that to pay
it i'm one year, he would save $2l.90.
But we have not estimated the rise
in the value of the land. Say the
building of the road increases his land
So per acre, which is a low estimate,
and we find on his so acres he would
have an increase of $500.
This is no fancy picture, but plain
facts, which any farmer can use as a
basis to figure out the advantages of
the road in his own individual case.
Where farmer has two and three
hundred acres of land, and raises q
large amount of wheat, the margin
which the Milwaukee market would
bring to him, over that of Chicago,
would aggregate much more.
Now as to the advantages of the
Milwaukee market, over that of Chi
cago, read what Mcbride, of the Ell
dora Ledger says. He has just been
there, and is speaking in behalf of
the interests of the people of Hardin
county.
Milwaukee, is in
deed live place. 1t has between
seventy and eighty thousand inhabis
tants, This Is the great wheat mar
ket of the west. 1t leads Chicago by
hundreds of thousands of bushels |;
and it leads it by its own citizens. in
stead of New Workers being the pur-
chasers. There were one mil
lion and six hundred thousar,
bushels of wheat ia store when 7
was there, and the, had Skinned
about 100000 Bushels since naviga-
ZION oSneu. They shipped 10000
.ushels the day was there. The
paying price, too. the day was
there ranged from two to four cents
bushel higher than i'm Chicago. -
The cheat, too, which Is disguised
by the name of "shrinkage," is less
in Milwaukee than i'm Chicago. Ask
any shipper, and he will tell you
that in shipping to Chicago, he loses
from six to ten bushels in car load.
One farmer from Iowa told me he
shipped two car loads to Milwaukee
and his loss was only IS pounds OH
one, and AZ on the other. Then If
wheat is No. ], they don't mix 1t
with low grade as they do i'm Chi
cago. and call it No. 2, but they pay
~, for tho fret pnalifv
Our merchants, too. will find 1t to
their interest to see the inside of Mil
waukee before they deposit their
cash in Chicago, and especially those
who deal in heavy goods, such as
hardwares and groceries.
In matters OF railroad interest Mil
waukee Is the next point for us to
maize y Being already
united with Chicago, we want line
owned, and operated by q different
company, and to different market.
Then we have competition between
the rival towns Of Chicago and Mil
waukee for our wheat and between
two rival companies To carry il to
market. It will make difference of
probably from eight to twelve cents
on bushel in this place on wheat |;
and the same ratio of advantages on
many other things.
1t will be seen that this road gives
the people along the line a direct
route to Milwaukee and also opens
up the Saint Louis market, where,
as we see by the latest quotations,
wheat Is two and three cents higher
than in Chicago. We have now two
lines leading to the Chicago market
and have fully realized the benefits by
the competition in freights on the rail-
roads. Now we want to bring to our
aid the competition OF markets. BY
the building Of this new road We