Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-05-05

buG tue TAX is only 81 per year, 1OG
three years, while at low estimate
on the advantages he would derive
from it, we have shown that to pay
it in one year, he would save S2l.90
But we have not estimated the rist
in the value of the land. Say thu
building of the road increases his lanC
IS per acre, which is low estimate
and we find on his so acres he woul,
have an increase of $500.
This is no fancy picture, but plair
facts, which any farmer can use as ;
basis to figure out the advantages o
the road in his own individual case
Where q farmer has two aud three
hundred acres of land, and raises 6
large amount of wheat, the margin
which the Milwaukee market woulG
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 inhabi~
tants, This is the great wheat mar
ket of the west. 1t leads Chicago by
hundreds of thousands of bushels ;
and il leads it by its own citizens, in
stead of New Workers being the pur-
chasers. There were one mil.
lion and six hundred thousand
bushels of wheat in store when /
was there, and they had shipped
about 100000 bushels since naviga-
tion opened. They shipped 10000
bushels the day | was there. The
paying price, too. the day / was
there ranged from two to four cents
a bushel higher than i'm Chicago. -
The cheat, too, which is disguised
by the name of "shrinkage," is less
in Milwaukee than in Chicago. Ask
any shipper, and he will tell you
that in shipping to Chicago, he loses
from six to ten bushels in q car load.
One farmer from Iowa told me he
shipped two car loads to Milwaukee,
and his loss was only IS pounds on
one, and AZ on the other. Then if
wheat is No. ], they don't mix 1T
with low grade as they do in Chi
cagO. and call it No. 2, but they pay
Gu for the first quality.
Our merchants, too. will find il to
their interest to see the inside of Mil
waukee before they deposit their
cash in Chicago, aud especially those
who deal in heavy goods, such as
hardwares and groceries.
In matters of railroad interest Mil
yankee is the next point for us TO
make. Being already
united with Chicago, We want a line
owned, and operated by different
and to n different market.
Then we have competition between
the rival towns Of Chicago aud Mil
waukee for our wheat aud between
two rival companies TO carry il to
market. It will make a 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 aud also opens
ur the Saint Louis market, where,
a. we see by the latest quotations,
wheat il 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 frcights on the rail
roads. Now we want to bring to oul
aid the competition of markets. By
the building Of this new road We