The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1872-12-11
CHEAP TRANSIT.
AN INTERESTING LETTER IN
FAVOR OF THE GREAT
WATER ROUTE.
SOxy FACTS FOR MERCHANTS
AND FARMERS.
tFrom the Missouri Democrat
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. ., 1872.


- you are trying to interest you
people 10 the right way, that they ma.
get more than fifteen cents per pushel fO
their corn on the farm. 1t 10 admitted b,
oil thut America cannot commune thi.
years crop. Liverpool, tben, 10 our bes,
market, where IL 10 worth to-day 2Cs Cd
sterling per eight bushels, or . quarter OF
$50 pounds, with exchange TO- day at
1907 81, or % cents for At y.six. pounds,
out Of which must be taken the nscessary
sxpsnss to deliver II ia Liverpool
from the fields where raised.
will assume . field 100 miles east
from st. Louis pays six cents for rail
freight 70 ~. Louis, storage 2 cents, barge
freight 10 New Orleans 10 cents, New Or.
leans storage ! cents, steamer to Liver.
pool IL pence or ~ cents, charges in Liv.
ospool / cents per bushel, insurance 2
sents, making 81 cents per busheI. BY
ths great water route the farmer gets AZ
cents for his corn at the depot nearest Lis
lsld. By rail from the farm 10 st. Louis
9 cents, storage 2 cents, rail to New York
~ New York charges 2 cents, ocean 0
pence or Is cents, Liverpool charges
. cents, insurance 2 cents, making IS cents.
BY this route the farmer gets 10 cents.
CHICAGO.
Rail rates dvs cents less, leaves twenty.
four cents.
Tas shove 10 the share the farmers now
have till next April.
Then rail 10 Chicago &c, storage &c, lake
TO Buffalo loo, buffalo &c, canal lac, and
New York 4c, ocean 30, or lsc, insurance
&c, Liverpool &c, aggregate CSC, with .
prospective price Of 29I 81, or &c, leaves
The farmer 35e.
will now assume the same rates Of
freight via New Orleans, ~ during the
winter, - above SOC, and that still gives
New Orleans &c per bushel the advantage;
besides, II your farmers market their corn
this winter, it will save them &c per bushel
In storage, interest and insurance.
The great drawback 10 New Orleans has
been the want Of steam tonnage. Hereto
fore ships have been Of the old fogy kind,
whose masters would lie in port sixty
or ninssy days for . load VI cotton.
But the past season has taught them they
could gst ~ much for grain - for colton
and make their ships safer in heavy sea.
For
Cotton at ID 10 equal to corn at I'd.
Cotton at ID 10 equal ~ corn st Sd.
Cotton ~ ID 10 equal ~ corn at I'D.
Cotton a. Il 10 equal to corn at I'D.
Cotton At Id 10 sQusl TO corn at l8l.
Toe usual freight for the last four years
has been u 70 IL for cotton, and are con-
sidersd far rates II plenty could b got,
and quick dispatch. Now corn comes 10
Tor 10 squsi share at same rates at 90
la. Our two new lines Of steamers have
mads the passage in twenty days very
uniformly, and are working very satisfac-
tory profits for their owners. Other
steamer hnss are contracting to send their
shtps here ~ long - We can pay cotto q
rates. Two ship owners were here this
wssk who own fourteen and twsnty.thr~s
steamers, which will come here 81 once
From The present prospects We shall need
6o,000 bushels daily TO load the tonnage
TO come here at about l2d per steamer,
and lod By sail. There are orders here
nov for 8.OO0, o00 bushels At fair prices.
Our harbor at the mouth Of tue river
has uniform depth, by the workings Of
the steamers Enssyons aud McAllister, o
twenty feet; which fact has been mad,
known to shipowners in Europe, snc
which 10 having the desired effect Of bring
tag larger class Of ships which can ii
FORD 70 take cargOes q much less price
shsn the smaller ones. This fact also re
minds ~ 70 work for the Fort st. Philli
canal ~ An absolute necessity. So ships {
twenty seven feet draft can come 10 On
TAKE cargoes Of 100000 bushels each st
reduced cost, which will encourage YOU
farmers 70 raise oil their land will prt
duce, instead Of fuel 1t should net the,
60cents per bushsl-whsn bsrges and shir
are plenty. II your msrchants desire 1
make the grain trade success down Il
river now 10 . most fortunate time 10 q
u. Let them not forget 70 have oil the
shipments inspected into bargss, and at
zach your Merchants Exchange Inspsc
tors csrtiecats 10 the bill OF lsding, a. |
10 believed here your Inspectors certif
cate would improve the quality YER
much, and give confidence TO shipper,
Then, - soon - your Inspectors csr.iG
cstss we're found alike and uniform, sale
would b made on those certificates il
full confidence 70 the seller and buyer.
Ny experience this season has strength
ensd my faith thst il your Inspector doe
hts duty, and you ship no grsins but wis
psss biz hands, this "Great Wates Route
~ill deliver corn In Liverpool and ne
your shippers 10 cents per bushsl NOR,
than the sams grain Wis Chicago.
On the I'd inst, We shipped out Of GU
elevator . cargo Of corn, which came i
July 18th, being 10 store with but one re
e'svstinE Ill days, In COED order, an,
Weighed % pounds to the meas ured bushs
Inn more than has ever been done h
mwsusss or Chicago during the san.
IL you refer back 10 your Gle in .h
spring Of 1858 you will there ses INV SAT,
mont 70 the chamber OF commerce. OF Ne,
ORLEANS Of her advantages over sny o,bs
port for cheap transportation TO make, |,
the immenss produce 70 be raised tributay
70 Ne 4issouri river. You will also .,
honorable and frank sckno wledgment
the same By the Chicago 'Tribun,
(which said IL VA too true, and then Q
vissd . convsntion Of all tho Nor,hsr
states, 70 msmorisliss congress TO spprt
pirate el3,o0o.00 to build . shin can,
around the falls Of Nisgars. Said CONVEX
ton vas held, and the Hon. John N
Young delivered an address on IL imno,
sanes 70 Chicago ~ countersct our egor,
90 the Aississppi river.
Now Ohiesgo sses our advantage beg,
% work - nature designed them; ne,
tion eongrsss for reciprocal trade wi,
CanedA, which, by the enlarge msnt
ne CANADIAN canals, will still retain "a
Der grain trade for elk months Of Il
year.
grant, With thos. improvsms.t,. Ii.
can eompsts With 10 Tor The trade in rrsi
sf NoFtsssa Illisois, wiseossin, MIN
s:etA ssd part Of Lowe, from April
1eveobss,
New yess nsss b l.f. out In Ii. col