, 1873-04-18
Allegations Of Eztortionato Charges
and Unjust Determinations
Instances in Support Of These
Charges.
History Of Railroad Legislation IN the
Hawkeye State.
Struggle for Control Of tho Senate
--.Sketchcs of Gubcrnationnl
Candidates.

From Our 0Wn Correspondent.
WATERLOO, Diackhnwk Co., 1n., April IL, 1873.
The transportation interests Of Iowa are With
the railroads and Eaatorn routes. Tho AIisaia-
sippi and Missouri Rivers, great summer thor
oughfarcs, complcate mattors, but not much.
In winter, transportation by boat ceaaes entirely,
and even In summon 1t is seriously interrupted
by tho rapids, and by low water. Produce natu-
rally seeka tho seaboard, and ita favorito means
Of locomotion must nlways bo those that are
continuous, and unaffected by change OF soason.
All tue offorte to divert tho grain products Of
Iowa aouthward by river
HAVE DEEM FAILURES.
One Of tho most notable e1amplos ia that OF d
prominent business man Of Dubuque, who do
tcrmiued to turn tho grain-trade southwest.
Ho built largo number OF bargos, aud pcrse-
vored IN his unwlse attompt to contravcpo the
lawa Of Nature until ho had run through, the sum
Of s200, 900, all that ho was worth. uo ia now
largely Interested in railroads. Commerce not
only haa It's laws, but ita routine, which Is not
easily disturbed, aud cannot 10 brokcn. The
railroads know their strength, and thoy nrc not
djsinclincd to uso 1t tyrannically. Tho main
points made against them by tho people are,
that
DETERMINATIONS UNJUST.
1t is tho old story Of tho Illinois agriculturist
over again.
Tho ratio Of passenger-trayol is doomed n mnt-
ter Of secondary consideration. Farmers travel
but little, and thoss who do trayol by rail aro
nble to pny the slight difference betweon
tie legal and the corporation fare. Tho rni1-
roads may layo their private reasons for dis
elimination, but farmerB do not understand
them. Nor aro the farn:ors a1one In their oppo-
itiou. It Ia n1ntter in which
EyEnY ONE
who chips goods from any village in Iowa, or
who receives warcs from Eastern SOURCES Is
deeply Interested. Tie dry-goods merchaut, tho
grocer, tho druggist, each mud NIL hnvo thoir
npecal instances Of exorbtant charges to toll tho
questionor.
It is about two years since tho Burlington,
Cot1ar Rapids l. Minnesota Railroad reached
Waterloo. Blackhawh County lent its credit to
tho oxtont of $4,000, expecting somo relief
from to lligl, ratios charged by the Iowa Diyis-
ion Of tho Illinois Central tho main trunk line
west Of Dubuque. Tho expected rellef
WAS ONLY TEMPORARY.
The new route ut first charged a40 por car to
Chicago, but afterwards combinod with the Con-
tral, and raised the rato to 72, whero 1t remains
ut present. This makes eight or ten cents Oh q
hualel Of wlsoat or corn from this point to Chi
or. Sioux City is moro than 100 miles east Of
the Missouri River. It Ia alleged that grain Gun
bo shipped from Sioux City went to that riyor,
and then be sent back oycr tho Hamo road to
starting point to Chicago. There il scarcely m
Important point Of tho road whoro similar conf
plsints aro not made.
Not only arc frcighta less from more distant
points, but the railroads arc charged with
DISCRIMINATING IN FAVOR or ISp1v1DuAEs.
Grain-den}crA Of Cellar Falls can ship Eust-
ward by tho Illinois Central and the Burlington,
Cedar Valley & Minnesota Railroads, which di-
verge at that point, at tho sa'no rate over both
r:2als. They complain that from villages west Of
th!t point, competition coasing, the Illinois Cen
1ral carlos grain cheaper to Chicago than it will
from Collar Falls. It aeems almost unnecessary
to multiply INSTANCES Of this kind, auch is their
similarity. Shippers md dcalers ali along this
route tell the same story. Rates arc reduced
whom competition ia active, aud raiaod again when
tNe river is closed, or now roaas are opened.
The matter OF
rHE1anTs BETWEEN CHICAGO AND TIE sEAnoAnD
is mntser TINT Chicago merchants might o1an,-
inc with profit. They range anywhere from 25
cents to 81 tho hundred. From Chicago to
points in tho interior Of Iowa, freighta axe from
80 cents to upwards Of 81 tho hundred. TAaae
charges eoom to DO the eauo whethor full car
comes through from m Eastern city, or bulk IL
broken at Chicago 4 druggist In this place pur-
rtfREnH EQF.l0G1 IlttSHlirEl
mnnha arn md Ind It sent tn lin, Inv t1,rotgl,
route thnf does not touch Chicaao. Tlo chargo
wns at tie rato Of is coutu ti,o hundred from
Pittsburgh to Dubuoue, and D8 coutg tho nun
dred from Dubuuuo To- WATERLOO. now COM
binatiou las sinco been formed. Tint
eslopg ehipuout even by this route.
Tue aamo gentleman nnrchaaai
}or,o quantity NJ yaii-narar In f,nif;mora bav.
;n,e Il ahinne;i thronr Giiicapo rho c1,, ruoa to
rho int na1ned citv Wora S5 cants tho I,,n1roi
tLonco to this plaeo. u conta tho bundrad. II "a
about n third a. far from Watorloo Ia Ghicaro
Tie interior Of Iowa claim, TINT thoy '' can -
puncuasg TO Ag coon Any1sTaaE
in New York as in Clicago.-tho Difference In
tho coat Of transportation between tho Two
citieH boing too trivial for computation. Tie
only reason Tor Chicago having flo trade snon,H
to bo, That size Ina occupied tho ground with
her ruuuers, mid that commercial trayolers from
Boston and Nov York aro rarely aeoa In this VI
eiulty.