The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-12-11
Great Saving for Producers
and Consumers.

How can this be done? This is
The question that will ut once leap TO
the lips Of every producer in this
great Valley, and to the lips OF every
consumer in the world. The follow.
ing facts, placed at the disposal OF
the Sena,e Committee on transporta.
t,on, by the St. Louis Merchants tx
change Committee. will fully Illus
trate how this enormous saving can
he effected. Dklhe leading products
tor cxport-whcat corn, oats, rye
and barley. the States OF Illinois, In
LLAMA, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Mis-
sonri, Ohio. and Wisconsin producn
Grand total Of 762 III, 40l bushels. "
At least one third OF this grain is
moved from the poin: OF production
TO the Eastern States, over expensl'"
artificial routes, losing to the prodnc-
or 10 cents per bushel, and '" the
consumer 10 cents per hnshel, winch
might be saved by transportation
town the natural water patns OF the
Valley and around the sea coast.
The spaboard ports received IN
1873 trifle over O0.0OO.00O bushels
at grain. and 5000. 900 barrels OF II 'ur.
Hero IL 14O,0O),000 bushels OF gram
represented altogether FMS gram
Maid q freight OF 20 cents per bu,h+l.
moro than need he paid, provided the
Government will properly improve
the naviyahle waters ct tn" Mississlp
| nj basin, making $4,000, O0o-whlrh +
nigh, have been saved-sl4OoO,ooo
| 10 The producer aud sl4,ooo,ooo !"
the consumer"
Ii this estimate, every farmer wiz
at once notice that no account - tax
on # the saving that would he etfrc-
ted OF other articles of tarm product
which are exported in large quaint
ties or of the reduced cost OF manu-
featured articles brought into the
Valley for use here.
1t any man doubts the truth OF
these estimates, let him look into the
secrets OF the cost OF transportation
nv water: he will at once discover
lat the cost is regulated by the
dcpth and uniformity OF the channel
Says the report The quantity Of
incl used, and the wages of hands
employed. being the same tor given
time. the cost, whether ny steamer
or barge, depends upon the quantity
ot ircich. which can be loaded upon
, s,nole. vessel With nine feet Of
water, fifteen hundred tons can 10
taken. while with six feet barely SIN
hand, ed tons can be loaded, thus IN
creasinc the cost per bnshel, one
hundred and fifty per cent. Again
the time required for trip down
the river with barges, requires from
FIVE days at high water to ten days al
low water, tor the reason that pilots
10 not venture TO ,un at night, and
the cost of transportation Is thus
again increased. We believe that
when the depth o. water in the river
is increased TO over nine or ten feet,
at all stages and at all points, the az
erage cost Tor ten months in the year
tor gram from ST. Louis to New Or
leans) will be ercn less than the minimum
53-5 cents heretofore obtained.
Let the producers OF the Valley
and the consumers of the East ant
South understand that these improve
ments can be made, and that whel
made these results will surely toilo w
and at the command Of their nnlte'
voice the work will be done. In M
other way can wealth be secured Sc
surely 10 It's creators Tho Hom