Richland beacon., 1873-02-08
Burning Corn.

The first statements which reached the
Eactern nauprS from the West 10 the
rtl, ct tnat corn was being burned up Tor !
furI because railway companies CHARGED
81 much for carrying il to ma: kct ttat II
became of no particular value 10 tie lat-
mer. were received with many dotOi7'
and some journals did not hesitate 10 pro-
norncc the whole statement romance oi
the prair;eS. Some of the mere thou2htiu,
ones. however. resolved 10 ascertain vita
sort of foundation the story Rested uPoi,'
and accordingly dispatched coTFtHpU,iiiT,:
ents to various corn centers OF iowa. ii'i-
nois. Kansas and Missouri, and are now
nnt only convinced of the thorough @enu-
! in. moss of the statement that corn was ne
| ing freely used by the farmers FOR iuel,
hut that manufacturers absolutely nut
corn in vast quantities and burn IL IN 'ielt
furnaces, One of these papers states tii''t
lis correspondent in Central Iowa witt
that corn IS a drug there q. III cents. In
,,,nc Other section Of that State IL l. even
chcapcr. so cheap. indeed. that It - uS'F'
where timber is scarce and dcal, Tor luei'
In some instances 1t has been ccoh"ihir',-
" used for fuel In manuiH'toriC>. '"'''
facts "a these are well calculated /" aI1''s
the mpaticnce of the people ~ Inc ' W.ie
; to realize cheap tra"s IiOl;a'!rn. hi's
. I
may. nprhAns. be i,stitiib under CERTAIN
, r,p..rIcncicS. as, for instanc" Whtf' u''
, sunply j. 50 sUpprabun,iant that t!'cr' -
: nr,cfic,ll,-. no other use for II. ana WIZ
;. mill srlrce and bears an cXhofDltdlt
. nricc. vet in 4 world where there arr
I HUNGRY rronle and all the food proauac'
:, ie needed to- human SllStcnaHc" anu com,
: f,rt. the habitlla' burning of corn Tor lueI
- cannot be hear! OF with Indifference - :,
: , country like ours we HAY Know lh'i' II
implics somethin~s wrerg IN initiils}
10 m;,l;t. and the first impulse toWaTu my
\, tieation will naturally be III the "itc'l,"'
/ OF our transportation system. 1Oi" -
# can b. bought i'll Iowa at ~ 10 ~ r'' ~
~ nrr hu,hcl. costs 60 to 50 cents by tn
~ time it reaches the sc;tboard markets. uI
IN Inference OF 30 to go cents representa-;
10 trr TRANSFORMATION and incidental charges
nf Tins. if AN Iowa farmer has 3eo ouShCi
~ of corn whicl. he desires 10 send 10 VI
~ ,eohoard, it will cost him a5ont the loill
i. vain. of 400 OF them 10 get the other ~
~. to the purchaser. Unless this EVIL can y
n speedily rcmcdied, by means or more III
a. ple tran srortation facilities. there l, dal
i. Ger of Il serious check to agricultural q,
nj Trlon,nrnt. During years Of pro!il
su cropS. like the past year. nli'ii"nS OF puSi
he els of grain are destroyed anu wasted
IT. the West. because II cannon ne So' W ~
IN i;rt for = reasonable sum. This conditio
r. of things has at length arrested the after
:. + ton of the representative men OF thccou
he trv. ami the inquiry has already been !,
he stitutc,i ~ to what means Ought 70 =
~. adopted Ia cheaper transportation. 4
FER railroads have grown 10 he Stur1nIoi
,rn monopolies. and tax the people CT u
cJ whole country and of all classes mo
;,r- heavily than tie Federal Government c.
~, venture to tax them. 4 railroad that eos
ted twenty millions inmates IT, stocN :" i"i'
md ,jtty or sixty millions. and then de,nal
CIV fares from the travelling public and ri
Its of freight from our farmers and mercnai
yn 70 nay Interest on the inflated or water
inv stock. This is a more burdensomc ami
ur- iqutous tax than the government lniil
ATE scs. and goes far to retard the dcVei'
n ! Of e.