, 1873-02-04

! M 1stn
"e layc tue sahe 10 Ig aavn' interest," ana en- nm
arr Ias'os for ro,ir1 yip nj &c. ianor o~''o'
4'c car, aud Tor lid 20 ara... .tfo24o
Fifty round trilM 4. II months at... 1o3Ao- 61?o
Clerk and conductor 1900
! r.,., .-.......... :,7 oo3
| ao"''''''''' mroEirrs' s4'''-
rre,snt zach trip, say $500 Iual,o1s
corn, Or ita e1ulyalont, at 2ho rer
Freight Oh rosnr'' cars sas 10 por car. 1000
r,,1, s9o7, 5o
| r,ft1 trns NJ xs67 ID each ......' s16s7s
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Balance. .......:....."......".. *i1,84s
Uoprosonting thH, you havo Mt tho ond OF tho
year tho 20 cars, costing originally $4,000, loay-
1ng $4,155 to tho crodtt Of tic sinking fluid, af-
tor paying intorest aud repairs.
Qentlenen may say tllta Is ohtmorical; that
III st to Now SYt YorR W for 10 oon Chicago for
ccnts, per buahel. You Will 500 It in less than
1ye yoars II you arc tr1o to yonreolvos, and not
lod oil by politicians, MaHlng tho 1armorB lntor-
cats only stopping-stoho to carry thcm into
ollco, switching on 70 s'ao lRauoH, and losing
BiEht OF our atarting point.
mo rates Of iroight havo named arc very
mnch higher th9n Il u conctuaiyoly shown n tho
saarosa M 81 NJ, r T. vi, H. ferguson, h. OF 1Toy n X
patofo tno No" iorA boaru Or Irade IN ootober
laat,|a most able anu carefully prepared paper,
WMeh VIII rophy chfetul Btuuy,-in which he
ciearly 9enons1rates a ttat admitting the cost OF
AK M for ~ oo',no, W oo,you pof mlS ana ading
roads ouq tbs ,tontf Or 1es e.
1 from sto Misss1asppl 70 NOW YORK Of. s2G3 per
Ton, or aoont " conts per buBhel tor corn,
aaassssongola as sg oonla 10 carried At an enormous
hront ior cent por miio. II IL notorious fact
REGARD to passenger rates.
IaKo sho Illinois Central to-day, aud put tho
1afo at confa inat9ad OF tho legal rate Of
cents, and they would roceivo moro money thnn
sad 3 y hoy you'd 70 Il d ses a be s = 1nd ssS It nps. s p
t. d9 It. and pay large diyldenda. oyen On tho
fabulous amount Of stock and cost Of road.
!, The idea 90 81 tho Massachusetts Commissioners.
r ,me m n o o
nat Ia1ruaus ~ ta so n oIi'eus n eope'p' IN tne
1ntetons ~ WV puptV W. 10 IL sosA W WV ~
Pacity o. eorlp9s.lons, ~ ons tlat aesefVen tne
consnesas'om ~ .. she pepple he =. tno mesV
ton VII II tlnnlly come to ono Of TWO alternatives,
vi2s IAas nne or foaas 70 tne Aslanslo soa,
poaras; 1r o,so lnas ~ lne3aa oolnpai9e 5iatl
oe oplgoa py iam ~ puat!s .uuelunuains a nolng
STOCK uompahies 20 run ttains oYor tnoir 5oaoa
Ths isst arrangement M seems now ' II tho most
pIactloapaa, NY na coul uasy ~ eheos'
though tho nrnt, no aoabs, ., Wonidi IN @ .no e1d
prove N!ust uconuanica', :. WI ~ wv 1onB 1o1
many OF us TO walt TO sec perIoctou,
a REMEDY ton AAhD TIMES.
Mr.. =. i. Aaporn apoko as iolloWs,
Mn. PRESIDENT AND dENTIEMEN; Enough has
beon sald IN regard 70. failroaa nlonop!'es.
e1tortton, anu unjust discrimination, toconvlnce
u8 that THO tlho mas arTlYeu 1ot concerted
aat1on, to control thoso hionstof dfatns on our
resources, that deprtVo us or onr Just earnings.
nnt II true 70 ourselyoh, We can anu Wlu Gontroi
those aouaes. ~ pen9oVes US as lntoEgeht
maa, to inquire whether this 10 tho onty cause
TINT stanas ~, IN tho way OF 1uccess. Ha7e Wc,
while calling for reform from abroad, inquirod
whether reform ~ Is n neeaea tis o. nome Have wo
NY!net aa ~ ~ w. ~ taas pto5Iess'Yo IVY, pso.
greansed WITH tno ,,; times Have we, by our
metnoas p1 IN nas1lng aoVet4Poa 'no n, re-
eourcoa oI oua non,-" hou oi mnent- ai-
Passoo 4oeealty I@'u ~ tiJi' ~, ~ t!t
variety OF proauo11, ~ 'l,o 1un oapao's5
ct this aoil OF, IN otner Wosaa, nave VIC uhea
tho right and proper means IN the ,manngomont ~
questions NO R1onld onaeavor to inYestlgate,-.
questions Ill Farmora' Clubs should 1nVcHtl-
cato.
To do this, will first attempt to show you
wrong. Our staple products nre corn and oats.
aome wheat, rye, flax, hogs, and cattle. But, Of
these, corn and oats are our principal crops.-
tbs ones wo nainly roly gp9n to N make l,aaa money
from, Now, how do NO dispose OF these ar
ticles?
We send yonrly thousands OF 1uahele OF corn
to the East and TO- Europe, eonding away tho
substance OF our sou, 70 enflcn tnas OF ino con.
our lands, without adequate returns wo, IN
fact, tale IN t"enty-nVo years hs nuon away as
It took Nature centuries to deposit:
Wo orc scndlnB our hosa ABROAD, hnd lmPoIe
hama for home uso We are seinnB our Wheat,
bny flour sent here from distance Of hundreds
Of niloa,--paying for theso > artioloa moro than
thoy pay for tho Same aftlolen IN Cnieasos anu
oftentmes as much ~ ihey sou lor IN Now aors'
Oonl,- article usod In almost every aouse"
ho1d,-is shipped here, and eold at ~ to ~ per
ton, at the same time We nave plenty OF y nnder
us, which ought to 10 soid 70 us 1or S4'oo 10
e2 per ton.
We import cheese, almost oil ct our lmplo.
ments, paying on many, articles freight both
wasa Ths is constant drain on orr IE;pp poekots'
Now, what do NO principally export to balance
this Corn, at 20 conta per bushol oats ditto.
10 1t wonder that tue 4 balanGe IL on tho O. wrong
side Of tho ledger TO acu corn ut 20 centu
docs not pay tor production,
1s It not just possible that reduction IN rail-
road freighta will not give us al the desired re-
e nor 20 doo"sa m py
tton OF supply ana domanot Mhakare We QoluH