The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-13

large Dteamohips, cAphple 10 caI.y .vvvVv
bushels OF grsin'in bull, ana o,ooo pale
of cotton thas the farmeru gfengc
throue hout The Mississippi valley should
take = much Of the stock - they can;
that The balance should b Paaced among
the towns and cities Of the valley that Calls
of but I've per cent. should Be made each
call yielding $500, 900, sufacisnt to build
and &c uip one boat--and that no calls At.
ter the first boat 10 built should be made
until il had been settled BY actual trial 4
thss the lice could earn money, and at
the same time insure . cheap rate OF !
freight from New Orleans TO Liverpool,
for both grain and cotton also for large /
emiRrant travel ani regular passenger !
trade to o limited extent by having the |
stock in this colossal line Of steamers oil
taken ard owned in the Mississippi
valley q guarantee for lead
ing 10 a. once secured, and
every steamer, upon her arrival iu New
Orleans, would be crammed full Of freight
q, quickly as il could be got aboard. BY
Offering our merchants . low rate OF
freight from Europe, the amount of for.
eign goods ordered by their steamers Tor
| st. Louis would, in time, become immense,
and establishing . through emigrant bu'
Liverpool, and agencies in other por.
tions Europe, thousands Of emi grams
could be brought over by these steamers
each wear, and distributed throughout
| the South, the Wet or the Northwest, OF
70 Whatever portions OF the Mississippi
valley they desired TO go. Such agencies
a. these would also be the means OF
spreading broadcast through Europe
printed matter referring 10 the local ut
trActions OF each state, and accomplish On
unlimited Amonnt OF good for the mining
and real estate interests The rate OF
freight upon wheat or corn 10 Liverpool,
by this line, from the farmers grsnAries,
would DO - follows
Per bus.
| From the grsneries to 1t Louis ........ loo
| From ST. Louis to New Orleans &c
From New Orleans to Liverpool ..... ltc
Total ............... 32c
| During the entire year, winter and sum.
mer, the farmer may send forward bis
products by this route 70 any part Of the
earth. lie may select his own time for
making his market, and not ba COM
PEELED to stand by and see wheat decline
day by day, o. WAS the case last winter,
and not be able 10 move il into market be-
cause the lakes and canals were frozen up
and the railroad freight WAS SO fearfully
high that IL LETT him nothing after his
grain was sold. Last year Europe sup
piled herself with wheat from the Danube
and from California, and paid good prices
for It. She would gladly have taken the
wheat of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Nebraska and other states At equally good
figures, but il was impossible TO get IL
Let US build this great Mississippi valley
line Of ocean steamers, and make II posi-
Bile to get il hereafter.
We have shown how much it would
cost TO send grain from the farmers CRIB
direct to Liverpool along this route at any
time Of year which might be selected. W.
will how show now much il costs TO send
4 il by the lake route in summer and thu
, rail in winter.
Q SUMNER rREI0BI
Per bus
From the farmers' grsnaries 70 Chicago 70
From Chicago to New York, by water "a
From New York to Liverpool .... lt'
Total. ....................... .....''' ~
WINTER FREIGHT
. From the farmers gransries to Chicago 2ol
!. From Chicago TO New York, by rail. 90
From New York to Liverpool ......... 2ot
Q Total .....................1 IS
v 1t will be obssr we'd the uniforrn ret
% charged by the Mississippi route would Q
y twenty eight cents cheaper in the summ'
40 and forty three cents cheaper in the vii
ID ter. OF course the rate charged fror
y here is predicted upon the belief that b
- fore this line oan be established, eve
~ we're work 10 commence ~ once the gov
: eminent will have built wing dams aeroi
10 the bars between here and Cairo, and Of
) tablish the Delta canal. Until the bar
between here and Cairo are removed th
= winter or low water rate from here woulc
o be about ten cents per bushel instead o
. six, varying the estimate by four cents
But in any case il Is clear enough that II
y the Establishment ofthis route the commis
. sion merchants OF this city could &c
o twenty i've per cent. more for grain sol'
Il here than could be got for it At Chicago
. And We could be moving it TO market d
" winter. Such . contamination would sd
J. ten dollars per acre to the value OF ever
! mans land in the Mississippi valley.
y would increase the receipts OF grain her
J and in New Orleans by the millions {
4 bushels. 1t would give US millions Of do
u Lars worth of sterling exchange.
10 turn the tide OF the European immigr,
@ ton and Of European capita directl
l- into the Mississippi valley, and add mi
3 lions upon millions OF dollars 10 II
J general prosperity Of the valley ever