Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-21

and the Great West, and shall become
the common carriers for Boston, Port
land and Europe, and the rest of man
kind, = and if Boston shall then continue
to be s'The Hub" Burlington will be the
biggest felloe in the wheel. lis
This ship canal being constructed, New
York will be compelled to enlarge her
northern canal to a corresponding size,
or she will be left off the main road.
The Northern canal thus enlarged, and
the ship canal open from the Mississippi
to Burlington, a cargo of hemp can be
freighted by this new route to Boston
cheaper than the same cargo can be in
sured down the Mississippi, and via the
| the Gulf and Atlantic to Boston. =.
This may seem rather ''steep" to the
uninitiated, but I am satisfied that it is
true, and have my figures from zone
who knows and is. a cautious, discern
ing man. Pr. .-'-...- =.
All these advantages to be gained,
have long been known by many gentle
men living at Burlington, Boston, Mon
treal and other places, and these gentle
man have held meetings and haranged
the people, wrote and published facts
and data upon the feasibility of the pro-
! iect, with about the same, success Noah
| had in the matter of the coming flood,
| when he preached righteousness to an
! other hardened set of fellows
/ The people did S'see It," and would
| dot see it, and so they did not and would
not believe, and these would be benefac-
| tors finally despairing of any help or
good results, and the enterprise being so
/ large they could not accomplish it alone !;
! some drifted off into the Pacific railroad
/ enterprise :, others of them are waiting
and watching, ''like good old Simeon, E"
/ for the day of deliVerance for the pent
up Surplus produce Of the great West,
and our Eastern surplus of motions"
| and merchandise to freight the same
/ vessels on their return West. ..s....g-.
The railroads that are now constructed
| between the East and the West, which
have now more freight offered for trans
| pOrtation than can be carried, care not a
/ fig for your farmer grangers, or shoe
maker grangers, or any other grangers,
so long as they do not build any parallel
or competing lines of railroad, or canal,
| but prefer to have these .grangerS sCOld
storm. and fret, and talk politics and
| threaten unconstitutional legislation, as
! this keeps them busy and allows them a
| chance to "free their minds, and pre-
vents them from bringing anything INTO
! competition with the old established
canals and railroads. -.---- ..... III.
! The public have not been informed of
any public policy which the gransers
| propose to pursue except to scold and
rail and decl0im on general principles of
| finding fault with everything now exist
ing. This granger organization. is No
bOdy'S son All political partirs are
/ willing and DESTROYS of securing Its good
/ WILL but are in doubt whether to praise
I or censure. This all depends upon its
| future conduct. ..... ..s-..-. ...--... +.
/ The grangprs are as free from having
any settled policy or theory rs the Spil
itualists are of having "a creed" zach
member thus far fighting on his own
/ hook. .-... ....... -.. ...s.
! BY unfriendiy legislation railroads
may he crippled, and this will still worse
/ cripple the Western grangcrs. This is
not desirable The best way 10 bring
! about the result sought by Western men
| is to have so many lines and means OF
! transportation that there will be empty
| cars and boats seeking freight, and a
/ lively competition among the common
! carriers This is worth more than the
most enthusiastic granger ever dreamed
! that can or will be accomplished.
Farmer grangers smacks a little of ar
rogance of numbers, but presume the
! term was selected without design to ar
| ray the farmers against other trades,
/ callings and professions, for each n1'el4l-
/ ber.of the trades professions or CaIlINgs
! has rs much individual interest i'll the
welfare of the community as the farmer
! and, individually, is as useful.
! The farmer may refuse to sell the
/ blacksmith wheat and the blacksmith
may refuse to fashion any iron or steel
| for the farmer. and the other mechanics
may refuse to make any implements for
/ the farmer. and then he cannot operate
| his farm. Thus the farmer will find
/ that his interest is only part of
/ a great unit or whole. Then why style
/ any attempt to improve the means Of
! transportation between the West and
| the East? Farmers oranges movements,
or farmer grangers, why have any
''catCh words" or ''slang phrases about
it?
Let this farmer granger business ego
to grass. and all take hold, East and
! West. North and South, and develop
our. common country as best we can,
applying all the art we have to what
nature has so bountifully given, having
no tribes or classes among us, and say
to him, who ''ncknamed'' any consider
able portion of our people, or large
| ap6 rCOyyarfrI1 trade or profession among
us as sFarmer Changers or 'Granges
he thereby attempted to SOW dlssenslons
! ard lisCOrd.
Let us in Vermont take hold and push
along and keep moving this ship canal
enterprise in earnest, so that we can
soon behold vessels from the Gulf and
from the Atlantic in Lake Champlain,
and that as the United States has the
greatest rivers and lakes of any nation
on the globe, we shall have the greatest
and the best inland navigation any where
in this world to be found, or can be con-
structed.
= To the end that we speedily do all ii
our power to assist the West to cheap
er and better means of transportation,
let us put forth our united energies by
our money and influence to construct
first the Caughnawaga and Champlaln
canal and then put in the other links il
the great chain, and lastly ''hash on
to Hudson River at Albany.
For the consummation of this project
let us labor without ceasing and never
despair or give up the coming ship til
success shall crown our efforts.
NJ. II. G.