New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-05
The LOG ROLLS OVER ST. LOUIS.

THE LOG ROLLS OVER ST. LOUIS.
The st. Louis Democrat begins to real
ize that in dividing the vote upon the
Mississippi outlet improvement, it aliena-
ted friends. It now sees that the influence
which aided it in this neighborly enter
prise, never had the most distant idea of
helping the Mississippi or its central city,
St. Louis. It is beginning to suspect that
the favor shown the wing-dam was but
intended to divide the lower Mississippi
vote, with the possible chance OF perma-
nently closing the river outlet altogether.
This effected, the next purpose OF the
Eastern and Northwestern combination
was to cut off the whole up-river trade
from St Louis, and SO compel her to COM
municate with the East, and through
Chicago-if that city will permit her to
make the connections. This selfish de-
sertion of old friends for strangers has not
succeeded better than is usual in similar
cases.
We have shown that Senator Window
and a majority of his committee have
taken strong and almost exclusive ground
in support of ''the Northern route" This
route improves the routes between the
Mississippi and the lakes; AXIS for reci-
procity of navigation between Canadian
and American waters, and includes as
section, such enlargement of the New
York canals as will pass a vessel Of 1000
TONS 1t has even seeped through the
bomb-proof Uranium of the Democrat, that
Senator Window meant st. Louis no
good. The projected '.Northern route"
is intended to take every grain of wheat
and corn to Montreal or New York. st.
Louis will, like New Orleans, be left off
the line of European trade. immigration
and other imports will be supplied by
"the Northern route" st. Louis aciA SYM
pathise 10Th Ne,c Orleans.
Here is what the Democrat says of this
Northern route" This is the disre-
spectful language which is applied by that
astonished journal to the Senate Transpor-
tation Committee:
The committee recommend, respecting
the Northern route, first, the improvement
Of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers, to supply
navigation of five feet depth, which the
committee assert will afford "the shortest
and cheapest connection between the cen.
tres of wheat production and the Eastern
markets" We maintain that this assertion
is false, and have repeatedly given facts to
prove its falsity. When the full report of
the committee Is received, we shall take &C.
casion to examine its authority for a state |
ment so at variance with facts which we |
believed to be well established.
This much as to the wheat route. Now |
for the corn route:
Second, the committee recommends the |
Hennepin canal, 'from point on the Mis- |
sissippi river, near Rock Island, to the Illi- |
nois river at Hennepin, thereby afording |
the shortest and cheapest route from the
largest areas of corn production to the /
East" The egregiOus falsehoOd of this
statement may best be appreciated by
glance at the map of the corn surplus given
in the St. Louis memorial, or at the crop
map of corn given in the census report of
1870, which show that the greatest "area Of
corn production" in the West lies, not be-
tween Hennepin and Rock Island, but south
Of Hennepin and Of the Illinois river.
As third step, the committee recon-
mend the enlargement and improvement of
the Erie canal, or else of the Oswego and
Erie to Albany, or else of the Champlain
canal.
So the assertion of this transportation
committee that the wheat area and the
wheat route to Eastern markets lies north
If St. Louis sis false" 1t is an 'egre-
,ious falsehood" to say canal from"
he Mississippi river near the mouth of
Rock river, to Hennepin, a point on the
illinois river, is "the shortest and cheap
st route from the largest area of corn
production to the East" Apparently this
was not as much under the
control of ''the St. Louis memorial" as
lad been supposed. We apprehend that
vhen st. Louis shall examine this pro-
'osal to connect the upper Mississippi
nth the lakes by canal not exceeding
hree hundred miles in length, it will as
ume more formidable aspect. The
Democrat will find that in its arrogant and
ncivil treatment of New Orleans, st.
.ouis has found herself at the mercy of
,hicago and New York. But the best is
o come. The Eads organ is out against
'g rolling: i
On the whole, the log-rolllng element in
he report pretty effeotually destroys its
alue, and compels US to conclude that Con-
ress will do nothing on the subject that is
'orth doing until the people of the West
IKE pains to send representatives who will
emand Justice for their interests.
Oh, my! It's log-rollin' they are, is it?
Why this quarrel reminds us of the old
Ike about the Mississippi gambler and
is New England antagonist, which we will
pity and apply thus:
Eads Ring-'I should like to know
here in hell all the aces in this pack has
ot tor
Committee Ring-"Wall; two on EN-, I
less, is up yure sleeve, and the balance is
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