The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-12-24
Who Cheap Frcights will Bene.

about to enter upon an era of cheap
transportation. The inability Of the
companies Of what is KIN ,wn AS the
ssSara4oRs Cembinstion" to induce
tho Baltimore L Ohio Railroad to
adopt the rates agreed upon by that
mseting, has had IN unexpected re-
suit. The b. 4 o. Company having
issued schedule Of freight rates
much lower than those named by the
co0binstion, has resulted in the dec
larstion Of var on the part Of the Sa-
ratoga men against the Baltimore &
Ohio Company in which the Grand
Trunk line, heretofore maintaining a
neutral stand, has joined. Ga Fri
day last they issued . new tariff Of
freight rates which is lower than
those proposed by the Baltimore
Company, and that road will have TO
make another reduction to keep even.
Il 10 difficult, TO predict the result of
this combination of several of the
powerful trunk lines of the coun' ~
against . single corporation will be.
It 10 feared by many that the oppo-
sition is too powerful for it to main
tain it, position of independence, and
that it will be forced to the wall in
the contest which these giant corpo-
rations are waging against it. What
ever the final result may be, the B. &
q. Company will not give up the con-
test without desperate struggle,
and the people of the West will no
doubt have the benefit Of cheap rates
of freight to the East for several
months to come. In this connection
it NAV be we'll enough to refer to an
argument lately advanced by gen
tleman who has paid much attention
to the subject. 1t il that the peo-
pie Of the West are not so much in
tsrested in the subject OF cheap
freights as the people of the East.
In other words, he thinks the con-
sumner and not the producer gets the
benefit Of the low freigh's, the only
effect Of which is to reduce the cost
of our Western productions at the
place of consumption while the price
paid to the producer remains the
same. There are certainly some
strong reasons which will suggest
themselves to the thoughtful mind in
favor of this theory, and it would
seem TO be ct least worth while for
western statesmen who are now de-
vising plans for opening up new
routes to the eastern seaboard to at
tempt solution OF this question in
political economy. II our efforts are
only to result in . chespening of food
to those in the east who have to buy
Of US, it becomes evident to the most
unthinking that they are the ones
most interested IN digging the canals
md building the railroads, which
will give them access to our bounti-
full supplies of grain and meat
Cheap food At the east means but lit
lie emigration to the west. Emigra-
ion is what the west needs, more
han cheap transportation. Not as
srmers do We want the people of the
East to come here, but IS artizans,
and Ill branches rep
esented by the consumers of our
arm products. In this way an inter
'hange of the products of the farm
or those Of the shop and the mill
ould be far more proGtably made
han 1t present, when we are send
u our produce thousand miles to
~ the mechanics and manufactur-
rs who are making our machinery
nd clothing, which has to be trans
orted in return 1t heavy expense - !
!. Il. Republican,.