The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-07-21

$4,000 were manufactured in Massachusetts,. or
G urse the distribution OF these and the gfeat
variety or other commodities necessi fates vast
amount OF transportation. kleven states occu-
pyli 9 the Mississippi Valley send TO market an
nually surplus OF its cereal products eoual 10
100000 bushels.
To cheaper the carriage of that single COM
modify by the amour. OF only ten cents per
people. 'H0
Various expedients have been suggested for
isessenIng tne cost OF transportation. In some OF
srss @ I. mas oeen proposed to place iaiiway
les M ana irelgnts under the roi of the state.
Inc op]ections 10 that expedient are SO serious
that II should lot be embracet, II a better one
and so undeveiop1 d, the demands f for capital
are 80 many and so urgent, that any policy
which would tend 10 drive capital from ms
should be avoided if possible. The STATE is buf
'nT Tbl baggIega,,e sa, OF tns pc pie IN the state.
tion. u N""'fN'@
Ihe railway companies have transportation
The law also holds railroad companies TO bs
common carries and so bound 70 carry for all
s,. wnen tne price Is pad. Ii is now a mooted
The company or by the people-the sellers or
the purchasers OF the article. Which of these
price is probably d. termined by fhe laws under
which the several companies are organized but
question.
II is manifest that if the company be allowed
10 nx the price they may demand too n uch.
Vendors OF all commodities are yerv ant TO
want ell they can get On the contrary, IL the
Pc, people T. s or Lnelr agents tx the price they may
SCI IL 700 low Purchasers are very apt TO want
commodities as cheap as they can be had. II is
not probable that either party 10 the iransac-
lent. The consequences of a mistake would
prooao be found most injurious, if made by
the people. II the company NAL e, the mistake
and charges 100 much, no one is Obliged to en-
pIoy t.; The Producer does hi own csfrying be
perfect night to do so after il is
SS SSil' the 80, laws ever r. company is eomPelled
pal law is silent to carry nrodnctS chez ner tn N
tne producer can carry th, m. or he will not
carrS them ths 10 carry The company must also
PlVvuce VIII cease. The faImerf OF Iowa
Will send no wheat to Chicago unless the roads
nra,, t[ansport y, ,p It at prices which viii yield
Inc carrier mgst earn money for the producer
a. xsai az or himself. else he will soon have
@ .ning 1 40 carry IL is as absurd for the rail-
Ways 10 demand more for transportation than
D ,h can afford TO pay as it was for the
@uan man III the IaDle To endeavOr TO get Two golden
eggs eacn day from his hen-the attempt TO do
Under favorable conditions. indeed. The car.
IT,. at.i may Semand and receive more than a fair
snare OF the profits of production. Where such
makes but ten per cent. while the carrier makes
~ s, or twenty per cent, it is very easy and
.Ine work you do can be done for less monet:
& we VIII pay You for your road what it will cost to
build pull such another, or you may keep your road
and we will build another" So the people are
n0s helpless against exorbitant charges.
setit too low the oee PEOPLE Sc. the price and
ane company mas no option. 1t must accept the
pssce tt named or mot run. Il the rates named will
snoid slight return on the capital existing,
companies may continue 10 run, but no more
capital cap. will encounter like risks II the rates
Company and community in that case are ali ke
ruined. This expeditnt seems TO be too hazard
AnOlner expedlent is TO build douhle-track
railway between the Mississippi and the Allan
all trains 10 run with the same rate OF s, eed.
This is worthy Of careful consideration.
{ mental action is being aseertaineS by an sbIe
commission constituted bv a recent act of con-
E gress
A third expedient, and the most important of
All, rs that proposed by the Senate committee on
e transportation routes to the bvayd. That
e proposes to open or enlarge sew sraI different
water channels between the Mississippi and the
\ Atlantic. We invite your earnest and careful
that by an expenditure OF so OO0OCO per year for
six or seven years, new channels may be open ed
Win h will lessen the cost OF Transporting the
grain product of the Mississippi valley alone in
: the sum OF siZ,OOO.OO annually. The figures are
e startling, but are lar from improbable. The ex-
: pend1ture proposed seems large, but compared
. with the resources of the people it is trffing-
y OOOO OOOO. He who has an estate of $4,000 can
S not be distressed by paying so year for six
years Besides, nation " hich has spent sSO :
viii not hesitate to spend sl20oopOO for prosper
a iy.
a But whatever may or may not be expedient to
. = be DONE this much seems certain: Il the ms
u tional government is to do anything whatever
i 10 cheaper transportation, only the republican
n party can be relied upon to do il. The demo-
: cratic party has forsworn all sDch labors. Long
II ago they determined the constitution would moi
, permit tue government 10 removes an obstruction
Q from harbor or river. il is vain to suppose
y they Will ind now authority to build cana or
! construc. railways But we are not left a doubt
as TO their present dispositions Two votes given
/ during the present session, one in the Senate on
Mr.. WINDOWS amendment to the river aud har-
Dor bill, and one in the House on Mr. McCrary s
ailway bill, will prove, beyond all doubt, that
! the democrats, like the Bourbons, have learned
o nothing good, even If they have forgot pything
bad.
Upon all these considerations, for all these
! reasons, we think you should send republicans
IS and not democrats, to the next congress- IL Won
n cherish the deeds of the recent past and would
n not see them undone; IL you respect the pres
: ent, and would not disgrace it; or, if You have
hope of the future, and would realize that hope,
q we urge You to send republicans, and not dem
v ocrats, 10 the next congress-.