New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-27


ell, Of wheat 100000 barrel. Of -four be carried
this road each SO hours from Buffalo to this city. This
taking -four and wheat from the lake faster than the
Changers dream OF at the present time and that TOO,
upon highway not frozen up half the year. For the
purpose OF the capacity for grain Transports
ton from Chicago to Milwaukee, why do not some Of the
representative Changers Of the West, who desire 10 &C
compsh great things to benefit the producers, call
convention at Chicago. aud appoint committee TO con-
fer with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Rail
road Company upon the proprety OF laying a double
freight track from that city 10 Bufioi II they wonld
do this, IL would look n they meant business
especially II they would TO the Company, III you
will put down the track with steel rails we Will take
your bonds and furnish you with the funds TO do tho
work" Meetings. speeches. and resolutions will never
cheaper transportation. We read or the Actsjof tho
Apostles, not OF their resolutions
Another question is OF much importance What Is to
be done with the wheat -four and when brought to
tide wateri This city, with million of people, with
2OoOOO families OF five persons EACH can consume only
1000 900 barrels OF -four with an addition OF say 2oooo
barrels for Strangers who and in the course OF
the year and this only makes 2ooo for the year Bnt
say twothirds Of the population OF the state OF
New-York consume Western four Then II 100000 famt
lies consume barrels each, this amounts To only to
1000 900 barrels year. The population Of NewEnglapd
is only 9s 0O and five barrels 10 each family OF five
persoDs Is barrels add 10000 for manufactures.
and we have a total for NewYork and New-England OF
59Ol,COO barrels year. leaving remainder OF some
AZ OF barrels for home consumption aud for export
IL has been stated 10 some OF the meetings that one
half OF our wheat crop exported The records OF hs
Treasury Department that from 1928 20 1853, In
elusive we exported s3i5o57l bushels OF wheat es-
mating flour at Ave bushels the barrel This IL about
three and a half crops THIS fact should teach ths
farmers OF the West tina, they must look for homo
market.
Another fact the graingrowers ought to consider IA
.gafa IN ha han
ers and as the grain comes''ior"aru III 'ars'
from the West and there Is demand for our
breadsus abroad the prices OF ocean freights go up
Orr carrying trade ought to be in our own shlps ana
this would paw the pockets OF Americans from so
900 600 to $1,000 900 year
The railroads have reduced rates OF freight The FOL
lowing extract from report OF the Lake Shore iRa
road lust published year 1873 evidence OF THIS
In s6s the price per per mile for the entire frsght
movement that road 243-lOo cents IN 1878 IL wa"
l33lOo cents perton per mile For the year ending Nay
81 1867 the earning. per tor per mile OF o. ' In
1873 for fhe year ending Nav 81 the earDng, per you
per mile of freight We're 2o-iS1 i' en- aIn"i entirely
Agricultural country Of 135l00 on that Important me o
ranwav On the Milwaukee aud ST. Paul Railway, tho
cni were per ton per mile for freight in ls6I 39ioo
i'm the year 1870 2s2-0o. and In 1872 2f-iW-a rcduc
ton in ye years or L5lloo per ton per mile Inc ever
e cen RrffR sp air BAD IN lsa 1881 212 IN
292lCo; in 1862 2l-lOO on nr aorh e ~
1871 l65I0O; 1872, 1591OO. On the Ele hiu"aI IN
1852 1t was .Lseloo; IN 1884, 2S3i" 10 Ia hT I
243-lOO; in 1865 Ls2Ioo; N , lsO' lSs iOo; on
not look like taking the pound or nesh ana Doou 100
With double track Of steel rails for freght IRON ls
city to Chicago-ke the line now IN the course oI eon-
strnctou nv the NewYOTk Central-lt least 5sl cars
could be run each day and they would carry l1o9NU
hpshe of wheat or cora or $4,000 barrels OF flour such
a railway woui IN each week tof SIX uayD n1"'
900 bushels grain 100000 barrels OF Hour Oh 2VV
OO bushels a month. With such double track rtlEht
there carrying capacity enough 10 supply the
Eastern home and the foreign demand WIN our
| nr.al sfifs and k.
cheap carrying rate rs po>si WIFI
out any enlargement Of New-f YORK canals where lere
arc break, aud stoppage live months ~ the year. ana
without a canal around the Fans OF Nagara the eA
nene of which would three times the cost VI
the doubc track for freight from Buffalo to Chicago.
The Changers OF the West VIII do wei 10 pause anu
they elect Representatives anu Scna.OIs 10
CopCress pledged vote for Government railway ana
canals They out now against the burdens OF TAXA
ton national State and local But let the Governteht
enter upon the work of railway aud canal consi
for cheap transportation aud the people VIII uhu NV
they have piled themselves taxes OF whch tbey
| do pot even dream, AMI have tDortgdged ticir
the Government Tor linprOSen-uts hot az
ali necessary their welfare benefit IL VIII DE an
eyi ay tor the nation takes into its own hands
any done Nv the people mat i the p'r.
government which leaves oil business 10 the people ana
leaves manage all commerce, trade, anu tf"ic
| i'll their own way.
One million dollars year for interest money IS
great drain upon industry OF the country. IL the
people are WISE they will 10 It that this enormous
| amount Of interest Is not increased.
Let us look the future interests TO the commerce
and trade business OF own civ, by reaching OUT
| double freight tracks TO the prairics OF The west.
| BROOKLYN, June 49, 1874. JAMES A. BRIGGS.