The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-03-26

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bushels OF oats, OF which 6,370,7S4
were shipped east by lake; l.129,os6
bushels Of rye, Of which 23l. 538
were shipped East by lake, and s.
25l,75o bushels OF barley, Of which
2,ss0.52s were shipped Eas. by lake.
This shows that only the lower
priced cereals are moved in greater
AMOUNT by lake than rail, except the
ode instance Of wheat, and when to
this is.N dded all the live animals, and
144,7SO b.,rrels Of pork out OF 2os,
6e4 shipped 10 that year, it requires
not the aid of Inspiration to toretell
that very soon the lakes will be as
to regulate the rate OF
transportation OF vegetable food to
The seaboard a. the cana,s will be-
When the Erie Canal was completed
there was . cheap water-routc from
al points within reach OF the canal
or the lake.; but railways have bes1
built parallel with the lakes, whose
policy is to prevent traffic from
reaching these cheap routes, aud
every new road that IL built from
the seabeard at asy point is, from .ts
very nature. At war with every water
route in the country.
THE RArH on WHEAT
per bushei that has obtained for sew.
sral years from Chicago to New
York by rail is q cents in summer,
when the lakes are open, and S6 in
winter. when lake navigation is
closed. One of The remedies sought
by this bill is the prevention OF such
rates from points where
competitor half the year indicates
what the rate should be. The aver
age rate from the wheat center west
Of the Mississippi is about Is cents
per bushel to Chicago or Milwaukee
making the total charge to the sea
board. independent OF handling, "a
cents; 10 Liverpool, besides handling
at New York, IA. Monthly state.
ments OF the shipments from Chica.
60 show that shipments IN the winter
months average the whole year. OF
the 4O0.000,000 OF bushels of surplus
gram, only 6O,OOO,00O are moved
eastwardly from Chicago by lake.
and abont 20,005,000 from Milwau-
kee. Less than 100000 tons Of
grain are moved East by our lake
system; OF the 100000 surplus
the Pennsylvania railroad moved T.
SALTS tons Of all kinds OF freight
in 1872. The lakes, then, for NOV.
ing grain, ARE equal TO halt such q
railroad. From the Mississippi rlv.
er the average rate, according TO
tables ,nuhl;sh.a ~ - =. -
uary, 1871, computed from Eve diff
tarent points. lie 2 cents average per
ton per mile, and the lowest class
averages Il mills per ton per mile,
while for all intermediate points the
rate varies from IA 10 16 mills per
ton per mile by rail 10 New York.
nAkpsnIPs OF NON. COMPETING POINTS.
The freight rate from the Missis.
slppi, averaging FIVE different points,
IS eleven mills per ton Per mile to
New York, = rate Of which no one
complains but whom ave mills more
are aided Oh the same class OF
ireighis from one Of tho interior
counties that snip 100000 bushels
Of grain, the overcharge exceeds all
the taxes levied tor State. county,
township aul municipal purposes
The total levy OF 3 per cent. on as
sesssd valuation on any one Of those
counties 10 considerably below the
excess charged over the rate from
the Mississippi to New York while
according 10 current theories the
rate per ton per mile tor long
distance shoald bs less than fer .
short distance.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE WEST.
From 1863 to 1872 tho reduction
in the average rate of carrying on
Eastern railroads was from 2l7
cents to l.56 cents, or % per cent;
but during the same time, on west.
srn roads, the red uction has been
from 2.32 cents TO 2.23 cents, or less
than 4 per cent. This is based on
the charges OF the Chicago. Rock
Island d Pacific, Chicago, Burning
Ton q Quincy, and the Illinois Cen
trail. Yet the traffic has increased on
yhese roads from 281,228,704 tons
moved one mile, in 1863, to 681, 9l2,-
'88 tons moved one mile in 1872, or
l42 per cent; these roads all re.
,eivs very large land grants, very ex-
enSive subsidies, and much local aid;
tut they control, from their initial
'olnt to their termlni, the country