Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-08-19
ASSOCIATED PRESS LETTER.
PmLADELpnIA, August 10, 1874
CIIrAp TnANsponrAT,oN

ASSOCIATED PRESS LETTER.
PmILADELrnA, August 10, 1874.
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.
Oncofthe leading questions that must
necessarily engage the attention of the
American statesmen for the next few
years, IL the subject of cheap transpor-
tation, and as this isa non. partisan
question II seems emincntly proper for
me to give publicity to all matters Of
interest bearing upon this important
subject. The United States may prop
erly be called "Thc Granary Of the
World and hc who can devise the
best plan whereby the iood-products
of this country can be carried to the
foreign consumer so that profit can
be realized by the producer, and com
petition with other food-producing ma
tions be maintained, will prove himself
his country's greatest benefhctor
From an interesting pamphlet now
before me, ! find that it costs SO and
sevcn-tenths cts, to transport bushcl
of wheat from Chicago to Liverpool,
and Al and fivc-tcnths cts. TO carry u
bushel Of corn over the same route !;
that the average price of No 2 spring
wheat in Chicago during the year 1872
was Sl.22 and six-tenths, and that the
average price of the same wheat in
Liverpool was sl.S6 and ninc-tcnths I;
cost of transportation W. above, 80 and
seven-tenths, which gives the English
merchant profit of 10 and six-tcnths
cents bushel.
The value OF American cotton in
england during 1877 averaged SlS.44
(goid) per ioo pounds; the value OF
wheat per lOO pounds was S3.l0, and
ane value OF corn sl.0l per 100 pounds.
Inc cost OF each OF these three pro-
ducts irom the point OF production TO
treat Britain was W cents per 100
pounds which shows that while the
cost oi transportation was only per
cent cen, o. .ne value OF cotton at Liver
'co,' u was - per ceh. OF the value
" W. VIVA, m'u " per cent o' ihe valne
'orm NJ az iNe'p1o',
nv ooSs VI ,anspor'ihs cereals
from 'nc NORTHWEST 10 the cotton
giownng sui.es % ought not 10 be more
nun .na" on'-1niiu VI, cos' OF trahspor'a-
'lon 70 Liverpool ana irom this 1t
wvuiu seem 10 DC much more prolit-
aole 70 ~, concerned, ior the south to
givo sre"'cr attention 10 COTTON grow,
,ng anu eApor'auoh Oh IL 'hah iood
pi4uuo'l'g, %h
ny ihPor, oi co'ton lnto ureat
n ',i'ai,i IRON ~ ono re- y D IN iooo amount,
.u " io'ooo,ooo pounds ana from all
.hc o'ner countries z,o,oio,l44 during
.hs year io'- 'ne COTTON exported irom
.his css country ndGy 40 10 ureat britain amounted
70 o-o,ooo,ooo pounds u.s. anu rom "all
other countries 'oo'Io' ,S9s showing
wm,iV WI ,oa an o,her countries hau increased
oool io''Sio 100 pounus pson ao we suffered de-
tho ;mnor,s of on,ton ;a,a % rnea, "g,a nv,
tain from this country in 1860 were
so per cent. of the total imports of cot.
ton. and in 1872 only 44t1 nor cent
During the 1--WE wears IS60-1s61 in
elusive, this country exported 10 the
United Kingdom i27 OH 126 bushels
of wheat. During the years 1868 10
1872 inclusive we exnorted IN the same
country ZIG Ago 38O bushels of wheat
A decrase of l0bsi 74G bushels
During 1s6Or1sGl Russio sent AZ
376 500 bushels of wheat ;nto Crooi
Britain and during 1863 1870 n cl,s;vo
Great Britain imnortcd III o76 900
bushels Of wheat rom Rnss;a an r.,
crease eof70 500 213 bushels Tbis great
increase on tho MARI oc Rnss;a Il @o;n
ly due TO her improved system Of cboan
Transportation Of grain rom Ire inferid,.
10 he Black Sea. as The decrease from
the United States ~ mainly dne tothe
Jim Fisk system of rail road MANAGE
ment. which under the new order IL
rapidly becoming one of the Lost arts
,urp,c,y yvns,s ,v,o,. M.
-, 49, -
a. ~ ihy ias. 'e'.1i was ,ea,iui 'na'
'a.;o wy eoS ne NV. en- ',,' ii'ls uoupleu 'ne
pnivI y - ~, ~ iol pul,uing purposes
';e' VIII ,o'.l 'uo Jon'e'',,'pi ~ Ionlinis-
'o,' LN".', " Wy pa,'nasV 800 y, Deis'','l lroi
o'a'us aD IN 1'uoi 49,, ~ sa'o 90 per ,on Oh
viii ali No nr;dc nf ,' am o,,on ~ aon ou' o,,
von I no,s apnonnoo ,ho, ,ho an H. aan,s s,
of Exb;h;t;on Rm;Id;n,u o so, u,o n'as; 49,
can Centonn;.l aro - ho oonstrna,ad
evclps;volv NJ mer;ca, roo,or;ai mado
by American worlxmen The Centen.
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