, 1875-01-16
And to this End Demand tho In-
provomont Of the Upper and
Lower Mississippi.
A Good Word Spoken for The Kcnuc-
pin Canal Project.
Tho Railroad Law Should Be Fully
Tested as It Stands.
THE ILLINOIS CHANGERS,

Grunge To-day tho Committee OH Trnnspor:atia
nato tho following report, which was aloptet
nftor discussion:
The Committee on Transportation won1l re,rec
70 consider sltlA subject anI OF 70 t5nlo
tsnso to tho reoIc we feei that shall fail far a'
soaahy EXPECT any other tlhn shn optn9n f.''n on
t, Groners atd sisters Of tho State dssnK:. W, hay
6tasea Sei4te Golnmittt C., kuow'l ux
THE wtSDoM COMMITTEE.
inveati9ated this saDuct whuu year. having NIL III
facilities they deemed ncsen*ary to full Investigation
Of !iIc question. with ,wera to send for per-
nn miTrs ant aites applying tlt n1rslsea ass'iuons
that ,ho Information tlat,ntol hi their report VA
" no means a. complete m they slstca. Will tllrs
1sw nfssSy sya5 ssi1n IT, toarx Il % .s 10 ourselves
OUR nEroHr:
The people ii;ing ~ thu great valley. snrpasnei
with climate as.s 10 nearly III lie various hra'cllr.
OF agriculture; with population IF 2p,UGop}0 suuls
s%t t Re3sy e M nas%n1y o tho faco
Touched with worlds Of mineral wealth. mi, It's ni,lcs
searesly olene; with only al,o onc-nfsh Of It's lind
rivers with all the*e great nhtu,sl adya,agcs In
view, We may hrre Inquire what tio uc,eral uover1l-
fnr this transportation Of the nlrf1us rrolurts,
IheHe pcople cal! Answer as with one voira
been
A MosT EXTRAORDINARY rSturrrnEScE,
i
this valley Mu uH that cre hts bec1l ex,rllstcl on
the great wafer-soFFcs Of tla valley hinsc The crga-
co., this cng ay ahout sl6U Guu prr annu, willie Il
- known tas IN n'"unt more than equal to that has
Of co. IT, ea.sr fro rr'ora ,un ro ~ f9,tng
ntce Ut the Boarl Of TfIde VI he City Of H. Louis
.1 also 'roln srocel Of Mir. stan,laz delivered IN
March u, 1874. nome very
1NrnltTANr sTATlsrlcAL INFORMATION,
from 'sir Ne !1ke few of tho following extracts:
a uHSflGl Df Wlfl$ Silt nod bX rail 3h,u
Now York cts 1t ccnts The Elns l.y river al acea,,
10 IVY iork costs % eeus, slowing difference tn t..
from st. PAUL TO Liverpool, England, by rail anil
ueesn' costu Z cent. the sanle by river s, ocean
from s. ouI. to New York by rail costs So cents the
Ing difference in favor Of tic water roo uf d cents
LEI o Lyuroc Ess a. 1nts 9a d "f ean shs from s
sa,no from st. Louis by rycr 20 au ne1'ss ,,aa., uo
e1Ss 90 rsnts showing difference in favor Of tho
IT, ffut ana osean route q 20 ecutt bushel. Iaking
r.. raul and st. Louis taken into confederation. wu
w"cr m r,s .aHs' ~ cent? nsr basel in lasor s all
tho uUo Ut bushels of wheat Slipped from tna
horthss"t .at nssoEinH s9 tho census Of ls7o couil It
sased to tho lHopio OF tho Northwest tile
H.. nAsDHoME LITTLE suM or Sll.500, ,O0n,
1nt Il la not claimed cre tl1at iii this d, ,ooooo
hhaeis would aFe naturally went to nurkct y wntrr
hnt we auto without fear Of successful corac,in
t; 81 lrast 70 cant Of that a,uu would MUTUAL.
NJ y aa e.ren sinsa s orssnizatIo The o
= ea to ps q 1sas' r.r acrs ssea 4, to , IL
ssre Of 4 surplus cro Easing .Io M cpcuIaiayy esfpy
~ s sh assrago rso u corn Of 90 bushels to tic ars
sa! iq H. humber Of under cultivation in thn
Of sl14 an ndo & amount t. THO enormous sum
"f ctiitivatio accorna to the census of ths IsH
1ecader oter 10, ,0bQ, ,H0 4rrcs, - 'Ns '"os
THE QUESTION MIGHT NE .upx,
~ Flt" VI ueHb statements, WlAv ~.
s s; 81 our soi lying adjacent to is arst
py stating thai sese roaes are not at iii thsS
Gle on account OF nw wator md oieiructions r. ~
TSa rans T IL bs ss5y 4iys; small
lsaps 1t Rock 1sland both very ureat o.,, nae
slona to- Te sas at Kcokk now bsing qgsd
~ chtttng eanal ar6un1 them. The neppo ~ H.
valley ate looking forward to the completion o9 tho
Mork WITH much interest, ALI, lope to 10 much ,sns nus
work. wo ,letstan is ubont s4po oo This nronn9 ,e
W Gn1rsy Gcarngs.y h9po VII le uprorrao at s sesson
~ epnRFesss Anu there art Other reasona:
THE Tua MONOPOLY,
laa l'eseme drawlark, and .bonl 10 either broks,
n q in s,ne WY restricted by law 1hls ,oao1nl.
his valley, and IL Que Of the causes tjat ia ary}n
r.. fs1n the natural clannes TAs 1unoroly
WY Orleans to tile ,nouth, and ID wortsl rnr1v ri
,o interest q tA conpauy Their chnrgcs for liz
onsse q It eSs Ss ns: nr'
10 i9ssr1lment m would build two tugs COSTING abont
re-. Ten ny q eo 10 Totse At cost not exceeding
he tax at least o,1e-inif anI tIo Eou!d fe1uro
mn itss..Met s.a q " tho 1Ifestnst Thia tug
Yod scn to ha w. ~ rsanelnaly by Eastern mc,.
liz cunmrrs F-n, ~ nuto v or rather divert
nu sIa" - M .auui ta lefitlli4s CHANNELS sh4n my
reat railroad coldvotinn w. ~ ahs inttress Of the
nAons to carry .hNs tsr own u'' max 70 seSyH niny
ro conttany ~ wor Mn sans sources Of power that
'ance theis seitlsa se~sas 'u' pa0"0 'n'nd to
W, ~. .,, u. - y Exrkn1ENr?
,arlet valid sesth e1a satpred " vs Nex Orleans
rcollut cf tc lumiity of H. alasn"Re condition.
uunasion ~ elas,a s has been raiaed nnee tIo
lackuary In. b.e, ur 't ", Mnk llnes aud tho
sa,uo sse, naay sy o. clatss dues not aprcar
on, f "nd frp % iron California, from, Egypt,