, 1877-10-20
CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.

Tho "IIawkeys" Drops lnto serious Talk.
huntington t5d. H1tsttve.
The 1t. Louis Nms rn'n plains that the muntc-
ipal authorities Of that city conroct ordinances
cnlrulatcd to drive trade away. while Chicago
pcrtccts means to encourage traffic Of every
kind to ccntso within her limits. Says tho
Tin4es:
We rot upon the wsttrs when oat PROV
Should Efatc the golden tacs.
There Ii a great dtal Of truth IN tho criticism.
Juat now the 1T. Loutsa1is are astontsl,ed to
learn that the great bulk Of cattlu shipments
IRON, Henry County, Missouri, goss to Chivago,
which IL neasly 3Ol miles further away than st..
Lofts. The sAme Thing IL notlvcaltlo In regard
to tie Texas trade; Chicago sbips her gouls
right pA,t 81. Louis, hundreds ot miles beyond.
into Texas mud The southern States, and takrs
southern prsA!uuss In exchange. THIS IA appar-
entity all uut!atural state VI things, And II GER
tainly would nut exist, at fcAst hot Vt ts pres-
cnt magnitude, II 1t. Louis huh ono 1.-THE the en-
crgy and enturprlse that thoroughly pcr,uca.s
tho atmosphere u Chicago. TakG, for ilstuner,
The commercial relations Of the two rtics with
Burlington. lrsrr 0ur merchants dealt almost
exclusively with 81. Louis. Al our supplies
ton, aid II was cheap; and tho st. Luuis lor.is
Of cnnMIcrct fcc1fl. secure IN their ''natural
advantages, rested easy, and dsdatncd tha Idea
that Chicago could ever roach scross the miry
praIr!ca Of Illinois and take away their tra,!r.
hut Chicago began ~ foster ra!trosl system.
When the Chicago. Burlington d Quincy itoad
wal buils into Burlington. tho character OF our
mercantile business changed. Ws began 10
totl grew, she tuil. up ruilroas! system u her
own, until uine lines OF railroad ralia.e from
this point, aud now even burlington has t!'e
tcmctitY to compete With vt: Louis fur the
trude Ut Northern Missouri. and penctratcS into
Kansas and Nebraska with certain lines Of srat!t
anu manufactures IL was oillr Yesterday that
manufacturing firm in this city shipped 1l,uD1
worth Of goods to tialYcsson. Tex; and It was
jnsf nktfL &t
regular Inns VI trade, and fos q class of goods
extensively manufactured in St. Louis, Nean.
while, St.. Louis has 1nadc VERY l!ttis effort to
recover her lost trade here. What little she
KotA IL iud to the enterprise and persistence Of
Com. Davidson aud hts eontetnporaties on tbs
river. Chicago has two dil ect lines of railway
10 Burlington. The Gully direct line st. Louis
h6s to Burlington IL one qullt recently cjn-
short lino Of the wost bunk 1t ths river Las
dawlled along for years unhelpea 6y st. Louis,
and saved only by chicago and Eastern cap
ttallats.
new line ot road now atout to le opened from
st. Louis TO Mtanesrolis.-A cobgertes Of foadt
down whch Il hopcs to turn portion OF the
grau'-tlatife which has heretofore gone 70 Mll.
tbst sine-tbe Burlington. Cedar Rapids .S
Nortncrn-Dwet ~ a1i9tence 70 Bursingtun en-
terpftse. not dollar Of IT. stork Wa taken In
~ !4ouis, nor we're any Of its bonde marketed
auEEG lHa&i AL Inc Haf tnrQuCfL the t0nlltlcF-
c!al history OF lows u history Of ! State that
owca nothing 70 the enterprise Ut "the Future
Great Gty for IT, advancement IN wealth aud
prosperity; and what limited cosnner.,A reta-
tlou1 Iowa sustaius to-day with 1t. Louis ID due
almost entirely " the desirs aud the efforts Ut
lowans TO cultivate business connections. With
the south, aud 10 secure Southern market foe
our prolific 1ranarict. We Euox that tue bus,-
ness.n,en Ut Burlington wonlu be glad 10 gu.
large tbcis dealings With 1t. Loula merchants
and manufacturers, but Il u time they werr
met pathway tn advances thAt ought 70 be ~
mutual In their promptlngs u thsy certainly
would b. in bcpedeent results.