The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-02
GRAIN DRlER.

Lu0 6t0tco WCeI VI thc 1AtSeieoiPPAS o"N
east of the Rocky mountains. We be-
lieve the Mississippi river will become
the great canal, carrying the products
of the northwest, free Of toll to tho
markets of the world. We believe that
the immense commerce of the north
west-the movement of its products
and its impOrts-can be diverted from
the eastern roads, which now have al
most q monopoly of its trade, TO the
Mississippi river and to the NJ, X. 4
T. r. r. We believe that New Orleans
and Galveston will be the shipping
ports of the west, instead OF New
York and Boston. This is our creed,
our confession OF faith. 1t is said that
all paying roads in the United States
lead to New York, are mainly eastern
lines, and that roads leading IN other
directions are merely feeders to the
Eastern Trunk Lines. Two-thirds of
the imports, and One-half Of the ex.
ports of the Uuited States pass through
the heart of New York. Boston stands
next. When efferson purchased Loui-
siana he foresaw the Development of
the West, he foresaw immense COM
merco on the Mississippi and Its tribu-
taries, and he tOresaw the necessity of
having the mouth OF tho river aud its
commerce controlled by the United
States, hence though he believed he was
stretching the powers granted by the
constitution to the general government,
he believed the exigencies of the case
justified the purchaser of Louisiana.
The Northwest has developed with n
rapidity far SURPRISING the expectations
ofany statesman. 1t has been filled andis
rapidly filling with an Industrious and
energetic population. 1t is almost ex-
rlusivcly agricultural, exporting the
products of the soil, and importing its
manufactures. Its commerce is con.
sequently immensely greater than
would be the case if it manufactured its
own supplies, and consumed its own
products. But the commerce of the
Mississippi river and of the Gulf of
Mexico has not justified the expecta-
tons of statesmen. Water transporta-
ton is tho cheapest mode of carrying
freight. The freight on a busheL of
wheat by steam from New York to
Liverpool more than 5000 miles is, at
this date, the same as the railroad
freight on bushel of corn from Salina |
to Kansas City, less than 200 miles. |
1t would naturally be supposed that the
northwest would seek the nearest sea.
port as q shipping point. This is not
true of the grain trade of the north
west. 1t seeks eastern routes, invoIv-
ing railroad, canal, and lake changes
and charges. The enormous commerce
of tho northwest is principally con-
trOlled by your great trunk lines OF
whose western extensions as
feeders extend all over the northwest.
Shippers have abando ned the natural
routes Of the Northwest 10 the markets
of the world, and entrustlng their inter
ests to the tender mercies O. monopo-
lies and gigantic corporations, use the
eastern route in preference
to tie cheaper and more natural South
ern routes to foreign markets. There
is of course good and valid reason
The reason is this: Grain shippd.
over the Gulf absorbs moisture from
its damp and warm atmosphere, and is
liable to head and become damaged IN
transit. The business men of st. Louis,
New Orleans and Galveston have made
efforts to secure the immense
commerce and the growing trade of
he Northwest, but they have failed to
livert the grain trade from the eastern
% the southern route, because the re.
'ults of shipments by the Mississippi !,
md the Gulf nullitied their logic.
The commerce of tho Northwest is .
practically controlled by soul-less COM |;
,inations Of capitalists. A dozen men
an meet in an Office in New York and
tx the freights on the produce of the l
1t has been proposed to
init railroad tariffs by leglslation-it
las proved b failure. 1t has been pro
'osed to build broad guage double =
rack government freight line from ST
louis to the Atlantic-but politicians
re not likely to successfully manage :,
UGH road. 1t has been proposed to
onnect the great lakes with the tribu.
aries Of tho upper Mississippi, by ship !,
anals-but they would be closed by ice y
early half of the year. An apparently y
rifling invention sometimes removes =
reviously insurmountable difficulties. =
Mr.. Albert Denton, of Bavaria, Kan ::
rs, has invented grain drier, which y y
an be used on barges, or On ships, du- :,
ing voyage, without elevs,ing or dis y =,
irbing the cargo. Instead of moving y
he grain to bring it in contact with air, !,
hich absorbs It's moisture, this grain :.
rier forces air through the grain. =
ram is as porous as a pile OF shot. - -
1ater thrown on heap of grain in :. :.
Iantiy disappears, air passes with -
luch greater facility. By protecting -
,e face with suitable screen, it is :. ~
lsy to breathe through hundreds of :. y.
nsheIs of grain. Attach rotary %
rec blower to series of perforated ~
pes placed in the grain. Then by ~ :.
orking the blower, thousands of Gu -
C feet of air can pc forced under - !.
'essurc, through the grain in all di- ..
ctiops. Heat the air If it is desired ~ ~
dry it rapidly or 10 kiln-dry it. 1t ;.