, 1880-02-19

cd II is only question Of very brief time
how soon We slIn1l again chronicle t!le work
OF tho assnslns.
THE RAILROAD EMBARGO ON wEsrERN
GRAIN.
Wo published iii 1nE TnnlUSn ycstertlayn
letter from "Gatl" to tho Cincinnati En-
q,tirer, reporting Interviews of New-York-
crs. tlcnounclng what he styles tho "lock~
up" OF grain Mt Chicago f'ltl Mt otl.cr points
fh tic West. We published tho letter ns n
somewhat curious item of News, and as m
Illustration Of how tic great railrontl COM
btnntio,i has undertaken to plumber tho pro-
tfncers Of tic West, and how they llayo been
follett nlnl defeated.
"Gath" reports ono of Ills infornants rs
snying:
As tho rRtcs statd In Chlcago. tho principal
w y " 40 nv 1 mficn tbia th;nr ;n m ,G1,c tsG
Considerable grim stands locked ZIP in tlse co-
rr,.ny " ~ mG ,nur WITT nrirH wh'o n Is .h a IT, en ~,
nl.out *i.d5 i,'thei, is i,p 10 ti.a7 per bsi,ci.
Tnoy Ty en',l'nt alp tlo Ei1.ln from Ch!caKn to
Ehiuaxo thin III New York, it viii uot lsnrt, "a
Whcrn I Is worth sl.47 t9 come to n piacc where
i,.st,,cs. " ''' 'Ao' @''AN p"' '"o '"''''"'' ''A9
ui,,ro ia m a,,,,t tt,t ,ho +,,,r,, ro,,r,o,,o
am, nit,,ro of h,o, .,,,,c,,lntors ,v,,t,, ,or,,
n,,,ch ltka IN ocs tla ,,,Ico of ,c,,rot In f,hi.
ca0o 81 n; ,or 1a,she, Int mcnt,, - ol,owo,,
bImsctf In he ,,ost ,ud,cro,,Q,v t,nroeeI ,,,o,,
hv The ass,,rt,o,, t,,ot fin nrtcn ~ ,vhoo, horo
is q a7 mr. hmshrt ,ylicl, 1a mioht bova
nosi1,, o,.a,,1o1 hS ,oa,no ~, .,,o ,,r,,,, r,"to
tions ' ''' '''
M awheo+ so,,, in ch,coco ~, ,r,oo,,o. ~
81 a,,l cas,, or,l ~ otlf for Ntorcl IT. Now
york snn,o Inv ,rh.nt s,td NJ q .x6o1 40 ria
co Il, snlna fu f,htrorn nro anhIoct n atoro,,
not orcon,,;rr {o,,r oonta n 1,nahol nr.l r., ia
c1,orro for i,snoctton ,rho rn,,roo,, rat.,
for tra,ennrtat,n, ~ Vav y~or,. +. ao oonts
mr. Inn nnunla ,vl,,c,, i. on,,ty,Iont ~ o,
ron,a mr. 1,,s,a1 on,, tha c,a rgna II, tho Dart
NJ Nn,v yorr av,roro .,,roa ,o,,.s mr. n,,shn1
mo1,,py ~ ccuts It ,xt1, In aco,, thorofnro
tho, I'm ,,rIco ~ ,v,,oot "a mi. n,,o,t ti.r.n
c.,,ts ,,or ls,o, n1r,.o ,rt,ot H. ,,,,1 s,,, ~
IN No, yor,. ftar W. ,.t,,. trors,ort,t;o,, ard
othnr c,,or mn, nj - oo,,a. oho,.o - as
"Cn,,,,sn ,,o.o1.or Dtnfroa t,,n ,nt ,,o1,o,3r's
rr ia,t,r ~ wcnt,, !, CONS ,,o,, ~, t,,, ,,"st
~ Nv, Wi, <,,,"ra,,r. AL ,,n,,,,,nr, ~ -
Tho rnIlroo,l conhtn,t,o,, thot tl,a ,,.,on,o r.,
tha tvost scn,I tho,r urot,, IN chicago ,v,,oro
t,nv .o,I r. for co,oroi oo,,ts mr. h,,e,,o,
t,,.,, t,,a,. rn,, .sot ~, ~ 1 M, WI, n,,,,
,v,,cnt II, tho ,V..at mn mn, +la ,iuhcs+ coa,,
,unri,ot !" ria o,t,. ,r,,a ,,,~o,,asnrs h"r+.
now thn'r ,,onav forit md ca,, ogror, r., i,o1,,
+ mil rov;yo,,on o,,o,,s ~ mt, I'm ,. rnt,>
roo,1.ncoi co,nb,not,o, ro'trooa -. rato' ~
troro,,,rt,tto,,
IT. ~. "s,,n ~ .,u1 =, .,
atIyely considerably less than It Ii in Chi
cnro. thu troubln IN not will, Chico-
m but with TIM ratfroads which
refuse 10 move 1t Mt rnics lint will
enable New York to purcl,nse It, The mar.
giu of difference between tho prices in chi
cago and New York is consumed by tho cx-
cesslyo rates exactctl for TRANSFORMATION nv
the railroads, II tl1o RAILWAYS shnIl r,.luet,
their ratrs to q ceuts ,cr I'm pounds. t,,en
New ynrk dealers may In n1,fn to nurchosc
in Chicago nil the wheat tbcv wnnt md srfl
Mt protit In Now York.
In this A 0ath y letter It IL stotc,, TINT trere
nre 500 vessels In New York hartor waiting
for careocs of grim. and TINT in thls list of
vessels nro included stcu,ners aml ships If
nil kinds. mt countinp unwilling sn,nller
tl,nn n hrir: TINT these ycssrls nre Wing in
TINT hnrhor i,1Ir. anil nj suc, 1,p,yv coat M IN
In dcstroytnp t]lo ynlue nf the nrn,ertv. aud
Tint steauners carry rrofn rt +, mammal nr1cc
for ballast. All th,s nav In trim. hut tho
fault In mt with thu Chicaro mcr.honts, hnt
with the trunk-1iue ro1lroat1s. which insist
On co,,fscatlnr the protiucc nf tha Wrat ill.,
dor the nretext of TRANSPORTING # tn tho aco.
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