The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-03-27

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nora,,vcly in.inniGront SIMS nr ,ronn,, have
Ihoon voted to imnrovo wafer comrsns which
,u, oo.t ar ,yn., Does onvonn onoL, an cv
nInn,t,or nf ,b,s STARTLING aud d,mrir,,t r,,,L >
V !rLo S,In,i,n az ,hn f,ct !. tn,,rd H. 10 nyi.t
.nco oi tLn n,rthnr r,r, tb,t tho ;r,nrnyomop,
If these rivers and canals womb varv malcr,
aI,v int.rtcrn with IN. cnnrmnus hns; mos md
IhuIc dividends of the various railroad com.
! nnnics which. rs if were mononnliyc All i'm.
nor,ant traffic bctw,,n the cast and tbc west
:. Very little money and lcsa legislative and
have been ciycn for thc Inlnrovcment of that
Urea, natural channel of water communica,ion
,yhich has neon cvcava,cd a. # unro IN, fine
hand or the Almighty. councct,np the cham
! az The great ner,hTrn lakes with The Illinois
and Nississippi rivers and the Gulf of Mexico
An ,ha, has been left for man to do to ncrfrct
his work is to
DREpgE OUT THIS CHANNEL
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men,s and let loose All ,hv waters of ,be north.
crn lakes which for centuries have been i'm
nlorinp Won to give them an outlet so that
! they may flow through YOUR farms VILLAGES
and cities, bringing health wealth and I'm.
bounded prosperity to all. blessing Won and
your postcrity for all time with the most beau.
Iiiful imnortant and magnificent novioahIo
water course upon which the sun shines or the
waters ripple.
Every wave which breaks upon the western
shore Of Lake Michigan Kisses curses Ioud
and long. IN YOUR ears for not breaking away
the puny barriers which impede their passarc
to the father of waters thence to iptrrminGlc
with the gulf stream. bearing upon their foam.
ing crests vessels, laden one wav with the
wealth of the old world the other with all the
varied products OF the new. You may very
Iper,ineuily And uroprrlv ask why This pr,nt
Improvement has not Leeu cOnsummotcd In
nav mind there Is no difficulty in answering
This question. and whether or moi the inter.
ance of plain and unyarnished truths nroye
palatable to others IS to me a matter of ner,ect
indifference.
No sooner IA there a hill introduced in cop
gress for an APPROXIMATION to and in the i'm.
movement of our western rivers and canals
than
THE RAILROAD COMPANIES
without DELAY. dispatch their apents and ennis
saries To Wash,nrion IN dpfraf the fnal n.s
sage of the Act. IF tbev nv the use of Glitter
inl, Influences cannot defeat the h,lI then tbe,r
frs, ohiect il "a cut down tho amnrnt ornro
nr,ated 10 the smallest nossihle sum md IN
The second place to have the money voted
used where il will he of no bcnetit IN the nuh
lie interests. and do the railroads the Ieost IN.
iurv. and finally IN have their own eotnII,tos
nppointed to use and central tbe money voted
and thus the entire Observation-Disclosures are misan
piled and fr,ttcred away.
II is SAID by some that a shin canal and
when say shin canal | mean of course a wa.
ter channel of sufficient dimensions IN float
Medium sized Steam nronellers with snepd and |
safety is not necessary No one ever aid This |
unless he Is has been mr. eynects Ia ha in The
employ of a railroad companv No one hut
the holder of railroad securities would dare
assert that the demands AT ,rodo ,n1 co,,,,oroo |
do not imDprat lively require the construction |
of this canal
Examine evorv u,orobousa !, tho o,,,o, orl
Dubunue Dies Moincs and in all the western |
cities and Won will find them crowdei m
their utmost capac1,v and NOT one fnurth of
the farm products of the western states tor
1870 has vet found a marke, Snnnnsa oil ,ho
grain IN store and vet to he marx e,cd in io,ra
K ansas and Illinois could he immcdia,al, and
directly summed in vessels of lnrgc rsrrving
|canaciiv TO- ali the v.rjons marte,s 81 ne
world,
WITHOUT pRp.u1yc pr,v
and many millions of money would ne .a,cd
TO the PRODUCERS instead of going into tho
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IN the greedy maw If the r,IroaS "n,nns a'
II said Nv those who have nil, ,nvas,,
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