, 1881-03-14
GRAIN GOING 70 NEW ORLEANS.

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GRAIN GOING 10 NEW ORLEANS. :,
A New York dispatch snys: "rl!e Atter-
t[on OF tile Board Of Trade mud 'rransporta-
tion was called 10 the new tlangert IL the conl-
nsercc Of Ncw York now belnE developed III
tic transportation Of grain by meatls Of
swIftly-towud bargcs down the Mississippi to
New Orleans, wlience It is shipped 10 Europa
by steamships"
Tic st. Louis Republican, makes these OBJ
scryatEons:
Thnt nucl- ridlculel revolution IN the grain
trade. wllct st. Louis hns lccn striving to effect
for years pns,, begins 10 look tlrcaslfuy real to
thcir aarn m whon S she New fork 1surd Of rrado
solemnly directs attention to tho danger tnrGnt- @
ened It's ctnncreo. Thu fnct is, It Is mot , ,ai.
nRo nlrcat!y done. st!il worse, there i nothtilK
tllcy Gull do to stop tic revolution. 0rAln eat.
Now orleans thin from DhIcAKn to New TURK.
md that means cheaper n.lu quicker to Ltser-
poo. or any otlior foreign port.
We have printed during tile Inst few weeks
statements showing tho departure from st.
Louis Of fleets Of barges 1oadcd with grain
for New Orleans. Some Of these tloats coll
taEned several hundred thousand bushels,
thp cost Of transportation from st. Louis to
New Orleans being, rs compared with ra[t
frelghts rron thore to Baltimore, hardly moro
than one-thlrl. Jay Gould, 1t Is stated las
furnished most Of the capital to build these
burgcs aud to operate them, and 1t Is Intended
and expected to turn into st. Louis tho In.
mense grair prolucllons Of Kansas, Missouri.
part of Iowa, and of tic southern half Of
Illinois and Southern Indiana, and thence
send them to the East aud 10 Europe by way
/ If New Orleans. The transportation from
| St. Louis tn New Orleans being reduced to
tho n,nlEuutn, ,,i,d tle facilities Of handling
atnt shipping the grain ut Now Orleans being
Increased. two results nre expected to eli-
courage tho grniu trade Oh tho river. Ono OF
these Is, that more can ba pnfu for the grain
Mt st. Louis than elsewhere; md, second, tue
grain can be sold lii New Orleans to shippers
for less than 1t costs elsewhere.
| As THE TNInuSE hns for years predicted,
the opening and maintenance OF tho M1ssls-
stpM River route would IN tEme beco,ne a
necessity, md tlat time has now arrived.
'f.le exact!ons md cunlIscallors by tho rail-
road combinations hnvc forced the relief
which that ro,lte offers to the people OF tho
West. The cost Of transportation being re.
tircell by tllat line, producers a1 shippers
| will naturally proit by THO greater prices
they can obtain. 1t 1,,ny therefore be nc.
cepteu Us q fixed fact tElat the Mississippi
River route Is now and will DO encef0rtl MI
| ever open and rlyal route for grain nnd other
Western products, especially In the winter
md spring months. This competition will
Immediately bc felt BY tic railways leading
East, a,lsl by all tho cities not located OIL the
Mississippi River, and tile diversion Of tratte
| ,rk 1tns
will 1t be met?
Tho Baltimore l. Ohio Railroad Company
will be the first to feel the destructive ellcc
of this river-bargo competition. Tllnt ROM
Is not burtleneA either by al enormous bond
cd debt lor by waterea capital stock. It ha
direct CONNECTIONS with the river ut st. Louis
and thcnce westward. 1t lsas connection
with several warehouses OH tit Illinois ban|
Of the river, and also Mt baltimore. It lin
direct steamer arrangements for 0cean trans
portatlUn to Europe. 1t has utt the nle.ssl
ind appliances, By the nse of steel rails Ill
double trucks aliL tho other economies o
TRANSFORMATION, to transact Its blslnes9clle
er perhaps tllan any other ROAD III tho coui
| try. II Ins an abundance Of locomotive I'LL
! cl,nery md rolling.stDck, a1id 1!us tho grca
: advantage OF being tho shortest rHutu to til
! scAboard fruin tue Mississippi. But ut S
t Louis 1t is confronted with this forlnldabl
rival route, by which tho products Ut til
, Western States may be moved to any polt
+ un tho Atlnnttc or IN Europe nj grent sa
0 lug on present railroad freight rites per II
/ pounds. What will Tint Company tlo abol
: it? VIII 1t cling bl!ndly to TINT cuttiaroG
II fraud tie "pool'? II 1t do. thon, 30 I.
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