The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
merchamt IA that ciLy

ported 10y New York correspondent
of the St. Louis Glo5c rs coming from
Mr.. \. Il. Gray, II representative
merchant of that city:
MisSi~sippI competition il in imminent
danger IL New Work. fear that we cai.uut
save ourselves even 10y making tho c:,uHI.
free. Tho building Of bIru"s capabl, 81
tTlIl~pp iuE 2Olpl l3I~hDl- Dt gtRiu each. lii,
construction u elevators, tho shipment ni
.t,Cpn bushels from -. Louis in one day: this
look, like hustucrs. Grain Is carried ..''ru
| IN" Mississippi cheaper than by tho lax" aua
canal route To New OEk. and Yields ut.u
money ;utht barge. The rate tu New Orleans
! - S"vl;5, hHt this could easily he reduced I.
cents and even cents, and still Il profit re-.
main. Ocean rvl.ht- from New Orleans are
higher, hul ~ the river irCght~ ulo Chyap'u.
| the cost ny he two routes uTC about tn
| same, with this difference, that rates 10y Tho
Mississippi can I've reduced, and viii M~ a.
soon a competition becomes greater. Il i.
no Use for New lUr! to longer dclud" itself.
with tn" idea that grain can not bc shipped
from New Orleans during the hos months
The Tact T.. that shipments were made ali i'-t
summer. uud no complaints were heard. TIL.
Mississippi l. open ten months In IN" year.
the canal from May to November ~ u--,.ll
now that Mississippi competition IS only t"Ul-
puury. and caused hV the huiIlinu .f IN.
southwestern ruat-. i Ia MAKE oneself I4g
!J'' Shiu9 IS. e.. # tn" Exchange. Our ,.I.
remedy taut that may not save u.s. J. &.
1hui!"E H!l tolls on III" canals. \ ccutu hy,u"i
makes Il vast difference. \ Cuartrru' % ,ar.'
a hu>hCi has been known u decide NhrlrrT
| tn" grain should hr cent IL New York nr Ri
limurr. In IL. IN" tolls ON the state canul-
were rctuCrD sine" $40 The receipts uy
canal ~ The port of N'T NOTh have !l'lsI r,-f
IhuGt >s,rnND## UU~u"la. Short crops IN Fu-
rope. Of course, increased the GnwHuI. .Hf
tho supply wuulthayu been IWruIsnudrhrug.H
other CuuEu,I- atone Of tu. dolls n..l mt lg-u
reduced. Thee ~tHHnpu bushels hsan..r
init. Sew A"sA 81 H.lHH.-taf. .nr..|. ..
i-.sGhi-, commissions, Insurance. oi~gHu. .n.
etc. IH"-" SiOuD.UOp bushels attracted LILO.
additional vessels % tho port Hat year. E"ra
Vessel. UII an average, brings 23.nU Into tine
port, ur -. $4,000 FOR IN" lIuN. That mCrra-.
of business aud increase Of money has iisoll
drawn business and capital. Rents have gone
up. Tn" real estate Of til" State i worth
sjOJOlu,UOu more than III lS.G and attribute
this in part L. ia" reduction of the tolls, Mud
| all this has been done without taNin" the
people one cent. Now, if this has been the.
result OF u reduction in tolls, what will nr
the result Of the ahui~hing of the tulIay T.
MAX" the canals free would put Il hui,cn ON
tn" stale OF only Sdh,UUO year, and, VIII
| IA" enlargement of the canillS, would saw.
| the commerce of the port.
| Considering the Importance of this
question We cannot too emphatically
| urge that steps he taken to secure an
appropriation for the improvement of
| the Minnesota river, an engineering
project far less expensive than that
ATTENDING canal building and feasible
III the same proportion rs the MiSSiS-
Slppi river improvements. The up,
preparation to improve that river is
about being diSburScd and it is cN-
tremcly unfortunate that the Mime.
sofa was not included in the cXprndi.
ture and thus give our people along
the valley the advantage of the an.
preparation. The improvements con,
tcmplatcd and which are being done
under the river and harbOr act OF
| March 3, 1851. authorize the dis
| bursemcnt of $1,000 between st.
Paul and Dcs Moines Rapids. OF
this sum $50, 900 are allotted for i'm.
provements above Hastings, 1928. o0J
in the vicinity of WabaSha, $50, GUu
between there and Winona, $1,000.
between the latter point and Ia
'roSSe' ana S-''OOO between IaCrosSc
ana Des MONIES Rapids.
otiler prospective improvements OF
the various water transportation
routes are worthy the attention 81
business men, such as the improve
| lhchI OF the kanaWila and James
4 rio 70 f,,1l A.
| 49,. a., ~.
| il is proposed to hold back the snliuu
freshcts in the lakes, the natural
reservoirs Of all the rivers, to b.
utilized at the proper time, and thus
even the streams and permit barers
To nass down the NIis.ieeirj and j.,
fact many oC ,te triIrt,rfos d,,in,,. ,
| .a,,, ,.a,';,.. ','o y
S''" p'' '''ii Vi 'i'o Se'i. All liicSe
various pi"JccC" Silo"ld DE encouraged
ana our people should be alive to the
discussion. They arc needed to
check the avaricious grasp of rail.
roads that pow b,vo y ,,o,o,oI, ~,