The Worthington advance., 1882-08-17
FREIGHT RATES. =

A recent Chicago despatch, speaking
Of The pool compacts, says:
"A manager said to-day that the st.
Paul company undoubtedly means to
! advertise its new Omaha line by some
fighting for freights. lie thought 1t
would agree to enter the pool and main
tain rates only upon express conditions
affecting the Rock Island railway and
incidentally all the other lines in the
pool; in a word it is thought that the
st. Paul company intends to use its
Omaha line for forcing the Rock Island
to accept a certain status for its Albert
Lea route in the competition for Min
l,eapolis and St. Paul traffic. Its sue
cess will depend upon whether or not
the other lines decide to demand the
Rock Islands surrender rs i means Of
averting warfare, or stand by the latter
rs against the new competitor. In any
event it is thought the chances are III
favor Of 4 rumpus and Ill overthrOwn
agreement and with one pool in dis
tress. it is believed that all the compacts
will go to pieces III Il bunch."
We are frequently asked what benefit
the Burlington road will Ike to us il it
does not bring us competition in the
freight business. If the Omaha and
Burlington are entirely controlled by
the Rock Island, it is said the'new road
will only be another outlet and inlet
for the same system Well, it is much
every way, to have direct connection
with Chicago and St. Louis AID to be on
! al east and west road from Chicago to
the Missouri liver, instead Of depend
ing on north and south road which
never gets an equal share of the i'm
migration or the capital flowing west
ward. But the advent Of tie Rock
Island in Minnesota does mean lower
freights and the correcting Of many
abuses, or at least relief from a great
many OF the lmrds!sil's of the past. The
Wabash is also bearing in this di-
rection, making for Bismarck, and
then the four great systems Of the west,
viz: the North western, the Milwaukee
Il st. Paul. the Rock Island and the
Wabash systems, will be competing for
! the business of Southwestern Mime
sofa and the regions beyond. It this
does not mean better freight rates and
rapid development, it is idle to talk Of
| the be,.efits Of railroads.
CLOSE cHoP REPORTS
A newspaper correspondent inter-
viewed J. B. Close, of Close Bros, the
other day and Mr.. Close made the fol-
lowing correct and interesting crop re-
port:
AS far us small grains are concerned,
the prosperity Of our section of land is
beyond all doubt. l can speak some
what from the Look, us we control
$1,000 acres Of land in Woodbury.,
Plymouth, Osceola, Lyon and Sioux
counties, Iowa, and i'll Mobiles and
Rock counties, Minnesota from I'LL OF
these where harvesting is now being
| rushed rs fast is we know how, the
reports arc Gniformally good, and the
mouths Of those Iowa farmers that
have been used to draw down the cor
nerS WHEN crops were mentioned. are
now pnckered i'll unwonted smiles,
Everybody down cur way feels good
they know that their a;fare is accom-
plished, and that S" far hey have every
thing to be thankful for. Oar agent
III Lyon county reported that oft one
casually taken two-acre patch Of barley
eighty bushels Of plump, sound grain
was secured and from large field of
oats the average per acre was sixty
bushels.
FLAX HAS DONE WELL,
but low well we can not rs yet say.
Corn is still an unknown quantity. It
is growing mugniiice1tly with strong
stand and healthy color. 1t is about
ten days behind yet SO we'll is it thriv-
ing that nothing but Jack Frost can
prevent /. heavy crop. This We fear,
as in the cold snap last week it very
nearly fell to freezing. Our stock rails.
ing is chiefly confined to the raising of
thoroughbred horses and graded cattle.
We ourselves have some Of the best
blooded horses in the West, and our
slIort-horn bulls are of the purest.
We think that our section must take
the lead in fine beef cattle, rs 80 many
thorough bred sliOrt-hnrn bulls have
been brought into it lately. In our
county alone over 100 bulls have been
imported III the last two and half years
Immigration is not rushing into our
section like it is into the Northwest,
but still it is coming right along, anil
Of the good, thrifty, havuworkins sort.
We have no thriftless heggars coming
amongst us, but men and women and
children who make country solid.