The Penn's Grove record., 1882-03-25
WASHINGTON LETTER,
WASHINGTON, MARcH 21, 1882.

"hANA 'Ep bbil
those unfori innate people residing ON
the territory dsvasi ated by the over
flow Of the Mississippi river cxcites
profound sympathy here, and prompt
measures Of relief have been adopted
by the authorities. Doubtless these
troubles will have the effect 20 secure q
more favorable hearing to the large
and influential delegation now here
urging the improvement of that river.
There have been many delegations at
the Capitol on a similar errand before,
but this one represents the great Mis-
sissippi river Convention held at ST.
Louis, and is backed by the entire val
ley. The amount asked for is way up
in tile millions. The river interests
require in the aggregate about $780,
DOC, 600, but the representatives Of
those interests viii. be content 10 get
along with $50, 600, 900 which they
want in Ave nillisn annual instruments
There is a po-itiveness about these PEG
pie, an earnestnsss which comes Of con-
viction that excites admiration. The
question OF the national improvement
Of the Mississippi has been agitated for
fifty years. 1t has grown in import
apce with the population of the valley
and the power of the railroads. ut il
now the only politics we have,'' said a
member of the delegation TO me. lie
thought the interstate commerce of
minor consideration and disposed Of 1t
in IA sentence. give us a clear route
to the seaboard and the railroads make
low tolls-wten We are frozen up the
railroads get anything they demand"
And ne illustrated this by figures or
freights. They want the M ssi,sippi
made "a great national highway, 8" thai
ocean steamers Il come up rs high as
Cairo without obstruction. The reach
and influence IF This scheme is far
trum being ell her understood or appre-
ciated. Yet, if wheat could be sci
down in Liverpool tomorrow five cents
IA buslIel cheaper than it is put down
there to-day, most any nan might pre-
dict the happ, advantages which would
accrue to this country. Last year tie
relative cost to Liverpool via New York
and New Orleans from ST. Louis was
forty-six cents TO sixty cents per hun
dred pounds in favor of the water
routt. The more money the cheal
transportation would put into the pocl-
cts of the agricuItur lists of the Missis-
sippi the more it would enrich the Eas
ern manufacturer of machinery, goods
of all kinds and importers. AS the
difference would wholly come from
abroad such enrichment would I've the
permanent wealth that flows from the
Natural balance of trade. 1t does not
require an acute economist to see that
anything by which we q put Our pro-
ducts OF a foreign market at a cheaper
cost is for the immediate and perna-
nent benefit of the whole people.
Some important facts concerning the
manufacture of oleomargarine we're
Brought cut pending the discussion o.
tbs agricultural appropriation bill ia
the House. 1t was shown by state
ments procured from the Bureau of
Statistics and Census Bureau, thai
during The six years ending June 30,
1881, the value of oleemargarins ex-
ported rose from $40. 4S3 in 1876 to
1891 ,546 in 1881. In 1878 the quaint
ty exported was only 1868, 401 pounds,
but in the year ending June 80, 1851.
it was 26, 327. 676 pounds. In tho year
ending December 81, 1881, the quantity
If butter exported was only 1881, 35S
pounds, while in the preceding gear it
was more than 81, 1000, 900 pounds. The
value of the batter exported was s.,
$50. 900 less in 1881 than in 1880. On
the other hand, the statistics show that
the amount and value Of cheese export
I'd were greater ia 1881 than IN 1880.
The inference is, of course, that the
amount OF batter exported has greatly
decreased because Of the remarkable
growth of the olemargarine industry
and the rapidly increasing amount of
olecomargarine exported. The Census
Bureau furnished a statement showing
that in the cities OF New York, Phila
delphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston,
J}altimorr, Cincinnati and Louisvill.
there we're ~ factories, employing
nearly 700 hands, paying S1S7,64 III
wages, and using 81, 40 41 worth of
material. The capital of these facto-
ries was 81, 900, 900, and the value of
the annual product 81, OBS, 753. Four
hfths of the material product OF these
cities are credited to New York City.
AT home every consumer is liable to
become the daily victim of those who
adulterating The peoples food by an
imitation so artfully made as to defy
detection by amy except experts and
that our market abroad fer the genuine
product is greatly harmed by the Lelitf
that we are palning off ON consumers
as a dairy product a base imitation.
THIS Turns out to he Il set~ui-agficul-
tural letter bat | need hardly apoli.ize
foI that rs these are questions in which
we are all -,ust deeply cone rned. If
We doh't give the ~farlGels a chance it
will he pretty tard grabbing for the
best of us. The Supreme Court JUDI
is now sa,i-fuetortily settled and
seve al o;be. important appointments
are looked for soon anlcng which is
thtt OF Public Printer. by the way,
hat remMds Me that / must make a
tour of that inmeuse establishment,
tie G0yetnMeIt Plialinw Odice shortly
aud give some account OF it, what t
c~uuiain~, and the way it tmns out
toas Of pAblie document
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