Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-24

/ iionv4 II will Illustrate the possibilities
In relation 20 the cost OF transportation.
and present the question whether the trans'
portation companies are entitled to so
manipulate these possibilities as 10 diver
III, m 10 their own advantage, or whether
the public who have conferred upon them
tteIr charters are not entitled 10 these al
vantages beyond a fair aud Legitimate in-
tertst on their actual inresfIstnts:
IA foreign commercial paper Is authority
for the statement that steamship company
has paid during the past summer two cents
per bushe for the privilege Of carrying
wheat In bags from Baltimore 10 Liverpool.
A Glasgow paper states that Scotch granite
l. now sent fran that city to London by the
way ~ New York. II IL presumed thai
both the wheat and the granite are Used a.
ballast. a paper devoted to sheep.hus-
bandry states that the wool raised 10 SOUTH
ern Australia was taken from Adelaide 10
san Francisco by steamer, carried TO New
YORK by rail. reshipped and laid down IN
! ondon for less sum than wool was car
ried from New Mexico 10 Philadelphia.
The sheop-rapers Of Utah, unable TO obtain
reasonable rates for sending their wool tn
eastern markets, paid the local rates on 1t
from Ogden to san Francisco, and then
sent IL to New York. BY having it in san
Francisco they were able TO take nd
vantage Of the rates made in order to
secure The transportation OF wool produced
in Australia and New Zealand. The Yer.
mont butter.makers complain that they are
being ruined by the cheap rates made by
railway companies to secure the carrying
Of tue Iowa dairy products. They state
that butter il carried from Dies Moines TO
Boston cheaper than from Montpelier to
Boston. Alta recent meeting OF the North
western Dairymen's Association the pro.
priclOr Of q Wisconsin cheeSc4actory stated
that he could send his products to Liver.
pool by the way Of Quebec cheaper than be
could get them transported 10 st. Paul. 1t
Is reported that salmon canned ut the mouth
OF the Columbia river is carried to England
for bali the sum demanded Tor taking it to
the eastern portion OF the state OF Oregon.
Farmers living less than hundred miles
cast OF London complain that 1t costs
more to send their wheat 10 that city than
It does to send II from America. An
adacc that has lived through the centuries,
probably on account OF it, apparent abb
surdity. Informs us that 'tbe longest way
round is the nearest way home TX the
longest way is not the nearest one, 1t may
be and often is the cheapest one. During
inc past season tllCl-D anu AluNhhhN'
brewers have been using large quantities OF
barley raised IN California and Utah. With
two railroads having 10 very large amount
Of freight to transport, it would be reason
able 10 suppose that It would be brought by
ears, but very large proportion o! 1t has
been brought by water. Ii was taken from
San Francisco to the Isthmus OF Panama
by boat. transported across the isthmtss by
raj. reshlped to New York, forwarded to
Buffalo by canal-bOat, and then sent 10 Mil
waukce and Chicago on vessels. The entire
cost Of transportation was fOrty.eight cents
per 100 pounds, which was about 80 per
cent. less than the railway rates before the
recent reduction. During considerable
part OF last summer il cos. less TO ride
from Chicago TO san Francisco than to
90 half way across the state OF Califor-
mia. During the same period persons
living one hundred miles west or north OF
Chicago. and wishing to visit -. Paul, paid
TIER fare to this city, bought tickets to the
capital Of Minnesota, and rode back over
the road on which they came"
think the above will furnish arguments
for those who discuss the question II trans
portation, and that you will serve the cause
Of agriculture by publishing il tomorrow
or Wednesday. q. u. STACY,