Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-04-26
cRowrn of rne GRAM TRADE.


oRowrn OF TIE GRAM TRADE.
wh~n the Western country was
sparssly settled. the movement of grain
sas westward Ia IN. shape of foar, In
stead of from the West ne nov. small
lots ot What. from Ciev.lsnd and Ssn-
duskv, we're carri-i to Buifalo on ssiline
,esssl. carrying frum s,~o Ia S,"s
bushels. III. Willing ccnirr ~as al
Rochester. the fi"1r wss brought back
to Buffalo ~ canal, snd shiprei hy ses-
sel Ia -. Jossph. The fcur wss known
a. '.,..ne--., . brsni f.mou. In 10. dsy.
Al the little mills the country round
lsbsle,i their make, no matter whsi the
quality, s.Cen.se~." In isp the hrst
What ~. shlpI-~i fr",n Chicago In lot.
frOm 80 To 100 bushels, In bsg., aud
the freight charge wss t~cniy-h,c ccnts
bsg. OF aboat SIXTEEN ceuts a bu.hel.
The first full cargo, s.~op hushel. in
huls. was shipped, In lsJt, Ia Run.lo st
fourteen cents bushel frvlght. Prom
l>l0 to lsao the csrgc-- ran from 500
balslsl. a. :, 90 bushels, aud Occasionally
a. high as 1000 ha.hels, and the
fr,ight. w.re frvm eight ceut. 10 nfte-n
c.uts Per hushsl. ~ late as l>Gl thirty
csui. bashel ~ss paid on wheat from
Chicago to Bufalo. That was saii to be
the highest hgur. ever pad for lake
bat during the civil war
snd after its close frclghis were quite
high.
Nov almost the entire business u done
hy .ts,smhoats, costing from sl"l,us To
.1i0.Oo each aud carving from 'S,sn
buslscl. 10 lsa,UO bushels ~ grain At .
co.t Zoe freight 20 t~o ccuts per bashel
aui. by Carrying coal csrs"s. back,
making a fair profit. Wheat was ship
pol from Chicago Ia Bafi,lo, nine hun
dred mile, the past season, At one ccnt
psr hushsl freight, and out Of this the
STEAMER had a. pay one-hslf cent Tor
trimming ~ Chicago and sho'eling al
Ruffalo. PROM puluih wheat MAS car
Rcd Ia Buffalo fof oue ant onc-qusrirr
c,nts. Sach hgurvs, however. prevail
only when the fright moN,msnt !. N.r'
ughi aud many vessels NJ. ofisrri- The
fright from thici ~ to Buf'alo, last So.
.on. rang,~i from one cent Ia four aud
thrre-quafter ceuts psr bashsl With an
average of ahoat two aud h,f c~nis.
The Duluth average was liitie highrr.
No wheat wss shipped from Lake "a.
i..flor until ls.n, bat, dufing the season
20 lSal, =. $4,000 bushels Sere mo'cd
from Ipuluth. superior. aud fou William.
The Ssalt canal and lcck have h~cn ~
incaicaahlc beBcht to the shipping
interests. and, th~ryfor., Ia IN" pro-
duccrs % grain. Further enlargement
Sill bring further benefits.
The Erie canal was openei In lst0
With gr,at ceretnouy. tntil isis, ~hsn
the rr.t railroad from th. last reached
Rufi,lo, AT rccsipts snd shipments we're
by canal. wheat frrlghis ~ere a. high
a. tweuty-nNe cvnts = bushel tn i>'S,
shsn th- fret .hipmsnts ~crr made
thl. incluting . toll 20 six AMI a quarter
y~ut.. In l~l; forty-.sNeu cents "a.
raid on ~h-at 20 Troy, inciudins th"
toll. Beats dbl not pass down the HUI
.an River until after lsSo, transfer Z"
harg~. hsius mad. AZ Troy. These high
freight rate. sft little MONEY Too The
grsin gfowsf. Tolls scrc gradually ~
iuc,-i until th-y wctr Que cent p~f
bu.hsl ior wheat, aud Va lss. they ~rrr
aholi.h->i altogether. In l>s' tbs aver
agr rate 90 wheat by canal from ban'lo
o. NsN lofk ~as -sNru and ons~hsh
c-ut., In l~pO three snd thrce-'la.rtsr
c,uts, md dufiug the season ot 1881 the
rate Na. thfc. aud one-hsu crnt.'
D~.t-u the canal so that boats can <"
dow n drawing seven fv-t, snd wheat can
D. c.rried pfOhtahly for lees than thrrr
CENT. ba.hel. THIS improvement ma''
.ssou Cume.
A. hs. been intimsted, the railroad.
running eastward from Buf'slo t""k
NOR, grain lat fall than ever bsiorr.
Ib.y contracted Il q. los s- i've crnt-
ba.i.l To- Nss York, Including the ter
mIn.lrhsrgv Ot .s,en-cishth. oi cue crnt'
their ordinary rate from Baiialo Ia Nr~
Nork l. - cruts. The krie canal hs-
brought rail rate. down Ia rcasonab'.
ha.l.. and has acted asa regulator "i
such ,l.Arg-.. lt wOald be a ..d d'l
fnf the agricultural aud m-rcsni''e ln-
t.r,.t. Of the euiirc Western country
.houli IN. Erie canal be Abandooei,
ami the Tail,osd. b. PERMITTED to chse,
e,tortlonate rates. 1he kric canal must
=. ma ,lntain~i aud impro'ed.-Amcr'san
Agricultur,si.