Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-05


per cent imposed BY vicious legislation
in the interests OF the Eastern bond
hoiders and manufacturers on all the
products Of this country must be re
moved by remonetizing silver and giving
The country a sufficient volume OF money
10 transact its business.
The unjust tax which the farmer il
Compelled 70 pay 10 the railroads on nc
count OF inflated debt must also be re
moved. These great burdens tax this
people uniustly 5000. 000,0O0 annually
The unnatural state Of things which nos
exists Of all the raw material, the iron
GOAL mineral, cotton and wheat on
one side Of the globe or country, and the
factories on the other, should cease. We
pay an enormous bounty to the East Oh
all that they produce, and an enormous
tax to the East on all we produce.
When the bounty ia removed from the
Eastern manufactured article, factories
not only from the East but from Europe,
will seek the source Of food and fuel and
our vast coal fields and iron deposits
will be- developed and home market
created for three times the wheat, corn
and cotton that we now produce.
Tho vast sums OF money paid In trans.
porting the raw material acrOos the con.
tinsnt and returning Of the manufac.
tured article laden with the bounty,
the charges o. Inc middlemen and the va.
rioua expenses incidental to sIch an un.
natural condition, would no longer exist
The average rail rate between Kansas
City and New York 10 25c per bushel or
wheat and &c per buehel on corn,
which ig i4C more on wheat and Id
more on corn than the rates from Kan
BaB city 70 New Orleans by river The
rntes 10 the ultimate market nre some.
what higher from New Orleans thar
from New York, The cost OF production
and carIage " the articles sold has
little Influence in fixing their price
hence a reduction In the cost OF carriage
will inure 10 the benefit Of tho producers,
as that sold abroad makes price for
that which 10 retained at home.
The difference in rail rntas TO New
York and river ratea to New Orleans for
one year may be roughly estimated as
follogs Wheat, 100000; corn, 500.
100000; oats, Sl500O,0OO; a total Of $50.
100000 on these three orors alone. One.
tenth OF that amount expended annually
m improving Western Waterway would
greatly improve our transportation facil.
ties.
Tho last censua shows that the freight
movement on the lakes in 1889 was 81.
iGl2GO tons, N which So per cent was
coal, iron, stone and other mineral prod
ucle, - per cont lumber and other for
est products 10 per cent grain and agri.
cultural products and per cent mer.
chandlte. The same authority gives the
movement ON that part u the Ohio
liver al owe Cincinnati for the came wear
1874 lG3 tone, Of which SO per cent WINS
coal, IRON, stone and other mineral prod
ucis, l3 per cent lumber and other for
est pro uGts. and per cent merchandise
These. facts show TINT where water
lnd thll I'm nro Dutu hy .hOlr, 60.
heap commodities which are the prod
ncts ofthis country, GEEK the water lines
eavlnR tho higher priced aud more
profitable Tonnage to the railroads, hence
while the general average Of railruao
rates lie reduced by the carriage at wate
ratea OF such proportion OF cheap com
modltiIG us fall TO them, the great nd
vantage TO the country ia in the apnliga
ton OF water transit TO such comnod
tiles.
The Inter State Commerce Commits
sion for the year ondllg June, 1891
states that tho tariff efrningA Of The
railroads we're sl,lOO,OOOOOO n we add
10 this one-scventh Of the estimated
amount paid for water carriage We hav,
an aggregate Of Sl,2j7,OlO,O0O as the an
nunl cost OF carry .ny service ia this
country Zine epma authority gives a
average rate OF 81 2ofnr 200 ull-s, the |
distance between ST. LOUIS and Boston
and ST. Louis aud Now Oregua, Will, |
the water rate from 81. Louis TO Now |
Orleans ia about S221.
The influence Of the interior water
unea OF carriage Is attested by O reduo. |
ZION or carrying rutos on the railroads |
IL ls difficult 10 estimate their value in |
view OF this fact. II these chRppeh |
were closed, the railroads would issue IN |
additional sories u bonds aud Il 4at uddl
tional stocks to the middlemen for sell |
ing the bonds and 10 meet interest anu |
dividends on this additional issue. tbs |
farmers aud producers would be taxed |
an additional amount.
The president Of the Erie railroad |
made this statement 10 hisstocllbo daTr, |
Some of the leading Western inca in
set upon very low rites east bound Ia
order TO attract the business to the rail |
Ines which otherwise would 60 by lake,
The liable prepared by the New York
Produce Exchange shows that the AVER
sge fraight rate on whent fron, Chicago
TO- New York in 1890 was 5.85 cents by
AXE and canal, and 81 cents by rail
Inc wnter rate on grain from st. Louis
20 New Orleans is about cents ana Tho
lowest rail rate II ceuta. Notwith.
standing the water ratee tend to reduce
those on the railroad, the water rate is
about one half that OF the railroad.
The Ere canal cost s5Q0O0O6O and
.he STATE expends 100000 annually
topping 1t in repnir, but that water linz
'hecia saving Of over SI,OQOOOO ar
luRliy In freight charges on wheat alone
hat goes TO New York City, and prob
ihly i've times that amount on othel
relghte going 20 that city. The nmoupi
4 wheat received in New York last van
vac about 100 million bushels, % millior
4 which was through the canal. Tie
anal oheSpened tho rateun the agricul
ural receipts. 10 is not necessary that
he water lines should carry freight 1,
heHpen the rate.
II a water line 800 miles in length. ao
only small boats Of les,
ban $50 tons burden, drawn by horse
those epeed does not exceed thre,
llles per hour can effect q saving oi
i'VO0OO year on wheat receipt,
lone, and five or six times as much on
Their domestic raceipts. what are the
capabilities OF a great river flowing
lrough the wealth producing section
I the cpuntryl Why should not III,
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