The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-01-23
Lends In STOCK EXPORTS.
The Annual Export Several Hun
dred Cars And is Still
Increasing.
Farmers Along the St. Louis and
Milwaukee Come to Redwood
For Good Prices.

best stock shipping point on the entire
line of the Northwestern road as we'll
as on the Minneapolis & St. Louis and
the Hastings & Dakota railroads. This
fact is easily proved by the records of
the different companies running par
allel with the Northwestern in this
section, by the fact that farmers from
along the line of the Minneapolis &
St. Louis and even as far north as
the Milwaukee road in Renville coun-
ty bring their cattle, sheep and hogs
to Redwood Falls for disposition.
One of the causes for Redwood
Falls leading the other towns in this
section of the State is the rapid stock
train running between this city and
Chicago, making the distance in only
a little more than "a hours. The same
reason can be advanced as regarding
the Union Stockyards at South St..
Paul, where the largest portions of
the shipments are consigned. The
distance is made in little less than
IL hours.
A representative Of the Northwest
ern system visiting this city recently
made the statement that Emil
Schmahl was one of the largest ship
pers of cattle on the entire line of
that road and urged the publication
OF anything that might advance that
shippers interests. It is well-known
that Mr.. .Schmahl averages from two
to three carloads of cattle, sheep or
hogs out of this city weekly, and that
he does the largest portion of the
shipping business here. He receives
stock from territory along the St.
Louis line and also from the Milwau-
keeline in Renville county. One oi
his patrons was recently asked why
he drove cattle or hauled hogs all the
way from near Renville and Olivia to
Redwood Falls. The reply was
prompt:
because 1 can get more for my
stock here. [ am paid from one quart
er to cent more per pound than l
can get anywhere else and I never
make a trip to Redwood Falls but
what I am we'll repaid for my extra
work. Mr.. Schmahl must be good
seller or he must stand in with the
railroad companies in order to pay
the prices he does, because we know
that he is not the kind of man to
handle stock unless he is making
money out of the business"
Other shippers from this point are
E. E. Nichols, H S. Baldwin, Archie
and A. D. Stewart. The fact that
Archie Stewart disregards station 9
mile from his farm and comes to Red.
wood Falls for the purpose of making
a shipment is good evidence that
Redwood Falls excels the towns or
the St. Louis as ashipping point. The
truth of the matter is that the North.
western gives the shipper a through
train to either St. Paul or Chicago
while the shipper on the the St. Louis
west of Morton can ship only every
other day and then is obliged to un
load his stock in Morton and remain
there over night, getting out very
early in the morning and reloading ir
order to be ready for the freight that
pulls out of there for the east before
five o'clock.
It is generally conceded that out.
side of the wheat buying houses o1
this city Mr.. Schmahl disburses more
money among the farmers residing
within radius of twenty miles from
Redwood Falls than any other one
man. The GAZETTE has heard a
prominent railroad man make this
concession. All of the money is dis
bursed right here in this city and the
merchants derive more or less benefit
from it. The fact that stock is COM
mencing SO orapidly to form the founda-
ton of such large disbursing agency
is proof that our farmers are rapidly
going into diversified farming and
propose to have less to do with wheat
raising in the future.
In view Of the large stock shipping
interests of this city and the bright
prospects Of it's growth the North
western has plans already prepared