Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1910-10-07
IMPROVEMENT OF NATIONS WA
TEsWAYs OF INTEREST TO
EVERY CITIZEN.
VITAL FACTS IRE PRESENTED
Cost Of Getting Grain Is Market Mate
rally EctVeea -rfspch osiament
By @ater-ct@ Distributed Ail
Over THE ceeasry.

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70 see as the rp5.1 c}e gg.or a5wn at
your rahwa,y sts bat the 5eaadt
IS there Just the s2lae--2 real, sire
enough, doilars-alG.ceata 5aneat. Wa
terWays have arGaa2 naen Of tremea,
dous advantage 10 the tarLlcrs OF the
country and their fgrther improve
ment Viii put mere money into your
pockets and those OF your neighhors.
Take grain for en- illustration. A
large part OF the grain raised in the
country Is shipped away from the
place where it is crown, some for use
In the eastern states and some for ex-
port to Europe. Under these condi,
tons the price OF grain Is not fixed
at the nearest railway station. Your
wheat, for instance, is worth just what
1t VIII bring in Liverpool-less the
cost OF getting 1t there. You can see
at once that it makes a whole lot of
H!PfpFnnnn IN VIM hnMT T1IInh II nnCtC
to send your grain to New York or
Liyerpool-and there's where the
waterway comes IN
Where Economy Comes In.
1ooo 49, oost 90
n,haat $50 Chioana = p,mata ", Ianoo
40 = 800 hnshoI ,,h;Ia ~ 800
y, ,.oa' - ~. von,, 80 800
nin,ast 49, ,,a,n. n,,ah ,itharnh
Az 1istnaa - ~ 900 ~ nnaia
nh;os - 80 80 Ill +ha Nov ~, wata,.
.St s.as ~ - 800. -
80 49, @ -
- 80 80.
- ~ sh1ns aninan ~ 49,, 90 H.
49, - -, 49,. 49, a. ooats
: 20, ,itt,o ovor haIf ~ nnnob
=, ~ roi, To- tha EVENT. vaare ana,
Lar MAO 49, ,,a4o. !. +hn
average was lower than The rail rate
nv 80 cents a busbel ON the shin.
ments from Lake Superior the differ.
ence was greater sim since Duluth is
less than 100 miles farther from New
York than Chicago is nv water and
nearly 500 miles farther by rail. but
no -comparative rates are published.
nho honoeo,a, asyoot. 80 Tho wotor.
49,, hro,,ah ,ou,arad oost os tr,nsnor-
tat;on ara not oonened ~ tho Grain
sh,nnad from c,t,os on tho 1ares h,t
axtand - nroct,carv ali tho Grain
produced. The total production of
tae y principal cereals-wheat'
corn oats' barley ana e-uurln tne
past ~ years was owe lzV'oVV,ooo,oVo
pusheis. II tne average ADDITION %
the VaIue OF TINS vast VoIume OF gram
was nVe Genus a pusnei, ana ina.
seems a ngure IN view Oh
the facts stated above, the total Is
more than 6,ooo,ooo,0Oo-nearly all OF
which has gone into the pockets OF III
farmers.
But while the beneficial effect of the
waterways extends to a surprising dis
lance, a waterway close by exerts a
very much direct N powerful
influence than one a long way on. Il
the Great lakes and the Erie canal
have increased the value OF grain all
over the west, what do you suppose
"ouio Happen tne Saississippb MIS-
souri, Arkansas ana hed rivers were
SO improved that Doats could u eV.
cry day IN one year uniess nihoereu
by Ger
Money Needed for Work.
The National Rivers and Harbors
congress is working for the improve.
ment OF the rivers. harbors and water
ways in all parts of the United States.
Chairman Alexander of the rivers and
harbors committee. says that s3s9.o0o.-
900 will complete every project which
has been begun or has been recon.
mended by the army engineers. Five
hundred million dollars would prob
ably finish up all of these and all the
new projects which will be surveyed
and adopted within the next few years.
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