Chicago Is The
Main Point Of Exportation Northwestward From Illinois, And At The
Present Time Sends Out From Its Granaries More Cereal Produce Than
Any Other Town In The World.
The bulk of this passes, in the shape
of grain or flour, from Chicago to Buffalo, which latter place is,
as it were, a gateway leading from the lakes, or big waters, to the
canals, or small waters.
I give below the amount of grain and
flour in bushels received into Buffalo for transit in the month of
October during four consecutive years: -
In 1860, from the opening to the close of navigation, 30,837,632
bushels of grain and flour passed through Buffalo. In 1861, the
amount received up to the 31st of October was 51,969,142 bushels.
As the navigation would be closed during the month of November, the
above figures may be taken as representing not quite the whole
amount transported for the year. It may be presumed the 52,000,000
of bushels, as quoted above, will swell itself to 60,000,000. I
confess that to my own mind statistical amounts do not bring home
any enduring idea. Fifty million bushels of corn and flour simply
seems to mean a great deal. It is a powerful form of superlative,
and soon vanishes away, as do other superlatives in this age of
strong words. I was at Chicago and at Buffalo in October, 1861.
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