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Show AM SXJiTiXa STEAM30AT RACE. Tin! di.-i at';r.cH of a wec-lc f brow, lit a t'.'w vjra; of i'it'rui;ition -riling an cxi'itiL; trial ot .-;;:; 1 on rh M i- i-iippi. i:t.v-tn u.: .-t.rinicn .N'a:i:li.!l ami lloiwrt K. lW; til uiu l-ii ii.N.-rvi-iiii: tli'.' fiiiul k-tv.S wiif .-It .T. 0 'T I"tian-i: now Coii.e to llaiii li'iiiiiiji full paiiicuUrs, djuW-:n.r djuW-:n.r that viif r co was Won Ly tin: !'!. -'f K. Khiuli maijo tilt: run t'oi;i .''' Oilcans to H'. I-ojif in t'i.i e ijj;, , i-iL'lit'-on h'.iii'.i anil i"Ur-ti.oTj i"Ur-ti.oTj iiiinoti J, ti,e t;wt r. mil' kniVt? tillli: fn T:' n'l. TllO tiili'i of the Vitcli'-i, t:.';t i-uUPim l.ifii:u!'i Mil th: way, Wa- fwur Jad aii'l flirty oirr uiitvit-:.. Hit erpfri-f erpfri-f m-i-1 and iiup'ir'.iiil Luiitnieri 'k'i'lare mil lor ("in l;Mt thu utln.;' under iair hralwiy w:iii iq'lil coti'l lioii-i. i ho Wb-hm'T "i'o .'rij.'.,-l for tilt? r.vx' ainl Wi-if. h.ijiii't:i ivo!i ii li fi'l as oo.il, ri.-'n H ti 1 lianas of conl oil, which Wi:l! un-lillli:il!y h:d tolho fir.: .mo t!i;i' ;t hcrMi uVtT the hoilcr had a'l the hiOi-;i;'.on;i,l cli.ino- of .iltepiii over h miii-j tlnit 1 1 1 i l' 1 1 1 ( xpio'lo at iiny inu ui-nt nrd hurl the .-Iccjiers into eter- liity. Holh 1,0. ts l':li riiol ISseflsilTM bill ::o c:iigo bt. Louis. Coii'.IHiati, I.oui-ville mi l n!l the tuwns along the rivr vcio inico-cly fxciici) oct-r the lace, a i-cli:o 1 inioly paniripatud in l.iy many int. i i r places of importance. Kvcn we in Utah have an interest in the race, which at fir.it ulance tmy not be apparent. A considerable quantity quan-tity of our importations come from ' bcyon-1 the :eus." l-'reijjht by water is always much le.-s. than iVuiuht by rail. Ami the .'ietion at issue is the comparative quickness, of trail-porting fn-i-'bt by water instead of by rail, wiih the cost of each. Tlio Missoua Ji-pti,',!ir iii has one displ'y headline in its an ount of the contest, "The iron horse lookirg out for its laurels," whio1, shows the drift; hence New York. Boston Philadelphia and (.'hieago aUa watched the raco with interest, for ii. told of diverting a portion of the vist trade fiom them bv way of New Orleans, the Mississippi river,' St. Louis and Omaha. If St Louis can get freight from the pulf of Mexico much cheaper and within a few days of the time, in which it can be taken bv rail from New York or Boston, the merchants of St. Louis have so much advantapo. If Omaha can get the same freight by way of St. Louis up the river nearly as quick and consid erab y cheaper than it can be brought from Chicupo by rail. Omaha merchants have it proportionate advantage. And they can make a point from this fact in their doing business with the region west of the Missouri. It is not alone the converging railways at Chicago, aided bv the enterprise of its ciiizeas, hut bave given that city the promi nence it has already attained. The wa'er communication by the hikes has made it a great inland maratime port, which has aided materially its prosperity. prosper-ity. In like manner Omaha combines communication by rail and water, advantages which cannot fail to give it prominence. This race on the Mississippi tells of reduced freight charges on ocean-carried goo is, and those manufactured alon the Mississippi and .Missouri, to this interior country, and is evidently a dircwdiy-piamied and boldly executed dash to direct atceulioti to the Mississippi Missis-sippi traie ; and i.owever much the li tiiiigs- of steamboat men may h ive entered into the contest, it has this ritniLL'aikV, a:. J cuuuoi fail to aevoui p'ish the object in view. As a lesult o it. we siiail i.'ok for O.naha and tt. Louis making stronger bids lor and m rc strenuous , Uiorcs to secure the trade ot the west than they have ever uot:e betorc. |
