I think. and that as theresult of the pooling arrangement the territory between Chicago and Omaha. which is subject to a very arbitrary pool. had grown enormously. I simply want to suggest the probability of this growth of territory between Chicago and Omaha being due not to the compactness of the pools but to the low charges for carrying grain from Chicago to the seaboard. while other sections east of Chicago. and especially east of the trunk line terminally are forced to pay successive charges. thus placing the Chicago shipper nearer tide than the Pennsylvania farmer is. Coupled with the cheapness of the land. this would account for the emigration of our labor to that territory. In the State of Pennsylvania in 1880. the farm lands as returned by the census report for that year had depreciated about 25 per cent. from the value per acre for 1870. Senator MILLER.
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