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which was, doubtless, practically all maize ; where- 

 as, the material used for this purpose in Iowa was 

 valued at $2,784,388. 1 There was more starch 

 made from maize in Iowa than in Illinois, it is true, 

 but the total value of the materials used for this 

 purpose in Iowa was only $623,8 14. 2 On the 

 whole, therefore, it is clear that the local manu- 

 facturing industries make a much greater demand 

 for maize in Illinois than in Iowa. 



Chicago is so located as to be the principal 

 market for maize shipped from both states and 

 the Illinois farmers have the advantage over the 

 Iowa farmers in lower freight rates to this mar- 

 ket. Chicago is the largest "primary market" for 

 maize in the country. During the fifty-two 

 weeks ending January 2, 1904, the receipts of 

 maize at Chicago were 91,560,168 bushels, and 

 the shipments from this market were 87,523,525 

 bushels. 3 So far as the writer has been able to 

 ascertain, the freight rate per one hundred pounds 

 of hogs in car-load lots from the various Iowa 

 and Illinois railway stations to Chicago, is about 

 twice that for maize in car-load lots from the 

 same stations. It appears, also, that the rates 

 for these commodities are, on the average, about 

 twice as high from the Iowa as from the Illinois 

 stations. On the assumption that the feeding of 



1 Twelfth Census, Vol. VIII, p. 163 ; Vol. VII, pp. 8 and 234. 



2 Ibid., Vol. IX, p. 576. 



8 Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance, December, 

 1903, p. 2035. 



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