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CAMP OF WAGONKRS HAULING GRAIN TO MARKET. 



market. The production of Indian corn in the United 

 States in 1870 amounted to 760,944,549 bushels. Of 

 this product 492,664,536 bushels were grown in the 

 Western States. Very much of this is used at home, 

 but an immense quantity is shipped to the East for 

 consumption there and for exportation. 



Thus it will be seen that the Western States, being 

 the principal grain producers of the country, are the 

 most dependent upon the railroads, and, therefore, the 

 greatest sufferers by their extortions. 



