Il,inois-r,he Lead Trade-syhis Spirit. sc.
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Correspondents of The Tubuae


GALESA, illinois. Jan. IS. lsi
MIR. William Hampstead, an extensive mer-
chant and dealer in lead of this city, has furnished
TO the Editor ofthe Missouri Republican state.
ment OF the shipments of lead from Galena, and
all other points on the Upper Mississippi, for the
years lS4l, 1912 and lS43 1t appears by that
statement that there was shipped


1912. .473 500


l843- .581 ,l3l C
The statement shows an actual increase in the
shipments OF 1S43 over those Of lS42 of one hun
d,ed and ten thousand four hundred and thirtu
too Pigs


The number of steamboat arrivals at Galena
In l84l was l43. mo. of Keel Boats towed was lOs
/" l842 1885, 88
" 1843 244.. '' SIS
The steamboat arrivals show an increase in
1S43 of forty -n!ne over those Of lS42.


The amount of Lead shipped from Galena in
1s43 may be set down at 500, 73I Pigs, averaging
70 pounds each, making 80, 46I, ITO lbs, which at
$2,37A per cwt. would be S937,202


The amount Of Copper made at Mineral Point,
Wisconsin, and shipped from Galena during the
year lS4s is fourteen hundred Pigs, equal to
nnety.fre thousand pounds, worth $1,000.
The value of Lead exported from here in
ioto, was S9S7 ,SSU2
The value Copper exported from here in


lo4' was -...---.-..--...-..- $1,000
Making the exports of Lead and Copper. $948,2O2
The foregoing statement shows the increasing
value of the Lead and Copper trade, and evinces
the great Importance of Galena as Commercial
point. 1t is supposed that our population has
doubled since 1910. We should 90 ahead still
faster If Government would bring the Mineral
lands, by which we are surrounded, into market,
and Danish from. our midst set of public plumber.
ers IN the y. 5. Lead Mine Office, who have
been for the last three years sucking the life
blood OF the country ana keeping our people in
a continual broil.


The Wing spiritof ls40is fast arousing among
Us. We sent on few days ago to the Tribune
Office for !, 500 of the Tracts of Junius and yes
terdsy we procured ffty-one subscribers for the
Weekly Tribune and sent on the cash. Circu-
late the Documents is our motto.


ihe winter here has been one of extraordinary
midness and rather unfavorable to business Lead
Is now selling for 81 SO per hundred


Yours, truly.