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Canton Weekly Register
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
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The St. Louis Democrat estimates that the Missouri Border Ruffians' river blockade, led by Atchison and associates, cost Missouri at least $300,000 in steamboat passenger losses and equal in freight, plus uncomputable losses in supplies and provisions for farmers, depriving steamers of profits from white emigration to Kansas.
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The Missouri Border Ruffians, under the lead of Atchison & Co., have cost the people of that State more than their miserable necks are worth. The St. Louis Democrat estimates that the conspiracy against the free Missouri in their blockade of the river alone, at least $300,000 on steamboat passengers, and as much more on freight. The loss in the purchase of supplies, groceries, clothing, &c., and provisions of the Missouri farmers cannot be computed. The Democrat says:
"It is safe to say that each steamer plying in the Missouri river would have paid for itself in one year, by the profits it would have derived from the white emigration to Kansas, and which has been lost by the illegal and outrageous interference of Atchison and his accomplices, with their business."
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Missouri
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at least $300,000 loss on steamboat passengers, equal on freight; uncomputable losses in supplies, groceries, clothing, and provisions for missouri farmers; lost profits from white emigration to kansas
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Missouri Border Ruffians under Atchison & Co. conspired against free Missouri by blockading the river, causing significant economic losses as estimated by the St. Louis Democrat; each steamer would have paid for itself in one year from lost emigration profits due to illegal interference