Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-12-13
planters Convention.
WV egLEaSs November Sc, ist1-

rsls Sugar Planters 3 L'l's s''.s,
,.t,ar Of Sugar Planters held il
= al..as On the Goth inst, called for
r. : Of ssdivising some means OF
ths ~ .;sr the s,cilities far disPosing Of
''' =, crop.'' which meeting was adj
nc : .n.ef sgain in New Orleans en-
r'..,I,y. the III DAY q January the IN
,.,,.a we're appointed committee tol
~ .s...o1 with You, and call your a'ten-
:. this adjourned meeting and tie i'm
- -. of The subject expected 70 be act
ed on.
rt,,a !. probably no interest III the
- s,.tss Of the same Importance. 50
,,,eh neglected BY those engaged IN rs
,.l,,,e. Of 50 saneh PgeIed upon from the
.,,.,, hereafter set forth. as the sugar N
i Louisiana. and there is probably
.,su which 50 much requires combined
..,rgv and care in the promotion o. is
interests.
Whilst all other branches Of industry
,,e cared for by the associated efforts OF
hose engaged lie them, We are coufea'ffa
+, the Sugar inieres. float along on the
current Of dailv events and let il take is
chance for good ar i'll; giving ourselves
collectively very little concern about IT.
Perhaps It may not be generally Thought
&c that Wills. the sugar crop of the State
has greatly increased, the space al'ott ed
by the city Of New Orleans for the sale
oe il has been greasely diminished. Six
or seven years ago the Sugar market er-
,ended from Canal to Toulouse street, with
, nla,tarm on which sugar nigh. be expos
"a for sale foran Indefinite period. by pay
ide moderate storage. But now. when
the average crop Of the State is nearly
double what It then was, the platform IS re-
moved and the space which it occupied
besveen Canal and Customhouse streets
has heen sold and built up confnIng the
Sugar Market to the space between Gus
,enbouse and Toulouse streets little
more than half the former area TO be
shared in common with cotton and Other
products.
Asa Consequence Of this limited space
the City fund il necessary To pass an or
dance requiring that sugar should he re
rored from the levee within thirty-Si,
hours after its being !anded-if il remains
ianeer i is liable to h. seized by the cit,
authorities and p; in store At the owners
expense.
The consequence is, that Planters az
cameelled to sell their sugars within thirty
slx hours after landed on the ievee. no ma.
Ter what may he the state Of the weathe
u The condition Of the market. or put then
IN store in some dark damp and unsuitable
warehouse in the CITY. from which the
are seldom sold ut 4 grea er sacrifice 'ha
would have been incurred on the iavee i
III. first instance. Those who have tries
The latter alienation once. rarely try
second time.
New, what other article Of commefc,
u suffered to be sold in this nanner' ho'
L i possible under this safe Of things |
prevent the sugar market from being Fl
euen'iy under the contro! of individual
sao watch their opportunity aud take a,
vantage o; circumstance-bad weather
crowded levee and partial dullness
'ae market! (often produced or increase
BY their management. j.
" hat would be the condition OF ii
cotton planters, i all the cotton landed q
Inc ievee in New Orleans was forced
Be- sold there within ,hirty-siA hours aft.
beng landed Ruin, you would say; ar
ss' We are suffering the same thing wit
au thinking much about i,-certainly n
d0'as anything TO prevent it-because ii
grievance has become familiar to US,
D'' y time to Be up and doing "
s1l1 g have more space and more tim