New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-01-10
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esting to us Of the Crescent City which it in
i Wolves. The proposition is laid down that,
A within fYo years we have lost a large amount
lsof Western trade which has been attracted to
the Eastern cities in consequence Of the superior
i Inducements held out, and the reasons therefor
are lueidly laid down Some Of the reasons are
unfortunately, too conclusive, and must be 40
knoWledged. while there are others with which
I've do not coincide. Here is reason number
one:
The great number Of lateral RAILROADS which the
country from east to west have necessarily diverted
large of surplus produce directly to the
lanc ports By this means they have reached an East
and usually better market ard tirae, Insurance
aud commissions being taken into account at ess cost
The railroad freight charges may be little than by
steamboat and ship but the difference Of two months ~
time of two per cent in Insurance. and the removal q
danger to provisions from too sudden change warm
climate strong arguments in favor OF tha
Il most direct routes. s5 is5i 5 $s sqG 81 X
II The railroads . and the 6 time have
Il had more to do with the diversion spoken Of,
than the other reasons brought forward, al
though it is undeniable there is force In come OF
. them. In this pushing age, time is money!
money, unfortunately for our moral reputation,
i is too much regarded as comprising the sum
and substance Of our being. But is there, on
i an average, g difference Of two months 8 IN n
time,'' and 6 two per cent. in insurance 8 " g
imagine our Cincinnati contemporary Will find it
difficult matter to verify those two statements.
Il He can only do SO BY referring to exceptions,
and ignoring the rule altogether. When the
Il Ohio river is unnavigable for seven OF eight
4 weeks for first class boats, then there may be o
j Indifference Of two months in time," but when
| the river is in q fine stage, such difference )"
| would be out Of the question. Good boats can
run from New Orleans to Cincinnati in seven
days and rice uersa. We also have the presump-
ton to think that, in the matter Of insurance,
our eotemporary has made the G difference z
altogether too great against us. True, mer-
chandise on railroads is seldom insured, but
then the risks of fires and smash ups is q very
considerable one, and ought to be taken into
account. This, in connection with the higher
freights charged BY railroad companies, go q
great ways towards equalizing the difference in
insurance. So, in regard to the presumed ssdan-
ger to provisions, flowing from their storage in
our capacious, dry and airy warehouses We
think We have now successfully reputted q few
Of the propositions Of the Queen City jour-
nal, Notwithstanding we unhesitatingly sue
oumbed to ssrailroads'' and 'stime,' But aoe
are building railroads that cross lateral roads
and, in the sscourse Of time may equalize the
/ irregularity of time which now Bears SO heavily
against our commercial interests,
| The Columbian then proceeds to argue other
I points in the same strain, and gives good rea-
sons why Cincinnati shippers desire to realize
upon their shipments as speedily as practicable.
1 That reason is probably better understood in
Cincinnati than in any other city on the conti-
nent. The comparative restitution Of solid
banking capital is stated as one, and very sub
sstantia1 one it is, TOO. And, after showing in
what We have lost, the writer freely admits
that the general business Of our port is ssstill
on q moderately ascending SCALE Not word
is said about grass growing in our streets
which the editor Of the Memphis Eagle so often
sees in his minds eye, and then becomes jcbi-
lant--or any amiable predictions or expressions
Of the sort. Taken al in all, the Columbian
seems we'll disposed, rather than lily disposed
towards US, as the concluding paragraph Of the
article from which we have quoted shows. Here
| tits; t.ss %@45a, ..r g 81
that City has altogether lost the aseendepcy
snd control she maintained over the Western
ksts Western cities have outsripped her in the
population and business and although she hsa increased
in BOTH the gain has been comparatively tardy But as
the demand for her staples becomes greater from the
growth Of population in the upper Valleys must send
to her sufficient quantityof products to pay for
them and, the of the great South West
must become and more developed, she will receive
valuable aud legitimate addition to her business. New
Orleans In spite Of croakera is In danger of
decline, and will doubtless maintain broad and com
u M
time-unless unhappy it should time fall through
the thin and very soft crust Of earth it rests on
Weopine experience will not verify the con-
clusion arrived at in the first sentence of the
above paragraph. The writer would have come
to q different judgment had he looked upon our
flevee any time within the past month or two
and if he will only sean the statistics published
in the Crescent Of last Saturday, showing an
enormous increase in the receipts Of the differ
emit kinds Of Western produce, his ideas respect
ing the lost "ascendancy' Of New Orleans may
undergo a marked change. r., 5st,..T.I5- IS.
| !. The balance Of the paragraph is just and
true, and will be realized in ten fold measure
in ten years. Mark the prediction. All we
WANTS the developing influences of railroads,
and those we will enjoy in less than five, years.
SWd AE5 AStbipS hAoHs, 51oWiys put 6burblys Will
important lines in all necessary directions.
1 AS to ssthe thin and very soft crust the Co.
/ lumbian supposes New Orleans to rest upon, al
| we have to say is, that we are surprised at tbs
lamentable ignorance displayed concerning the
progress Of our celebrated, renowned, and ex.
ceedingly famous Artesian well. Why, thu
boring has progressed over eight hundred feet
and no signs of the other side yet! ssThir
crust" indeed! And, to conclude, as the wei
| aforesaid is seven hundred feet lower down thar
the bed Of the Mississippi, we opine the Missis
| sippi is in more danger of falling through thar
the oitys and when the Mississippi falls through
nobody in ssthis settlement will care Cincin
natl doubloon what comes next!
| Ibis STATE COUNCIL OF ARKANSAS. = 4-=
The American party Of Arkansas appear to be decidedly
in favor 81 aboshng the seorey tine order as the fol
lowing, adopted at che late meeting, fully testhes
Resored That delegates to the National Council Il
assemble at Philadelphia in February next be instructed
to proper e1ertous to dispense with all the non
essentials of the Order to the extent of removal OF al
seeresy, and the adjustment of ali rituals and oaths.
That in the adoption Of this resolution reerste
full concurrence in, and adherence the doctrines
the American party set forth in thu Philadelphia plat
form. Il
That we recommend strict adherence to our oreani
cation, by keeping enrolled record of members il
every Council of the State by holding regular meetings
and by requiring in all majority nominations TO
officers.