Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-02-16
The Sugar Market.
i ERRIAEv

FEBRUARY. ), 1856.
Msxsrs. Edaors-In my communicative =,
Yesterday ! endeavorcd to show that Alp;er.
IS not a suitable location for a sugar mark.t
and that some point on the opposite bank ~
the nPers opposite to or above the steambose
landing was more likely 10 be successful.
that the market ought to he esfah!i shed ~
"Ioint association Of sugar pIantsrs.' who
should contribute from their own mp,ns =.
effect the object.
That such a market would succeed 7 tb;,l
IS certain. | would locate between the ora,
lousas railroad and .ne rivel-harjar : tnra
oHt from the Railroad. and wharfs On tha
river bank, with low sheds running at r,rht
angles With the river. and platforms and rail.
WAYS between each line Of sheds. and of srss
sufficient tor the convenient reeeipt Of ths
probable quantity Of Sugar that might be-
stored ia il.
Such a market would, of course, be IS can
9~enient to the planter, WHO sent his sugar hx
the Opelousas Railroad as A}giers. and !,
would be much more convenient 10 the riysr
piaHter. because he would nave no diffrnIty
in sending his sugar to be landed at It bv anH r
steamboat coming Down 10 New Orleans
The facility for shipping it up The river would
be equally good.
The stock in this market being aiken bu
the planters themselves, each stockholde,
would have a pride and All interest in its sur.
cess. which must secure TO it the STORAGE FIR
sale OF q large amount of Sugar. ard that alone
would secure the attendance Of BUYERS. Tn
superior advantages which this market youa
possess over the ievee. must. in & few wears
attract all the sugar Of the State. and the Ia.
vee would cease 50 By d market for SUGAR
1t Is sand by some that, ii a portion Of ths
sugar crop was stored at AlgieEs or else W there
the market on the Ievee would be so much
improved, that most planters would send
their sugars TO II for sale, and those who
stored would he sacrificing themselves Tor
the benefit Of these who sold on the leva.
| deny that such would be the effect Of d.
ViIed market. II a portion Of the crop was
sold IL tue Earket en- the West bark of the
river, and ~ consequence thereof an end was
put TO the enormous fluctuations which con-
sta}ltty occur on the ievee, bv reason OF a ne
riod:caI gfut and s~careity- and prices b, come
steaGy J. is it not evident that sseadiuess in Inc
other market wonld ALSO be obtained, and
both markets be benefited? To suppose
there could be any material difIerance in
prices between the two markets. is Simply
absurd you might as we'll suppose the water
III the a,ississjppi flyer could be higher on
one ride than the other.
Objections are made that joFHt stock COM
Panies III mis- State are generally nnisnlauareo.
| grant that they have been most y!ielg mis-
rnaEaged but | would manage this company.
much III the manner OF the ST. Charles Hotel
Company that is to say, purchase the prop
erty. erect suitable buildings. establish a rate
Of charges. which should not be exceeded,
and rules for the government Of the business
Of the establishment. I would lease it one
year 70 some suitable person. and renew the
lease as long only as he gave satisfaction to
those doing business in the market.
II is said the motors and merchants are not
in favor o! the removal of the sugar market.
| cannot see why they should not be. They
see under their own eyes the evils and dam
age we suffer, and have no means 10 protect
Us from them under tins present system. They
cannot fail 10 see that when ibe crop is large
and the ieVce crowded we are entirely in
the hands OF spectators, who. under the thir-
y six hours rule can Juu the sugar down
whenever they please. Our Interests aud
that Of or factors are identical why should
nat they bc with US! The business IS done
chiefly through brokers; they can every
morning have the samples of their sugar
brought TO them from the opposite side OF the
river as easily rs from the ievee: and if they
desire to see the sayars themselves. it is GER
ta!nly much more pieasanter to cross the
river in q ferry boat and 90 on a clean plat
form than 10 wade through that mixture of
aooFnlaation on the levee.
To the commercial interests of New Or
leans it cannot make the slightest difference.
The basis for commercial transactions which
the sugar crop supplies, will be precisely the
same, whether the sugar Is sold on the one
cank or the other: aud profits TO be made
cut al it will be just the same, except some
Of those levce charges and operations from
winch We are now endeavoring TO free our
selves.
Respectfully, ASuGAg PLANTER.
SUeAR CRoP OF JAmAIcA.-The New York
SKI SAWS the slpar rron IN the Isian NJ Of Ia