Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1857-12-26

II . THE sUoAR INTEREST,". a
I'll. New Orleans Be-, in noticing odai
wkitslSp our issue Of the 18th, underr thi1
heSnys:
n Hetaawe caaI1tasi On thseaane platfore
with N cotenbraSy. The Statements !
makes.touchink the arbitra!9 rules for the
4imm684 lie dispe1Al d the M nffrecefted q
New Orleans, andt the MEX of 6ti9s accoenmes.
datio6s fr housing the articles md sk66tdia1
II from inciefnent westher, ale;,we hayG bee
informed, strictly true ; and # 50, they afs
discreditable to the municipal authorities.
and a subject Of Just snd well-founded conn
plant by the planters. The sugar interest is
an sll-important one in Louisiana. Immense
capital has been invested in il. vast skill and
unwearied industry have been dhE15yed IN
tActured. Its culture il one of thu leading
sources OF the prosperity Of on, State; apd
consequedtfy this great st4ple IS entitled TO
at least q share of that fostering care and At
~tentions which are Invariably bestowed upon
other staples. We cordially unite with the
Ssgar Planter in it, refsure Of that apathy
aud. indifference which leaves this great
product Of agricultural labor unprotected,
and which imposes despotic and unjust rules
for it, immediate sale. az" fat
We Ore more thar grati6ed u this frank
and highly commendable acknowledgement
on the part Of sour contemporary, and our ale
CATION Of apsthy audindiferencs on the rars
of the press Of New Orleans, in reference to
the sugar interest, is, - far - that Journal is
concerned, withdrawn. Dad the ssne spirit
~actuate the press generally, Of that CITY, the
planter would have p cause Of complaint in
sny particular. The proper and only effective
method Of accomplishing an object now-a-
days, i through the agency Of that powerful
medium-the press, and the planter naturally
looks u the city press, for that service which
i due at their hands to TIE Interest Of the
great staple Of our State. The sugar planter
seldom complsins-he seems always willing
to bear the burden Of his troubles with
scarcely Z Misunderstanding appears to dis
itu1b his placidifyi of disposition, no matter
how serions his loss or losses, yetthere are
times when sthings--to use = vulsarlsm-sre
run into the ground. They are therefore
jnstifad when after oil the troubles and vex-
ations that have beset them for the last two
Or three years, and which they have 70 nobly
stood up to, y have the last feather thlows
upon their backs, by an apathy to their actu-
q interest on the ,part--we will now say
so're-of the city papers. I II
The latter portion Of the above extract,
contains the exact point At which we wish
70 strive. The Pc acknowledges that an
apathy and indifference exists, which leaves
tins great product Of agricultural labor nm
protected, and which tngpo'es depotie and u.-
isst ,sles for its immediate sale. We want no
better argument than the above italicised
'ot the extract, to prove that the law
Of demand and supply il dead letter in
New Orleans, 30 fur ssit relates to sugar.-
What il aenasd and ssTpty IN eommesciai If.
[aine It is entirely useless tor Vi to enter
into 4 minute and thoro,,h ;nv..t;.,,;,, of
800 = 49,.
doS'y' paeee 49," - ~ Various Pnases
oeiore our readers for : proper selaeidation.-
use i simply IN reference TO the sale Of
and i i very EASILY explained. As
We understand it, ds'"a"d superinduces . sap
w and the supply continues until the mar
Is overlooked; buyers satisfied, OF, the
:rop exhausted. This rule applies to all pro-
lucts landed upon the levee id New Orleans,
it does not apply to sugar, and if our CO.
temporary asks u why, we point to the ex-
sact shove quoted, As the best answer to
lis argumest, we possibly could give. Give
ugar the same protection and facilities for
ale p other products, and the law Of de-
and supply will applr equally. e well