, 1860-09-08

any portion Of this country by navigable wa-
tsr courses. Her t1ads was originally carried
on with the interior through the slow process
Of wagoning over bad roads and unbridged
streams. In 1910, sl,o first commenced cx-
porting the productions Of the country. In
l8&a the Illinois and Michigan Canal was
opened; and her railroads. have all been con-
structed during the last decade. So much as
to the history and natural advantages Of the
two citieu-
The Della takea--up the Board Of Trade Re-
port Of this city for tn, year 1883, and COM
pares the aggregate value Of ths trade move
ment for the year with that Of New Orleans
for the same year. It is well known that the
trade Of Chicago has never before been in 80
depressed condition as it WAS during the
year named. The revulsion Of 1851 Prostra-
ted every interest in the country tributary to
her; and the crops Of 1853 in this region
were far below tho ordinary average yield 10
the acre, L more unfortunate year could not
have been selected for making the comparison,
80 fur as Chicago is concerned. On the other
hand, last year was one Of unusual prosperity
to the South. The channels Of commerce
syeraowed throughout her borders. Her
great staple e-cotton-neyer before yielded so
prolsdcally, ncr had it ever before commanded
60 high price. A more favorable year for
New Orleans could not have been selected for
making the comparison.
Remembering all these advantages in be-
half Of New Orleans, and all the disadvanta-
gcs under which our city laborod, the reader
will be prepared to place proper estimate
upon the result According to the Report Of
the Board Of Trade, ,he value Of produce Of
nll kinds received at Chicago from The interior,
for the year 1889, was S9l 1885, ,oso; and
the New Orleans Price Current esti-
mates the value Of products received in
that city from the interior during the sane
year, at S1s5, 100000. In other words, New
Orleans-a city l43 years old, with the ad-
vantage Of foreign commerce, with $4,000
miles Of nayigable water courses to bring to
her wharres the vast and varied products OF
the great valley Of the Mississippi, and in one.
Of the best SEASONS she has ever eIjoyed-Gnds
her commerce TO be just double that of Chi
c,go-a city only thirty years old, with no
natural channels for conducting commerce
with the interior, and deriving almost the
whole Of it's business from region Of country
which % years ago was in the possession Of
the Indians.
We have only to say that if New Orleans is
satisfied with the result Of the comparison,
Chicago surely has no cause to feel ba over
it-f the advocates Of Slavery believe that
the figures tell favorably on the economic
question Of compulsory, unpaid labor, the
friends Of free society can zee in them nothing
but confirmation Of the the. ~ on which free
government and free labor are based But if
the Della instituted tie comparison for the
purpose sf settling the later quee-
tior, it should have been made with
New York, which is nearer tie ags Of New
Orleans than Chicago is; and if its object was
to settle the relative commercial growth and
prosperity Of the two cities, it should have
compared the New Orleans Of 1747 with the
Chicago Of 1860; or the New Orleans Of 1860
with what Chicago will be ll3 years hence.
But, as We said before, we are entirely content
to hare the comparison go to the world as the
Della has made it.