The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-06
Tslk With m Engii,hmsu About Ansirs At
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she South. etc.
"Gath.r writing 10 the Chicago Tribune, re-
ports the following conversation With NJ Everett.
OF England, whom he enc 1unttred in railroad
Car:
TIE WAY TIE ENGLISH GOT CONSOLIDATED LINE
FROM NORFOLK TO MEMPHIS.
have recently made gratifying trip through
the South, investing some money, and proposing
to invest more, in the Mobile Il Ohio aud the
Selma Dalton railroads. was almost thrilled
II an EDglishman can say so extravagantly, with
the beautiful lands Of Alabama and Mississippi;
noble prairie. capable Of raising grain, tobacco or
cotton equally well, and as 1 rode In special
train from Chicago to Mobile, met the leading
people of thS country, wearing that inconsoIable
look Of despair which hes been impressed upon
them by defeat, the loss of their slaves, and con-
sequent poverty.
- Great heavens, gentlemenr said, you
will make me sour as yourselves IL you dwell
thus perssteDtly upon your calamities. people
have no business 10 concern themselves in politics
TO the entire exclusion of their private concerns.
| have been an associate in England Of Golden
ard those who strove 10 release trade from impo-
sition, and the work was earnest and enthusiastic
with me: but would have been fool 70 have
epgulfed in IL ell my private fortune, ceased my
set cf polincisns, such as excite you now 30 make
lion. Go to work. Set your affairs sish.
end happier politics Will come.
See what you are doing paying in
Illinois dollar and quarter bushel for grain
and growing none yourselves. though with land
fully as excellent. II you cannot cultivate all
your estate, cultivate part, certainly enough to
raise food to cat Keep every cent beside you
and put il into railways. Establish for yourselves
a consolidated line from the Mississippi to the
Atlantic, go that you can send cotton and tobacco
without transhipment straight to Liverpool. The
trne theory of wise commerce is TO buy Ia the
cheapest markets and sell in the dearest. Raise
corn at home, instead OF buying 1t where il Is dear.
Go vou rn1u rot hx,h fAoo. NJ
York, as you used to do, dealing like bankrupt
with apawnbroker, but sell them in Liverpool
"'How? they said vacsnty. Nobody will
lend rs money. The low tariff rate Of freights
Baltimore and Ohio Railway controls small piece
OF the line between Us ami Norfolk, and keeps up
the rates and prevents constellation
"'Wil you help yourselves il help you"
eyes. anything; but howr
"'Raise money. Sell everything you have to
spare, from saucepan mp. There is a fue har-
Dor, am told, at Norfolk. The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad steamships to Liverpool stop there
for freights. Accomplish this consolidation and
secure the low tariff by rail. and, mark my words,
the Baltimore and Ohio Road will take of Its Nor
folk steamships.'
They promised 10 do their best, and asked me
to go to New Orleans and Mobile and encourage
the people in the same way. addressed large
meetings in both cities. They cast of their grave
looks and became cheerful. Then | FASTENED to
General Malone, at Norfolk, who is at this mo-
ment, without approximation, the biggest, round
est and greatest man in the Southern States. Per-
sonally, he is a little, bullet headed, back.eyed,
sun-burnt fellow-s fighting tiger he was as q
rebel general.
(.'1hey tell me.'' l said. "tbat he is now half
Radical"
81 believe my soul,n be said "that be ia more
than three-quariers a Radical!'')
TO General Malone conhded my designs. He
threw himself In my arms.
"' God bless you be said you are the man
he IOO mi fnr
al found that the obstinate piece of road
was that short connection between Knoxville,
In East Tennessee, and Bristol, on the Virginia
line.
80 VIII you raise half million dollars II raise
half million to buy this piece of ROAD, said to
Malone; "a million will buy it,
a. Yes
"'Give it to me in bond.'
BE did so promptly. With this fastened to
Knoxville and had an interview with the presi-
de mt Of the obstinate line.
:" Is II rough or smooth 2" said to him for this
iS the term used by London policeman arrestng
thief, meaning do you fight or give inT Put
down your rates. according to this consolidated
schedule, or in twentyfour hours your road passes
out Of your hands. Yonr stock is on the market;
j hold the money TO buy it in" He made it
smooth the consolidation on the low tariff prin-
ciple was a thing de fdctO, and in the space of a
few weeks there passed between Memphis aud
Norfolk $4,000 bales of cotton. AS bfophesied
the Baltimore and Ohio road took of its ships.
Il,
Liverpool direct line-steamers of the size of the
Teria. have asked what you would do to save
yourtelves. Respond, not by promises, but in
realities.
''Sir," ssid Mr.. Everitt, "they have produced
$3.50 600. The steamers betwixt Norfolk and
Liverpool are being negotiated for. We have
made certainty Of the experiment OF low sTeed
and cheap rates. l have invested for myself and
my principals one million dollars In the Dalton
and Selma road. The Vicksburg people are stir
ring themselves. In President Murdoch, of the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, find a worthy aeso-
ciate to Malone. We mean to make Norfolk
permanent shipping point, and the rendezvous OF
the Southern railways. Our steamers will shortly
be ready, and with them we will iDdoctrinate the
system of low rates Of speed and cheap rates OF
freight"
AN ENGLIsHMAN's RESUME OF rHR TARIFF
"Do you think, Mr.. Everett, that with the intro.
duction of this system OF low tariff Of treighs.
the interests Of the country will be developed
toward ultimate or immediate low tariff of
duties ~
"Yes, sir What this country wants is not
tarlh, but transit: Leaving out your bounty, the
cost OF making iron in America is about that of
mskiDg it in England. You are already the eqsals
of England at the mandatory. The limited area
Of our island and the cheapness Of transit are
all that is In our favor. We have no such con-
glomerate mountains of lime iron and coal as you
have. Our materials for smelling are brought
from different localities, at separate expenses.
We descend hundreds and thousands of feet tanto
tie earth Tor coal. 1ou dig II from the bill sides.
Your ores are generally better than ours. II Is
transit, sir, that makes cheapness or dearDess.
Transit Is tariff. or free trade. American
coal at the mines mouth is as cheap. as
English coal at the mines mouth. Freightage
makes the difference in cost between coal in
London and coal in New York. We lay extra
rails on our railroads to accommodate and cheaper
freight Many of our railroads have quadruple
tracks. As your excellent commissioner, David
A. Wells, has shown, that by reducing duties the
poor will be better of, so by reducing freights
claim that your producers and consumers will be
better of. AS he has shown that by reducing the
whisky tax from two dollars TO half dollar more
duty can be collected, so claim that by reducing
freiehts and running frequent slow trains more
freigbis can be collected, and both railways and
shippers be better of.
All SIR" / said. when we hint toward free
trade. or even toward reduced duty in this COM
try, the answer is that England got all her ih-
dependence from protection, and that only now,
having duly protected herself, is she able to pro-
claim free trade"
"Ah, sir," again said the British gentleman,
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