Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-08-14
LET Us HAVE PEACE"

The New Orleans Bee, of the 10th inst,
reads Us another lecture upon the sugar
she'd project of M. Fl-itas and cab the
attention of the Planters Banner to the
same subject. The Bee does not object
20 much to protecting sugar as it does to
making it an exclusive privilege. Our
contemporary INDUCES in a homily upon
rights, privileges, powers Of the city au
thorities, ETC., in all Of which, SO far as
we can see, there is no direct bearing
'pou the subject. However, to reach
he point Of the Bees argument, as n"
,ther class of producers has asked for
he privilege of protection from the
weather upon the levee, it is at a loss to
know why it should be granted to sugar
planters Now, to us, this seems o
strange argument. Because James, 10
.eph and Peter have not asked for dumr.
lings at dinner, none must be given to
John. This may be logic, but we hardly
know on which side to begin chopping.
We only endorsed Mr.. Fleitas' project
in one way, and that was in the protect
il promised to sugar and molasses
stored under his sheds. W. said nothing
bout the price to be paid for this priviI-
ege, nor did we urge the city council to
grant all be demanded for his enterprise.
Those matters were left exclusively to the
wisdom of that body to legislate npon.-
If his demands appeared reasonable as
to the term of lease and the prices ex-
for storage, we asked that they
be granted to him, and we cannot
see what our contemporary finds so OBJ.
jectionabIe in so fair a proposition.
To say hat this privilege should be
SO sugar and no other produce, is
something we never contemplated for a
moment, nor could we c~onscientiously
SO unjust a discrimination. But
because no other class of producers has
asked for similar weather shelter. we
no reason why it should be denied to
agar planters. No planter is compelled
o house bis sugar under these sheds
'nless he thinks proper /; while ample
pace is still left on the levee, with all its
18th and slush, for it to remain as long as
be levee regulations will permit. Then
here are the warehouses to which he can
an remove it whenever it becomes
ecessary so to do. We see no monopoly
, Mr.. Fleitas' project, nor do we see it
l the city council according him that
rivilege for q term of years. Frankly,
owever, we believe twenty-five years to
c too long a lease, and the dividend to T,
city entirely too small. In FIVE years :
ON this the sugar crop will be doubled. {
matter which the city ought to take ,
ito consideration. What it may be h,
twenty years hence, no one can pre-. q
But these are matters which con. ,
srn the city alone. The planters care {
about the city's arrangements
ith Mr.. Fleitss or any other party. ,
We can hardly accuse our contemporary D.,
beicg SO unjust or unreasonable as to =,
'k sugar planters to wait until other =
roducers demand similar privileges upon 4
le levee. Suppose they never ask, what a.,
len That question our friend can an =
as we'll as any one else. h
The country press have but one inter. -,
IT to serve-the agricultural. The city \
ress devotes itself to the care of the
numerical interest of the State, and
ost admirably does the press OF New =
rleans maintain that position. W. ?
we nothing to urge against this divis. t
q Of labor, beyond the single remark l
at the first named interest is the parent t
the other. We shall not quarrel upon t
10 subject, nor shall we suffer ourself to 4
,come excited because we cannot see 8
it'll the same eyes that our contemporary p
'es. We believe in, and have ever ad. II