Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-23
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The policy to be pursued by the
McCOmb party, that has recently
obtained possession Of the New
Orleans, Jackson and Great North
ern Railroad, has been announced
in the New Orleans Republican,
and we invite the attention of our
Mississippi readers to it since it
deeply effects their interests. II
is not our purpose to complain of
the policy they avow, but merely
to let our people know what it is,
in order that they may protect
themselves against it by precau-
tiOnary measures.
The writer says Ale INC
Comb intends to use the road for
building up the prosperity Of New
Orleans. He proposes to drive
from the field any interests on the
line Of the Jackson and Mississip-
pi Central, which have the effect
Of tapping our cotton trade and
~diverting it to the East"
Again he says: ITO build up
the through freight business, not
only do they need to force every
bale Of cotton to come in this d.
rection, but they also require loads
for the trains leaving here.
We have no objection TO Nc.
Comb charging as low frclghts as
he wishes on Mississippi roads,
hut this article shows that it is
his policy to discriminate in favor
of New Orleans and against ali the
other roads and all towns in Mis-.
sissippi, and thereby force every
bale Of cotton to New Orleans.
How can he discriminate? By
doing as the Mobile and Ohio
road now does--that is charging
more for cotton midway between
Jackson and New Orleans, than
he does for cotton from jackson.
He may take q bale of cotton from
jackson to New Orleans, one dollar
a bale cheaper than he may from
Brookhaven to New Orleans. The
Mobile and Ohio road charges
about four dollars n bale from
Corinth to Mobile, Assistance Of
three hundred and twenty.e eight
miles, whilst it charges from
Okolona, n distance Of two hund.
red and siXty-one miles to Mobile,
near five dollars per bale. 1t also
discriminates against cotton going
up TO Corinth. This is to force
cotton to Mobile. This is clearly
the meaning Of the article in the
New Orleans Republican, when it
says McComb proposes to drive
from the field any interests on the
line Of the Jackson and Missis-
sippi Central, which have the
OBJECT Of tapping our cotton trade
and taking it to the East"
We do not believe in such dis
ordinations. Trade should he
free. Charges should be in pro.
portion to the amount Of labor
performed. If it is our interest to
take cotton to the East we should
be allowed to take it there. If it
is our interest TO take it to New
Orleans, we should have q fair
chance to take it there. Suppose
the Vlcksbnrg and Meridian road
should charge as much to take a
bale Of cotton from Vicksburg to
Jackson as TO Meridian, in order
TO force it to 60 to the East, we
would complain, and that not
without cause. These discrimina-
tons are unjust and hurtful to the
country. II the McComb interest
is to become a great monopoly to
force trade in o particular direc-
ton, then it becomes a great curse
We have no objection to railroads
making money We would be glad
for them to do SO, but we protest
against these unjust discrimina.
tons for the BENEFIT of any city.
We suppose this great corpora.
ton would be unwilling to see any
other roads built unless they were
mere tributaries TO their own
roads. Would they not oppose
the road from Meridian to New
Orleans because it would be q so
much better and shorter line from
New Orleans to New York than
their route? Fortunately for
our State that there is
a powerful company interest
ed in carrying cotton to the East at
cheap rates, so as to give our peo-
pie the advantages of a choice Of
markets. VIZ believe when our
roads are completed through to
New York, and also to Savannah,
Norfolk and Brunswick, that cot.
ton can be carried as cheap from
Vicksburg or Jackson to Liver ,
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