New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-27
on CARONDELET STREET.

As far as we hear of late transactions in
corn, which is just now beg inning, among
commission merchants, to command atten-
ton, is that it has been on decline for sew
eral days, and yesterday sold as low as IS
cents bushel. This is, however, the lowest
figure, and other sales are reported at ~.
761a aud g cents, the last choice lot
Dead loads' are reported on the way
down.
Tie market in cotton opened without
much activity, though enough inquiry re-
manned over from Saturday to give things
push. The sales show little falling of.
Saturdays figures do for prices. Business.
has already got the jog which it kept up the
previous week, and looks as if it would take
some great phenomenon to create any Kind
OF "a particular sensation in it.
The accounts that arrive upon the street
day by day from visitors who wear their
pantaloons inside their boots, and have
way Of shirts. and for felt in the way of
hats. represent the corn crop as short, and
upon inquiries assiduously made as to the
great amount of hog and hominy that were
to he raised, they answer in wonder even
at the question. Right here we would re-
mark that Louisiana is doing the same old
thing-putting the bottom dollar ON cotton
and sc-imping the boot leather on hog and
hominy. When we say that it is impossi-
bic to eat cotton, that belly furniture of
this description is rather bilious, that all
our fields might be covered with what
some poetic young men who write for
the corners of newspapers call
1.-THE teecy staple and yet the
population would starve, one would
come up in the Office and ask US to
prove it. This is taken for granted. But
everybody knowing this to be true, and
rejecting upon it when he finds, as the sea
son is over, lie has only been raising food
for the worm that destroyeth, they always
make up their minds that cotton will be
luxury next year, food a necessity, go back
home and do the same thing over again.
They pay their produce bills without muir
muir, fail to catch fish that are in streams by
their doors, and order them from the city,
packed in cans, and warranted of the best
quality This is another of the periodical
subjects. So is the shOrtness of the cotton
crop, about which every one talks through
September, October and November, every
year. Soon the man in the country who
writes about three editorials every year
will write his third one on the necessity
that ''our numerous constituents should
provide for raising our own supplies"
The few people who visit his sanctum,
and who catch him busy at his case, will sit
down, drink his whisky, say yes sir. and go
home to raise more cotton than ever, and
borrow money to live upon. Papers
throughout the State will catch up the
sound. and will soon be in fun cry demand
ing everything for hog and hominy. There
is reason for this. The bills for planta-
ton supplies must be paid, and in paying
out the scant earnings of a years toll for
what can be brought above his own ground,
it is no wonder the planter is frettcd. So
when II is known that the corn crop is
growing shorter. the cotton crop larger
every year, we only recognize the same old
run OF things and see i'll it a good reason
why the cotton crop coming will exceed the
estimates of they who We're regarded as
long crop men. Cotton has a steady in
crease every year, and the raising of sup
plies. though talked about. is not done.
There We're no sales at the Board OF
Brokers last evening. The offerings and
bids were as follows: