New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-30
The Corn Movement to Europe.

The Germ Movement to Europe
From the Bay st. Louis Democrat
That there can be no doubt Of the future
importance Of the Mississippi river as
thorCughfare for the conveyance of the sur.
plus cereals of this valley to the markets
of the world, we will state that ever since
the first organized attempt of the st. Louis
Grain Association, in 1869, to force ship
ments by this route, the enterprise has
been gaining strength with the people at
large and, notwithstanding the faint COOP
CREATION given it by the merchants of New
Orleans, the the ''St. Louis through grain
movement will annually augment in pow
Ger as facilities for transacting the business
increase. Prior to 1869 vessels arriving at
New Orleans never thought of inquiring
for grain freight. Now scarcely vessel
enters this port, sail or steam, but takes
grain into its calculations when figuring
upOn the probabilities Of obtaining a cargo,
and it is becoming generally admitted by
all ship owners that, with $4,000 to 10000
bushels OF bulk grain in the hold, topped
out by 1000 to- 1000 bales of cotton, vessel
is trimmed tOiperfectiOn and will do good
%Ork in all kinds OF weather Therefore
many outgoing vessels now inquire for q
few thousand bushels of grain. Within the
past few weeks the following GargOes have
departed from New Orleans:
Steamer Louisiana, for Liverpool, - ,225
bushels.
Steamer Belgian. for liverpool. l4,O83
bushels.
Steamer ST. Louis, ?oy liverpool. 3O.;99
bushels.
Steamer isS. FOR liverpool, 1s 500 1nsf-
als.
Bark Savannah, for liverpool. Il arc bush
els
Bark Australia. for Queenstown, 32,eOc
bushels.
Bark Winfield Jones, 8,y Queenstown,
ri ,94l bushelsj
estBark Paul EI:za. soD %.verpoo', sgO22
bushels.
Bark NJ. Jones. for Queenstown. $4,000
bushels.
Bark s. =. Staples, for Gouen, $3.50
bushels
Bark NJ. Chapman. FOR liverpool. 4G. Jg4
bushels,
This forms a very creditabls showing,
and gives satisfactory assurance that TIE
great water route possesses merit that
commands attention, notwithstanding the
many disadvantages it labOrs under in
reference to lack Of facilities for the prompt
and economical handling and forwarding OF |
any very large stocks of grain. The New |
Orleans Price CaoTen goes back to the
gecOrds Of l846-twenty-six years ago-tO
prove that New Orleans then had grain
trade, and that if one is now achieved it
will be nothing new under the sun We do
not dispute the fact set forth by the Price
Current that in 1916 the foreign exporta
tons Of grain amounted to much more
than any one year has since shown The
statement proves only that grain could
traverse the route in safety, even by the
slow methods of the fatbOat down the
river and the sailing vessel on the ocean,
and that as high as charges must have
been, the route was " Hobson's choice TO
foreign consumers.
1t also proves that as soon as railways
connecting the lakes and the canals with |
the grain fields of the valley were inaugu-
rated, the clumsy and expensive RIVER
facilities We're abandoned by grain, and
New Orleans lost a trade for want of an
effort to keep it. 1t she regains this traffic,
TO whom will the acquisition be due If
the Price CNrTeRt truthtully answers that
question st. Louis will be cOmphmented. 1t
il not the purpose Of the Democrat, how
ever to discuss the claims of st. Lonis in
this matter More profitable work is at
hand Let us devise some sure method for
greatly increasing the shipments of corn
from this port to Europe during the next
six months.
We never had a better opportunity to
make this whole movement a success than
now presents itself Corn is plenty, and
prices are absolutely on the hard pan. Let
our business men see to it that all the avail
able boats and barges now in use on the :
1pper rivers are anchored below the ice !
inc before the freeze-up, and be prepared
or rush oil corn. If our business men ex~ | '
orcise the common foresight every human T
being is supposed to be gifted with, they
will not be caught in the pinch which thew
experienced last spring in reference to the
3upply OF tonnage. If the proprietors of +
ne up river boats and barges are fully V
alive to the concerns of the river, they will P
mex up many dollar of profit by using d
heir boats and barges in the lower river, b
which they would not acquire were thew To- | s.
Sinter said boats and barges in the nm b.
country ice, as has been their tlme-honorad | W
custom. T
Not only do our merchants need to con- pl
ern themselves about the bulk TONNAGE Of Ii;
he river but they should lose no time in in
eVlslng effective measures to increase the I'll
cean tonnage between New Orleans and la
liverpool Ii ocean facilities are to be kent he
t their present supply, our barge room Is
efficient for all the demand likely to he
1ade upon IT. and if the present barge line f.
Ter6 to attempt nothing but the TRANSFORMS pl
on OF bulk grain, it could move q vast 10
uantity every week to New Orleans, The | Ga
lischiet is, however, that at the season of | la
10 year when Duik grain is likely to be to
lost pressing in Its demands for barre | fu
'ace, rolling and package freights, much tn
ore valuable per ton, also demand trans an
1rtatiOn, and Outbid grain. and thus obtain i'm
e preference. WI
1t is to guard against recurrence of this SD
rt of thing. which so sorely afflicted our W.
Ilk grain shippers last spring, that we fel
wise the winterlng of our up-river barges
d boats at points below here. Bulk grain
n not afford TO pay dear freights ON the
ssissippi, and money enough can be made In
carry ing it at ten to twelve cents per ha
shell to tempt any barge owner into the tie
siness, provided he can get plenty of it ag
carry. Last spring twenty-five cents per acl
shel was about the lowest rate any one | ho
having a forward contract for bulk sv,