New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-13

| Steerage passage steam packet from New
Orleans to ST. Louis 10 Cu6iC feet of
freight allowed per adult immigrant
| timated to weigh 300 pounds ............ o.
Contract offered by J. NJ Bofnger President 81
Louis and New Orleans Packet Company.
| Here we have saving Of ten dollars a
head on adult passengers, which would,
on a party Of two adults and three children,
amount to thirty dollars a sum Of much
importance to poor people.
If we take St. Paul, Minnesota, as a
competitive point Of delivery, the differ
ence in favor Of the Mississippi is even
more obvious. Put on one-third more for
river fare from St. Louis to Dubuque
Iowa, or st. Paul, and it will be found
that the cost Of the Mississippi route will
stand to that Of New York as S41 to S51.
It will be seen then, that the Mississippi
| is the cheapest route to the competing
points stated. From these points to any
| Western destination the cost of trans
portation would be the same to each, with
the difference that the Missouri river will
carry an immigrant much further west
than either st. Louis, Dubuque or st.
Paul. The great advantage of the Mis-
Sissippi consists in the fact that the bag
gage Of an immigrant can be carried
cheaper than by rail. Our ocean steamers
coming for corn or cotton, have large
amount Of vacant space. We are assured
by one Of the leading agents that they
will give any amount Of free space to the
immigrant that competition may de-
mand. Our river boats and barges
have also much space on their up
trips. They already offer twenty
cubic feet Of space free to each adult
immigrant, and their agents say that
they can outbid the railroads for free
space to immigrants since it viii cost the
boats absolutely nothing. Now look at
the inducement offered ~ this route to
an immigrant family Of five persons, who
might bring over enough wearing apparel,
duty free, to last them two or three
years? They might bring some Of THEN
utensils, and other things very useful in
planting a new home in the Wilderness
Instead, then, Of selling of everything to
avoid railroad freight on extra weights,
and then having to replace these things
with articles purchased at frontier prices,
the immigrant can bring them by the
Mississippi route, in good part free, and
for extra weights at river freights, never
exceeding fifty cents per hundred weight. |
This is Of immense importance to a
stranger bringing family from foreign
country to frontier home. If our read
ers should not appreciate its consequence,
they may rest assured that neither the
land seller nor the immigrant will fail to
see in this most important advantage Of
the Mississippi route.
There are, however, other important
in its favor. The voyage
rom Liverpool or Bremen to Omaha or
st. Louis may be made from September
o June without fear Of icebergs on the
ocean or of any climatic disease on the
liver. At this season or, in fact, at any
'ther, more healthy and comfortable
oyage can not be made from England or
Germany to the Northwest. Our readers
ill say: You have made no mention Of
louisiana or Of New Orleans as points Of
estimation. We answer: Neither is New
ork advertised as the terminus of immi-
ration, It is . way station to the West.
was stated in an article on the subject !
nat more than 1000 Of the 228, 1862 i'm 5
ligrants landing at New York had de- 3
AIRED their destination to be the States j
nd Territories of the Mississippi valley. I
may be added that 1902, or forty per
mt, had declared their destination 20 be
ew York. New York expediteS those q
9opie through the city, confident that Y
cir capital and labor vii! be returned to ?
y. She IS equally satisfied that If she q
i not let them go through they might not Il
me at all. Our mistake has been that ;
: advertise Louisiana as the terminus of r.
immigrant line. L
It is well known that the State Of Louis. CT
IA and her German associations have ex- D
nded large sums and much energy in pt
German immigrants of the ad- al
nsages presented by ogr mild climate P
d fertile lands. Very little impression C
' been made by these efforts One SC
.son for the failure IS that people prefer &c
.igrating 10 their own latitude. and to if
2 culture OK production Of their accus- Ga
ned crops or fabrics. Another most IA
tent cause is that the Northwestern land j,
lers have opposed Us il every European w
lntry. TLey have represented cur Ia
re as in an embarrassed condition nj
anclally, and as subject 70 :. chronic So NJ
disorder, which renders the life and pa
'Yerty 0! . stranger unsafe. We have not til
u able TO counterfeit these ISLANDERS. to
I although we have had and continue 20
have increased immigration. the main OF,
am goes through New Yorl. and Daiti. str
ge. Let us. Therefore. say 90 the great dix
{! sellers Q! The upper Northwest. as tbc
rs 20 those Of Texas. Kansas and Mis-. 10
ri, the Mississippi you:e can deliver Ne
immigrant family Tor less money. and niI
b a larger weight OF free baggage. than OF
railroads from New Iorb Take the tic
ion Pacific Sailyoal land grant as an the