New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-10

whenever the artificial relief Of dredging
has been suspended. The French col0nia
government, in 1921, caused survey anC
sounding on the bar by N. Pauger, for the
purpose OF establishing the fact that the
. Mississippi was nayigabIe, and to Justify
the removal of the colonial depot from
Biloxi to New Orleans. That engineer
reported a bar across the outlet Of from
five 10 nine hundred toises, or from
thrte-tourths to a mile in width, and 8
natural depth of from eleven to fourteen
1ert This obstruction was then at the
island Of the BaliZe. Since that date the
delta or aIluvion of the Mississippi has ex-
tended at the rate of 400 feet per anuum,
and the water has deepened down to the
bar, which, twelve miles lower down, still
presents the same natural and normal
iepth rs it did one hundred and fifty years
ago. This bar has been occasionally re
licved by artificial means. but has invaria-
bly, returned when those means were sus-
pended, and in some cases from the effect
OF a single storm. At the close of the war
the navigation was so impeded from the re-
CuTTenCe of these distractions that q feet
of ships laden with $4,000 bales of cotton
was aground at one time. 1t became indis-
pensabe that the government should re-
move this obstacle, and two drcdgeb0ats
now keep a depth OF nineteen teet Six
inches On the bar.
EBrECT OP IMPROVED OUTLET.
The effect of bringing a more extended
| domain into market, the additional value Of
labor and wealth to result from added i'm
migration scarcely need computation to
| prove them far greater than the probable
cost of the outlet canal. But though such is
| the effect OF the present river navigation it
may be greatly enhanced BY deepening the
| outlet OF this territory. The Mississippi
| river from the port of New Orleans to the
! bar has depth of more than one hundred
| 4ect With the present artificial depth
| increased to tWenty-seven feet, by the
| proposed canal, the largest class Of ves-
sells can be put into this trade: The
| capacity of a vessel increases with her
draught in such ratio as that vessel
| drawing twenty-seyen feet will carry
| at least third more cargo than q vessel
| drawing eighteen. When, therefore, we
shall have grain propelleTs Of this great
| burden supplied with cargOes from the IN
| limited cereal area of the private and ma
| tional domain west of the Mississippi there
can be no question that the Transportation
OF cereals can be effected even lower than
| at present. 1t will be assumed, then, that
busheI of corn can be carried by iron
barges and grain prOpellers between st.
Louis and Liverpool at twenty cents. This
will assure a farmer, as far west as the
one hundred and twentieth parallel.of Ion
gttude, living compensation for his invest
ment in corn production.
The concentration Of such enterprise and
wealth in the North must promote the com
mercial expansion of the United States in
the direction Of the continental insular and
AsIatiC markets, south and west It must
lead to isthmus interOCeanic canals and rail
ways, and must open up the most precious
provinces OF Northern and Middle Mexico,
inaccessible except by railway from the
United States.
IMMIGRATION.
To foreign immigration this road opens a
way always cheap and healthy, but especially
desirable in winter AS it offers water con
veyance from Bremen to Fort Benton, with
but one transfer, immigrants will be en-
abled to take with them a much larger
weight of property than can be expected by
rail across the country. A passenger
brought across the Atlantic to New Orleans
at S35 can be taken to st. Louis for S. more
What route so cheap and SO comfortable in
winter can be found between Europe and
Nebraska Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Texas
and the boundless West No railroad hav.
ing Western lands to sell or settle can he
indifferent to the advantages Of this route. |
These rates of freight out, and of immigrant |
fares in, will reciprocallv aid in reducing
the cost Of each to the Western producer. |
EASTERN INTERESTS.
The argument of cheap food and extended |
market at home and abroad, addresses |
itself at once to the shipping, manutactur.
ing and capital interests Of the country. |
dhC railroad owners, so much dependent |
upon the movements of values, weights and !
can not disregard the immense |
development to be Occasioned by the pro
posed Improvement of navigation. The
great capital and commercial interests of |
the East, already looking with alarm to the
prices of artificial ways, must
perCtIv" the advantages Of % great water
way free to all common carriers. There
can be no monopoly Of The Mississippi. 1t |
is the great freight regulator OF the Union,
may be the com binatiOns Of arti-
fetal corporations over rail vr canal. The
and the st. Lawrence. the great
rivals and competitors for toe transpOrta-
ton of the interior empire, can neither be
br,bed nor inundated. To either Of them
the people OF the scabOard may always APP
peal for relief from any corner combina-
5lons which threaten to Oppress them
The Southern States participate in these
facilities OF inteTCOmmuniCation by the in
creased abundance and cheaper prices Of
Western provisions, and by the enhanced
iemand for cotton and sugar, which must
accompany an increase Of home market.
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN INTERESTS.
~ i)tl l4SdI VI tIlG ItdSUIS gwen why LDe |
lations and the great sections mentioned
h0uld unite in this vote for constructing
tie Mississippi outlet canal. Will have the
interest of the West without rCstatement
he immigrati0n8 Of wealth and numbers
he added value Of famous cities, water
over, and minerals, an increased capacity
D develop connections, an elevated standard
t literature, arts and industries, which
lways accompany enlarged reforms The
nlit1aaI AL |
'Om increased numbers. and the more in
1nse fraternity that accompanies content
nd prosperity.
THE NATIONAL INTEREST. :
The immense increase of natural reve- |
ues to result from the developmenI Of such !
region as has been described is the first {
esult of this work. The sale and settle S
tent OF the public domain incident thereto |
ill deserve especial consideration The /
rst stage of human industry is perhaps a
le care of toCks and herds The pursuit S
n the American frontier has always been t
lcceeded and superseded by the culture OF /
le cereal grains, or of some other export s
ole staple The demand for and price of \
lese frontier lands have alwa Us depended O
/ the facilities OF transporta tiOn to mar t
20. The public domain has developed v
ON the water points first, and the gov. S
nment has bestowed share of the pub 81
; domain to secure the ways Of communi- b
.tiOn with the residue. This Dv land grants G
canals and railways. It has been re- h
ntly demonstrated that the average cost Il
transporting bushel OF corn (tifty-six il
'unds) to New York from three cities Of G.
Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee, by rail Il
canal, equals 33 400 cents 70 this has II
en added an estimate for tie additional #
st of transportation from the farm where ! o
own to those cities. A 4 "A result of thpSa |