New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-01

societies such as there are now TO break Oh
head of any one of them who would accep
the invitation"
Eyes, try that on white folks" intel
rupted colOred man near by.
Il really believe the Grant people in the
South are colonizing cOlored men by the
thousands to North Carolina. I've seer
train-loads in Georgia, Alabama and South
Carolina in the past week, all eonverging
there where they are distribted under the
control of agents to vote Thursday next"
This is the statement of a railroad man in
this city whose business required travel in
the Southern States for the past six weeks.
THE reason given for their transporta-
| ton, - continued the railroad man, is work
on railroads. l have the best reason to
know such is not the case. Wait till North
Carolina is heard from and you will see
how the Grant people have humbugged the
whole country"
1t may be opinion or it may be fact.
you passel O. niggers thinks you're some
body cause you ride in box car gwine out
to work, said a cOlOred man at the Kenner
station to his fellows, who were loaded for
a railroad expedition to Manchac, Monday
morning. But l rode from Louisville to
New Orleans in Pullman's palace car"
you did!" calculated his friends doubt
fully. Did you have whole car to yesseIf? ~
"NO, was porter"
ab cold 4Io
An old cotton merchant was prevailed
upon to explain why the short crop pro
duced such depression when taking into &C.
count the higher price, the same amount of
money changed hands" this as last season.
1--WE received" said he, ''abOut one-third
of the entire crop this year, short of mil
lion, or about 100000 less bales than in
l870-7l. There are less bales to be handled
drayed, pressed, booked, insured and
shipped, giving employment to less men,
draymen, pressmen and insurance men,
who ali begin in reducing expenses, by first
dispensing with those who receive the low |
est wages, such as levee labOrers and in
cotton houses wiping out clerks. Wages |
are less because there are the same men |
and material throughout the country to |
handle 100000 bales who last year
handled over 100000 The supply falls
short of the demand. The classes who
handle cotton not having the same work
have less wages and less money to pur-
chase and no cash to pay debts, and sOcie-
ty being a series of cOncentric rings, the
outer ring, or the WOrkingmen, can not be
affected without transmitting the influence
through all the other rings"
How about his theory that society is
made up of a "series of ringsl r.
ITS funny to think we've no railroad
Tor COAL" said a railroad
man. We're as much dependent on the
rise of the river as we used to be in the
days of tlatbOsts, when there would be a
corn and bacon famine here if the Ohio |
river wouldn't let 'em down. Coal is rail
'oaded out of the mines, railroaded to a
shipping place, railToaded on the boats, and
and then spectators jump it up if the boats
IRE tied up. Now, a train of cars could
switch off into a mine,. be loaded up and
PASS on to be followed by another train on
he keep-a-gOing style, and six trains could
,e started and reach their destination, even
Is far as New Orleans, before the coal boats
ret fairly under way. The first railroad
nan who begins system of coal trains will
make his mark"
1t does seem strange we can't get along
n America as they do in Europe with coal
rains. That it costs more by rail is doubt
al, though it is SO urged.