New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-01
TIE GRAIN TRADE IN POLITICS.

The Republican party of New York. in
the recent platform published at ithaca,
thus commits itself to the cause Of the
corn farmers of the West:
Reso,rsd. Tha. we hold it 10 be the para.
| mount duty OF the incoming Legislature to
| devise means whereby the cereals of the
country may tind their way with sure dis.
| patch to the .eaDOard. and thence 10 the
markets Of the world: shat. especially. con-
slderlnS the necessity OF wise action to pre-
| vent the diversion OF trade. the main canals
ct this State should be adapted to steam
navigation. and. by the retunding OF the
| debts in long bonds at q low rate OF interest
should be made as tree to the commerce of
| the nation as their economical maintenance.
| without taxing the people. will permit. We
| hold also that Congress- should pu: forth all
| the power 1t may wisely exert within the
| limits OF the constitution. ANA recommend
| to the consideration of Congress the natural
| advantages and the :us, claims o. the great
chanae.s which Run through the State.
Here is \ great party which will prob
ably WELD the majority vote OF New York.
! advocating the transportation of Western
grain over the canals and railroads OF
New York. exclusively. and urging upon
Congress to no: consider the claims Of ali
grain routes to the sea. but Of those ONLY
OF 1.-THE great channels which run through
this State "-New York. In the same con.
nec.ion We may find some explanation of
the visi. by Hon. Mr.. Window and bis
committee OF transportation to Canada,
while he sen. circular questions to the
Mississippi cities. Says the Nation:
Mr.. William Window. chairman of the
Senate cheap transportation committee. mas
prDDab! learnt within the last week more
abou. cheap transportation than he ever
before knew. through the failure of the
house 0: Jay Cooke & Co.: or. in other
words. Of the Northern Pacific railroad
MIR Window is one OF TIE directors of .hi.
road. of which the authorized share capital
Is s!1o.ooO,0Oo. OF this sum. two million.
We're required 20 be subscribed and ten per
cent paid in before the organization OF the
company. lois ten per cent, or sos. 900
was paid in. and the gentlemen who paid it
in thus obtained control OF a line two thou |
sand miles long. running from Lake Supr
ri0r to Puget Sound. and a land grant of |
1. o0o. 900 acres. or Il, f23 square miles, with
tui! power to issue bonds. which they a:
once proceeded to do a: the rate of $4,000
mile. creating mortgage payable in
thirty years at seveE and three-teEths per
cent II gold.
What more natural than tina. Mr.. Win. !
dom. as times go, should have been de. |
sirous to connect the Northern Pacific |
railroad with the St. Lawrence outlet: It |
is now toIerably plain why he should have
said it was & matter Of Indifference to the
Western farmer whether bis grain went |
through home or foreign soute. While
these Indications would show a formidable
combination agains: the interests of New
Orleans they should show to Great Britain
the Importance Of throwing her immi-
grant labor lower down into the AIissis-
sippi valley. botI: for the production of
corn and cotton. Kansas is far better
location fox this labor than Wyoming. and
a bale Of arkansas cotton will be worth
more to Manchester than five hundred
bushels Of maize from Pembina or Dakota.