New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-08-17
grain has been shipped in bulk from New

grain has been shipped in bulk from New
Orleans, separate from other freight:
am informed that but little has thus far
been thus transported, because other
freights, or mixed freights, pay tie ship
owners better.
Now there can be information furnished
Consul Fairchild that millions Of bushels
have been shipped thus separate from
New Orleans, coastwise and foreign. It
has gone sound to market. Hundreds Of
thousands of bushels have been shipped
in assorted cargo with cotton. It has
gone sound to market.
Next comes the reply of Consul Badeau
to the same question:
1 beg to state that if the modes of trans
portation are the same and the care in stor-
age is equal, Western wheat transported
via New Orleans does not sell lower either
in the London or Liverpool market than
Western wheat shipped to either OF those
ports from New York; but if the conditions
mentioned differ, the rates Of sale differ on
the arrival Of the wheat.
This is sufficiently enigmatical. 1t
means, the ocean route of grain to Liver
pool makes no difference in its price. I'M
less there be difference in quality. Ac-
cording to this consul, then, the buyer
looks at the condition of grain on arrival,
and does not care whether it came by
way of the Balize or the Baltic. Consul
General Badeau has been misinformed in
regard to the shipment Of more grain
from New Orleans by sail than by steam.
The rever Sc is the case.
The following passage is equally preju-
dicial to the New Orleans route:
Ii grain is brought by sailing vessels in
stead of steamers, which happens more
often in the case Of that imported from New
Orleans than that from New York. or if it
is badly stored exposed to air or dampness,
there is material difference in the value
on it's arrival. The mere fact of storage at
New Orleans ard Of the passage through
the lower Mississippi and the Gulf Of
Mexico, however, does not in reality depre-
ciate the value Of the grain, though the
longer time required under these circum-
stances make the possibility of damage
greater. and when grain thus transported
is sold before examination and at the risk
OF inc DNyer, us Value Is accordingly aAu
unfavorably affected.
There are several routes competing for
this bulk grain carrying trade. The St.
Lawrence took last year some twenty mil
lion bushels. Portland, Boston. Phila-
delphia and Baltimore each exported
larger quantities than New Orleans. They
are all common competitors against New
Orleans. May it not have been that the
United States consuls have happened to
fall among the grain agents Of these
Northern routes? Who was there to speak
for the Southern route? Only the state
ments of the press and few individuals
of st. Louis and New Orleans. New Or
leans has forbidden her citizens to accept
either position or other service at the
hands Of the Radical government. She
has, therefore. no authorized diplom attic
representative to speak for her. 1t is
under such circumstances that the agen-
cies Of the REPUBLICAN and of Republi-
cans will be useful to the valley of the
Mississippi and to the city Of their adop-
ton.
Our citizens may rely that whatever
influence or service can be rendered them
is entirely at their command. We will
lay before the government and our diplo-
matte representatives abroad all facts to
the vindication OF the Mississippi as a
route for bulk grain. or for any other
measure Of public justice OF public use
fitness