New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-06

In Favor OF hecipTOChi Afa"o WIN
&panish America and Ocean Postal
service from New Orleans.
Tile subioineG memorial was presented
and approved a. the meeting of she New
Orleans Chamber Of Commerce on Monday
evening:
20 -ls President ard Senate Of The United States;
The Chamber of Commerce of New Or.
Jeans are deeply interested Ia the improve
tnent ST trade with The Spanish American
States, and especially with the repuoh. OF
Mexico. They learn with pleasure that the
government Of Mexico has at last relaxed
its suspicious 81 the people 81 the United
States, and manifests q disposition 90 con,
Eract with them amicable and commercial
relations Mexican enterprise and eapltal
are now dire cted so the development OF
that amtv, and we hope very soon 20 nave
railroads and steamships connecting ihe
Ewo republics with bonds which VIII MAKE
ANY guture wars injurious TO EACH DOlh'
chen will cultivate carefully those rcla-
Eions which commerce engendeP. BuS your
Fne,norialists find other obstacles TO trade
with Mexico and other States referred 10 ID
che rate Of gevenue and other internal
duties imposed by those States Hpon an
foreign commerce, besides Inc poEI anu
other charges which are collected on snip
ping and trade at the 1Tinclga! seaport
cities of those States.
They therefore respectfully request your
honorable ishuence in the adoption OF some
more uniform and reciprocal rates OF du-
6es. internal and port charges between the
United States and such other countries
The report of an American consul al
May;co estimates the aggregate rate of all
federal and State revenues and nunlclpal
CHARGES uDon a commodity imported INTO
Mexico TRANSPORTED to and sold at the capt.
tai CITY, at ninety-twO per cent al yaloreHl.
Turning to the Spanish colonial posses
sions in the Gulf of Mexico, your memo
rialists find among the principal duties IN
posed upon fUreig IN commerce the following:
On corn. eighty per cent: on -four, seventy.
five per cent; on hog products, seventy-hVe
Der cent ad yaloTem. These are the lead
ing articles OF American production. In
addition, your memorialist5 IND that not
withstanding the position OF absolute neu-
tIalty maintained by your honorable au,
thorty in the civil war now ana
Cor four wears past waging between
the Spanish government and a portion
of its subjects DESTROYS of independence,
that the Spanish government now I'M
noses "a wal tax of twenty-five per cent adj
yalorem upon all foreign commerce, thus
making the government and people OF the
United States depart from their neutrality
by contributing to her expenses OF man
tanning by civil war the law of Spain over
her own subjects. This added war tax
makes the duties imposed on the American
prOducts stated more than one hundred
per cent ad valorem. At the same time the
duties imposed by the United States on the
products of Cuba imported into the United
States, are a specific duty OF something
more than two cents per pound average
anon sugar, equal to about sixteen 70
TWenty per cent ad ValOrem; seventy-fVe
per cent upon tobacco and cigars: ten per
cent on dry hides, while coffee, one OF the
principal products OF labor III Porto Rlce,
10 admitted into the United States duty
Gree.
These are few Of the most signal in
stances OF inequality in the rates Of revenue
duty imposed by the United States upon
Che products of her neighbOrs On this con
Rinent, and the rates of duty imposed by
those countries upon the products OF the
United States. The attention of The Presl-
dent is respectfully called to sugges-
zion in one Of his messages that these fela-
eions should be reviewed with view 10
place them on footing of reciprocity. They
respectfully suggest the appointment OF a
suitable commission 30 examine INTO ana
prepare such system as would re-
iieve our commerce and Others from the
burden and embarrassment 10 which II Is
subjected, and the adoption on our part OF
"a continental commercial policy. This
would relieve the commerce between the
NdlltH VI Jut hlSSlS5lpIs oIilii'iA47
ahan 20,000,000 of people, and the countrle.
referred to, of all that impedcs fruitful
and fraternal commerce.
When the fact is remembered that the
government of the United States is the
arbiter and protector of these States-that
she has guaranteed them against al! at
sempts to plant the institutions OF Europe
npon them-that she has aided these States
IN their struggles for freedom by the most
substantial sympathv-surely the wish for
more equal and intimate commercial III
Fercourse can not be attributed 20 any
desire TO invade their territory or restrict
sheir rights.
In addition 20 this review of commercial
relations and this recognition o1 reduced
and reciprocal duties, your memorialists
would respectfully recommend the estaD
Jishment of New Orleans as
\ POSTAL CENTRE
for the receipt and distribution Of all mail
matter passing between the United States
Mexico, Central and the west coast OF South
America and Australia. We have now a
system connecting New Orleans by 5000
miles of rail with all the principal cities OF
the Union. A postal ocean steam service
would connect New York with the city OF
Mexico via New Orleans in less than si8
days, with Panama in less than nine he
capitals of the republics of the United
States and Mexico can be brought within
five DAYS of each other Forty years age
the mail time between Washington City
and New Orleans was twenty-five days.
Congress now pays for mail service by
ocean steamers from New York TO Vera
Cruz and Panama. These voyages are re
spectively $500 and 200 miles. They ira
verse coasts and seas dangerous from reefs
and hurricanes. They cost in apprOpria
lions and hostages certainly 100000 pei
annum. The government now pays at The
rate of $500 per mile for a double daily
mail service by rail from New York, st
Louis. Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville
10 New Orleans. If the Mexican and Cen
trail American mails were placed on these
railroads their delivery at New Orlean:
would cost no more than the present mai
service. The saving of time, risk and cos
effected by substituting the time and dis
fance from New Orleans to Vera Cruz, Pa
mama and Havana for the present cost ant
zine schedules from New York to thos
ports. are 300 Gbv!o%s ~ justify s0eS.hea
lions.
Your msmoriaiis's coIrnend 80 you
honorable authorities che commercial
condition OF this, the grea: and nat
IRA! cutpors anu Cntrepot oi NOR
shan half the territory ard population u
She Union. They ap.ea! tor specific relic
in the matters frs, stated in this pape!
and shey Respectfully ask such other am
proper exercise OF yOur influence a. IN
great interests alluded TO are entitled - a
your hands,
Resi- ecttuiir Submitted.
JOHN NJ. SATDf0GE.