New Orleans Republican., 1873-01-12
Trade with Brazil.

1t will profit New Orleans merchants to
read the following from the st. Louis Demo
cr0t:
The city of st. Louis has been making
commendable efforts during the past few
years TO enlarge every branch of her bust
ness industry, and these efforts have met
with very creditable return. Our leading
merchants have pretty thoroughly learned
the lesson that the only way to get trade
was to go vigorously to work and build it up.
Personal effort was found to be absolutely
necessary. 1t was found that it would not
do for Mr.. B to depend for trade too much
on the efforts of A or C. who might be disin-
terestedly cham pioning the general trade of
the city, but B had TO send out his own
travellers with their samples; he had
to advertise himself in all the
leading Journals he had to print
circulars inviting attention TO his
specialties, and circulate them at snug
outlay for postage stamps; he had to favor
those whose trade he wanted with free
price lists and gratuitOus printed matter of
various kinds. In short, he found that to
be successful merchant involved a deal
OF labor, both mental and physical, and a
deal of expense. But the result speedily
assured b that his efforts and trouble were
meeting with rich reward, and he was en-
couraged to 90 forward, to seek new terri
in many nIaces in St. Loujs and conse.
Quentiy our general trade in merchandise is
steadily on the gain. There is one direction
however, in which a large trade might be
done by St. Louis people, which is not done,
and we have watched many years, expecting
to see some move made TO secure this trade,
With RrsziI We imnort from RrayiI via
Mobile and New Orleans a LARGE quantity
of coffee and other commodities and hv
way of New York and Baltimore a stiiI
greater ousntitv. Nearly all of this mpr
Shandise il maid for in case. for New York
controls the nrineipaI norton of the Brazil
ian trade, and she sells them flour. meal.
dried fr,,i. nrov;sions Lard prenarad
meats. nreserves. ieIlips. etc. Int NOT nat
ronize n, Louis in furnishing herself with
the goods needed to do this Does Brazil
want spy corn New York telepraphs To
Chicago for il, Does Brazil want lard. ba-
con. pork or four. Chicago gets the order.
Chicago is tbus enabled. by Daying for her
coffee in produce. to offer effective compe
tition in all areas of the West where st.
Iouis ia striving to establish a trade.
The thing wa need To do. therefore ia to
unite frni9 with New Orleans in her at
tempt to rS-establish her direct trade with
Brazil. The steamers which carry cargoes
and passenpers between New York and
Rrazii epioy Government natronage in the
shane OF subsidies. The tourney is 40 very
long that no line can exist in the trade
without a subsidy-at least so it ia af
firmed-ard if this he true we see no reason
vhy subsidy should not be demanded of
the government for a New Orleans and
Rrsail line to make trims monthly at least
IF sncb a line can he established hetwaen
New Orleans and Brazil. we NAV at once
increase several leading industries in 81
Ionis with great sneoial nrofit TO those who
engage in them. and with eoual general
nrefit
We might supply Brazil with hardware
for k;tohsn pse With hniIders, hard wara