New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-05
FROM CUB FRIENDS.

j: is somewhat 70 BE regretted .Las our
friends q: ST. Louis did no. confne
their testimony before the transportation
committee TO their own commercial i'm.
pediments. The improvement O: the Des.
moines .apids-:he relief of the grave.
yard OF those innumerable wrecks which
obstruct and endanger navigation would,
IL was supposed, have furnished eccupa.
ton enough for the commercial sachems
Of the Future City. II seems, however,
that, not content with this limited sphere
Of usefulness. ST. Louis has undertaken 70
conduc. the yi1dioation Of New Orleans
from some imputations mos: pyope. 20 be
removed here. As IN most cases o! vol.
unteerng TO fgl. the battles or managing
the business Of otbe: people, GU, well
meaning friends have enhanced the objec.
tions they proposed to meet. Mr. Bonnie.
having been pl. Upon TIE sand, :estifes
thus
/. The impeachment 80 she 2eres! trade On
the Mississippi : the ~ans VI steamers. and
the want OF steamers Is gu. 20 the waL. Of
grain trels hts.
. There is wait OF ocean tonnage -
New Orleans, and the cause Of that i.
probably the difficulty OF getJin. over the
oars regularly and meeting the cereals that
would go down the river to New Orleans.
Vessels frequently lay outside the bar for
weeks at ulme so that shippers Of cereals
from the Northwest can not rely with any
certainty on getting ocean transportation.
understand steamers very frequently lie
outside, and in al cases they have 20 be
towed ID. and the expense Of towing is very
great. The expense .: getting IL and cut
Is very great.
On the point Of humidity, Mr.. Bonne.
made admissions which were promptly
bounced upon by the astute Senator
Conkling, and must tend to our injury:
Mr.. Bonner-It is not best for grain 70
remain long at New Orleans before ship
ment.
Senator ConkIing-For What reasor'
Mr.. Bonner-Because of the warm eli.
mate; that is one reason. and people en-
gagged in shipping cereals do not want them
TO be stopped at New Orleans. If they
stayed week they might stay month.
Senator ConkEng-How long can gram
and corn remain In bulk in New Orleans
with safety!
Mr.. Bonner-That is owing great deal
to the condition of the grain when stored. !
If very dry it viii remain longer.
Senator Conkling-Suppose it is in The |
test condition.
Mr. Bonner-I am not prepared to give |
you an accurate answer.
Senator Conkling-You think il hazard |
Gus TO keep it!
Mr.. Bonner-Yes. If they can get it /,
shipped IN reasonable time, grain goes |
through to Liverpool with AS much safety |
as il 1t passed through Montreal.
Now, if Mr.. Bonner lad said at first |
what he was driven to say at last, that he
50 was not prepared to give you an &C.
,urate answer he would have saved
himself the reproach OF colleague, Hon.
Mr., Blow, that he chad been too hard OF
he climate of New Orleans He would
nave also saved Us the trouble Of dis
proving his charges and repairing lis ig-
lorance. What on earth could induce
my one TO say that a steamer has TO Re
owed il at tle passes, or that it IS hazard
,us to keep grain in New Orleans, ~e can
lot co1ceiTe. The recantation Of his
about towing steamers is es-
,ecia.Iy hu,niliating, and should in
alidate the w1ole Of his testimony.
Our committee must pick up these
pose ends Of St. Louis and correct the
innocent inalyertencies Of Mr.. Bonner
4 regard ID cur climate and shipping
interest, THIS is easily done, but il is
to have it to do.