New Orleans Republican., 1873-05-25
CIR VISITORS


Western and other representatives which
NAV not even have occurred to themselves.
They are urconsciously prospecting the
American future and preparing for de-
velormen: in the oniy theatre open TO
national enterprise. Russian America OF.
fered 10 :nducemen! 20 capital or labor.
4 winter Of seven months with staple
product worth but twenty cents bushel
or half cen: pound affords no COM
pensation beyond Subsistence. There
must be more genial climate. There
must be q more productive soil. There
must be q better show for laying up a
competency. These conscientious have
brought more than hundred Congress.
men. representing ten o. twelve millions
Of people, 10 irspec: the only regions
open for American expansion. The frs:
objec: Of the excursion has been to add to
existing values Of production by taking
of par. of the tax levied by transpor:a-
ton. One member from Minnesota re.
pCl ID d OtAsNt1 " SOIu "cAiA ~ AlS soA4'
stituents twenty-five cents. Another mem-
ber from Georgia replies tina: his constitll.
ents are consuming that very Western corn
a. ene dollar and fifty cents a tushe!! !
Then tie Minnesota farmer can grow and
give i've bushels Of corn to !ranspor: one
tushel 20 Georgia. while the Georgia
planter pays !or one bustel the
price tha: cugh. 20 have purchased
four or five bushels. !. results. then. that
the carrier who produces no corn makes
five times the prof. OF the farmer who
plows. plants and gathers the corn.
There comes in the Mississippi as q great
highway. open 20 all carriers incapable OF
being ruled by ring. and offers TO set
the people free from the continued rob-
berry CT ,nonopoiis,s. AS was piously as
well as poctically said by one speaker,
i: alnts: seemed a JUS. punishment to the
Wes: that. abandoning their natural
friend and teretac.or. they relied upon
the deceptive premises OF an artificial
agency.
Then The expedition saw the land be-
tween 81. Louis and Galveston. Iich in
herds and crops, filled with citizens from
all States and countries. They returned
through the aiiuvial Of Louisiana, in
which one acre will produce a salable
value IN sugar equal at leas: to the pro-
dac,;ve value O; eight acres in Minnesota.
They find ,La: our soil and climate pro.
duces :lese values without the amonnt
OF labor or me COS: Of Subsistence which
prevails elsewhere. and they arrive a! the
conclusion /. Tia! TO make their pres
ent products more valuable. they mast
remove every obstacle 20 free and cheap
transportation on the Mississippi. 2. That
the development: Of :he planting
county makes better marke: :or
the ryoIuc: Of the farmer. Instead. there
fore, Of having 20 :ransror. bushel OF
corn from Minnesota 20 Manchester, IN
England. they can, b. Increasing the
staple crops Of sugar and cotton. ind
better ma,ke: at home. The reports OF
these who have conferred with these mem
bers assure Us that they !avo, tie :mme-
diate :mproveE.eL: Ct the Mississippi a:
any cost. While they Go not commit
themselves TO Il question OF scientific de-
c;sion, there was & universal convection
among them, upon inspection ci :Le
ground OF which the For: s.. Philip canal
is 70 be constructed, tia: such work is
feasible. n this they were confirmed by
the ::raH;MoUs seE:iMer: Of every eng;-
neer present. We Will 50 no further in
the impressions of these visitors. They
expressed al interest in comme:eia: con-
nec:icn with Mexico AID al! Spanish
America, ard favored al! proper dir:o-
matte conventions :or that purpose
There is 10 need 70 say more. however.
than that these visi. ors avowed The most
sincere sympathy for the Sca:hern peo-
pie, counse!ed harmony ard moderation.
and gave assrrarce :ha: with pacitic and
harmonious application 20 Congress Cor
aid. everything 20 which Louisiana IS
properly entitled will lie awarded her with
pleasure. lie: US hope that those coun-
sells will BE complied with. and tha. the
Northwes: viii become convinced tia: in
promoting :he agricultural prosperity and
commercial expansion OF Louisiana, they
Al,
they will 80 :or rs.