New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-11-02

night, when other. accompanying AusbeI
will remain until they shall have been con
sumed in ordinary Use; but She injury may
occur on the voyage from New Orleans t,
Liverpool. This voyage is accomplished b,
a steamer in from Gig hIeen to twenty DAYS
The track OF this steamer is the Ordinar,
coastwise track between New Orleans ant
Boston. which has never been charged witt
damaging bulk grain. After run Of abou
SIX days, or when well off New York. it fall
into the transatlantic track Of the New Yorl
grain vessels, and is subject, for the rest o
her voyage, tn the same risk Ike Of elm ate aut
navigation. 1t is, then, for six days only
three OF them perhaps within the Gull
stream-that bulk grain can be subject t,
the exceptional condition Of climate al
legged. Now, we do not raise the cry o
''hot corn or damaged corr, against any
other route, but We defend our own wEel
We ask: Is there anything in this trans
pcrtation Of Western provisions calculated
TO render the Mississippi less safe thar
other routes Is there anything more dan
gerous to such cargoes than when New
York takes them along the identical Goa Il
route, and across the troplc9. to Rio ia
metro, Cuba or Valparaiso! The argument
does not, however, rest Oh the thermOu!ettl
Or The hygrometer. Bulk grain has been
held in elevator in New Orleans for oytI
100 DAYS in the summer; it has been held
aboard ship stranded at the Mi=eissippi
passes for more than forty day, ard IL
both. aud in all cases. such caIgGrs have
gone 70 Europe in good order, and in some
cases brought price above their grade.
1t is then claimed that the Mississippi j. d
sound route t0r sound grain. ] have been
requested 10 ask committee Of your asso-
ciates 20 investigate this clause in detail, and
10 closing this xindicatisD t the Mississippi.
am authorized to otter the following con
clssive proof that we mean what We say:
Nr. l.. :. Highly, pre,iden- OF the New Or
leans Elevator Company. we'll and favoia-
bly, known throughout the Mississippi valley
and lake States, and a. X Miller * Co..
agents for the State line Of steamships be-
tween New Orleans aud liverpool say:
"Allow US TO inspect grain consigned t"
either of US, sound into seaworthy ships,
aHd we will without charge, guarantee il
against climatic injury for . voyage Of
twentv-one days from New Orleans 60 Liv-
srpoOl." This offer should be considered by
the corn farmer conclusive of our sincerity
in inviting their patronage. have, before
dismissing this subject, Only to offer a com
parison of the time and cost of deliverin 2
a bushel Of Indian corn between st. Paul or
Wmona, assumed as averag y orth western
points, and Liverpool by the.e competing
routes, respectively:
From ST. Paul and winons TO-
Liverpool via Montreal ................,I SIC
Liverpool via New York. 62c.
Liverpool via New Orleans. .............33 zoe.
These are approximate estimates. The
difference IN the time of a shipment from
the interior is caused by the DELAYS of get
ting through and .raversing the canals.
The saving of time on the Mississippi route
is caused BY the immense CAPACITY ot river
A few practical observations VIII show
the reasoning upon which this comparison
has been made. The chief is thie: 4 six
boiler towboat will handle six barges of
1890 tons each. She will thus haul at one
load 5000 tons, or 100000 bushels Of corn
This can be done all winter; on low water
The tow can carry half the quantity. From
Cairo to New Orleans, however, this rate of
can be maintained Che year
round.
We claim a saving Of Thirty per cent il,
the time and cost OF transit between pro-
!uction and consumption on the Mississippi
route.
II you desire even this rate reduced, and
made constant winter and summer, you can
improve the Upper Mississippi. and deepen
Is mouth. You can. moreover, obtain
'eduction of transit charges at The river
titles. We have given you. however, what
We can do now, without a dollar Of Aid. 1t
S Tor the farmers to be on their guard, and
iot permit q most meriturious way 10
market TO be stopped Gy-iuisre pre.enta-
ION.
But there is another important advantage
'ttered you by the Mississippi: J. will fur
llsh the safest and cheaOes. winter route to
he West for immigration.
In adopting the Mississippi a. . corn
oute TO market you furnish additional
means of importing into the Yves. that
most invaluable of all OnmOdities-popu-
ision. The Southern route gives the i'm
ngSant from the north Of Europe mild !
oyage across the ocean and int. the iNte- |
ior OF your country. The cost Of passage |
rom Liverpool or Bremen 81 81. Louis by !
'ater is certainly SIC in gold less than
cross from New York by ssil. What is Of
gen more i'm Importance. she Immigrant can
npo9t. tree OF freight, much larger space
ne weighq or goods than he can by rail.
ms difference to the German immigrant is
D great chat he can afford e. bring nipple ,
lents and comforts from home that ne |
1uld mot purchase ;19 q new country ex.
epe at frontier prices. While che dangers
the seas are as nothing to you upon car.
oes os insured corn, the safety o: the Sov-
Le TO America as great dea! to the i'm
nd family among you. II was stated be-
re meeting OF the Dominion Board o4
radS. at Ottawa, Canada, that there had
zen hi the year 1872, sixty-sevefl vessels
st between Montreal and Liverpool. nine
them steamers and almost all in the
ain and lumber trade. have a statement
finished by Mr.. Charles Briggs. ot New
rleans. one of our oldest and most re-
'ected merchants. and at present at the
,ad Of one vi our largest fire and marine
surance companies. that there have never !
or lost on the passage between New o..
ans and liverpool but six steamers one
the Mersey, near Liverpool. another on
e csast 81 Ireland, a Il ird on the coast Of
'dnce, a fourth off the enas. .. FLORIDA.
'eched III hurricane. = 18th al rhe month |
tde Mississippi. and sixth Ucen:iv f,!n
I: coral feef IN broad daylight. iie,e.
en-, IS the loss Of six steamers. Only tA.ea
which were wrecked en- .ba .outtern
,ssage, during the whole period since the .
lsieatIoD of steam 70 .cean Say:g alton
ainst slXty-seven Sessel> Lost Ua .he
rthcrn voyages IL one single year
one has forgotten the .ai c.'as .roohe ;v !
fch so many hundred Immigrant. pe,- ]
ed on the Canadian eoas. nv the wrecI, .
the steamer Atlantic. IA who cross the /
ean appreciate the pesiis from icebergs. l
lIch have suddenly sunk s" many eese els, I
well as from the tegs which vail her rock
und coasts of the northern Atlantic, .he | f,
perior safety. of the Mississippi route +,
lst constitute'a powerful indictment 10 ! .
about 10 intrusS lif. 60 the sreacher.us /,
ments on the ocean. 4 eaying cG cost, G
light and life gisk will he thus effected bv ,
epting this as . winter ~a. TO the West | j
immigrants. You we'll regne'n ber that q
this great source OF revenue be trans ! 9
red To the Mississippi route. it 7si.l pay q.
grain steamers Large sums Of Dosage a
ney, thus enabling them 70 carry ..nr I
n out on terms even more f,vorabl. taaa :
'se quoted. i
have done no injustice tgsitAtc o. ohcse G
ltes, for | believe You ought 10 lave q
u II. and more, but nay oil ct has been il
vndcate tho Mississippi from aspers!ons /
nded rather in fear of it's rivalry than in 4
Just imputation upon its merits. twas $