New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-04-06
Trade with Brazil.
From the st. LOUIS Democrat


we notice with much pleasure that The
mnortapt subject of establishing direct
+rade netween the cities of the Nlss1esIppI
valley, via New Orleans, and Brazil, IS once
more being vigorously agltateQ: D. LOUIS
is nearer to Brazil than New fOTk c-ty IS,
and as a great -four manufacturing centre
and centre FOR the distribution OF sfoce-
mes ST. Louis should directly interest," hef.
self in the establishment of the proposed
direct trade with Brazil. 1t is IN conttm'
DlatiOr 10 establish line of semi-moE Jhly
steamers at once between New Orleans and
Rio Janeire, which steamers woUld touch
both in going and coming, at Jamaica,
Trinidad, Para, Maranham, Pernam bucV
and Bahia. The time OF each trip, Il IS de-
clared. including these stoppages, viii nos
exceed twenty days between New Orleans
and Rio Janeiro, an Improvement
non The New York time Of abouS
zen DAYS, or thirty per cent. 4 he
n;yo-al idea of this trade is -four over
| and coffee back, vet good deal OF goods
and American produce, besides -four, WONG
! annually be shipped 20 one or the other Oh
.basa n6r-s. and many things besides coffee
| vouII be purchased by us IN Brazil. Be-
edo. -four. we should ship bacon, sugar'
c,red hams. lard. butter, cheese. keGosene.
| MICH. rosin turpentine, household .urni.
ture, agricultural implements, impT0Vea
farm machinery, stationary ancs poT!"pie
engines, portable saw mills. wagons, ais
| the various manufactures OF IRON ana .tsei'
! and thousand ana one IhihS9 Wien We
| do not now snumerats. In return nsslGes
! coffee we should receive hides, caOu-choue.
| d1a-woo6s. precious woods OF many de"
| .criD>i0ns. and tropical fruits OF al klnds.
| 7. seems certain, then, that varied and
extensive commerce would very quickly
! be bull. up between che great SaLey on
tho Mississippi and South America, winch
n r.
! fortnight. but several steamers per Wetks
! rerhaps, The tide of travel between this
| country and the various ports served by
such a line of steamers would also Oe -
! large item in the earnings Of tho Line.
Now all ,he travel there is goes DT me
! New York steamers, but this route wOul6
| he so much shorter. and is cast IN 80 much
! more pleasant latitude that !. wonId not
| only mOnopolize all the passenger traffic az
| once. but by the comparative shOr-Eess OF
| .ha trip and the genialty OF the route .Ta'
| yersed travel would be very much in.
! creased OF the 2,75OOO0 bags OF coffee eX'
| ported by Brazil last year. f2l rs! bags OF
j: entered the Mississippi VaIIey thFongh
| .he p0rts OF New Orleans, Noble and
| Galveston, The total amount OF coffee
/ taken from Brazil by tue United States last
| wear was ass, 2S2 bags, and II IS wei!
known that a very large percentage OF all
| that arrived at New York, Baltimore and
| Philadelphia came West for consumption.
| There is no question then but that the
| coffee demand now preyallng III the MIS-
| sissippi valley would fully furnish line
| of senli-monthly steamers with freight from
| Brazil here And it is equally certain that
| the demand for flour by Brazil wOuld tur-
nish such line plenty of frelghtlng back.
| The island of Trinidad, with its adjacent
| Orinoco valley trade, alone imports 10000
| barrels of flour annually, and Brazil IS an
| va American
| present a few Baltimore and New York firms
monopolize this -four trade, out II IS certain
that St. Louis -four could be placed IN all
the above mentioned ports, should The pro-
posed steamship line be established. at
prices which would drive the other Hour
out of the market. AS to quality, 81. Louis
may safely challenge the world. We see
10 reason, then, why this proposed
enterprise should not be inauguca-ed at
once, and every city in the Mlssis-
| sippi valley is directly interested in
| forwarding the matter, and ought at once
TO extend their moral support ursc-
! licited and their material support # asked
| for. The inhabitants of the South Amer"
can States WILL year by year, learn % con.
| sumo more and more Of the rare pTodGcts
OF the Mississippi valley. We shall sO0ns
| # this line be established, send :neT yell
| low belltlowevs for pineapnles. gTeenlLgs
for guaves. peaches for bananas. and !r.sh
| potatoes for yams. We shall sepd Them
cornmeal. dried fruit, navy beans. grass
| seed. white lead. and a thousand ar! one
! other things we desire 20 sell. The proc
ducts of Dakota, Colorado. Nebraska. Nano
sas. Texas. Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin
| Iowa and Minnesota will be as familiar III
| Trinidad OrinocO, Para, MaTauhamo PeEo
nambuco, Bahia and Rio as they are n any
Othey OF the great markets OF the woSi!o