New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-17

elements Of employ ment abound, Will effect |
this The lines which now carry to the sea
board food, fuel and material fer domest'c
and foreign manufacture. Will orlng tno
same commodities to the central west. |
They will then be combined for comsump,,
ton or expectation in more portable ana
profitable shape than as tons OF corn, coal
aud cotton. Gentlemen, 1t Is barOarous
10 export these things in separate SHIPS
With this reversal OF the commercial cur
rent the rail and river tributaries OF the
Mississippi, and even the Mississippi itself,
may bring 70 the cities OF the central valley
material which it was once their Office 10
carry away. Materials are taken + ist or TO
Europe for com bination into the same fabrics
wkch may now be combined at and ex'
| ported from Cincinnati. Chicago or ST.
Louis. The arrest and reversal OF these
| commercial currents is predicted by theory
| and verified by fact.
There are great central cities i'll interior
| China and India in which the arts have at
| tanned perfection. All that man requires
| may be bought in these cities. so that ln-
stead OF being compelled to draw their com
| moditias of use from abroad, these cities
| themselves constitute supply centres to
| which customers and commodities tend FOR
| exchange.
TEE WEST AS AN INDUSTRIAL HAPIEE.
| You must remem Der that the Western in
| terror has within itself all the elements to
| secure this destiny people AREA and fertility.
No region can support from the fruits otagri-
! cultural labor alone "A more dense pOpuia-
| ton. Regard the works of q people whose
! civilization on this continent preceded our
| OVID. Remember the power and numbers
OF the aboriginal savages from whom we
| won this Western territory. Consider the
country in its natural state. Herds OF
| wild cattle roaned over its perennial
pastures. Flocks of wild poultry rose
! before the traveller at every step; the waters
| abuunded with fish. These Except the fish,
| were all the products of the fertile soil. and
the temperate climate The regulated labor
of man has made many better blades of
| grass grow where one grew wild, and has
| created Il weight of food for subsistence,
literally not TO be estimated. The intelli-
genca Of modern man has discovered be-
| neaih The fertile surface an unlimited supply
| Of fuel, SO that he adds TO the natural pro-
duets of the soil the valne created by edu-
Gated skill. Besides this, man has set ships
upon the water and put III movement upon
the land vehicles that transport, and agen-
cies which communicate with speed far
| beyond the current or the waves. The West
has changed is social and intellectual as
pect. 1t is no longer the frontier OF the
hunting shirt and the log hut. Its men are
| educated, its women accomplished. The
pra,ries are dotted with villas aud the cities
| Win pdidlihi HOiEtS SClcuCc
her schools and art her academies in the
| Western interior. Western statesmen head
the parties and direct the leg islai N in
| peace. The military genius of the Western
interior leaaa the legIons OF Intelligent sol
| diers to the batteields of the Union. In.
reIligencc, culture, courage, wealth and
numbere! What more IS required to qualify
a people for directing an empirey Bat to
| constitute system Of domestic as we'll as
foreign policy will require the exercise Of
| other faculties than the mere attraction al
| numbers or accumulation Of wealth. The
interests of the interior differ from those Of
the seaboard, as tie interests OF The pro-
ducer may sometimes differ from those of
consumer. To be more explicit, the accu
mu1;ed capital of the East derives advan.
tage from the existence of a public debt
and the consequent taxation to NEE. =.
The manufacturing skill OF the East de
,nanis cheap food and profits By the duties
imposed upon forri IN goods similar to
those produced at home. There have been
immense Eastern investments for trans.
! port ation by land and sea. and the entire
profits of movin: Western productions
and their returns TO and from market in.
wolves revenue which has startled both
| the consumer of the East and the producer
! of the West into the formation Of cooper.
| alive association to diminish tie cost TO the
! one and increase the compensation to the
| other. Each of these subjects has in its
| order attracted the attention Of intelligent
minds, and with th. demonstrated power
Of your OWE and otheg associations will in
due tins be corrected. l: is my province
on the present occasion 70 ask you: atten-
ton % "A epirtment Of public affairs which
has not, l think, been udverted to, but
which nay be employed to promote the
productive interest of the interior without
impairing those OF any other part of the
/ ypil ind h4r he in.
terests Of the Eastern consumer an! the
Western producer hy improving the
IN ket demand for the products Of each.
The political power Of the interior con.
sistI in IA majority of the electoral college,
OF Congress, and OF the States. This power
may not be available at the moment, bur.
with the transfer Of population into that
interior and its exclusive capacity to con-
etruct new States, that which is inevitable
| NAV bs assumed, for argument, as existing.
| This majority is not, and will not be, a unit
in supporting any one way of latltudlnal
trade with Europe. On the contrary, each
parallel of latitude completes with others.
Each has its own lattudnal line of artificial
transportation and its own Atlantic outport.
The reciprocity Of tropical and semi-tropi-
cal products with those Of the temperate
zones is we'll established. The Mississippi
must exchange with the Amazon and La
Plata. With the growth and advanced re-
iinement of the Western interior will come
an increased demand for the luxuries and
raw material of the tropics. With enlarged
| intercourse will come an enhanced foreign
| Capacity to appreciate and consume the
products of our Western interior. Skill
and taste will soon present in our markets
the utensils and fabrics which the CONT
mental peoples require This commerce will
90 ON improving and increasing with the
| spreading facilities of Intercourse between
these reciprocal producers and consumers.
| In regard to this commerce tho West is
| unit. and in this commerce the Eastern
manufacturer and ship owner vii. co-ope.
| rate.
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCIAL. DIPLOMACY.
On reference to the appointments to the
| State Department of the federal govern.
ment, two facts will be apparent. l. That
| the chief of that department has never
| directly represented the productive inter-
| esta of The interior. , That the Secretary
| of State has been chosen rather for his
reputation as a politician or lawyer than
tor his knowledge of the commercial or
| manufacturing interests of the country.
| TIE two great interests referred to are IN
a state of allied necessity. Each needs
| additional foreign market. since its home
1 market is inadequate to the consumption of
| the commodities created by ito Each of
| these Interests, then, demands competent
| and special representation in our foreign
diplomacy. Let them combine to demand it.
Let u turn, then, to orr commercial
conventions with foreign powers. For a
long time England imposed duty on
imported provisions. At a later period
she perceived that the tax on provisions
| was paid By the manufacturers, just
as as Won in New England have seen
that the tax on Transportation passes
even .n:o the price Of pair of shoes. We
| have now q free trade in ois agricul
| turaI IN az III bn If