The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-06-30
HAY.

COTE. and Levin are through with.
their first, crop Of: hay, that is, their
clover hay. They have put, Up about,
$50 bales, aye raging 800 pounds Is.
the bale, and 50 FAR are content with
their maiden experience in their first,
crop. Their next crop or their Ber-
muda Hay, must and will be a far
larger one. On this they commence
operations in a few days. Their last
shipment to New 0rleaus has not
pleased them in the price obtained,
and they must look to markets,
for the present, than to New Orleans,
Their shipments to Shreveport have
been more appreciated by consumers
there, and the merchants. have OBJ
tanned far better prices for it. That
their clover hay is, sound and a
healthy, yielding feed, there can be
mo doubt, for here at home, we have
known and practical facts to prove
it; it has been fairly tried, without
prejudice, and found superior in all
respects. Therefore, we must be-.
lieve that, the New Orleans, market,
with feed dealers, is an envious and
stocked one, and they dare not give
our home products a fair, unbiased
trial. Il is the old hackneyed song
over again: what we have to pur
chase in New Orleans is always high
and at extortion prices, and what we
ship there to sell is decried and re-
duced to ruinous prices, ina word
we are driven from the New Orleans
market. We are sorry thus to be
forced to make such statements about
our Crescent City, but stubborn and
unpalatable facts drive us to it, and
we must let her merchants know how
the shoe pinches with US. AS we
have stated, the second crop will be
large one, and COTE and Levin
must find market for it other than
New Orleans, which should be our
mainstay, and they are not the men
to be daunted at the gross and Grim
inal failure Of New Orleans to do
them justice, but will, with renewed
energy, beat for other markets.
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f TAxEs.-No word of five letters
has ever before been more abused,
more yiliffed and turned into scare
crow than the short one, which gra-
ces this sidehead. A great deal can
be said on both sides, which might
lead to acrimony, even blows, and
just now we. are in nosuch mood, and
have not the least disposition to, be
construed in favor ofeither dilemma.
All we want is tojog our people with
facts, stubborn facts, and want to do
lit in as~plain and pleasant d way as
possible. 20 verify all this preface
we have here to remark, that we
stepped into the Tax Collectors Of
flee on Saturday, and were greeted
by the Collector and three Deputies,
all hard at work with pen in hand,
filling up well and neatly printed
blanks, ola hugely ominous intent
land purpose, and had no trouble to
discover what they were. And as
we are always alive to the interests
Iof the people, we conclude to give
them the benefit of our discovery.
These little bilets dou1 are no more
1nor less, than ten days notices to
Taxpayers to come up and settle,
and settle in fact. The last bridge
has been crossed, the last gun fred,
1.-THE last order obeyed and now its en-
forcement. No more time for talk,
for delay, but payment must be had.
Those who are bound like the Col
lector by oath and bond, must obey
and on delinquents must fall the
blame for the present forced course.
The Collector has a plain duty to
perform with all alike, and if he ne
tglects it longer, another will be found
/ BY the powers that be tofill Misplace.
Therefore, let all interested ones
take heed and dance to the harsh and
sure music of State and Parish, and
remember that death and taxes are
yet sure things. 70 sssN
T ~~~r~~~-N~-,~-@--.,~~~ so,
THE friends ofex-Senator Car
[penter Of Wisconsin are reported to
have arranged beautiful little
scheme for restoring him to public
life. Mr.. Harrison Ladington is to
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