The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-20
NEW ORLEANS AND THE MISSIS-
SIPPI VALLEY.
A Plea for Our Merchants.

y in behalf of New Orleans.
This city has been political victim for 10
these many years. The hand of the oppre
sor was laid heavily upon her through tn
dreary years of the war. Since then she ha
been given as a spoil to wicked men, and ha
. borne the heavy load of the remorseless tay
. gatherer and the plundering oflice-holdel
Her securities have been banded abou
through the dirty hands OF alien and hostil
, pawnbrokers Justice has been bought, sold
hawked and peddled in her courts by gang
shape of manhood. Her halls of Legislation
have been filled with vagabonds, malefactors
caitiffs and renegades scrambling for the
fruits of bribery, with scarcely an effort at de-
cency or concealment. OF late she has been
made to feel and witness the atrocious acts Of
an oppressive government eliminating in the
expulsion of her chosen legislators at the
point of the bayonet She now bears the
brunt of the battle for the cause of constitu-
tional liberty
But our people are poor. They have been
tax-bled and knave-ridden Sc long that there
is now very much real distress that reaches
the homes and tables Of a large portion of
our inhabitants. In this, which ought to be
| our busy season, an army of men, willing to
work, have nothing to do Without entering
upon the painful Details it is enough for our
present purpose to say that New Orleans
needs now all the distributing trade that can
be thrown into her hands. Our friends in
those cities which connect commercially with
untoward circumstances have forced us, the
damage which political enemies have done to
us. the past losses we have endured, the
present sufferings which we undergo with
such patience as we may, and the exceedingly
important part which we have now to take in
the great work Of maintaining political lib
erty.
This city Of two hundred and forty thou
sand inhabitants has not less than fifty, and
probably nearer one hundred millions of
dollars invested in merchandise and the real
estate used directly and necessarily in mer
camille business
Now Orleans is the largest exporting city
on the Western Continent, annually sending
abroad full third part Of the great staple
that enters into the consum ption of every
member Of every civilized kingdom, state. |
city, town or hamlet on the green earth, and |
amounting year by year, to sum more than
seventy and sometimes over hundred mil
lions of dollars in value This export of a
single article of Southern production is sup
oemented by that Of vast quantity Of sugar
tobacco and Western grain.
view orleans Is inc uoOr through which
passes the bulk of the surplus products of
he Valley of the Mississippi territory COM
'rising more than third part of the
tepubEc. Consequently, the cost of re-
urn freight to this port is less than to other
'orts, and our merchants can import foreign
al inCc l,,,, ~ |
tiles. whose exports are more limited For
er coaStwise and foreign shipments, the ex-
orts of New Orleans demand yearly ship
ing to an aggregate of nearly four hundred
lousand tons. OF the vessels which 90 ont .
our port with full cargoes many come in !
npty, and many others bring freight at
ties merely nominal. New Orleans can. c
lerefore, import cheaper than any other a
ort. in proportion to the amount Of her Y
sports. This will always be the case until o
'tton ceases to grow and the Mississippi E
liver runs dry i,
1t Is evident. therefore, that the merchants !.
this city can buy as cheap and import
ore cheaply than those of the East and "
ORTIZ As to capital We are informed that "
TT loads Of money are lying idle As to "
ility the merchants Of this city are not sur IL
ssed by those of any on this planet. They =
Q men who have been educated in that good ii
l school, wherein talent was held in es -
I'm above cash and second only to honor. OF
ley stand where their fathers stood They =;
present men who were loved, esteemed p
d patronized half century ago. They o
, N IN who are satisfied with fair compen- o
ion for their services, intelligence and CAPT, u
They are honorable dealers who are III
ltent with honorable gains. They are men
ose word and bond are equal in value. 10