The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-09-04
Railroad Benefit.

system, aS I'SHcI!ceu ny Tie new Ut
leans merchants and Commission
houses.
We arr not aware that this il car
ricd on to-any extent in other cities,
but in New Orleans it has assumed
such proportions as to demand the
attention Of the consumer. We know
that discounts arc allowed at differ
ent rates of percentage on many ar
ticles which are in constant use and
demand Ivy farmers and mechanics.
Gins, gin bands and machinery Of
nearly all kinds, range at discount
upon gross price from 10 to 20 per
cent. For instance, farmer orders
y gin stand from his New Orleans
merchant; the merchant pays for
Pratt's Stand $3.50 per saw, or $3.50
for the gin less ten per cent, or $45.
Thisis the Com. merchants profit, viz:
A 100 saw gin costs $3.50 90
Less 10 per cent $500
q per cent to purchase ll.2j
Total &56.25
Or ut per cent, and no mat
ter if you have ten thousand dollars
to your credit on the books of the
said merchant in other words lie uses
your own money and takes out 123
per cent for his trouble Of doing so.
What csn. ttlis lie. "aVa9 aaAl4eivRl
kind. You car apply this same rule,
10 proportion, to all you buy. Last
week we estimated the amount Of
purchases Of this parish through
New Orleans Commission house. at
sM,0W upon which, vas paid 81 per
cent as a Commission to purchase.
and that tho rebate allowed these
honses by dry goods, grocery and
other merchants, could be safely e..
timated at S per cent. Place our
parish III a position to go to compe-
titive markets by reason If quick and
cheap transportation, and unless New
Orleans merchants put a stop to all
these cuttings, onr people will 20 to
others to bay. See what a saving
S per cent on $6O0,0O0 will bc-$3o,. |
900, o large fortune to the great ma. |
jority of our citizens.
The railroad from New Orleans to
Shreveport, Marshall, or any other
'oiat on the Texas Pacific, will place
's in condition, for more than one
'e"sop, to dictate upon what terms
70 will sell produce and buy sup
'ljcs in return. Many will say that
ve must have advances from New
orleans Commission houses to raise
rops-we deny this proposition in
OTTO. In the First instance, should We
ealIy require these advances, other
tiles are open to those Of our plan.
ers VIII" now enjoy good credit, az
'ell as New Orleans, and it is Ger. .
Il" that money could he procured at
less rate ofinterest elsewhere. But
. take this view Of The case, looking f.,
| i fcAan Al il .Laa,r;as...,,,as.
commission houses, because lie can q
GROW money, with his land as secu- /
IT,, which will upon the completion 8
this road bo il market with q value. .
less rates Of interest than now, and
aviog the cash he can run his farm q
70 per cent cheaper, taking all things a
ito consideration, than now. +
The farmer then pays wages instead
the now fabulous priced share sys.
m-he works his hands and pays .
'em only for the time that his crop 4
quires it; not having TO feed for e
70 and even four months S, 10 or '
ore hands who are doing nothing i,
goes into the markets to buy what q
'pp}ies lie requires with casl, in his y
'cket, with which he gets them at a
9 lowest prices-saves to himself i,
! rebates, commissions, &C., which Il
t fearfally into bis profits upon the O
or. In fact the farmer be.omes in i
'pendent Of the merchant, which is +
most devoutly to he Il
ished, the MERCHANT is also bcnc. h
ted By the change, for he also sells i
cash exclusively, makes no bad #
bts in consequence and much more
Dney.
lu summing up these many bene. g,
; and great savings made will, n
ilroads and competitive markets "
ppose We rccapitulnte our figures n
d show the gross amount put In 4,
Q pockets Of the tax payer by them. G,
COTTON. a,
'ayage, storage and mending, cav
vel, SlO,0O
saved, q per cent $1,000 b.
saved, river /" 1900 se
0actago msycu, 3UUt ::
arehonse charges on river, O.. *
timated 9 nm Ia
sale Of cotton crop Of this =