New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-06-09
THE BRAZIr, TRADE.

and his friends in st. Louis are i,ppresse,
with the Importance of the trade between
the cities Of st. Louis an1 New Orlean
and the por. Of Rio. I: has been nov
several years since St. Louis was compli
mented by the appointment Of one OF he
| prominent citizens as minister 10 Brazil
| 10 this appointment New Orleans, through
her merchants and representatives in Con
gress, gave her hearty and efficient aid
Somehow the service OF this ministe. wa
not productive Of any increased inte,es
or enlarged amount Of commerce betwee,
the two countries. The minister resigned
ard the commerce remained very much as
1t had been and now is. Perhaps there is
NO more curious peryersion OF natural
trade than that o: our coffee :,ade with
Brazil.
Our national consumption .: coffee
may be set down q: thre. hundred
million pounds. .; which the pro.
portion of the population properly
dependent on tie receipt and distribution
from New Orleans would be aboU. one
hundred and thirty million pounds. OF
this our city received last year only abou.
one hundred and thirty thousand sacks.
or twenty-si1 million pounds: the remain
der was delivered into our interior from
Eastern Atlantic ports. When i, is Oh
served that the voyage between Rio and
New York or Baltimore is certainly one
thousand miles more Of distance and sea
risk than between Rio and New Orleans.
while the distance between New Orleans
and st. Louis by rail is less than between
the Atlantic ports and st. Louis-with the
cheap transportation Of the Mississippi
river besides. When it is remembered
that st. Louis owns boats, barges and
railroads which could conduct this com.
merce with New Orleans. and still pays
freights to eastern rail, it is obvious there
must be some special causes which have
neutralized all these local motives and
facilities. Some Of these causes we will
state
!. Vessels should load bo.a ways 20
support foreign trade. The principal
article shipped from the United States TO
Brazil is -four Of this it may be stated
In general terms that Rio imported in
1873 three hundred thousand barrels.
Of which Baltimore sent about seventy
thousand barrels, T rieste, in Austria,
about the same, and ports in the United.
States and the west coast Of South
America the remainder. OF this -four
New Orleans sent next 20 nothing, ard
he flour exports Of ST. Louis, if any,
crossed the Mississippi and were exported
rom Eastern atlantic ports Vessels
going from the Atlantic ports in cargo,
would, Of course, conduct the Brazi. trade
IN better terms than ships going from
sew Orleans to Rio in ballast to return
With coffee. For this reason the coffee
eceived at New Orleans Is usually brought
" vessels which have brough: freights 70 !
Rio. They load with coffee to New Or !
cans and take OFT cotton, tobacco or |
ONE other freight, foreign or coastwise. |
We have little or no direct trade with Rio !
here is another advan tage which New ,
ork possesses in this trade. 4 line Of |,
teamers. supported by postal subven.
on Of, we think. one hundred and fifty !
thousand dollars. These steamers, of
curse, take the passengers. specie. and
ny other paying commodities.
We do not blame st. Louis for sending
er Rio treights across the Mississippi,
ecause when shipper wishes 10 export
ny article he must have a ship certain 70
,rry it abroad. This can be furnished
y New York or Baltimore. but can no. be
here.
2. Measures necessary to secure the Rio
ade to the Mississippi cities. boats and
ilroads.
We begin by saying that j. is not neces-
~ 70 await any bette: water than we
I'VE already. The Mississippi river and its
stlets now afford better communication
ith the sea than either Baltimore OF Rich
ond, principal coffee ports. An increased
pth Of water is. of course. invaluable,
1t we can employ the class Of vessels
'cessary for the coffee trade tomorrow
we had the freights. It was once
ough: that the grain Of the Allan ,
slope would keep bette, when
ured than tina: produced in the
est. There is every reason to believe $
at the wheat OF Texas and South Caro- ,
IA would beav expectation TO and be- !;
nd the tropics. This capacity to resis. $
mentation was OF much more import.
&c when commerce was conducte! ex. q
'siveIy by sal! than q: present, and
astern -four could be now sen: south of | r
: United States and be consumed before
would spoil. We Were told by Captain I,
mercy who had been in the Amazon {.
er trade for several years, tina. Western V
" came over from England and was c
ppea into and up the Amazon. To aid n
this trade i: would be proper a.
The whole valley &c ask 0: Congress Il
les repeal of the New York subven. Z.
\. or sn equal appropriation 70: line tc
N New Orleans to Rio. The govern. b
nj has now a double daily mail service y,
ween al! the principal cities of the at
tied States and New orleans. There d,
40 reason why ST. Louis should send i.
assenger for Rio TO New Tor,, ehe, | ~