New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-01

orleans does not afford sufficient profit to
support the present population and its
natural increase. The city of New Orleans
Is second in value of exports, and the
sixth in the value of its imports among
al OF our oceaa port cities. This proves
thai our city does not sell goods or render
services equal to the full representative
velue Of her exports. Our profit is, then,
but the factorage Of these exports, while
other cities and centres receive the greater
part of the values thus exported by US in
payment for their home or imported man
ufactures. The example may be easily
furnished. A Merchant of Vicksburg
ships cotton to New Orleans. The COM
missions on sales deducted he receives
his balance in a bill of exchange drawn
against, perhaps his own cotton. This
bill he pays on in New York for goods.
Our factor gets his factorage of two and a
half or five per cent. The New York
merchant gets the profit of twenty per
cent. The New England manufacturer
takes even a larger share of this expectation.
The proportion, then, in which New
Orleans stands to New York in the capac-
ity to support population, in this transact
ton is that which the profits of factorage
bears to that of iobbing or manufacturing
goods. New Orleans would formerly have
furnished the Vicksburg shipper with his
merchandise, thus realizing the profit on
both factorage and sales.
The loss of one of these profits, with
the absence of profits on fabrics manufac-
tured in New Orleans, is the cause why,
with large values exported, New Orleans
can not maintain her present population
She requires railroads into Texas to secure
a demand for her merchandise. She needs
a mechanical class to create values. by
combining skill and raw material. Both
these remedies require capital, time and
tuition. What may be done for the
breadless at present? The offer of en-
ployment on public works offers some
hope, though the low state of our
public credit and the many ~restric-
tons thrown around its employment
seems to render aid from the city or State
government hopeless. Then this class of
labor will not aid all the needy. Many
families in great need have not a male
member capable of earning wages with a
pick or shovel. There must be aims or
almshonses for these people.
We have hoped that the execution of
the contract for deepening the river outlet |
by %jetties would have been commenced.
1t might be well for some authorities to
open a correspondence of inquiry upon
this subject. The payment of wages and
salaries under this contract would bring
more money among Is, and those who
found employment would be at least able
to aid those who can not. Mr.. G.. G. |
Baylor, of Texas, publishes a communi-
cation in another column in which he
suggests the organization of a settlement
of small farms along the line of a railroad
extension projected into Texas. While we
take occasion to say that we regard such a
plan eminently judicious and productive of
ultimate relief, it would be impossible to
make it act as a system in time to relieve
the present necessities Of our people.
There is obvious to our mind but two
modes of present and temporary reliet.
|. 10 solicit by appeals to the humanity
Of other communities some such relief as
has been given to the overhowed in the
past season. 2. To furnish facilities to
such as have revenue or hopes of sub
'istence elsewhere for migrating to such
points as they may wish. If there be
countries elsewhere which wish the SER
7ices Of those unemployed here, it might
we'll to favor such transfer. The mi
Of labor from points where it is
lot needed to places where it is needed
S going on all over the civilized world,
md if desired by our own suffering people
t might be favored here. OF course
areful restrictions against abuse might
,e thrown around the system, but
We might obtain a contract with
he railroads and steamboats, by which
UGH persons as may wish to
may be enabled to do so. We
uggest neither to send away paupers or
unwilling to go, but if New Or
cans is overloaded she may well put some
her unemployed and starving people
board some other community better
BILE to maintain them at least Temporal
lily. We will not, however, argue a sugges-
ion which is but thrown out for consid-
ration in the present pressing exigency. s
The subject is commended for discus
ion. Something must be done to plant
Their industries than those of factorage :
nd transfer in New Orleans, or the popu- i
must be reduced to a number which {
trade will support. Immediate i
,easures must be taken to give daily I
read to the starving unemployed /,
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