New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-01
The TRADE Area OF NEW ORLEANS.

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Examine the trade area open to New
Orleans on the west. u will be found t.
comprehend more space than the whole
system of Southern States east of thu
river. 1t will be found to comprehend
the same staples of wheat, cotton, sugal
and tobacco, with cattle. sheep and wool
Scrutinize it little more closely, it viii
be seen to afford far fsesher and more pro
ductive soil than the worn lands of thu
East. 1t will, therefore, attract population
and the same railroad facilities which en-
able Western Texas to sell its produce o,
buy it's supplies in New Orleans, will carr.
the emigrant labor from the worn States
of the East to cultivate the same staples
in the fertile lands of the West. Low
wages, scant food, the opposition to col
ored men holding land, the superior at
fractions Of food and wages. with the
/ growing sense OF tabor value, will draw
! such an exodus OF labor from the worn
I lands Of the East as will transfer the CHIEF
| weigh: Of cotton production vest Of
New Orleans and so place this city
as the best deep water port between cot
ton production and consumption. The
operation Of this principle of labor migra-
ton will place population upon the lands
Of the West, and New Orleans will
be sebuilt and revived as the centre
Of supply to populous and prosperous
population. She can never regain the
same trade OF territory Of which she was
once the trade centre and outlet, but she
can replace il by commerce Of greater
variety and value. and Of which she can
never be deprived, since it is hers alike by
the laws Of trade and the DEGREES Of
geography.
We have not forgotten. though We have
postponed, the immense and incidental
advantages of a connection with the rich
est mineral sections OF Mexico. Branch
roads, connecting with the main interna-
tional trunk road. will bring the sugar,
coffee. fruits, drugs, hides and specie
from the lower zones which surround the
almost pyramida1 mountains and summit
plateau Of that magnificent but undevel.
oped country. Men talk Of the Pacific
trade to be brought through the ports Of
Mazatlan or San Diego When Columbus
was searching for the Indies he stumbled
upon this continent. The color and
civilization Of the natives, the possession
and use of the precious metals, the tropi-
cal fruits and other products assimilated
SO well with those of Eastern Asia that he
died in ignorance Of his own discovery.
He mistook Mexico for the lands zeputed
by Marco Polo He might well have done
so. for to-day. with the exception OF the
teas and tissues Of China, the spices of
Ceylon and Cathay. some odoriferous gums
with Burmese elephants. Bengal tigers.
serpents and sea cows. there is little that |
India produces which may not be found
in the mines. valleys and mountains of !
Mexico, or of the continental coasts to
which New Orleans will have access.
Such is sketch of the domestic and |
oreign commerce to which New Orleans |
low opens an access. We are aware that
,ur friends who look at this heading with /
he expectation that it will discuss the
subject Of deepest interest to them are
what we call practical men," That is.
hat to enlarge the discussion of any
question beyond the details Of its execu-
ion is a foolish waste Of time. They
wish TO know how they can get at and re.
apture their Texan customers now es.
aping 20 other markets. They do not
are a copper to hear about Columbus, or
ny other old fellow. and can not see why
PALESTINE, Texas, has any connection with
he dominions of Prester John. Have
gentlemen. Take rest and
mother cigar. Pick up this lecture
Il geography. at your convenience,
nd you will find, perhaps. that in
trikirg for Dallas you may open a
,ay of Delhi. and in heading for Alexan.
ria on the Red river, you may mad
ertently place yourselves in connection
18th its namesake on the Nile. Study
gentlemen. You have eschewed
le spelling class of DR.. Burns with e
prudence. Your business
oes not require an exact knowledge of
,llocation Of vowels and consonants. It
,es begin to need knowledge of where
ade comes from or goes to. You have {
zen the mere factors Of other mems
.oducts. You must now become mer-
lants, making for yourselves markets
herever knowledge teaches that there is {
'mmerce. IL
We proceed to make application Of all
is dissertation. The area pointed rout {
thin and beyond the United States is,
we have shown, immense. It can not |
opened by one railroad, nor by two, t
three. From New Orleans as . centre | c
ould radiate five railroads controlling Q
e whole area south of the thirty-second Q
rallel. Very absurd, is it? Chicago Z
s fourteen such radial lines. Indianapo. l
and Atlanta have half as many. Why a
ould not New Orleans prepare for the a
ties of her des tiny? 1t
The first of these radial lines is, per- I
ps, the meridion,l Of the Mississippi.
le next is the road to Marshall, Texas S
lere must be another, to pass directly I
st to an intersection of the Texas Pacific l
lroad on the parallel of thirty-two o