The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-08-07
Trade Of this Section.

Trade Of this Section.
There seems to exist much excite.
meDt with relation, rather undue. &C.
cording to our opinion, to the uiti.
mate point, this and immediate sur.
rounding parishes will seek as a mar,
ket for sale and purchase.
The railroad agitation has devel.
ope1 the discussion to Il great extent,
and our New Orleans exchanges are
filled with articles declaiming upon
tho advantages Of that city as a point
Of trade for North Louisiana and
Northwestern and Easten Texas.
The loss Of trade to tho city OF
New Orleans cannot be summed IN.
der one head, we think, and it is as
much due to the apathy Of its capi-
talists; it's exiorbitant charges for
commissions; and the old togy prices
for merchandise, as any other, save
the political pail that has o'erspread
it.
Water will seek its level by the
nearest practicable route-tlade the
cheapest market to buy, aud tile high
est to sell. The trade of this section
will 50 to that market where it can
procure its supplies cheapest, in ex-
change for its products at highest
rates. The constructing of railroad
from this place to New Orleans, will
not bring trade to it, simply from
that tact alone, and its completion to
either Marshall or Shreveport, leaves
us open to choose where We shall find
the best market. With the rcsuscita-
ton of New Orleans, the increase of
its business, and thereby its prosperi-
ty, we have deep interest, because
we, even at this distance, will feel it
toa considerable extent. But, it is a
mootel question with us, whether ii
will not be better to give Shreveport,
who has evinced up to this moment
no small amount Of enterprise, the
benefit of the other end of this rail-
road, that she too, as a sister city Of
the same ''clan" may not reap what
benefit she may from the enterprise,
and should she assume such propori
tons as her citizens anticipate, would
not her material advancement be felt
more to our advantage than a city at
such a distance as New Orleans.
Business men who desire the i'm
provement Of their business, always
evipce that desire by subscribing
monies to construct such means of
transportation as would tend to bring
trade to them. We are afraid this
cannot he said of New Orleans, if We
are to take as evidence the amounts
so far subscribed, and tile occupation
Of the persons subscribing. Twenty
five cotton firmsput up$2l, $50; TWEEN.
ty-two grocers $1,000, and fourteen
commission merchants $500, and
so on.
| The cotton firms and commission
men are the persons that get more
real benefit from our crops with less
capital than any other merchants
They have :bled The people With Z!
per cent totell and buy, with II pei
rates Of insurance, and it should be
remembered that the 1nsurapcc Com.
panies arc all;owned by these men,
or the greater part of them, which
has done so much to injure New Or
leans to force trade to a market not
50 hampere,l and tlrottlel with usuri'
Gus rates of commission. w e.
Examples are not wanting to prove
the truth of our assertions, they car
be seen on every planters cotton sale
on every merchants invoice.
7 Out of this rut must the city come
to do 80, a move must be made Al
once. The cotton of this section will
upon the completion of this proposed
railroad, move where it will not only
command the best price, but where il
will also not have tho nett proceed
eaten up by charges. Let our New
Orleans friends make a note of this
and act accordingly.
We explained last week, IN a man
ner, that this place as . city coalt
hope for no Importance az 4 business
point, other than the center Of a larg,
focal trade, to secure which, it be
hooves US to settle up the surround
ling rich lands, with good, sterling
white immigrants /; consequently W
are not in a situation to "make. cause
with either New Orleans or Shreye
port at, this moment, but, to look owe
the field and see what advantages
will accrAe to our section from either
THAT which presents the best, should
and no doubt VII, be strennialously ad
Eyaeated BY oar people. az