New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-27

| sue sh0ulo, Win the cooperation OF Iexaf
and the railroad corporations of that
State, contribute means and energies tc
the construction of the New Orleans
Pacific railroad: This will, we hope, be
made manifest at the mass meeting this
evening.
THE PROPERTY 'HOLDERs IN COUNCIL
We infer from the published proceed.
ings of the property holders that they
have difficulty in converting the members
! of the organization, and it is even in
timated that the doctrine of non-payment
| on unpopular assessments has been cap
piled in the omission of many men,
bers to respond to their monthly dues.
The landlords seem satisfied with the Re-
publican efforts for their relief, as en-
bodied in the arrest and reduction of the
State debt and consequent taxes, and have
concentrated their displeasure upon those
recreant Administrators who preferred
rather to comply with the obligations of
law than to act on the interests of the
landlords. The landlords have had little
sympathy from the tenants, whose license
to labor and to eat remains pretty much
as before The landlords have thus far
failed in their effort.
There is one thing they can do: I'M
prove the ability Of the business tenant to
pay his rents promptly To do this the
property holders should take hold of the
New Orleans Pacific railroad, and push it
to the connection with Texas. II the
money wasted in fighting the law and
publishing the reduced values Of this very
property had been subscribed to the rail-
road; had the ability and energy devoted
to the same object been applied in aiding
the Wheelock road, it is fair to infer they
would have achieved more than appears
at present
The New York Herald said some years
since that rather than allow this railroad
connection West to fail, the city of New
York would run them as they did the fire
engines, the one being as indispensable to
the commercial prosperity of the city as
the other.
The Texas railroad is as much a part of
city property as the streat railroad or the
street itself. A city without rail trade
is like house without way to church.
school or market.
The landlords seem to think it the busi-
ness of the business tenant to build the
trade ways Of the city. This is fatal
mistake. The tenant comes to New Or
leans for his interest If he finds trade
does not come to him he pulls up stakes
and goes to the trade. 1t is astonishing
how quickly the largest wholesale or re-
tail business can be closed out. 1t is a
sale at reduced prices, then sale at
auction to close out the stock; and then
the landlord gets the key of the house
and not uncommonly very little more The
house, meantime, stands tenantless There |
is one thing, however, that does not stand |
still. 1t is the taxes; and an
other, it is the repairs; and still
mother, it is the expenses Of the
andlord and his family. The late
enant may be at the same time exposing
lis wares, employing his capital or exer-
Using his enterprise in St. Louis or San
francisco. Our counsel to the landlords
J that of Falstaff to Dame Quickly,
Wash thy face and draw thy action"
Let them pay or compromise their taxes,
ut as good face on their affairs as
hey conscienc;ously can. No stranger
kes to deal with bad tempered people,
nd few care to rent house when the
roprietor tells him that lie is ruined, his
roperty not worth cent, and that he
no improvement until series
street fights shall have purified the
and reduced the taxes.
We trust the property holders will turn
ut in force and redeem some ill advised
nd i'll tempered speeches which have
cen made in their name, at the same
lace Of meeting, and heartily head the
Inscriptions for building a railroad to |
exas, which can never be completed un-
ss the planters of the country and the
ouse owners OF the city shall unite their
eans in its construction.