The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-31
THE CITY AND THE sUGAR-sHED
COMPANY.

Editor Democrat-In your paper of the 28th
inst. appears another communication from
the Sugar-Shed Company to the City Council,
and it Is somewhat refreshing to see that its
tone is a decided Improvement on that OF
other papers either directly or indirectly from
them.
In one paragraph the company says:
"The result of your conditions Is simply
ruin
This is an erroneous conclusion. The city
has no right to, and must not exact, any
conditions The Sugar Shed Company ex-
lists under charter sought by themselves at
the hands of the city, the terms OF which are
Of their own dictation, and under which they
invested their money They have been found
grossly violating this charter by unauthor-
| lied charges, thereby enabling themselves 20
present document virtually. declares to have
| been impossible II they had been faithful to
| the law under which they exist: The city has
| demanded Of them only that they adhere to
clare that this will ruin them, they, clearly
admit that they have been doing all they are
charged with, viz: tilching from the
| pockets of the. producers OF sugar,
thousands that they have no more right
Of the Mayor When the street tramp filches
a dime from my pocket it is called stealing,
he is arrested, and the prison is his portion;
| when the fashionable woman filches ribbon Oh
laces from the counter, IT is called kleptoma-
mia. and society sympathizes with her; when
| n chartered company, and more especially
monopoly filches from the pockets OF thou,
sands and declares fat dividends, it is called
sharp financering, ana the depfedators
are patted on the back.
| fit be true, as found by the Council, that
| this company has extorted from the pockets
| of the people profits it's charter does not en-
title ii to, ] call 1t worse than stealing, 1or
| Of d corporate body, and AS such trusted as no
| tramp or kleptomaniac is, for the sake OF pelt
| they have willfully violated law and trampled
on public confidence. !. -
worse, against this company, viz that they
have forfeited their charter in their greed for
pelf. In other words that they no longer
| legally exist as a company :, :.
company, and this on the ground that by
driving them to the courts, pending
the delay therein they will go on with their
extortiofls, and for the time be as great q
burthen as heretofore.
on the honest Industries of other men, And
so with the accomplished burglar or the
| lousy thief. "If your honor will let me off
for this big burglary III promise 70 TAKE ho only
sees es, my m, condition; If stay in this room you
No. the correct and very good man must
recollect that it Is far more important TO do
the absolute right and fix an enduring lesson
on the minds of society than to strike hands
with fraud even indirectly. Besides, looking
at It solely through the glass OF business.
II is cheaper to let the company eNtort until
the courts can decide, than to re-establis1
that which will be burden to industry and
commerce.
mm1ntable The company has forfeited its
charter; it is dead. Every man i'll the Coun'
ell knows it; the official body knows It
Where is their power to resuTrect 1t! With
| the men who have represented the company
they have nothing to do, and they can't find q
company to deal with. H.,
CITY has no right to compromise their bust
ness with the Sugar-Shed Company. There
is the charter OF the company; its terms are
plain: worked under this charter, the con
| Germ is burden ON commerce and the pro
Queer; helped by the Council to exact what i
has no legal right to, it will be doubiy
| curse. and every man who votes to help il
will be pdrticeps crimints
repeat, the Council can, in all plain duty
! and honesty, have no compromise TO make
, | no Conditions to make. The company ha'
been acting legally or illegally It mas +. be &c
/ former. these good citizens have raised a ROY
for nothing, and the company ought to SUI
for damages; if the latter, let the history o
= eur city show one monopoly g1bbeted.
BRUTUs.
The gifts of pilgrims to the Pope during
{ | the celebration of his jubilee amounted t
IA. 295. 276 20, Of which 81 $4,000 was in gold
! Of this sum $500, 900 will be placed in th
papal treasury; a like amount Will be In
!, vested in the funds for employees and soldier