The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-04
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between the United States and the Wes
Indies, Panama, Central America, Brazil
Mexico Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Venezuela anc
Ecuador consists in the sea postages the
aggregate Of which was, last. year
$l4l, $50 50, while the pay for the service was
S96,971 H.
Under this system Il certainly becomes the
interest of all to secure the efficient perform.
ance of this service ut as low q rate as posi-
BILE. When we remember that the govern
ment already pays for the delivery OF the
seem unnecessary to duplicate the cost of a
part OF this service by slow coast service
parallel with 1t for one-thrd of the sea dis
lance. It would by no means impair the
zeal with which the Postmaster General
would advocate this economy that IL would
bring the trade and travel Of Spanish America
through the interior States of the Union,
which now cannot participate In that com
merce ct oil, except through the out-port of
Should, therefore, Congress be in favor of
compensation for foreign service In sea post
age alone, the interests represented by this
convention may be compelled to look TO
another source for assistance In this great
enterprise. This resource Ia a combination
of the longitudinal railroads and their con-
nections.
Tho whole philosophy of modern commerce
H. that transportation iS an Incident OF
finance, The commodity in movement is
made basis of domestic or foreign ex-
change. This renders continuous service
between departure and destination indispen-
sable. Formerly this service could only be
rendered at certain principal ports which en-
ioyed almost o monopoly Of foreign trade.
liz was, indeed, some time before the rail
roads discovered the Importance of this con-
tinuity Of movement; they were at war with
the steamboats, and among themselves; they
insisted upon interpreting every obstacle to
through commerce. the great financial agent
and regulator. The roads have now con-
quered these preindices and conduct uninter-
rupted exchanges between the most distant
points This discovery has been also applied
to cooperative transportation upon the
ocean. The. railroads. which brought
Immense IN. freights TO the coast ports
no vessels to deliver these shipments
in the foreign ports to which they were con-
signed. This dlslocation of continuity pre-
vented the, shippers from making the com.
companies corrected this defect by putting on
ocean steamers to run In such connection
with their own trains that an export or import
might be forwarded without cost or delay of
transfer, and thus furnish to these trans-At-
with those which existed at the great ports of
New York and Boston. The result of this |
policy is shown In the immense increase of
the foreign t commerce at the ports Of Balt-
The Philadelphia Press. is authority for the |
following striking example Of the principle of |
pr9 rata transportation applied to the, ocean
, md overland service: The same steamer |
York two invoices of tin, each of an |
Through to Chicago by rail. The compare
tive freight on the two lots was, $3.50 for that |
which went through to Chicago. The expla-
nation of this difference is that The |
steamer and railroads made this reduction on |
through freight to beat the competition
lynYNrt In nj xtpI r IA
Philadelphia or Portland. The Longitudinal
railroads which terminate at our gulf ports
can lind no regular connection with any
Other n r, tropical ports than those Of Havana
or Panama. This deficiency, of course, de-
termines this trade and travel to those Atlantic
ports at which more regular connection
may be relied on.
strating that this tropical trade is worth
turning upon the line stated, and II
Congress will not consent to give a
subsidy towards its establishment why should
not the RAILROADS whose terminal ports are
cure the Spanish American trade that the
latittdinal roads have done to secure the Et1-
lopean trade? The railroads leading from st,
Louis, Chicago. Cincinnati and louisville,
Orleans,, aggregate three thousand miles
lineal distance, with an aggregate invest
nent of more than sixty millions Of dollars.
With this example, with this capital, and the ,
nducement OF adding to their business, why :
should not the companies composing these :
several lines unite In putting on ocean steam |;
lines between New Orleans and Rio and !
ASpinwall2 1t will not be difficult to specify
The manner In which this service may be or q
ganized: .
l.. 10 contribute pro rata for mileage or !
cost, or comparative participation, of the sew =
eral companies In the business to be attracted
y. Empower an agency to hire steamers for 4
IN experimental service and to arrange The '
Tho enterprise.
3. Apply to tho Postmaster General to :
ward the sea hostages on the Spanish Amer 4
can service on the same basis with those of !
he European service y
9. upon the periodical settlement of the =
,roHt or loss, each company stakeholder =
Mould be debited or credited according y
o results. No advance of constructive q
apltal would be required, The sea pos a
ages would be carried to the credit of the n
Enterprise, and 1t could not well be that any
,ompany could lose more by the experiment i
han the freight and fares which it receives a
'yer the line would repay, and which IL could
lot have received without the steamers.
Inc city OF New Orleans is proposed as the a
roper port for this concession because of its
liver and railroad system, its organized cor a,
espondence with the tropical ports, and b
he acclimated fitness of its maritime inhabi- cl
ants already engaged in that trade. r
Regretting the haste with which | have Il
cen compelled to throw together the forero- fl
ng suggestions, intended simply as themes ei
lilly, WIN. Nj. RTIRwEIpI' nj
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