The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-15

trade which we are endeavoring to bring here.
THE WAREHousEMEN
complain that they are injured because the grain
ia stored free of cost ON the levee. On the same
grounds they might claim that they also are in
jured by being deprived OF their carriage. This
cannot be helped just now. We are competing
against powerful rivals, and the federation of The
city in allowing us to let our grain remain on
the landing over forty eight hours has brought
down large quantities Of grain which might not
otherwise come here.
MIR. Brown has told You the truth about this
mstter-that merchats have telegraphed to their
correspondents that they can sell their consgn-
ments on the levee without cost Of carriage or
storage.
Returning to the warehousemen. Mr.. How
ard called your particular attention to two
invoices of grain received by them. Each
was for two or three thousand sacks of grain,
only three or four hundred sacks Of each having
been sold on the levee, and the remainder
having been sold from the warehouse. These
invoices, said Mr.. Howard, show that we have
been compelled by the Admin strator of Com
meros to clear the landing, and send our grain to
the warehouse. The result has been, as shown
by the invoice, that the longer the grain roma
cd stored it decreased in value, and sold for less
money. ISueh was the exhibit of the invoice,
Reporter
Now. proceeded Mr.. Howard, there is Mr.. Por-
teous, our boss drayman for many years. Does
it not seem very natural that we should foster his
interests by giving him
AS MUCH HAULING
to do as possible, by securing the grain trade to
New Orleansf Is it not also evident that dray-
men and warehousemen must devive large bene-
fits from it, for certainly all cannot be stored on
the levee2 And, il we fail. what will not the
warehousemen and draymen lose7
Our reporter now questioned Mr.. Howard as to
the interview Of the com ittee consisting OF
Messrs. Vsirin, Hrsch, Prados, Gomila and other
members OF the Exohange) with his Honor the
Mayor. Mr.. Howard replied that they had been
well impressed by what was said, particularly by
the Mayor and MIR. Cavauao The Mayor was the
RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
Years ago Mr.. Pilsbury was an extensive pur-
chaser Of grain, and he seemed to understand
the position thoroughly, and TO the question of
one of the gentlemen Of the committee had re-
piled that he remembered when, before the war,
there were from one hundred and fifty thousand
totwo hundred thousand bags of grain piled up
on the leyee at one time.
We have given but bare skeleton of the inter
view with Mr.. Howard. but the main points are
touched upon.
Our reporter paid visit afterward to Mayor
Pilsbury. The Mayor expressed himself satisfied
with the necessity of the city administration to
PROMOTE THE INTEREST
of grain merchants with all their power, and
added that the probability was that the Council
would amend the forty-eight hour or
dinance 80 as to give the Administrator
OF Commerce discretion in the matter of allow,
ing produce to remain on the levee when the
lsnding shall not be required for incoming
freight. His honor suggested, however, that the
claim Of Messrs. Ellerman & Co., regarding
the damage that might be done to the
wharves by keeping freight piled up
on them, deserve the consideration of the Coun.
Gil. The wharf lessees had q right to expect the
city to enforce its laws and comply with it's obli-
cations toward them, as they are required to
comply with their obligations toward the city.