The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-04

trade OF those regions over New Orleans,
which is almost entirely cut off from all
mail intercourse with them. It is to
rectify these disadvantages that this
convention was called. and it is the
duty, and to the interest, of every COM
munity In the South to aid the Postoffice
Department in carrying out this object.
1t will be seen that the Postal Com
mission has appointed subcommittee
In all the Southern States to gather in
formation from every locality in the
South, make suggestions for the correc-
ton OF present mail routes and the
establishment Of new ones, and point
out abuses and suggest improvements
in the service. This information and
these suggestions must come from all
sections of the country, and must be
su pplied by individuals who have
personal knowledge of the evils that
are to be corrected. From this 1t will
appear that the people can afford very
material aid to the commission.
The second branch OF the memorial
relating to the establishment Of regular
mail lines between the Southern cities,
and specially New Orleans, and the
South and Central American ports, looks
to even vaster and more comprehensive
results. We publish this morning a
very able letter from Mr.. w. M. Burwell
to the Hon. Chas. Z. Fenner In relation
to this subject, in which he sets forth
with great clearness the benefits that
would accrue to this city from the
ablishment of regular and rapid in
tercourse with those States, as we'll as
the advantages we possess over other
ports in facilitating mail communica-
ten with them Upon these subjects
his arguments appear to US exhaustive
and unanswerable, and we refer our
readers to his letter without recapitula-
ting Its contents.
This trade was formerly controlled
entirely by New Orleans, but during the
war, and by reason OF it, 1t sought other
ports. It Is our duty to recover it again,
and in the effort to do so we should re-
ceive the sympathy and aid of all the
Western States as we'll as the Southern.
It Is not necessary to prove by statistics
its value. Since the world began the
trade OF the tropics has enriched the
nations that controlled it. Ormus and
the Ind have not thrown more treasures
into the lap Of commerce than have
the ''golden South Americas" Now,
this trade, as does all that crosses
t he Equator, seeks Baltimore, for the
that there Is found the great
medium of exchange, the Richmond
wheat. 1t is generally believed that
this wheat furnishes the only flour
KIN own In the market that will bear
across the Equator. As
the United States supplies nearly all Of
the breadstuffs of these countries, in |
exchange for their products, the ability |
TO furnish a flour that will bear the voy-
age must have a material effect upon |
our efforts to compete for this trade. It |
has long been an accepted fact that |
Western flour would not do 50.
But even If this be true it is positively |
that we can supply flour that
will answer all the requirements OF this |
trade, and that from region as yet |
u ndeveloped and of which this is the |!
nearest and natural market, and in |
direct communication with which we
will be placed by the completion of the
New Orleans Pacific road. It is claimed
that the wheat grown on the "Red
lands" OF Texas will bear this shipment
equally as we'll as the Richmond wheat.
&c this be true we have medium OF
exchange for the coffee and other
products of these regions at our doors,
which dispenses in the most important
particular with Mr.. Burwell's conclu-
sive argument OF continuous service"
This is a subject to which too much
cannot be given, and we
trust that Congress will take hold Of |
the matter, even should the Postal
Commission decline to commend it as
outs side Of their functions.
THE SUPREME COURT ON MUNICIPAL |