The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-08

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Cincinnati ....... s.Y.......s 10000 121 ,1T3
Chicago ..s...s.....+........ 1.476001 131b.402
Indianapolis. ................. 20g,00O a5631
Cedar Rapids ...4..tt.t..4.... 100000 1850
Cleveland .......,... t4s.5uo 1877 3a2
". Louis. .......t...t,...... 14b 600 1al 1bs
Other places. approximately 100000 1e354o
Total .......u...4....... 2sBp. 300 2,aoT $3.50
Increase ...I..E..l..........., 28t Asa
Pork Packing.
The packers of Louisville have opened the
new season. ns we, have heretofore announced,
aisd asoo hogs, Hamilton Bros Co lis, and
McFerran. shallcross Il Co.. 1900. total, G115.
Th9so, who have commenced ,o9pe,rat.l,o IL are
emit supplies oil the provision market. and may
be able to dispose Of their product az rapidly. as
Inc natter. however t. suggest to any Il them
that they may be stimulated, as In the last three
seasons. to advance prices. in the ardor OF com
petition, beyond the range of prudent discretion.
men1s anticipate q further decline. baaing
the, supply of corn, and hogs In the, West as
well as the general experiences Of the trade
since 1874 The theory is entertained lain, That the
than Tor many NY years and that business viii 10
ciples. The dis ,strous results Of the business
for three years. together with the comparative
abseoes OF the former Incentive TO bear specu-
to secure q more reasonable and conservative
basis Of prices and dealings. Louisville Courier
Journal, Nor. 8.
water VS.. Rail Reutes.
The ST. Louis Times of the 9Th inst says: The
wheat market was dull and flint with prices on a
declining scale from the opening to the close.
1t IL quite evident that the recent advance in
rail rates eastward has materially, assisted In
nnsettling, values in Western markets. There
TO put into practical effect this season, can how
ever be temedied to some extent and that H. by
taking advantage Of the water route to New Or
leans, and thence to foreign markets. The nd
vantases Of cheap rates by water were forcibly
established during the past month by tho re-,
e es rom liz Wss TRe by Bao 20
aThe MOVEMENT Of cereals for the month of
parallel in the. history OF the port. The re-
ceipts Of all kinds of grain aggreg ate t4.g2s,-
s wbea and o hs weqs cep hs
imports from the opening OF navigation to DC.
tober 81 were 8 e.91ao bshss to sseasiss las. last
far is In excess OF the entire receipts IN. many
previous years. The showing BY canal is also
been greater than the capacity Of tho bouts now
available for the business, and hence AZ, large arg.
quantity has gone forward by rail- The total
sy he canal collector. are H. ssi COS bushels. 10
2i47s.4sg last season. md 30 i9sB74 In 1875. The
BOZ In 1876. Receivers. forwarders and carriers
have had all the business lately they cared for
and the y aaa hes WA aea es no 81 M
promises to be among the best this port has had
since the war;
Use the water Paths.
from tho Kansas City Mo- Times.l
with q certnin road secured. karsas City
would need only to utilize her waterway TO the
gulf In order to occupy ,positi as indepen-
dent, as commanding and az beneficial to the
:. new West rs ever Chicago held to the North
& osaut nj IL q
human invention has ever yet been able to com
pete with 1t In the transportation of ordinary
railways. aud laved on both sides by the sen,
France Is T. greatly Ssp nef esn
Fled 4si 900 tons Of goods during he ysr
1876 atthe small cost of LIT e4o francs Heerail-
way officials admit that they would have been
compelled to charge 56ooo,ooo francs more, for
CARRYING the same goods. In other words. they
admit chat such 81 titicial waterways as canals
and small rivers, locked and Damned can car :
Now, 1t Is evident that, with the mouth Of the
l 9 yea na tho s
shipping to the port of New Orleans. the trade
OF the new West with the outside world can pc
conducted via Kansas City and New Orleans IN
way to put an additional value OF at least
Twenty-Five cents upon every bushel the hansa q,
s ssdss which, be- to
old steamboat captain tells us that, with one
towboat and. three barges. worth laltogether
Kansas City to 81. Louis and return In ten days
with back load of Tb0 tons OF goods ny a total
outlay of $500 for the round trip. This would
be only twentyssix and two. mira cents per Ton
for hs down Load and h and o one dan,
per ton for the down load. and he would carry
our wheat to St Louis for three cents u bushel.
and with back load of $50 tons Mt the same
rates, would receive s225oo for his ten.day trip;
Investments. whil4cafryng our freight at rates
only one-iiith Of the usual railway charges;
Allow him to go on to New Orleans with his load
at A~ner ton. or . cents per bushel. ana. with l
back load of 100 tons at the same rates. he would
receive $3.50 for the trip, which could be made
in q little more than three weeks. It would take
a train of twenty-five cars longer time to carry
the same freight between Kansas City and New
Orleans, and the transportation by that mode
would cost the shippers not less than s2A50D.
We exhort our business men to take these
figures under anxious consideration. What
of this question, and the working out of the
problems we have suggested In this article. lies
the path of Kansas City to future rank second
to few others In the nation.
The Economy Of Wealth.
burlington Hawkeye.>
The recent advance in railroad rates sup
plies the text for a renewed discussion of the
cheap transportation question. In glancing al
the whole question ana all the circumstances
ing the conclusion that the great lakes and the
Mississippi river and its tributaries. were not
created merely rs drainage avenues or for eli
matte influences. They were meant TO be high
maxim that nature never creates anything IL
vain" IT was a hasty and considerable conclu
sion which banshed the river ways and lakes
from the future transportation problem. be
largely usurped the functions of in
land water craft. We may never