The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-05-01
OUR COMMERCE
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A. tho mating Of the Chamber Of CONNIE cree
7aat aveniup there were thirteen members pres
1nt exclusive OF President Cyrus Bussey and
Eecretary VIM. NJ. Burwell.
Mr.. Ad Schroeder chairman OF the committee
on grain. reported q series of resolutions as
follows:
The committee on grain, appointed at yonr
meeting OF the twenty second ,nsan s ,a usE E"
10 report and submit for your arlloh we loioMwi, iw,
Inc resolutions adopted Mt their meeting held
on the twenty nfth instant A.. ,o,.o,,. ,ro.
Resoire1 That in view OF the Important PRO
portions which the grain trade OF this po,t ls
assuming, it il desirable that standarn No, o.
grade to be desiRnaeah r. aha known az 'e No"
Reso,red That. until otherwise ordered. me
New Orleans standard OF grade for wheat, gp,m
lie lie trade rad at It. Louis ... .,,o fora
Resoired That In order to carry out ,iie 'ons- orr
going conclusons ah' tnrada e,thar
ns buyer, seller or broker-be appoin.e,n ~, W. AZ -
specor In chief said appointmaSn' a chamher o M Of
Commerce on the nom mnaion 9l the CON m ..t m,,.ss
on grain The inspector " cn1sl Aila., t n,
merca. and he may appoint as many deputies
a. NAV be needed subject TO approval and n con- a,
rmaon BY The hersb9 on sfha to s eo
iaot untiI further notice, on all grain Inspected
sInder his direction Rs follows;
Far inspection and experimenting ht pace
~ deltvery when reuueatedl, one dollar per
~ snoo hnshels: ,be inspection fee TO be borne In
equal o1 y ~ the hyer "ap nspc
York Produce EXCHANGE. subject 70 such mod
ilcations as may hereafter ana IRON 'lme 10
Nh shond mi The above resolutions be adopted by
fhe executive committee. the committee on
grain nominated and reeommended t2r 81 t nn-
pointment as inspector In chief MI d. J. hei-
knap., .,..u,..,,
hesp'''''"' A. sUHREIBER, Chairman.
The resolutions we're unanimously adopted
and Mr.. Belknap elected rs recommended.
The routine business of the Chamber being
over Col George Williamson, our Minister to
Central America, was invited TO ADDRESS the
"cel.nWR Coi Williamson, after thanking the Chamber
for the compliment, took occasion TO re1er TO
the small number OF merchants present which.
he said. only proved to him that the people
didn't care about their commercial relations
with Central America, and that IL cgnhrmeMu M MN
In his belief that the trade was neglected hy our
states men. 1t WAS strange. but II was lact.
We will not attempt to give an extended report
the attention Of the gent tlemen present for over
two hours. but only to bring out its most ga.
iient. points. He dwelt upon the fact that
sra e. aufops Eo does { from the y Spanish American
States that have no manufactures and although
raj sympathy should exist between them aRd
us, still, after a residence Of four years and
half IN these States. he had n not seen n, single
agent from this part of the United States. He
had seen them thore from all parts Of the world
except from the South and RUSSIA, He had cor
responded ON the commerce of Central Amer
lea with other portions Of the United States.
but with only one person from this state. state.
the honorable secretary q the Ohamber. There
ports uf England and the Central American
States. and none between them and this coun-
5000 900; their total export trade 1913 100000 Of
which the United States get about q 600 600.
the rest goes to kurope. OF these s4.ooo.oGo. a
liz not more than $500, 900 that has any con-
neet9n with New Orleans and ,d,t that at,,a is
aSdmted d'fSsa tSst eS% eyen though a 'f line
81 steamers tver was was established between
this port and Aspinwall. these would be met
established it would not be with the Caribbean
shores. but with. the interior oi the states:
put the Line to wGaa nreg to ,fahe he
geographical position. etc. of Central America.
Che speaker took occasion to speak Of the only
Ito San Francisco in complimentary terms.
All others, he said, were English. French or
tine em new Under
The most important step he said. to open the
trade. was the construction of the inter oceanic
canal canal through Nicaragua. or any Of the other
canals projected. so that a ship can, go from
Nw % e ers the sos * aRa
admitted that the project was fraught with
many difficulties and the. expenditure Of a
made for this canal from this city than any
other section of the country and our Congress
men should be influenced to take the matter in
hand and to give their attention to the neces
sary treaty. 1t is true it may take years and
years to accompish the project but the first
steps must be taken some time and that time
which our city was Interested. 1t was
our merchant marine. which had almost
inter. State Communication BY the construction
OF railroads we had entirely neglected our for
OF our trade comes In foreign, bottoms. He did
not expect individual capital to compete with
government subsidies but the general govern
ernments subsidize their merchant mari
wherever there is competition. and the in
Williamson again referred to the neglect of our
merchant marine In favor OF internal imorove..
ments. which, he asserted. had been anything but
beneficial to New Orleans. He even went so far
as to express his doubts Ms to the benefits to be
derived by New Orleans from the Texas Pacific
port port wit With Vckshurs, unless It is tapped at
some point near New Orleans. This city could
be made the great entrepot of the Central
sumed there ts produced here, and. If we want
New Orleans to become the point Of distribu--
again % the DRIFT down the Mississippi river and and
American States.
men to learn the Spanish language to enter the
trade. the speaker proceeded to show some of
trade The rate OF interest and commissions
the English and French have reduced to the
lowest living point. whilst San Francisco and
ing. unless otherwise specified by special con-
tract. The INSURANCE from Europe is per
cent; from New York 1t is "a per cent:
the American packing is notoriously bad :
the European is artistic. and he advised
his hearers to remember this small item for fu
ture use: another serious difficulty is the high
rate Of interest in the United States. the diff
ference being or 3,per cent in favor Of Eu,
rope. with long credits. whilst in the United
States the credits are short 1t Is true. owing
TO these long credits. individuals have suf-
fered severe losses. but the national govern
all these objections. said Col. Williamson. the
trade with the United States has increased in a
few years from 100000 or $1,000 to 81 900 900.
Aspipwal we would get s3,ooO.ooo of that por-
ton Of the trade that goes out through the