The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-11-22
QUARANTINE MEETING
A LARe1E GATHERING OF THE MER-
CHANTS AND BANKERS OF
OUR CITY.

of tho tropical trade OF Now Orleans, was hc1t
as advertised over the Louisiana Natlonf
Bank. large number Of prominent gentle
mon. engaged in mercantile pursuits In thl
city, were present.
Mr. John Brunnso called the meeting to order
and expressing his high respect for Mr.. VIM
Black formerly president Of the Cotton Elk
change moved that ho bo elected permanen
president.
The motion being accepted unanimously. MI
Black was escorted 10 tbe chair.
Tho president stated that tho meeting wa
ono Of greut importance, and that much goo,
would ensue from o full and free discussion OF
the subie9t of quarantine and its effects on on
trado. Tho epidemic through which we hav
passed. has been a great Disadvantages and SOM
plan must be devised to modify the quarantine
which admits OF no alternative. We must hav
either absolute quarantine or none st all
MR.. BLACK
having concluded. Mr.. VIM. Mr. BurweIl read tht
following list Of vice presidents, with the ap
provaI of tho assembly:
Samuel H Kennedy. Thos Sims, Archie
Mitchell r. Tupper. J. G. Morris, Geo. Pandely
Samuel Todd. John A. Stevenson. J. J. Mellon
John Calder, A. G. Hutchinson. Albert Baldwin
On motion Of Mr.. Dolhonde, Mr.. VIM. NJ. Bur
well was elected permanent president of the
meeting.
Mr. Dolhonde, on behalf of the committee ap-
pointed at the last meeting OF merchants to tnke
into coDs1deration the best means Of avoiding
or modifying quarantine, submitted the follow
ing report:
To the President Of tho Meeting Of Merchants
and others Interested in the Internal nnd
Foreign Commerce Of New Orleans, held on
Monday, the eighteenth Instant:
of nrenaring onI i t hot ' 400 m ~
90 f 1nf ~" pt ~ ,lp pe,7u ins y,
mb; U4 tn9 - bo o o'nhR 70 d
taiI,, ,fF ,r W ty lhi|l '.il'" s.it n'uos
@ n, pLop',t'y lloI,;th ~ ;t ~ iusth'|,t,e, ~,
- fSb: F.: ,d 10 thehS III eaihrmS ~
noeefing' Of which due notna shall be- q pivon on
, 1v an 10 safe hnq"T cgnsIaeratlot ana re
'p0''Ao"S pA977n' 'A0 'o''o"ih
REPORT
Tho cifv of New Orleans has found itsslf, Mt
the close Of tho late epidemic, under eircum-
stances of prc1lIiar and unpreredAntad com
2oerciaI erobarrassnnut. m 4 eomneting ayst N
n artiinial trade lines which cross the Miesis-
siDpj Valley and river and carry the imports
and avnnrts of thn region dirprtjv TO and from
the Eastern Atlantic ports has diverted from
+hia oitv a rnsiness nat11raI1v due eyelnsivelv
70 her RI mierchants.
We 9t nsed not give the value Of the trade thus
,iua~+aJ i +zitb dotaI of fiyuraa r. Ia an fjciant
~ sav that XIII the receip Of Western products at
tbjs nnrt has 20 far declined that nearly 100 600
hn<,sReada nf tohaaco has come dnwn r. grom
oo15 70 a. n,G and 600 oGo barrels Of our 10 be-
funen eGo oG to 7oo 0Go barrels.
recei1fs Of coffee. has declined from one fourth
aS tla nb nle i'm ororta 10 ner cent theraof Val
t;.oam, n,-, -oooi7,ny o7 ,or cant ord havu yorI,
=. n onrt ~ tbjs i'm ,1ort trada rho ohan1a in
tba nronartinns Of tbe sJ1aar mnnrts has sym
nafhize1 nrhatlv with this change Of trade. The
paenn5H pit ton w'i bors hnan oorne1rhot ana
tena9 ehlv ~ bV The transeT Of ob r from the
go siaa ~ the Mississinni Int n very large
proportio1 OF the crop has found its way by rail
Thn " soIoe nrincir,Ie NJ direct trade hos sun-
~1iod ,onat nf ~ aur interior with Weatern nrn
ggianns md Fastern Goods bv straipht rail- In
sika manner The forsign jmnorts Of New Or
Iaana witch vuere f,nne aT,out so7 o0n mo or nt
tbat line al abont d per cent Of rhe whole na
tionai has decitnnd 70 somsthinp more
] thnn liz Ioiilinna or ahout =. nar cent nj the
totaI "iN0
Aaa Iarga nart NJ the reaeints Ia inported on
eononnt r. n0rta n entrv or deliverv in the in
terior If has fnIjowad that a very Iarpe nronor-
lion of o1r nnerehandise il i'm ported through
or iobbed Ia New York and other Eastern sea.
r,nrt nitina
II viii thus be seen that through a change in
sha "hannel Of trads the lines Of road Which
Traverse he Southwest connect that region di-
and With he nroviaon centres Of the West, the
producers Of The upper sections of tho Gulf
city. to send their crops elsewhere for sale
while the merchants of the same region draw
an uninterrupfed supply Of goods and pro
visions from the same Eastern and Western
sources that We do Ia great part ourselves.
It is thus that when all fear of the epidemic
will hove disapneared. our former customers:
iDStead OF rushing 10 our mefcnantS 10 supply
their wants as was the case formerly, may have
toagreat tXtent furnished themselves, ana even
forwarded their crops hieeWhere.
| 1t is thus that New Orleans tlnds herself. on
the return OF public health, exposed to the com
| petition Of superior chplta' and larger sfo ks,
! with the aeliops disadvantages Of q wide spread
( panic and public tlander which poBtpon,s the
restoration OF hor cornmerce to Il later period
in the season than formerly. TO these signal
misfnrtrnes may be addeI this-that in the
month Of June last the health authorities Of tho
STATE, from sense Of danger to the city and the
Interior, proclaimed almost all the tropical
ports Of this continent in Gnhran inc, and en-
acted time quarantine. Of a commerce with
them This naurnlly affected the consignment
Of tropicaI goods TO this port, and tended to
change this trade to EHstoen ports which were
moro iudugent in this respect
We cannot forbnar TO mention that fruit trade
with the coast and ISLANDS OF the gulf, and the
Caribbean Soa which has advanced tar beyond
the domestic anupIy Of our city since the rail
: road communication with the Upper West aud
with Canada, now involves annual operations
X of more thnn oght millions with the emplOv-
ment Of 81 feet of vessels has been arre-ted to
the great loss and dotrment Of the enterurising
A citizens who conduct It.
With this impedimnntt TO our trade ,yas added
h new embarrassment. Many comreIing cities
and numerous smaller communities alarmed
II hv manic or iuSnireI nv entarnriaa nrooloimod