The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-31
n.RrHDusrRY OF LOUISIANA.

spaRmDUsTRY OF LOUISIANA.
Inns made by the Louisiana sugar
~ hesore the country and her Congress
I'd ~ a lust consideration, are based
I ~ solId grounds, and the operation Of
n $3.50 interest involves and affects SO
ssgarent classes. that review OF some
sscat important features cannot fail to
80 widespread would be the disturb
!; 81. tsused by any interruption Of Its pres
q. ..tus. Il ID matter OF calculation well
't,,sbed that the cost OF cutivating with
..-tilizers and manufacturing into sugar
- Of cane is S73-a sum annually dis
n n laboring community and TO the
- Of western products. Its magnitude
.hanced by the increased number Of acres
"a II, annual cultivation. and to what an
ortent It's value to the laborer and
~uderp farmer may reach In the fu-
~ d easily computed by the figures
.sssd by the past. The number Of acres OF
. !. under cultivation In Louisiana during
- nop season Of 1s77-7s was 100000, and
u cost Of cultivatiDg the same, In cast
.ney actually disbursed throughout the
4 ~, was $l1, $4,000, plus the amount paid
tsisrtilizers, which, at $40 per ton and al
t~tug 500 pounds Of fertilizers to the acre,
lid further increase the disbursement by an
saltional sum Of 100000, making the total
cunt expended In cash $12,4So,0OO. or, 10
md numbers, $12,5O0OOO.
fhis large annual disbursement OF cash is q
ktor in any community which Is not to be
snored. IL being the bread and meat OF thou
ID OF laborers and mechanics. Can any
~vernment safely deprive o seethlng, rest
y class OF working men OF bread and hope
navoid a conflict which already has made
Y North and East theatre OF civil war?
forty thousand laboring men. actual tollers
Il the day, depend upon the daily cultivation
ithe sugar cane In Louisiana for bread and
| at. and 100000 souls, by families, are de-
,sndent upon this toll for the bare necessities
life A suspicious, restless crowd OF strug-
dpO humanity, turned loose. because Of the
liability OF the employer to further provide
YORK, becomes at once either terrible engine
IA spoliation and anarchy or dependents
mon the charity Of the general government
for support. Is the government prepared to
rereate q freedman's bureau for Louisiana
mon the policy adopted towards the Indian,
md distribute clothing and rations to the
nero laborer ad aJInitam, or is she prepared
b still further subsist. In addition, the white
mechanic whose living depends upon the sugar
culture OF the State? Where hall he 60, with
family, to better himself2 The laborers OF
Tie North and West are crying out against
capital that II cannot provide work for those
that are there. The States are enacting
tramp laws to protect themselves against
growing evil and growing to become In the
near future O threatening dan er-n0t be
cause Of any idle vagrant propensity Of the
hboring man, but because thousands are
driven to vagrance by the utter impossibility
10 obtain work. There IL no room elsewhere
for our laborers, and the people are suffi-
GENTLY taxed now, without creating at gov
eminent expense new elymosynary institu-
tons. Protect the industry which provides
food and raiment for 80 large number OF
working men and you eliminate this factor
from the coming evil.
s4s4ain SAC, OOO, 600 OF assessed capital are in
yssSed In land, machinery and improvements.
NJ Ncfiyn OF the country can stand the loss
bf this large investment without paralyzing
not only the States tributary to 1t, but also
the commercial centres Of the whole Union.
The general prosperity OF the whole country
Is not So apparent that 1t can Withstand a
huhplr blotting out Of values, and the utmost
eNifon is needed, In view OF the cutlery
~ .nst the contraction Of values, brought
about by resumption, not to precipitate even
. local financial panic. The success OF the
plan OF the Secretary OF the Treasury is as
mred, unless its enemies can lay to its ac-
count sudden financial crash--an event sure
10 happen when 1t no longer becomes posi-
bic for the Louisiana sugar planter to main
tain his position. Legislation adverse to his
Industry will engulf his capital and wipe out
$4,000 900 OF the actual riches OF this State.
The States Of Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and
Tennessee look to the South for an outlet for
their surplus products, and Of this ST., 500 600
expended in Louisiana fully $7,5O0,000 went
West for meat, grain, implements, machinery
and mules. The working force OF mules In
Louisiana Is from $4,000 to $4,000, constantly
being renewed, and the supply drawn from
the West. Can these States afford to elimi.
nate these annual purchases from their stocks
without suffering corresponding depression
In values? The demand Of the sugar indus
try for these Western products enables the
farmer to calculate upon better market and
firmer prices What steps have been made
towards building up the general prosperity
not only OF this State, but OF the country at
large, Is apparent when we compare the pres.
ent crop with that Of 1865, Just after the war
The crop In 1865, the first year after the war
was 1900 hogsheads; the crop of 1876 was
40, 900 hogsheads, and the estimated crop for
the year 1873 is 100000 hogsheads.
With increased production there is a neces-
sity for increased expenditure, and a larger
number Of laborers and Western producers
enjoy the benefits. Considering the obstacles
overcome during this period, it will not do to
blot out go much live ergy In any country
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