The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-08
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
OF THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
pcurteer,b Days Proceedings.

Nnw ORLEANS, May 6, 1879.

Fourteenth Days Precee"inss'
NEW ORLEANS, May 6, 1879.
The Convention was calico v" oIua. ~
r,,eloclr n m. Present Hon. u. a. Wuo1 all
lag members ,u ~,
Ahsant Messrs. Augustin, Bourgeois, Bu
49, Danta. Gaskins, Guerlnger, Pinchbae
and David Young.
PRAYER was offered by Rev. Dr.. Palmer
Tha President laid before the Convention
the memorial ola COMMITTEES Of the Socialist
Labor Party, praying for relief from evil
suffered by laboring classes, and suggesting
reform In government.
Lies over.
Mr.. Noguez presented the following memo
rial. which lies over. under the rules:
no the President and Members OF the Oonstitu
Uonal Convention OF the State OF Louisiana
The memorial 81 the undersigned citizens
ef the city of New Orleans. and vicinity re-
apectf,llly pray your honorable body to abrO
rate and annul act No. 11B Of the General
Assembly of the State OF Louisiana. entitled
The Slaughter-House act, OF 1869, Tor the 1ol
lowing reasons
Firsf Because said law was enacted as q
mnuopoIy iii the interest OF a few persons al
The expense Of citizens generally. at time
Of the greatest proiiigacy and speculation Ii
where and is the wild and reckless result ot
legislation without regard to public Or private
rights: and the more etIectually 70 shield and
protect the outrage, shelter It with the high
sounding words Of protecting the public
that enacted said law knew as well as the
public that the only thing necessary to be
done was simply to require the Strengthening
OF animals ON the right bank 81 the Missis-
sippi river or below the United States Bar
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slaughter within these districts as he pleases.
subject to all necessary sanitary regulations
70 be enforced by the corporation oil New Dr.
leans.
tons corporation paralyze and TO great ex-
Tent t destroy trade in this line, Or at least Inn
pose as charges on dealers and consumers q
Ian In this actual necessary OF life (meat
that can scarcely be borne For example,
there are slaughtered for food In this city and
Interest, some eight hundred animals per
day. That while each person liz required 20
slaughter his own animals In the pens OF this
company, the charge simply OF Strengthening
In these pens is more than an average OF
dollar per head making per day, for slangh-
tering alone, some eight hundred dollars.
Then, there is q landing charge Of ten cents
On each horse COW or any other animal,
making eighty dollars per day; then
there is ten cents day TO Keep anil
charge again. Then there Is charge of trans
portation across the Mississippi river, which
averages at least In all expenses twenty-five
cents I'm ferriage, employees and pasturage,
say four hundred head OF animals at twenty
Ave cents, being the average number by
Texas Railway ninety dollars: This Is only
d portion Of the daily contribution to said
monopoly, which, by the above figures, shows
one Thousand and fifty dollars per day. or
Three hundred and eighty-thrse hoasand t,ro
hundred aud fifth dollars paid annually 10 said
monopoly. 1thas continuance under the law
Bought to be revoked) for twenty-five years,
which, at the above rate. would make about ten
fully out Of the pockets of an impoverished
people. All this can be saved by revoking
this ubiquitous law.
We therefore ask ID the interest of all our
citizens for the revocation and total abroga-
ton of said act of the General Assembly OF
behalf may be well understood. we ask that
she Strengthening of animals be confined to
the right bank of the Mississippi river de-
scendng, and any point on the left bank OF
said river below the United States Barracks,
and that all be under the police and sanitary
regulations Of the city OF New Orleans, and
free In business from any forced payment
other than may arise In the enforcement Of
the police regulations by said city.
Should your memorialists have q favorable
consideration and action hereon, we, with
yourselves, will have the proud satisfaction of
having been instrumental In eliminating
from our laws and destroying one of the
tened upon free and christian people. We
will then no more Witness these corporations
--cormorants, daily vending their way in
silken attire, TO gather our contributions
foreibly taken from US, that they may pc
rich and oft ease. All will then be equal.
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