The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-26

LlVeTpool proposes 10 exnend klIh,0oW nj
once for additional accommodations for tbs
reception Of American cattle. Liverpool, al
least, does not think pleuro-pneumona will
kill our cattle trade.
The heavy snowfall In Western Nebraska l.
causing great suffering among the cattle
and IL Ia feared that, unless IL goes or In q
few days, thousands OF animals will perIst
with hunger.
The Treasury Department Mt Washington
has prepared bill and submitted II TO the
Senate which Is intended TO prevent the ex.
portation OF diseased cattle. 1t provides FOL
system Of inspection at all ports from which
live stock are shipped and gives authority tt
collectors TO prohibit the clearance OF any
vessel detected In an evasion OF the law.
The exports of plain piece goods from Eng
land for Calcutta were rs, DOC, 900 yards in jan
uary, against IA, 100000 In January, 1878, and
100000 La January, 1877. The exports In
four months ending December. 1873, were
1s6,00o,0oo yards, against 9O5,oOo.OOO 10 1877
and 22l ,00e,oo0 In 1876 for the same months.
The decrease In the exports TO other East
India markets was nearly as great. In col
ored goods the trade was smaller and the de.
crease less rapid. The exports to China are
fairly sustained. English capital Is probably
beginning TO see that IL has done too much
for the development of East India In the
effrt TO secure independence of the United
States. The statistics show the basis Of the
manufacturers agitation In favor Of obtain
Ing reduction In the East India duties.
The 81. Louis Republican remarks: Let the
Assembly, of course adopt the resolutions re-
gardIng the Improvement OF the Mississippi
river, but before that is done they should
cross outthe words referring to the navlga-
tion of the river by ocean vessels. That sort
OF talk weuld only throw ridicule on the reso-
lutions, for even IL 1t is practicable and posi-
BILE to make the river navlgable for craft OF
that kind there would be no gain to anybody
In having ships come above New Orleans.
The simple fact is that the cost OF transpor
tation per mile Ia very much less by the
barge and tow.boat system on the river now
than It Ia by ship on the ocean. 1t would not
bea brilliant programme then to spend mill
lions In making ship canal to st. Louis, for
no other reason than TO increase the freight
rate to. Europe Let the ship business alone and
ask for nothing but q river that will keep
within its banks and give good channel all
the year round for steamboats, and barges.
In the United States the amount OF tobacco
produced In 1877 was: Untaxed tobacco In the
leaf 1856. 600 pounds; In cigars, 10000, 900
In cigarettes, 5000 pounds; untaxed tobac-
co. say ~, DOC, 900 pounds-making total of
no lees than 1876, 100000 pounds. But OF THE
Is, -
manufactured tobacco exported, which leaves
balance of 1s4, DOC, 900 pounds for consump-
ton. Estimating our population at $1,000,
600, we find that for each head the average
consumption Is over four pounds per annum.
Assuming that tbree-ffths, at least, OF our
population are women and children we have
but 100000 adults, of whom mot more than
5000 900 do not use tobacco In any form. This
leaves us 100000 persons who consume
yearly fifteen and two-thirds pounds, or very
nearly five ounces week, apiece. 1t Is very
difficult TO secure data showing the actual
quantity of smoking tobacco brought to tax
alton each year. for the simple reason that
no such record is kept by the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue, and the data derived
from the total quantity OF tobacco brought to
use IL free OF tax. Members of Congress, In
their speeches at Washington, have variously
estimated the quantity OF leaf used by pro-
ducers and others without being tax-paid.
The highest estimate was 60,0G00G0 pounds,
but the Revenue Department deems this
largely In excess OF the quantity 50 used. 1t
is interesting to note that the average con-
sumption OF tobacco for each head OF the
population In Germany In 1877 did not fall
short OF six pounds In England the annual
average for each person Is nearly pound
and q half In France nearly everybody
smokes, and In Holland more money 10 said
to be spent en- tobacco than on bread. Indeed.
II may be accepted as fact that tobacco ID
more generally used than any other single
article OF commerce consumed by man
Cocoa, It Is computed Is used by $4,000, 900
human beings. coffee hy 150000,000, hasheesh
by 800 ,000, 600, opium, 10 one form or another
by 100000, 900, Chinese tea by 500,00ooo0 and
tobacco by 500, eoa, 900 persons.
The following table shows the Indebted
ness Of the Southern States, the assessed
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