The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-21

hardly q factor Of trade as regards
| New Orleans. It In owned and controlled
In New York, and L. consequently. not
adapted. or devoted to the development OF
comm erclal relations between this port and
Mexico. The addition TO our business which
| this line represents Is simply uncomfortable,
| and II Ia safe to say that no expansion In tho
direction of Mexico will ever take place un-
der the conditions now prevailing AS O.
logical result OF those conditions. the entire
benefit of the trade thus opened UP Ia enjoyed
by New York.
Nevertheless. there are vast commercial
possibilities in this matter Of establishing In
tercourse with Mexico. ard to theee possihili-
ties our merchants cannot be too keenly alive.
Mexico 10 n country of Inoaoulable resources,
1t possesses varied climate. ranging from
| the tropic to the temperate. and rejoices In q
fertility Of soil and luxurianoe Of produg-
ton quito unknown to ua. Apart from its in
calculabIe mineral wealth, It's gold. silver.
copper. marbles. opals. etc. 1t yields sugar
cotton. coffee, rope and baipg stufrs. beside u
large number of FRUITS spices. etc. In addl-
tion there are scores of miscellaneous Hrti-
ces. products Of tho fold or of mons handi-
work. which would enter into commerce. and
In return for which we could dispose of our
Surplus products to great advantage. Mexico.
furthermore. Ia awakening TO the Importance
Of this subject. There Is In that country
growing demand for our manufactures and
our articles Of food, for machinery and the
numerous fruits Of American industry. With
In the past four years this demand has &C
q uired fresh strength and broadened into
larger volume and IL only rests with us to
improve tho opportunity thus afforded.
Hence IL Is with peculiar satisfaction that
we greet the prospect of the establishment Of
genuine New Orleans and Mexican line Of
steamers. IL Ia now an open secret that
Messrs. Chas. A. Whitney Il Go. propose. some
time during tho latter part Of the year, to put
several of their steamers into tho Mexican
trade. by that time the railroad from Nor
gan CITY to Texas will be completed. and the
business Of the Galveston steamers very ma
diverted, 80 that number OF the
present line will bee 6 available. We un
deretand that some Of these steamers will be
ut once placed upon the route to Vera Cruz.
This prospect Ia also known TO tho Mexican
authorities. who are profoundly gratlited. and
who will be glad to offer Mesars. Whit |
ney * 90. substa utial encouragement. There
can be- no doubt that Messrs. Whitney |
u Go. are In u position to take hold of and to
develop this trade on terms with which rival
cannot compete and. yet, which |
will be largely profitable to themselves.
Their magnificent establishments Mt Morgan
City and Algiera and New Orleans, com |
pletely equipped and with practically I'M
limited capacity. the fact that Morgan City
Ia Mt least two hundred miles nearer Bagdad |
than New Orleans, and their possession OF |
half dozen steamers ready teenter at once
upon tho business give them advantages |
which can hardly be Offset by any oompeti-
Iore.
Messrs. Whitney & Co have made no an
louncement either to us or to others. 80 far
rs we know. but we are aware that the enter
Prise Ia contemplated, and feel that we risk
title, II anything. 10 predicting II as among
5he practically assured events of the future.
Certainly 1t Is q prospect upon which New
Orleans may we'll be congratulated. Messrs
.. A. Whitney 4 Go. are u home institution.
with the ability M we'll rs the disposition to
meet every demand growing out OF trade do
selopment. Their interests are In tho growth
md greatness Of this section and they are
pound to us by feelin gs Of sympathy. OF mu-
tual confidence and of common purpose.