The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-24
NEW ORLEANS.
k's sanitary improvements
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done to improve the health of this
great emporium of the Southwest
The streets are now flushed daiIy
with water from the river.
The suburbs, along the lake shore
are being built up and beautified
| Splendid hotels, and pagoda like
buildings have been erected at West
End and Spanish Fort Great
crowds visit these places daily by
rail. The railroad will soon be com
piete from West End to Milneburg.
a company has been incorporated
TO sewer the city, so as to carry off
all accumulations into the river be-
low the city. This company also
propose to drain the low landin the
rear of the city and along the lake
shore, and thus prepare and redeem
the land for the erection of subur-
ban residences, as well as to fortify
the city against the advent of yellow
fever. The spirit of enterprise
appears to be just setting in. Many
things will be done to beautify and
make the city attractive to citizens
OF other ATTITUDES, desiring to enjoy
the benefits of our climate.
These enterprises may be con-
sidered as the aesthetic outgrowth of
our new and unrivalled outlet to the
sea.
The great commercial future in
store for this city is hard to esti-
mate.
Our receipts of cotton since Sep
TENDER I, 1879, amount to 1908,
S57 bales, against I,42S,o6t bales
same time last year; of sugar, I3o,-
9I6 hogsheads, and 1876 barrels; ;
of corn, since Sept. I, 8,747,775
bushels, against 4,5S3,473 bushels,
same time last year; of wheat 81
2o6,459 bushels against I,57I,227
bushels same time last season.
With the now permanent depth of
81. feet of water through the jetties,
the receipts of western produce will
be largely increased; of coffee we
have imported since Sept. 1, 1879,
22o,449 sacks.
Great lines of barges are now be-
ing built to penetrate the rivers
west of the Mississippi; and the in
creased receipts of Western pro-
| ducts another season must be great
RAILROADS.
Morgan's Louisiana and Texas rail
road will soon connect us with
Texas at Orange: within eighteen
months the New Orleans Pacific
will connect us with the same State
a Marshall; and within the same
time the gap of the Vicksburg,
Shreveport and Texas railroad will
be closed.
1t is stated that the New Orleans
and North East railroad, connecting
US with the railroad system, North
and East at Meridian, Miss, will be
built within two or three years
The steamship Great Eastern is
expected to anchor at our port in
the fall and thus demonstrate to the
most Credulous that cur outlet to
the ocean is unrivalled. She has a
carving power of 10000 bales of
cotton. With our great carrying
trade, and improved health, we
must become great importing city,
and with the best cotton, sugar,
molasses, and rice market, we must
| command the trade of many States,
West and South.
Our Association has been planted
here to share its proportion of the
constantly increasing trade. A.cor-
respondent in a letter of recent date
says, "All that is needed on the
part of Patrons of Husbandry is
confidence, and better understand
ING of the system" This is a logical
statement. Without an understand
ing of the advantages of co-opera-
ton, there can be but little conf
dence, and without confidence there
will be no cooperation. The sys-
TEN must have a beginning in this
country as it had in England, and
when once demonstrated, as Fulton
demonstrated the power and utility
of steam and Arkwright the spin
ming jenny, then will the system
become an integral part Of the bust
ness science in this country. -
The plan is now being tried, in
many places with varied success, but
always with success when the plan
is adhered to.
Ny observation as Manager has
/ taught me that the. most enlighten
ed and educated communities have
not always been the most success
full, simply because the "Rules
were not adhered to- Among some
of our correspondents are Brothers
whose education are limited, but
their heads are Level, they have con
Quoted cooperative stores with
marked success Let these facts
encourage others. If on-a cursory
survey of the plan. you do not lrn-
derstand the subject, persevere
! Our impartial Creator has endowed
the plain farmer with as much brair
power as any other class. All they
/ need is experience and the perse
4 verance that characteristics his daily
/ life on the farm.
! When [ write :hat the Contra
Association, now existing and tina
will come into existence IN the mer
/ camille world, that our Order vii
have their own bank, Insurance.
companies, their warehouses, grain
! elevators, aud all the great forces tt
~propel travel; when | state tina
II &c oporoachino when co