The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-11
) NO. SO.
TIE Cralo Dooo.
New Orleans Democrat.


1t il no wonder that the Northern At.
lamtic cities aud Chicago should 'e get
ting alarmed aud excited over the grain
movement down tlw Mississippi river, fiDr
thu tact is there is u genuine lAn'l''. and
New Orleans is rapidly looming ny ~ =
grain lUrt. The moment the h~ permit
t-.l. thu fleets of bargrs, with their enor-
NOUS caIx'sS III grain, began moving
down the great national highway IT c.'s''-
uwre to this city, ami ever since they
have 's~n rNlninx IN deep laden with tue
golden harvests III thu West. Great Acesn
steamers in r.iWiAi,e numbers have hrsn
herr I" n.Srt them, and rsvry tv tn hNn-
gry mi|iisps in' the Old WORTH sMle food
I,rsnl,,cts III the New.
There has lacu no delay, no iml~tli.
,nrmt anywl,rr', far the river l~ing high
the hnrgrs have come down under the es-
,,'rt III powerful tugs. in safety, while thu
largest steamships have 1n.ss.sl into tlsp
gulf through the jetties without let Or
hinlra,My. Thus has the great natural
route fer the l,rnlucts Of the West been
fairly inaug,,rate.l, and il requires IND seer
| IL predict that the trade will increase in
v"i""~ with each succeeding year until
New Orleans will ls the greatest grain
shipping port not only IN this country hut
in thu world.
When the S,nS,t route ami thu Texas
Pacific road shall @ finished, giving ~
two almost direct connections with Sun
Francisco hy rail, VT may reasonably
antici,n.tc u heavy business in California
wheat, which will naturally week New Or.
leans as its gulf "r Atlantic outport.
Actual shipments, however, ar demon
stratiny the valne Of the water route nhx1
rluul,,rntly. The Mississippi Valley Trans
portation Company have brought 10 Thu
city during the past few days ell, ~
bushels of bulk grain, and their lsarges II
transit tn arrive this month have GaO, lN1
bushels more.
The st. Louis and New Orleans Trans
,nrtation Company and two other line
have brought to the port during thi
month q .irs7 bushels, aud have barges il
transit with over IN, (4U bushels.
Instead, therefore, III receiving ,Ok', W
? bushels Of grain during the month q
} March, ~ was xAngMilIely estimated tw
. weeks ~" our actual receipts If grain fl
| Yue UNbUtU ~ ssulC IsNNC WNu ASSNVsV"
bushels, and the ,U7 ,U<A bushels in tral
4 nit to arrive before April will swell til
6 receipts I" 81 gu, O>W bushels.
Some idea may lH hal Of the rapid II
crease Of the grain trade by referring
: thu receipts for the year le7e-79, whic
Q were 500, 76l bushels vi corn and wlles
!. In ls79 ~ the receipts were 1865, K
bushels, and from the first Of Septeml'e
" 1890, to date there has come to hand, no
witlistamling The ice bluckades while
=. have interrupted and diverted niue
grain. e.l:i5, NV bushels, which, with Il
r shipments atlOat tO arrive during til
month. will bring our receipts to ., III, u
NJ bushels by the tirxt of April.
\. This trade il yet in its infancy, and vi
VI grow in proportion to the efforts viii,
r. may ln made tn foster al,ll encourage
At The great barge Hnes are preparing
W transport snch quantities ~ may lie Oh
=. I'll, hut their efforts and investment
~ capital must le aided by reduction
n. the terminal charges upon freights and
m lexAening the expense upon vessels Iosdi
NJ Mt this port. We havea great natural a
m in the Mississippi, hut We must not fara
IT, the distance from the West to Europe
he against IN, ~ alsO insurance, and that :
nv can only command this trade by cheapt
ut Ing ourclarges.
IL Glance for u moment ut the grain p
he ductiOn Of seven States, which under
he vorahle auspices would ship their snrp
Of crops via this port, viz: