The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-10-11
OUR NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
Bnsiness Outlook Raising of Rents-Po-
iitica1 Meeting at, the Grand Opera
s House.
NEw ORLEANS. Sept. 5. 1924.

| iitical Meeting at, the Grand Opera
House.
| NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 5, 18sA. :
ED1ToR CHIEF:
Since last writing the good people Of
this city have pursued an even tenor
| hoping for rather than seeing marked
revival in business. Fortunately the dull
season has been passed without any sus-
pensions of business firms, which involved a
large portion of the community. The crashes
Of Wall street, and the general tightening
of the money market caused very gloomy
| feeling here, but led to retrenchment and
reform and not to suicidal distraction or
/ despair. The architects and carpenters
have steadily piled their avocation, and
building permits continue to be issued
from City Hal. in remarkable number. The
painters have worked wonders with old
4 frames still standing and the New Orleans
Iof to-day is a fresher, better looking city
than ever before in her history.
e OF course the building and renovation
4 Is largely inspired BY the coming Exposi-
ton, and little commeaaabie pride along
with businesss sagacity. Visitors ere not
going tcs submit to narrow berths under any
sort of a roof at prices exceeding the best
i hotel rates. They will look about for COM
fortable and picturesque dwellings, fair
accommodations at fair prices for all con-
cerned. Early in the season. there seemed
to be. disposition On the part on the board
ing house keepers to keep up stiff prices.
The city press very promptly warned them
of the folly of such q conrse, and the Ex-
/ position Bureau of ACCOMMODATION made
q thorough canvass, and afterward an
nouneed that visitors from abroad need
have no fear of ar exorbitant rise of prices
This action was timely for Minnesota
agent Of a party of excursionists had about
coucluded to hire steamboat and run an
| independent hotel for their aceommcda-
ton at the landing. About Sept. Is, the
Landlords Of the city acting in concert
raised the prices of rents from 25 to 50 per
/ fieent. to go into effect from Oct /. And
/ very strange to say the Tianes-Demoerat,
| the Exposition organ and all the city dailies
with tile solitary exception Of the Eeening
/ Chronicle have failed to utter a word of
protest. As this wilI-bs more extensive in
| its effect upon ail species of charges con-
| nected with the reception OF visitors than
the previously condemned policy of board
| ing house keepers, ard as the rise comes
atan exceedingly inopportune period, when
all classes are greatly depressed, and hun
dreds Of people have scarcely the work or
| the food to maintain a ivehood; the won
der, passing all comp rehension is that the
interests of the people and the Exposition
are studiously avoided by representative,
commercial and trade organizations and
| the press. What does it mean? Are the
promises to prospective visitors to be broken
and is there an understanding to fleece
them to the utmost? Let each reader fol-
low the suggestion wherever it leads; it is
only necessary to say that such a policy
would be like killing the goose that laid
chance to lay one. On the limit of an
expenditure calculated by clear headed peo-
| pie of moderate means, the increase of SIS
or s25 to the cost of the trip, will be suffi-
| cient to dissuade thousands of people from
| venturing in New Orleans, either on bus
siness Or pleasure during the holding of
| the Exposition. Better take decided action
| in rebuike of the senseless policy Of the
| landlords before an irretrieYabIe injury
| shall result from it.
| Last night, in the Grand Opera House
| on Canal street, in response to call by
| Reform Democrats opposed to ring rule,
| Hon. Carleton Hunt gave an account Of
| his stewardship as member ofs5Congress
from the First district. Hon. j. 4. Chala-
| ron presided. Hon. John Dymond read a
| brief paper reviewing the sugar and rice
nseds Of protection, and the course of plant
ers since the war. When Mr.. Hunt was
| presented to the audience his greeting was
| oil that he could desire. He summarized
his course in Congress, explained his vote
! with him at every step. When he said they
were determined to have free ballot and
a fair count, and to do all in their power
| to rebuke the men who attempted to ped
die nominations in advance of conventions,
or to fix a dictatorship over the affairs of
! the people, the applause was most hearty.
| The merciless frauds which the Democratic
party of Louisiana used to obtain poIitica,
! IcfT
sequent State election has been carried,
and upon which the entire title of the pres
1 ent administration rests, has borne fruit
/ Just as honest citizens of all parties pre-
cry to accomplish the work must, for safe
! ty's sake be lodged in the hands Of a few
men and those men, by virtue of their POI
siticn are absolute dictators within as well
better TO return to the old Standard the
/ American standard, and compel parties to
stand and fail according to the merits of
| their principles or men nominated for Of
parties Or societies, all else is revolutionary,
retroactive and degrading. With ballot
boxes under the control Of q ring, good
men must smother every political aspira-
ton because beyond reach. viii Biz. Hunt
be defeated? He is one of three men who
defeated the Morrison bill and adhered tc
protection doctrines. The party managers
propose to follow their betrayal with his
defeat. This Is strictly Democratic
household contest. The Opera House meet,
| ing had no sympathy VITA Republicans
! they will vote for Cleveland and Hendricks
TIE dntva Of RenubIieans of the Eirse dis.