The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-12-26

M OF orr esteemed
ofAexan liia, Toien
ard Is Kansas City, and
estern cities, furnishing TO
antrrs OH Red River better
kets for the sale oftheir sugar
aud ,noIaAses, and for the pnrchssc .
of eaeir western supplies. than dos,
tie fnarke1 Of New Orleans, has
evidently distul bed the Press aud
merchants of tina latter city.
Really, however, except in city
where "tbe solid citizens have many
SURPRISES about matters either well
known, or anticipated, by ordinary.
people outside Of New Orleans,
there is nothing in the statement Qf
the writer in Ioacn IdM which
should awaken. sudden surprise.
Much less ShouItH. eause6ne ofour
esteemed New Orleans coniempoi a.
ries, to doubi the correctness Of the
Statements, and III fervid language,
declare: "lf hestatements are false,
they shonlsl be officially contradictcd
at once, and the calnnniator of Our
city branded as he deserves" Ger
taiiily, but what Is there IN the
statements, Of which there should
be any donbt to commercial paper,
or merchant Of New Orea1s.-
Tie first statement, made by the
correspondent o( q'own Talk, is sub
stantially, that, owing to more
direct modes of transportation the
planters Of the Red river parishes
can more probably obtain corn,
| oats, pork, ETC., fromthe place here
they are produced; and, in return
send their sugar aud molasSes, al
cheaper rates than were those ex
Echanges Of products to be made BY
the way Of New Orleans.
4 Does such q statement need an,
particular verihcation? Is it pos
sibIe to be calumination, in th,
writer's saying: Ii the consumers 0
our sugarandmolasses ifvenonhan,
west Of us, il looks Out of place an,
foolish 10 shipit 500 miles or NOR
south, and then nave it come bac
again 800 miles right b. onrilooIs,o
its way to its final destination.
Another statement is that on z
barrels Of sugar, sent to New o.
. leans III November Of last yeal
netting the planter $s24,70, tn
charges thereon exclusive OF ieigh
were p per ceat commission. o
gross sales, ] per ccnt. broker 4
@4,14, draNge, $40 coppera-,
. $40 Weighing, $40 insuranc
Is there amy possible doutt as t
lhisf The market reports III cyl
paper in New Oflyans, abdIlil
/, stereotype rates OF charges of ever
!. sugar commission M reliant, woul'
1 approximately, establish its 60
= rectnrss as to price, and charges.
: The remaining statements is, tha
]. about, the same time, like qual
lily of sugar sent direct to Kansa
! City nptted $ll62,12, the on
charges on ich,except Ihe,CreiA h
!, (which was the same as The Iieigi
to New Orleans) was Ii per cen
! for commission on net proceed
4 While it, Of course, is possible, y
il tbere is no probability ia there beil
II error in this suatement, as il is ca
= roborated by the bill OF sale in Il
possession of the correspondent
: and likewise by an az onnt Of sa
: of another lot Of SO barr els 0C Sugil
d shipped this year to KausaSNgiJ
$, which weighed I7,495 lbs, and II,
Z ted $l002,9S, the charges on whic
) msides freight were only $i2,69 I
Il commission, nothing more
y wei lin4, no dha1age.7
re TIE real cause OF this DIS, urhan
y in the min,is OF the Press and Oni
= mission merchants of NV OrlSa,
is is their thou shtlesSnesS as 10 d
Is ordinary, if net inaeNinie, ule-
political economy; among Which
q thai pr0dnetlun seeks the QUtckt
3 LAND ckeapeSt route from tht produc
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