The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-01-09

s%-$H - H~s S>~A AOA JN~a ~ ~ iscut
largely due TO the excellent char.
acter of the Federal appointments
made by..PresIdent Cleveland. The
custom-house and postoffice, aud.
in fact, all the Federal offices are
being conducted on strict business
principles, and the well known
dictum of the President that pub.
lie Office is a public trust has be-
come an accepted axiom that is
sure to exert healthy influence
even in the circles of municipal
and local politics. The power of
the ring that once throttled the
body polite aud that thrived on
the promise Of patronage has been
broken and their influence is now
reduced to nothing. This has had
The effect of inspiring the people
with new confidence aud every
body is going to work with fresh
energy and enthusiasm"
rs not New Orleans losing a
considerable portion Of her cotton
factorage business, and is not cot
ton that heretofore wont to New
Orleans for sale now going to 9TH
sr por.sr
New Orleans is fully alive to
the fact that some of her cotton is
leaving her, but the loss is not re.
garded as serious cause for dis
couragement. Is is not the fault
OF New Orleans that the planters
are sending their cotton to the
market nearest their homes. tits
in harmony with the natural order
OF things that sach condition OF
things must sooner or later make
itself manifest. Cotton buyers no
lsnger confne their operations to
great ports Of entry aud shipment
but the explore remote points in
the interior and close up the cot
ton as II is marketed. Increased
railroad facilities make this daily
more profitable, aud New Orleans,
with characteristic foresight, has
accepted the inevitable, and some
of her capital is seeking now chan
nels of investment and finding it,
"Can you mention any particu
lar channels Of investment. that
are now being proftably worked
by New Orleans capital ~
"Oh, yes; for instance, there's
the export trade, for which New
Orleans is making very successful
bids aud which she hopes ultimat,
ly to materially control. Before
this year we never, at any tim'
since the war, knew what it wal
TO get cotton from Georgia, Flori
da aud other Atlantic States, Now
we are shipping cotton from her'
that formerly went to Savannah
and Norfolk aud other Atlantic
seaports, and we expect to in.
crease our efforts in that direction
until we have secured q very larg,
share of the business"
"What other profitable fields o
investment can you think off"
"Well, rs l said before, our mer
chants we're making vigorous ef
forts to secure trade with Centrs
America, and some of them have
met with such encouraging result
that others are preparing to ente
the same trade. We are now send
lug cargo after cargo Of goods an,
produce to Central America, re
ceiving in return consig gnments o
tropical fruits, costly woods ant
other products of the soil of tina
country, and the profits of th
trade are sufficiently inviting to in
duce new ventures in the same di
rection. The trade though still il
it's infancy, is steadily developing
and has already reached health,
growth. In sbort we may say tha
the outlook for New Orleans wa
never better, and that the nca
future is brilliant with promise 70
her. The present season has bee
encouraging to sugar planters
, money is easy, local securities ar
advancing and everything is love
!, ly.n
"What do the boys on the foo
of the New Orleans Cotton Il,
! change think of the size of th
/. cotton cropr
"The estimate that finds mos
|. favor is 6,350,OOO bales. thong
there are extremists who place
as high as 6,5OO,OOO, and others a
low as 100000.
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