Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-04-13
The South and West

New Orleans Item: The Item in its
editorial correspondence from Kansas
City last fall gave at considerable
lenngth the views Of the merchants of
that city in regard to the obstacles that
lie IN the way of establishing CONNER
cial intercourse between New Orleans
and the great west. Want of terminal
facilities and irregularity in the ocean
service at this port were the principal
difficulties complained of by the bust
ness men on whom the Item called.
The merchants of New Orleans take
some exception to the complaint.
It is asserted that freight can be de
hvered at the steamships by the Belt
line, and that the ocean service is ample
for the requirements of the western
trade, and that steamships leave for
Europe every two or three days, except
during the simmer, when there is a
somewhat greater interval between de
partures.
The Item is convinced that the desire
on the part of the peaple of the west for
cOmmerciaf relations with New Orleana
is heartily reciprOcated by the mer-
chants of this city, and that the failure
to establish these relations cannot in
justice be attributed wholly as a lack
Of enterprise on the part Of our people.
The west has been built up by immi-
grafton and capital from the east and
business followed the transcOntinental
lines. 1t is hard to move trade out of
the latitudinal rut. The people of the
west have little knowledge Of the bust
ness methods that prevail here, and the
merchants of this city have no definite
idea of the needs and methods of the
west.
We believe that mutual acquaintance
between the merchants of New Orleans
and those of the west would 60 far to
promote the establishment of the de-
sired relations, and to this end the Item
would suggest plan which is practical
and which would combine business with
pleasure.
Large numbers of our merchants
spend the summer in travelling or So
jOurning at the north. LOuisianians
may be found during that season saun-
tering on the coast of Maine, and in the
mountains of Virginia the woods are
full of them.
Our people spend a great deal of
money IN the east, but they get no other
benefit from the expenditure than the
value received at the moment. The east
may sell us goods, but it viii never buy
here, or import or export through New
Orleans.
For trade development we must look
west. There IS much hope from Kan
sas, Nebraska, Dakota and Colorado.
Why not turn the tide of summer travel
to the regions from which we expect a
tide of trade? The scenery in the
Rocky mountains surpasses any east of
the Mississippi river. No more delight
full climate can be found than in the
mountains of Colorado, and the hotels
IN the west are not eXcelled by any on
the American continent
The merchant on a iaunt to the
Rocky mountains might stop a few
days in Kansas City. He would find
the business methods Of that city a rev
citation to him. A visit might be paid
to Omaha with equal profit Denver
is also an important centre of trade.
1t is situated at the foot of the Rocky
mountains on a plateau over 5000 feet
above the sea, and there Is In summer
probably no more delightful city in the
universe.
The item proposes to recur to this
subject from time to time, for it is
confident that If our merchants estab-
lsh personal relations and social inter
course with the people of the great
west, trade relations VIII be certain to
follow.
Tourist travel from New Orleans VIII
shortly begin, and we urge upon the
merchants who propose to spend a va
cation away from home the Importance
of giving fair consideration to the
advantages that are presented by the
western resorts.