Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-02-20
MR. EnIToE-

In YOUR paper of last Thursday, no.
tired q communication from MIR. Ill.
Shul,z, upon the subject of the late meet
ing in Charleston, 10 devise ways aud
means to retain The trade of Hamburg,
and through it, the trade Of the whole OF
tho North Western part Of our State.
And in the same paper, am happy to see
in your editorial remarks. "a favorable notice
of The mailer.
To Charleston, to Hamburg, to the
Western part of South Carolina, and III
deed 10 the State generally, the possession
of This trade is, and will be, Of immense
value. Georgia knows that it is impor-
tant TO gain il, aud while we are lying
idle, what is she doing TO obtain il Every
thing Sir! every thing Augusta has
bough hit the bridges across the river, at a
cost, believe, somewhere near Sl2O,OOO,
and offers to the Carolina grower of pro-
duce, passage to the Georgia side, free,
Now, as lhi, Sl2O.000 must hc refunded
in some way, and as we see, that by the
bridges being toll free, that they do not
expect to get it from that suurre,-let US
see how they will manage TO get their
money back, as individuals rarely, aud
corporations never, cxpend money, with
ou, in return, receiving some good.
They intend sir, 10 offer every induce
menr to the Carolina Planter, to cross
over. They will pay him in what Mr..
ShuIlz has very appropriately denomIna-
ted "trash." al a par price for his cotton-
but which, ii they attempt TO bring it out Of
Georgia, is from 5 to l5 per cent. dis
couul-while the cotton they have sent
of, loses no discount. Who then loses
the difference the Planter! And where
docs this difference 60 tol 1t goes to pay
the SI20,0OO spent by Augusta in obtain
lug these bridges. And if this reasoning
Is correct, our Georsia-neighbors calculate
OH laying out between two and three mil
lions of dollars of their trash, in Cotton,
in this State, before the money they have
advanced 10 secure this trade, shall be re-
funde,. Lord help us! In this stale ol
things, where will the requisite kind Of
moacy roiMc from ,Gppay oar taxes! ! Is
even difficult now TO obtain,-and what
| u y
when we shall, without stop is rul 10 IT,,
he inundated with worthless paper?
Indeed, sir, see hut one certain way to
avoid this result, and that is to place hank
inc facilities al Aiken, so as 10 assist Ham
burg in this matter, and column will
then be formed, which all the hanks in
Georgia will not he able 10 move. There
is Cotton enough grown in Ihis Sla'e, tn
furnish business to both places, and TO br
source of great revenue To Charleston,
and the State itself. The Cotton may all
be carried upon the Rail Road. without
any d..ay-and the goods Of n merchants
n, both these points, & also for the up coun-
try, received with despatch. am aware,
that the great bucbear heretofore has becn,
that the Rail Road could not carry the
Gotten fast euough-but this has moi beer
the case for the last niue months, lha, the
Savannah river has not been bOatable,
and probably never will he again. Look
at The report Of the President of The Road.
He says, that the last four years "nakes
the average per each year, about 81 4
per cent. increase over the wear preceding" F."
aud "in less than six years, with tho same
ratio of increase, will produce more nett
income than the grand Canal of New
York, stated by the Governor of that
State, in hi, Message Of January, 1910,
be 1857, ,S03."
Yes, sir, next year, the Rail Road Co.
will he able to carry all The Cotton made
in South Carolina, to Charleston, and If
the inhabitants of that city are alive to
their own interests, they will foster and
cherish Hamburg and Aiken, and see The
fruits in a revival Of their trade. If they
do not choose ru do so, they eau continue to
gn down hill, while Augusta and Savau-
nah 20 up-while we, to say the most.
can only remain al what we are.