Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-23

Securing, therefore, our naLuIal attu eSOssiasIF
cal right to large share of the produce Oh tlose
TalIes which drain the western slopes oil aHt-
ginia and Pennsylvania, the States OF hsntncky'
Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, ILLINOIS, anu lnulAHSj
holding, moreover, a close Intercourse VITA inc
broad lakes aud their fruitful borders through me
tySileyof the Snsquehannah; may we not Justly
saw to YOU gentlemen, that our cenual' posIu9n
and facilities Of transportation, make us obviously
anatonal entrepot, and will force the north 20 re-
gard Baltimore as the best exchange lot the alspo-
sal of its manufactures, anu lts OeSI lna'AeS 4'+
your .,,o..o1
The answer, we think, is ready, in the colossal
fortunes already realized from the southern pul-
chasers, by enterpnsing eastern and northern lleH
who had the sagacty to detect this fact, and came
hither 10 establish commercial agencies Nay
withal the energy of Boston, Boston ls,peelni,ns
to emigrate 10 New York; Her thri1ty Ps9P1e,
keen to appreciate and sw;it to sieze co1npuisoiy
destiny, no longer content themselves Dy ai'it,S-
ing their profits in the loss of commissions Dut u
bandon their opulent agents. and establish IN that
METROPOLIS, commercial houses directly ana orlgl-
nally concerned inomanutacturers. GEadualiy'
their progress will be further southwark until
reaching this city, they will find that BALTIMORE Is
the best mafket In which the varied products OF
the plantation, the farm, and the factory can meet
for proftableinterohange.
Baltimore is nearest the north, nearest the SOUTH
nearest the wes-so central in fact as TO be near
Ell an It is the nearest manufacturer of the north
--the producer Of the south and west the specuia-
tor of Europe and producer everywhere.
These induceIGents Of geographical position, ease
of communication, and rapid centrallzanon Oh III
ture trade, might be sufficient to turn your KIND
attention to Baltimore as home market, but there
are other views and interests we must not neglect
to touch on briefly. ~ .,,r--,L-l
Our city, gentlemen, isalready one Of the largest
commercial ports of the Union. Our state is q
small one but people are industrious thrifty anu
energetic. We are blessed by genial, healthful
climate and while our laws are just in their opera
ton amon g ourselves, they are not untayoraole TO
the personal welfare the stranger who may So
iourn among us. have already noticed the de.
ceunial augmentation of our numbers. Maryland
accordingly, possesses within herself the material
elements of wealth, adequate to build up great
capital, and assure the commercial safety and sup
ply OF all who deal with her.
The Manufacturers of Maryland, inevery branch
of industry, must thriveS increase and prevail
The geological features Of our section are peculiar
ly favorable TO factories. The Underwater o1 the
Chesapeake washes the eastern base OF that lorna
ton which runs parallel with the Atlantic coast,
while abundant streams from that elevated ridge
precipifate themselves in OF tails 10 The
rivers, from an elevation generally amounting 10
about 600 feet, within distance around Baltimore
comprised in aradins of twenty-five miles: IL mas
been calculated that within ten miles OF the city
there is iDqter pOiOer sufficient for near half mil
lion of spindles, large portion of which is still UNI
applied to any kind ofmanutacture.
If water is abundant, Coal and Iron are not less
So Our Cumberland region is known throughout
the world as producing the best 'evaporatve mate
riaP in It's semi biuminous Coal, hitherto dlScoV-
cred; and the capitalists of the north are eagerly
grasping those mines which must control 50 much
labor and navigation. Hard by these mlneS IRON 10
stacked up in the mountains, awaiting the deVel-
opement of time and indu'try; while, by railway
and the SusQuehannah Canal, anthracite coal Is
brought from 4egion which pennsylvania has Deen
slack in opening. Now, who does not know what
powerful elements of England'S wealth, her coal
and iron have been; but there are mulutudes WHIP
do not know, that from the abandoned furnaces oil
old revolutionary days in our State,-whose ruins
NAV still be traced,-that very England was sup
piled, to some extent, with 'pg iron which was IN
high reputeP
Nor are our agricultural resources TO be forgot
ten. The census of1850 displays teeming list OF
our productions. Flour, corn, tobacco, and stock,
raised SO abundanlly on our fertile levels long ago
constituted Baltimore one of the provision markets
of the Union. The facility of selling here, has
/ caused the west and adjacent South TO select our
market, even at time when wagons and horses
| performed the work of cars and steam. Tho con-
| sequence has been that the British West Indies
are now almost exclusively supplied with proviS-
ions by our merchants, and that trade Is daily aug
menting with the continent of Europei-with free
| trade EngIand,-with the Spanish Main and Is
lnnds,-and with both coasts of North and South
| America,
| But grain and provisions do not alone absorb the
l great bulk of our commerce. Our traditlonaTy sta
| pie is the favorite luxury-tobacco. Long before
| revolutionary times, long, even, before our CITY
/ opened ana QGVelOpeQ IIduG WIN "CShb
Baltimore and the towns along our Maryland water
courses were the centres and marts of the Amer-
can Tobacco Trade. At one time the Leaf itself
was our precious currency, and when commerce IN
troduced paper as circulating medium was SUI
the familiar engraving of this leaf that Authentlca-
ted ga note'' TO the people. In spite OF all com
petition, accordingly, we have hitherto been ena-
bed to maintain our commercial supremacy IN tHiS
article and, as road and its western commune
tons penetrate farther and farther the heart oil thoSt:
new lands which are favorable to its planting, we
mean by the facilities afforded, and the concentTa-
ton of operations, TO consolidate the monopoly IN
| this seaboard market Heavy articles, like flour
and tobacco, designed for export seek the swttest.
nearest, and cheapest conveyance TO the sea; and
Baltimore must, Therefore, continue TO MAINTAIN It's
high commercial character in those productions as
we'll as provisions generally, by the facilities twill
ever afford to the best producers.
Such, gentlemen, were some of the elements OF
our own domestic trade, within our neighbOrhood,
even before the entire opening OF our great inter-
nal improvement, yet, should not forget 10 emu
| merate among our home wealth, the products oil
our bay,-its fisheries and its luxurious oysters
| demanded IN such quantities, a. the west, as to
4 absorb large transportation tonnage; and to lay
the foundation Of distinguished private fortunes
4 Nor should neglect to mention our industrial eS-
| Establishments, our machine shops, our ship build
ing our luxurious stores, filed with every article
of comfort, elegance, taste neessity,-allp ledg-
ed to respond to your wants readily and cheapIy
as the dealers of any otEer market IN the country
Il have spoken somewhat at large OF our domestic
| trade, let Inc now briefly advert 10 our foreign
When domestic trade concentrates al depot on
the tie-water, foreign trade must follow as nat
ural consequence. Accordingly, Baltimore, ex-
cept in OF great disaster or war, has never
| been without a liberal commerce England is
largely purchaser of our provisions and luxuries.
I Germany and France nearly monopoliZe our tobac-
| CO; and, carrying the article on better terms in
their own vessels, they send them hither laden with
Emierants W he are to fillup the unoccupied lands
of the South and West, and to supply large por-
ton OF necessary labor. Thus, indirectly, we are
important agents in promoting the welfare of man
kind in both hemispheres.
| Our commercial intercourse is, moreover, extern
sive with the West Indies and the Southern CONT
nent; with the British possessions of North Amer-
ca, and with our own Eastern Atlantic coast,