The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-10-05
NO. A9.
Mercantile AdYertisiahs.

There is, perhaps, no city in the
world which, at this time, is making
such rapid progress in wealth and i'm
portance as New York. Improvement
of every kind is going forward there
at rate which has never been par
allied in the history of any similar
metropolis, and which seems to bid
defiance to competition. We may
chaie as we please at this amazing
prosperity of our neighbors, and
deprecate that centralizaticn OF trade
aud influence which it is alleged she is
endcavoring to effect upon this con-
tnent, but it cannot be denied that a
superior commercial energy, enter
prise and intelligence are the only
causes that are creating the difference
between her and rival communities;
and that the result flows so legitimate
ly from fair and generous exertions Ito
attain the position of the Empire
City" of America, that none can Just
~ make it the subject OF invidious re-
mark or resistance. 1t is obvious that
every year is adding vastly to the
business activity and resources Of
New York. Merchants from all quar-.
ters of the old and new world are
focking there as to great central
mart, where capital, and skill, and
industry, may find the most advan.
tageous field of pc'ation; and, aided
by the immense foreign means which
are thus brought into direct combina-
ton with those of her own citizens,
New York is how increasing, with
surprising rapidity, her power and
prosperity as an emporium. She is
expending far more money than any
or all other cities in this country upon
canals and roads designed to concen-.
trate, as far rs possible, in herself
the thousand streams Of island COM
merce; she is continually multiplying
the number OF the steam lines which
are uniting her with the ports of ev:
cry sea, and making them tributary to
her metropolitan growth and grand
cur; and with shrewd Etact in pro-
viding herself with. those agencies
which not only attract, but constantly
keep an immense transient population
within her limits, she is construct
ing hotels which nfe palaciai in CHAR
acter, increasing her places OF popular
amusement, and doing whatever else
she finds it necessary to do in order to
promote her welfare.
One great secret Other success. un-
doubtcdly, is the effort to keep the
world advised of what her resources
and attractions MS metropolis are.
New York business men, aware of the
Importance of the newspaper press as
channel for gaining wide and ad-
vantagcous notoriety, have used it with
the same libcrality with which they.
avail themselves cf every means of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and arc reaping the
benefits Of their wise economy in this
particular. In paragraph upon this
subject in the New York Tribune re.
GENTLY, it was stated that the sestima:
ted annual expenditure Of fthe business
men of that city, in advertising alone,
is more than two millions of dol
lars, otwhich three-fourths are spent up
on their own journals. 1--WE count this"
says the article, s'among the infiucn-
ces which are steadily concentrating
the wholesale trade Of the country
more and ihore upon New York. 1.-THE
remark Is certainly just one; and
we regret that's fact SO thoroughly ap-
preciated and acted upon by the speo-
pie of a rival city is so little understood
and taken advantage of here. While
New York journals, crowded with the
advertisements of her merchants, me-
chanics and manufacturers, are circula-
ted thickIy throughout the United
States, as well as abroad, those Of Phil
adelphia present, comparatively, no
adequate exposition of our CONNER
cial character and advantages. This is
serious drawback upon the business
prosperity of the city.Phita. U,
S. Gazette.
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