Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-06-20

| BALTIMORE, June 1915 L. M.
We are now in the midst of a very hot spell
Of weather. The thermometer at present is up
to SO.
Accounts from the surrounding country give
promise of an abundant harvest. The grain. in
all directions is very fine. Harvesting will
commence about the latter part Of the present
! month.
| Remarkably good health prevails in our city
| The weekly list of mortality is unusually
small
| Quite large number of Southerners are
| passing through our city en- route for the North
| and the various watering places.
Judging from all | have yet been able to see, |
| am induced to the belief that the Memphis Com
msrcial Convention has proved rather abortive.-
The truth is, there were only delegates pre-
sent from Baltimore, (haf of whom were there
moro by accident than otherwise My impress
sion is that these conventions of no great
count. Business is not made by set speeches,
good dinners and the mere passing of resolutions
1t is all we'll enough to council together, inter-
change ideas, &c., but it cannot be expected that
citizens of different States and Cities opposed as
they must naturally be ininterests, being rivals
| for trade and commerce, are going to legisute,
| either in conventions elsewhere, IN such man
ner as will operate against themselves. The
people of New Orleans, Charleston, or any OF the
| Southern or Western cities, will not build up
| Baltimore at the deterioration of their bust
| ness prospects. The great current of business
naturally runs in selfish channel. The legiti-
mate way, therefore, to ensure success, is to be-
| gin at home and to act with energy. business
begets business, and enterprise calls tor ano-
Their. Action is the word. Put shoulder to the
| wheel at once talk is apt to end in talk. Nature
has formed her various locations. and she has lett
art to improve them. There is at present gigan-
tic competition going on city against city, for the
supremacy oftrade.
This never can be stopped short of a conversion
of the physical elements. If Baltimore expects
to become great, she must make herself so. Her
own citizens have the deepest interest in this
| A year ago she called a commercial convention
here, which really resulted in nothing but fea St
| ing nd talking Had she then applied the Same
energy to building line of steamers between
here and Liverpool, they might by this time have
been launched and ready for freight. We must
| hold out our inducements, and then mon from the
| South the West and the middle States will give
US their attention. Mere isolated friendship In
business, is rare quality. If Southern and
Western men can deal better to their own advan-
tags by going to New York or Philadelphia they
will 90 there, nor could they be considered sErewd
if they did not The pocket has here direct in
huence, and it SWAPS towards self.
We caunot expect New Orleans nor any ofthe
L. I,ov,> TO rOI
them of their trade, by universal agreement
thnt Baltimore shall be built up, at the sacrifice o.
themselves These same arguments apply equal
ly to all, We must make our own business, ant
, offer such inducements as will voluntarily bring
others to as. say, then, instead OF doing bust
, ness by of antagonstic conventions, let us
do it ourselves, by putting shoulder to the wheel
Unison of action is at all times desirable, but i
I cannot possibly be obtained without union o
interests.
, About year ago, the old depot of the Baltimore
t and Ohio Railroad, on Pratt street, was sold tt
, Mr.. Bainbridge, of Louisville, Kentucky, fol
9 $4,000. l now learn that the sale has been an
nulled in consequence of the company not being
able to give clear aud satisfactory title TO the
property They were, therefore, obliged to re-
: fund the money, with interest advanced on it,
The speculation would have been very hand
Y some
Business is rather quiet at present Many of our cit
i | zens are preparing for the summer retreats
Flour is somewhat trmer to-day. under the Asia
and fresh brands held at 81 6sa4 rs. The
dcatons of abundant harvest however tend to keep
- down prices.
n Red Wheat Iooalo6 cents white l06al14c. Salei
white Corn 53a54 yellow Sass Oats 35a37 4:
cents. Rye Sc
Provisions dull Mess Pork $l5 75aSl6 Reef el5 IS
Bacon Shoulders 64a6A sides 7aas hams loal24c Sale,
1900 kegs Lard loallc and 400 bbs at e5aloc But
tor 12al4o. Cheese sia9ic.
Coffee dull Sales 1000 bags Rio at sia93 to 1oc-
Buyers disposed give these prices. Stock hand
$4,000 bags
Cotton 1a4c lower. Sales 700 bales middling to mid
ding fair plands and Cults a2 cents Stock soo(
Las.
Sugars dul--stook 5000 hhds. New Orleans 4aa5a.-
Molasses dull at 7Ia30c for New Orleans
Wool frmer Unwashed 27a30ci washed 3sa40c.-
Fleece 42a52c
Rice dull fa4tc.
Whskey 22a23c.
Money Market is easy and abundant. j. W.
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