The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-02-14
PETROLEUM SPRINGS, I
McTASE Co., KY, Feb. 5, 1856

1t is apparent to any welI-informed per-
son, aud even to the casual observer, that
country possess ed of so many of the essen
tial elements Of commerce in SO eminent
degree as this, must require for the well be-
ing and healthy existence of its trade and
prosperity, fixed, permanent and firmly es-
tablished market to which she can ship her
productions, whether natural, agricultural or
artificial, and from which she can draw her
supplies directly, and in both cases have the
guarantee, by insurance, of safety, despatch
ard convenience.
The immense amount OF mat erial, and the
diversity of its character prerequisites, to the
formation and support Of market which al
ready obtains in this rapidly increasing re-
gion, has. from its very irregularity Of ship
me MT, in mode and destination, been undu!y
appreciated, and very many intelligent per-
sons have been led into erroneous views in
regard to the productive capacity thereof, by
the limited opportunities they have OF maxi
ing correct estimates, and the limited ac-
quaintance they have of the amount annual
y sent off through all the different chan
nels to as many different points.
Let us for example consider the amount Of
tobacco, pork, lard, bacon, cooperage, stores.
lumber, &C., which are shipped by 6atboats
"for MARKET" with no insurance save the
mercy of the winds, waves and snags, and
bartered out in detail, with frequent fatal
losses, between the mouth of Green River
and the imperial Crescent of the sunny
South. ant some vague. very vague idea may
be formed Of what it's aggregate bulk would
be If thrown together at one point.
Now let US take into consideration the
amount Of customs emanating from Green
River, and in the absence of positive data
we can safely venture the assertion that
they greatly exceed those of any other pub.
lie works in the State of Kentucky, and must
Of necessity increase in a direct ratio wit!
the prosperity OF our multifarious resources.
With this view a still more correct estimate
may be made, and we deem it not out of the
way or illegitimate to take into the cacula-
ton the prospective increase, which is grad
ually arising from the rapid development Of
our immense fields Of coal and iran unsurpass-
I'd in extent and quality by any in the
Union; and in consideration OF the above,
we deem it fair deduction that the ability
Of this country TO maintain market, is re-
roducod IN n certaintv
Query: Is it to the interest Of our country
to have market!
| To convince those who may be skeptical
upon this subject, and those who have not
learned and felt by bitter experience the me-
cessity Of this desderetum, we have TO point
for moment only Gas that will sufice) to
our want of reputation abroad as an agricul-
turai country, particularly as regards the
quality of the great staple growth, "tobac.
co." Now. it is well nscertained fact that
we can and do supply as fine an article OF
shipping tobacco as any country West OF
the mountains, yet it is an equally well as.
certained fact that we do not enjoy an equ.
valent regulations; ia ether words. our repu-
taiion has not enhanced abroad pari passu
with our improvement in the culture OF to-
bacco. This unfortunate condition of things
obtains, not only with regard to the article
IF tobacco, but likewise applies with equal
force to other commodities, aud results en-
tirely from the absence of permanent mar
ket. Let us consider further the uncertainty
and danger accompanying our present irreg-
ular shipments, as exemplifed in the wasted
fruits of honest industry seen scattered along
the coast of the Mississippi in the gloomy
perspective OF sunken fats, the wrecked tor
tunes OF those who have embarked IN the
enterprise of fatboating, and we opine that
the most inveterate Old Fogy will say it is
to our interest to have permanent market.
Thus promising, and assuming the fOrego-
going brief and desultory reflections to be
just and equble, let US cast about and take a
birds eye view of those points most likely
to be rendered available by peculiarly
OF location, to the desired ends. That point
which presents the most extensive connec.
tons abroad, with the greatest facility OF &C.
cess in trade, is the one best adapted to our
wants.
1t is self evident, from our isolated local.
ity, that a market for this region must be
located at some point on the Ohio river. the
most convenient to the mouth of Green Riv.
or being the best, as that is the avenue
, through which our productions must inevita.
bly, flow.
Again, it is equally evident that the trade
of this country must be carried on by means
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