The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-10-09

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Western r.iIrosds a. i IL nov Of fhs so1thsrn.-
North and South Carolina and Georgia have large
the most extensive trade With Brazil q any sscticns
OF this country. The West and New Orleans are
also deeply interested in .he Brszii trade To all
and nearest place Of departure and arrival aud to
ths North il would b. equally 50.
sth. Steamers Of 1900 toas are proposed by Mr..
9ardner at $250 per mile, but 1000 ton steam.
ers, st the rate OF 81 per mile, for mail steamsrs
commercial line would not require 90 much size
and cost But he thinks mail subsidy lie required
much larger for Brazil than for Europe, because
the distance Is 30 great the steamers must start
nearly loaded with coal, leaving. little Toon for
freight, very little light valuable freight or spe.
Gle can be expected; very few passengers can be
counted on; coal for the return voyage would cost
IN Rio about $l2 per ton making the average cost
f,r the voyage upwards of SO per ton, or double
the cost OF coal on a European voyage. But this
10 an argument with Congress for subsidy, for
passenger steamer, to carry mails Why must the
sseauiers start nearly loaded with coal, when they
may have depots at St. Thomas, Barbsdoes, Per.
nambuco. Bahia and Ros Again, trade woud be
Increased; aud the correspondence would Increase
and all 60 by this route from the United States to
kio, and the postage weuld pay without subsidy.
II subsidy could be obtained it would DO only an
additional profit. Again: the balance Of trade 10
90 much aRainst Us now a. to favor the European
rival trade in exchange, and specie would be re-
mitted oecessarily to meet the balance of trade
instead OF paying the premium now paid for ex-
change. Passengers would vastly increase Ia
numbers as steam travel is sub stituted for
sails. And u commercial steamer would not cost
as the rate offs passenger and mail steamer.
The statistics OF the Brazilian trade furnished
by Chevalisr do Aguiar in Hunts Merchantg Mag
azine, show that from 1S33-34 to 1S55-56, twelve
years, the imports from the United States bad &C.
sdLy decreased fourteen per cont, while those from
England had increased 20 per cent, consisting
chiefly Of cotton goods. At the same time the ex.
ports TO the United States had increased $50 per
cent The great balance caused By this export being
paid BY bills Of exchange England, instead Of
increased ezpos is, seich exchange taken for re-
na,ttdssces to tie English 4tasufacturers scho IN
stead Of o,r ocn, redped all the adrantoges Of the
great increase Of the coffee trade ruth the United
Sf0tss. The consumption of Brazilian produce in
Great Britain is not moro than half in amount of
that consumed in the United States, while the i'm
ports from Great Britain into Brazil eight times
larger than from the United States. And this dis
parity will go on increasing unless checked by di-
rect steam communication between the q. 8. and
statistics send you, incosed, the memorials
themselves, and You will see by the last the i'm =
portance of the trade.
The great question is:-is.th enterprise and
capital enough in Richmond and Norfolk to estsb-
ish four, IL not four, two. if not two, one
mercial steamer of 10J0 or 1900 tons between Nor
folk and Rio! 1t will require from quarter of q
million to one million oniy Of capital; it requires
agents sent out Immediately to Brazil, and depots
OF coal to be established the route and tohea
tabtished cM be the speedest policy TO draso to
European foreign trade. 1t will build up city and
Increase capital and command exchange with Eu.
rope and Brazil and will educat ageute and men Of
commerce for us in both Europe aud South Ameri-
ca. 1t will make US the great mart of -four and
provisions for export, and of the coffee and hides
aud fruits for import, which trade with the new
world will soon make us rich enough to coma
mence and carry on direct foreign trade with the
old.
1t is in my opinion, no paradox to Say that the
way most certain and speedy to get direct trade
with Europe and to be our own importers thence,
is to bend all our energies to trade with the
West Indies aud South America, by commercial
steam connection, and to make the latter bring
about the former. We have sl the materials and
it remains TO be seen whether we have the wit to
fnd out the way. One thing must say Let US
be ashamed to utter one murmnr of sectional jeal-
ousy against Baltimore, Philadelphia, New YORK or
Boston, while we have much capacity iu our
selves, and yet like the fool OF Horace stand wait
ing on the banks Of the stream for the waters to
pss5 by before We cross over. We have wood, iion,
build and rig and sai Us ships We have -four,
pork, beef, tobacco, salt and everything TO export
ard not merchant to send 1t away and bring
back lis return cargoes. We have exports in abuu
dance aud strangers have TO send them away fer
rs, aud then bring back the returns to ports ont
keepers and Consumers efimporters ia other States
This is not their oppression, it is our fault. We
are not educated in foreign trade. Let me mpiore
yon to Re1d some agents and factors abroad. Send
some of your sons TO Rio de Janeiro and to ports
everywhere promising to rs foreign trade. TeacG
some one the ways and means of Carrying j. on
Ii you can't bring the Great Eastern from Europe
do start a cock boat To Rio de JsDeiro
Pardon this deiointed epistIe-it is written
cprrente cGlamo, and you must indulge its car
nestness OF feeling for Virginia pride aud Virgins
profit. Very respectfully, yours truly,
HENRY A. WISE.