Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-09-23
For the Journal.
Trade of Wilmington

bam and thew will admit that such is the case but
@ of them have looked into the cause OF this decline IN
deperhaps thinking back country does not require
m Goods or they would order them and remain perfectly
tsfed with this conclusion. 1t is great mistake in think
inc tbcy do not require them. They do need them, but are
ng them somewhere else. You ready to ask where
VIv from Charleston Petersburg and Norfolk; and the
reason this is these places represented nearly every
geek in the year all parts of State where they THINK
there the least probability Of selling any orders or
ing consignment of produce. They visit me courts T
ali the counties along the line Of our Rail ROADS anu "e
here get orders for all goods and those to whom
ev cannot sell they give their and printed hand bills
showing what they have for sale ana III .ns wa"
rv merchant in these cities well known through
ont ali of the counties State hlle are are yng stall
nj home, complaining Of dull times Let one OF our mer
bar1 visit any of the of the Northern Western
m Eastern part this State, and he will see nearly all
7uc of trade represented. The Petersburg drummers
have even been to Clinton soliciting trade.
some two years ago. town sold good many goods at
and bcvond Goldsboro. Now these points buy but little
from usand are sending their produce to the markets
ago. saw freight train come in from Peersb4rg con,
t5uug II to Is box packed with all sorts Of
ods destined for every point from Weldon to Mitchenors
IN the n C. r. R. The Rail Road Agent told me these sort
on trains were quite frequent He also said that Peters
5rrc sold more goods to Central Western Northern
Eob Carolina than New YOTk-basing his calculation up
ON The quantity that passed that point and that the
Pptersburg Geersvie and Roanoke Road the Raleigh
CASTOR Rail Road Where do the gred piles of goods go
NV that were forwarded hro' our Town two wears ago
WIN via Charleston and Norfolk. of our largest for
Uading Merchants told to-day. that there is falling
Of Of sixty per cent this year from the amount re-
aiypd here two years ago. ask. MessIs Editors
TO i'll and suffer this state of things and be
tent receive only the trade of the few counties that
inst surround us Some of Merchants will answer, We
DO shipping business, 90 not sell goods solicit
country congnments, at the time not taking into
atiOn, that where the producer buys his goods, he will
send his produce. Unless make greater efforts
the trade due us, it will not be grfat while before shall
have but few to sell to AID produce to ship There is al
ready great falling of in the luhber and timber
mort aud will not be great while before naval stores
business will be exhausted; and for this think is
quite time hat looking for products take their
places and do hope we Will get some that will give
exchange and prove greater Of profit to opera
tors than have naval stores lumber. Our town has the
OF being very enterprising in building long Rail
Roads, we have,but when built instead of combined
effort the part Of cur merchants, banks rail roads
Newspapers to secure the rich harvest deserved al
lowed energies to relax and Charleston Petersburg and
NooIN come hto our ate t0H9hln9 IN e SteeCeS at our
building Rail Roads and using effort to get the trade due
US while they putting forth erey 1tO, offering every
nducement to trade with them. Except cur enterprise
Rail Roads we have fallen tar short of our sister Southern
between New \ ork and Richmond, Petersburg Norfolk
Charleston and savannah Look at the heavy increase Of
produce ana 1oLegn trade Tor the past year IN these cities
of the Southern Atlantic cities, instead of
Geayoring to keep up with the times standing almost
Isolated our trade not increasing but rather decreasing
and cannot even boast of first class Hotel respond
from Charlotte N c., to the Charleston Courier
ont to that city Put on steamers between your port
and New York your present not sufficient to
bring the goods destined for Western North Carolina. He
not a word to Wilmington about it. Are never
wake up to any of these enterprises hope so; but
surely it is quite time doing it.
Some time ago noticed article in the Wilmington Her.
aid headed Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, signed
3D. The writer of this asked why it was that cotton
went from points the Wilmington and Mancher Rail
Road to Charleston $50 miles distant when it only so
miles to Wilmington? cannot say that can give correct
answer to this question but believe can give good
for its being Charleston 1t is because NORTH,
Carolina money not 60ThdbLe South CdTOLtnd except
al discount and the South Carolina bank agencies along
the line of the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road aC
not take at GH So if chant from here asks planter
TO send his Cotton to Wilmington he is almost sure tell
him. cannot your money at any of South Carolina
banks, except at discount and not at all in any OF the
bank agencies along the wilmington and Manchester Rail
ask is a IA of
50 miles of Wilmington, in large cotton growing region
North Carolina money not bankabe lou see 1t effects
interests seriously This is certainly of the prnci
pal why do dot get Cotton from South Car
DINA Charleston Banks instruct their bank agents along
the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road not to take North
Carolina money, drafts Wilmington You zee Their
object to give money as bad possible, know
the serious ellie 1T has upon u.s. and the great beneh
they derive from this They not only do this
but look in the Charleston pajers the day they make
d c tTpre On one Of he Cbareston banks with the
request invest it in North Carolina money at per cent
q per cent. discount and it is the that you
get these Should banks allow this to
lima banks and they Our banks would use the same Hb-
eal policy State and South Carolina that South Car
pats OF their State and ours t0o they would soon ma
the receipts of produce in port four or live times Its
their exchange and make them afraid to broker
present notes for the gold exchange. Let them
brokers will trouble them but little. 1t is rarely the
that North Carolina branch banks will take draft
presented and it quickly taken Nor will they often
cash Wilmington check that they believe 10 be good.
have often heard most reliable merchants say that they
have their cecks returned to them rom their Western Gus,
toners, saying that their banks would not cash them
certainly have enmity towards banks and Go not
wish them to think that intend showing any III making
these complaints and may not be proper for me to sug
gest TO them now 10 manage er business pu fedy 'nelL
Is so perfectly suicidal to the trade and interest OF
Wilmington and Their interest that 1t ought to be
remeded They actually by this course emco,Tage our
Eastern and Western merchants and planters to send ther
produce to Virginia and South Carolina IN preference t.
any of their State markets What the pursued by
the So Carolina Banks to induce trade to come to Charles
ton Why you will find Bank agency in almost every
town and at every country store in their own Stationary
parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and until recently
if not now, North Carona-prePared to cash drafts
Charlie ston accompanied with the Rail Road re
Cepts produce. quite in all of the prmCpa
North Carolina Western towns South Carolina has had
Bank agency these agencies certainly offered Inducements
to the merchants planters to ship Char
eston-and they have good for shipping there be-
they their drafts Of State
markets. ask hOtC long, will Banks contribute towards
driving trade from our State? Is North Carolina dl,CnyS
to be divided against itself? hope not and not let Will
nngton commence now to double her energies towards get
ting rich products that due her She has done
ders in hui ding Rail Roads in State aud She deserves
the trade due from them, and say let us make " strong
pull long pull and pail altogether to get it, his trade
be had by merchants alone. First, it will require il
addition to them, liberal policy in the freighting business
(Which by the way am glad to Is recently beng done
by of them) Secondly, all merchants must keel
large and well assorted stocks and encourage foreign IN
portaons We need especially wholesale Dry Goods anC
Hardware Housesand then let each of the wholesale
houses employ to travel tro every part of this State
accessible 10 Wilmington, and ha portion of South Caro-
lima that ought to trade with to solicit business for then
offering to sell goods the time. that do New Ork
Charleston, Petersburg, Richmond and Norfolk have
often met farmers and merchants in the Western anC
Northern part Of State, who said they would like t
trade with us but they any from Wmngt on
Thirdly, let Banks make their money Bankabe in Nir
gnla and South Carolina without discount, and nstruc
their Central Eastern and Western Branches to take draft
on Wilmington against shil mens of produce-cash certi
he'd checks on wilmington at their Branches when requested
to do They can aid rery greatly bringing trade t.
Wilmington and keeping within the State and they
to be equally benefited sincerely trust that they will Civ