, 1859-03-09
PRESS AND TRIBUNE
VDSXspAY x3RN1Mo, MARcH Q, 1859.
The st t.oQ1a Ck&Nber OF Commerce
and tha Mock a.Nn8 8T1d&es

The st S.oQia Chauber OF Commerce
and the Rock 1a.ana BF1dEs"
Ts hevs bafors m &as report Of ths Cham
xr Of oommsecs Of the city Of st. Louis for
Ehs year lg52 It contains forty.e1ght pages
If closely printed nattar, giving iaats and
ecpres in resa,d to the trade and progress Of
81. Louia. which will b. read With great aatls
1hattou by ell who taka m intarasl IN ihs 4
aeospsrly Of the Vest. In common with our
s,.ireu, generally, we rejoice at that prosper
fty, md With hearty good will ~ ny. *'Let
it be perpetual" Both St. Looia aud Chicago
havs each m extentive country Of unequalled
mineral and agricultural riches, whose trade
will always bs tributary to them, and their
commercial facilities will secure them ffom
aaoceEu1 rivslry-. They must ever be The
great central cities of the continent. Tue
question al to which will take the lead in the
race to commercial greatness we need not
ditcug here. Our opinions. on that subject
ate we'll known. But the inquiry Why shonld
thesc cities expend their energies in efforts 10
cripple the commerce Of each otherf Is again
forced upon us by this report.
Each hiss sources Of legitimate growth which
ought to satisfy the most grasping ambition.
We can Answer for The citizens Of Chicago
thAt they would not interpose the least OBJ
stscle to her highest prosperity.
While The best feeling prevails IN This city
towards St. Lopis, it Is but too evident that
shs is actuRted by far different sentiments TO-
wards her siFter upon The lakes. Nor is this
ut all wo1 dsrtul. Within the last quarter
Of = century, Chicago has grown from
u mere Indian truding~post to be fal.
II the eqnal Of ST. Louis in popula-
tlon. and in some departments Of CON-
znerce, statistics have long eince proved thnt
We have far surpassed cur older sister. No
better evidence Of this hostile feeling could
be given than the inveterate opposition
which ST. Louis, from its Tery inception, bas
manifested towards the Rock Island Bridge.
The report before us has an entire page de-
voted to that subject, in which no effort is
made to conceal the anxiety and the bitter
hard which the S.. Louis Chamber Of Com.
me1ce entertain towards lhis great national
wolk. It is not too much 10 cali it national,
for il forms part Of that great national
highway which. il soan> 10 bind the cities 'ol
The Atlautic with 1hoEe Of the Pacific coast.
To show that we are correct in attributipg
The hostility Of St. Louis to The Rock Island
Bridge 10 The fact, that it diyezts the trade oi
Iowa largely to this city, We proceed to give
the statistics Of the commerce that passed
over the bridge Tor an entire year, tue mum
her Of boats that passed The draw, and the in
jnries received from the bridge. To grart
body like the St. Louis Chamber Of Commerce
actual facls are or should be fur more valua
bic ,hanApy amount Of reasoning, however
logical and apparently conclusive. Thest
facts arc from authentic sources and oan b
verified ly the most urquestioned authorit.
9saiem Ut Of be number o. lloyd d FrKt Car passfr
Fsem june suth, 1877. 10 Ju 3oA. 1e5a
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