The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-10-11

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crease without Capital, Labor
and Enterprise -! ..... ....
We have over aad over again reminded
ca peopls Of the urgent necessity which
exists at present for an exclusive wholesale
Johbins Dry Goods House in our city, to
help secure tue trade which seeks this mark
ct in preference TO all others. Our merchants
IN all other branches Of trade are complain
ing, and complaining bitterly, of their ina
hility TO secure the custom which would
Willingly stop here were there a sufficient
uantity OF dry goods at wholesale in this
market, They see and have repeatly ex-
periencad toe utter futity of their efforts
IN drumming for customers for their estab-
lishme1ts, or inviting merchants from the
country to visit the city for their supplies.
They are met at every point by the inquiry,
els there al exclusive Wholesale j obbing
Dry Goods establishment to furnish us the
priac pa, article we deal in, in your city,
"tf no.," they Say,''we have to go elsewhere
TO a. ia our 5to,t OF Dr. goods, and it is
n,onvaaj.nt OAK. oar purchas es at so
many dIfe-eu p1jlts." Aud thus is driven
from ouc civ trade probably amounting
to many mj!-;Ju; Of dollars a year, for want
Of what might be probably supplied by a
few hUad.ed thousand thus is dissipated.
and thrown iato toe way of the merchants
CT 9th er cities, trade for which millions
have been expended to secure, in the con-
struc!ioa Of railroads, canals and other i'm
provenents centering on our city.
We have been repeatedly reminded that we
aLou,d not tel these STARTLING TRUTHS, for
fea, taey would have tendency to injure
cuc trade. Bah The existing state of af-
fI;c3-the want Of which we complaints
wat we have to dread, not the proclamation
OF il. Every merchant who endeavors to
s.ol customer in tas city, knows this
eve customer WAC is anxi rus to trade here
aad WHO passes through here, reluctantly,o n
III way Eorta koows it; then, from whom
slJa We keep it secret. They are pain
fu. Aoss TO us, indeed; aad rendered doubly
pa.n,u', when we consider the remedy is so
eas,!y Applied, aad no effort is made what
evec to apply it. Here, in the midst of a
Population Of for.y tsoa,aHa inhabitants b
the two cities custom alone would
amply support two or three such establish
ments as we have reference to, without the
assistance Of extran 4ous aid, there is not
enterprise enough among the people to
make the venture, Why is it? Why is it, we
ask, that people evincing suffi ,ient enter
prise to expe1i millions OF dollars to bring
the tcade Of large extent Of countr y right
e., tLeie door, siov.d after the completion of
tIose MEAS, 50 suddenly lose their energy,
whilst they see tAey have the prize they
have reached for within tn cir grasp, il they
wcV,d bet hold out their hands and secure it?
Rave they aud iealy become stone blind
{ Int tley cannot see what is going on around
them? Can tleg not see what is building
up SO many lines Of Northern steamers to our
port. Is it GOT plain to them, that the bull
ding Of thsir lines of internal improv ements |
has caused this thing; that those improve
ments opens up to Va a trade of immense |
vLle, which the Northerners seeing we will |
not avail of,acs bending every effort to secure |
TO themselves. Have We bssa guilty of the |
hlind inEatuatio1 Of believing that, to open up
4 chanasl OF trade would be al that was ne
eessary to secure that trade because we have
q favored location. What makes trade pro-
fiSaoe not its mere passage through a city,
Certainly; but ita centering there, and there
efecting exchange, oae community for an
other
Why should we cry, ''Help help help /!
OF we sink !" when we make no effort to
help ourselves Give US sufficient exclusive
wholesale Dry Goods establishments to meet
tue wants Of our present trade, if you would
have tue investments already made in our
Improvements benefit US. We have capita
ono arh at home if we had the nerve to ap
ply it. Give Us this, and one by one domes.
tic manufactures will open in our midst,
trades of all kinds will prosper, real estate
will go Up to four timea its present value, the
Limits of our city will expand, thousands Of
houses will be erected where now stand open
Gelis covered With poxioVs weeds, and pros