The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-08-26
THE NEW YORK SUN.
sI1IRDAY MORNING, AUG. 20, 1865.
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soutbeyu Trsde-Why Ihnguishes
rs.,.u. General mani sstston OF surprise that
N =. ,.-opening of commercial intercourse between
l.. y,,.b and the South has no, oaused The co!ioo
,d o,b., southern staples To he brought into MAJ
sa his veil known that there arc somewhere
,r An. p.,xhbothood ~ three million bales NJ cot
~,ip the reclaimed s,stes, besides largo qn'nii-
,e, q, tobacco 4 e and other valuablss. " ~ also
fnovn that the s,u,his in an Impoverished com
Moo. ,h, he people arc greatly In need Of North
arm manufactures that they have no tnone-, and
.,,, Il, ia ,v,dsnty 10 their interest 10 bring their
..-.-,,.,. INTO make, without delay. In view "
a.. ,.c,. an, natural inquiry at the North g.
.n, AZ, ,he., rich staples apparently sealed up IN
A. South Why are they not sent North u re-
g.. ~. ,,...inr demand for them here, and 70 re
H.. IN. greater demsnd for northern go-,- at tho
souu,. Cor which they might be exchanged 'NIon
.ood. or, now much higher than they ~ore
.hrce months ago no raw material oil any
.posentlaDce 10 reaching the Manufacturers aud
mod, are lending upward instead of downward
o. v~ publicly expected. The cause 81 ms ap-
parent mystery IL simply This; Tho owners o' ms
s-,,on and other staples do not bring them 10
market because they have no rnetns Of rsnhpof'
a-,iou. The whole railroad system ~ tho sou'h
vss destroyed during the progress Of the late war
and 4, was uron this that tho interior plsntsrs do
,snd.d for transporting their commodities W mar
tn A large quantity OF cotton, II IL true was,
or,yious 10 the war accessible To river steam
boats, but nearly all that was so stuatet has leen
sithss destroyed or captured, a. our war vessels
b~y, p.,roled nearly every nsVigable river In the
evu,h. THO supply OF cotton now on hand IT,
"A "A interior. and 10
accessible only by railroads Being syery bulky
commodity, IL cannot 10 transported Advantage
ously by wagons, aud even u this were possible
n would be OF little consequence now, Tor
ssarly every means u road transportation WAS
surnod over 70 The rebel army during ths war
Such u the prsssn, situation regarding the exPor-
sston Of Southern stsples and in Wow Of the itn'
xoysrishment Of railroad compsnea as we'll 40 OF oil
sher branches Of entsrIriss. The prospect OF rsho
II nos 81 all encouraging. southern railroad cor
porauons were never wealthy. like majority o'
ahoss st the North, for ,hsr business was always
comp.rs,ively dull. Consequently, ,ho avoepins
away Of neariy everything thsy bad, with no pros
x,>c, Of ever being rsmunera,ed TO the extent OF
stsuar, has virtually parslyIed them. very lev
Vins. thu, received the ls.st damage during Nh
war, ar, making an effort to &c, into running order
but taking the network Of Southern railroads rs
whole they are in . state Of complete prosrsi'on
and their recovery without e1r,nocus ard vii
necessarily be very slow. Now u IL very import
an, 10 the South, 10 the North, W the Governmsn
and 70 the country at large, that this railroad CON
.nun,cauon-which |. now tho grsa, necessity
should be restored with al possible dispAicf
Tue South cannot do H. the North eAnn
1e expected TO do It, but why not the Government
The romsrk able qu,cknes- with which railros
were constructed BY Government engineers durir
che war, and tho splendid facilities which th'
spioy for the hssty building % railroads, warran
she belief that the whole network Of Southern ra
roads might 10 again In working order within
few months, under Government auspices. Emplo
vusnt could thus DO given 10 the freedmen;
negro soldiers would 10 furnished with sornethir
90 do; the Government would incur no actual O
penss, for II would DO reimbursed from the ar
receipts OF tho roads the South would be relieve
OF the greatest difhculty which now bssets 10; Il
North would receive tho needed staples with
accompanying reduction in prices, and great ben
III would result 10 the country Al large. why
not this suggestion fsssihlsf