Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-07
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Baltimore on the road to greatness, is the en-
coaugcmcnt and growth of manufactures to
= sill greater extent than that now entered
upon; and for such enterprise, or Such methods
oil employing capital. we have taken the
Ground that no city in the Union possesses
such rare facilities for developing itself i'll
this direction. Whilst it is true that it is of
vast Importance to have the crude material,
coal and the ores present to convert to the va
rious purposes neediul To multiply wealth and
add to human comfort, the fact that other COM
munites, without such advantages, contriye to
obtain vast importance as convcrterS of the raw
material laying the outside world under con
tribution to them. should encourage us, and
cause us to do all in our power to emulate
them. And as one OF the prime conditions of
success in this line. we have, besides cheap
raw material. cheap food, in ordinary times.
And how far this enters into the cost Of pro
duc.ion every capitalist is well aware. Bring
the food for the operative and the material he
Is to labor upon into close proximity as il is
here. and with our advantages, rightly under
stood in all their detail. we might vie with the
most successful communities in the success we
should exhibit
and in relation to the commanding posi-
ton we occupy in the ability to get farm pro-
auctions cheapy no State and no city excels
ours. In this regard, cheap and convenient
water carriage is of the very last Importance.
no matter how much We may telicitate our
selves on the splendid railroad system which
has done 50 much for our commercial advance
meat. Remembering that one of the very
first conditions Of life III Il city is the ability
to bring into it on easy terms the varied pro-
dncls which are indispensable to a crowded
population. and the value to Baltimore of
what are commonly called ebay craft
can hardly be estimated. Bringing to us,
at one period, oysters and other pro-
duets Of the water, the end Of the oyster
season sees them thronging hither loaded with
fruits, vegetables, fuel. and so on, until in the
course Of the year they have gone the rounds
Of nearly every production, both Of sea and
iaal. Managed commonly by but two orthree
hands, they are run cheaply and they penetrate
every creek and inlet accessible TO such light
some of the counties on the Eastern Shore
aliost every farm is either on or not far from
mayigable water. the value of this cheap
method Of freighting may be imagined as
wheat, tobacco. corn, oats and numberlesS
. other productions Of fertile soil are started
for market here on the easiest terms
Now We say that, taking all these things into
consideration, there is vast room for improve.
m2nt upon what we have already Accomplished.
For instance, what has our neighbour Phila-
dolphin, to show which in fortunate coniunc-
tloa can compare with what is brought to-
gcthcr here And yet with very few advantages,
comparatively, she has one of the busiest and
most productive populations in this country
Every street almost has some huge manufac-
turing establishment commanding the services
OF hundreds Of operatives; almost every alley
turns out something of value from lathe or
hummer to add to the common rosperity.
We say again-lct Baltimore. in the new era
hat is dawning upon her, consider all this
We must be up with the great world, if we
WoIli flourish as a commercial mart. If there
have been rivalrics hitherto. these rvalries are
going to be sharpened up an hundred fold
hereafter We cannot expect to hold our own
with our neiehbors, unless we emulate their
example, and make use of everything within
reach. Capital must come ont of its holes.
ITS SIX per cent corners, and see lift cannot by
means of little ingenuity and enterprise, do
better than has been its won't Doing what we
may easily accomplish, we can start Baltimore
on career Of commercial prosperity such as
she has never vet experienced.