The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-10
Something about the South ana
SonIheTn Trade.

The So. Louis papers have lately contained
a number q articles setting forth The du.y
u our merchants 10 secure tneir fuu share
of the Southern trade u0T being revived with
the reorgani cation Of society m the cotton
States. Our merchants are slow 10 Gpp.e-
ciate this subject at its iutrInsic importance
some ofthem are making laudable efforts %
establish business relations with the SOUTH
and are meeting with merited success. We
want q e. neral movement 10 this direction,
and the exhibition Of zeal c0mmensurate
with the magnitude Of tho field Tor enter
prise, and the imperative demands of the
commerce Of our city, both iu the present.
and future.
We had an interview yesterday with q
member Of one OF our oldest commission
houses-Messrs. Scott & Br0s--Telative %
the Southern trade. Mr.. John scott has
iust returned from a business tour through
the South. He spent over one month iu
Nashvilie, Chattalooga, Atlanta, Augusta,
Savannah, Columbus, Macon, West foiut,
Georgia, and Montgomery ana Huntsyilie,
Alsbama, and many other towns Of minor
importance. He found the merchants iu
the various localities be visited all willing
aud anxious % establish busil ess relations
with ST. Louis; and, 90 far as the house Of
Scott & Bros. IS concerned. he made on eU-
ceedingly profitable tour. Hswas rewarded
with far more success than any one c0uld
have anticipated f1r bis mission.
But we regret % learn from Mr.. scott
that. 30 fs~ efforts have been made By cur
leading houses % regain q trade that before
the war Was large and remuncrative source
Of profit 70 the merchants 0f our city. Very
lev Of our merchants have renewed ae-
quaintanco with their old friends in the
south, By visitiug them as they should
have se zed the earliest OPPORTUNITY to do
Merchants of Cincinnati, chicago, and
many Of the Eastern citioa haYe teen busy
drumminr uu new trade ever since peace
uns es.ahiiahsd and che restricii0us of com
merce were removed They are meeting
with success. too, from patronage reluctant
ly granted, from Hant Of more confenial
intercourse or old associatio1a Of course
oar merchants have lost what has been
gained iu other quarters.
Mr. Scott, during his tour through Ten
nessse, Alabama and Georgia, established a
scale oi tariff ratel, from J0husonyille, Ten
neasee riyer, % al the points be visited and
The house OF scoat Z Bros, through iheir
leading enterprise, is nuw prepared 90 give
through bills lading at est tbliahed rates 60
any Of the points named and ali those .n-
termediate, they having obtained the
agency Of al The raiiroads on the various
roate-. lt is well knoWni or it should be,
tuAN Allelt - r. fNal alAAAN Asue ai falH--'
tween Sc Louis and IohnsouFillu and other
points on Tennessee river, a. an times caia-
Bite Of acc0mm- dating the busiEes ,hat "a
fsTu, aad of capacity 10 incrcaae t1e p-si
ness TO double is present extent. 10 wa
be seen there il no want oi iaelI.l.ea- etf
5ne--h.nfs have onlv o. look aiter taeir
o1ru interests and those OF tne eiiy-
We taks ihe present acessiou % agtin
49,. a Louis bus ness msn not tq neglect
~ opuortunity now offered o. rcneF basi-
uess Intercourse With ne eoiton STATES, hJ
r..-s,-al attention so old cua'omers, On es
tablfshed tariff Of rates, aud daily lile Il
Da-.sts % Johnssuviile. counecting with en-
he lsadiog raiiraafa South, throuEh Tea
nessse, Ala5arna. Georgia and s1uin Caro-
Ina. Assurances were gwen % Mr.. Scott,
f,om the merchants whom be visited Of lhs
general disposition to resume she former
G unnerciai relations with oar city, end
tkey ail expressed 8 preference f1r dealluE
witn 80 Louia--St- Loaia Reuall.-sH-