The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-26

Tia. reorganization of the Board OF trade
-. ,...r3r1 hv the commercial interests
f. n.> city, and we cannot too earnestly
.,,.y>, he subject upon the attention OF
,.r...;,ru>. The new Richmond which IS
..ut,~rg.. from the ruins is plainly Rich
...I upon larger scale and with more
.x.t,,.vc views than the Richmond before
80. war. Yet if she is content 10 remain
in t,~ l,lragucrcd situation, with hostile
.,... II transportation on every hand, IN
..,.lr4 10 curtail her trade and prevent
t.~r,uw.h. She will have very little need
,.,,,~ stores and more cOmmodiouS ware
r..-.>. Why, the wheat is to be taken
s.,. rr.r very doors almost, and carried 10
,-..t,t markets, because OF the unaccom-
r;4,.nr or still more Objectionable spirit
I'd. n.roai companies, who refuse to inter-
,H.,,t. their loaded cars to save the cXpcn-
,.,r handling OF heavy frcightS. And yet
w, boa>, o., the most magnificent mills III
the world, which manufacture the finest
a.# I..tE - hI'iN II III tplIl!ilSIAN' WV Vs.
good, trade and every branch of business
,.,.rr from similar distractions, or high
charges OH every line Of transportation,
will, distant markets have the benefit OF
,araEsh freight and low charges everywhere
41d'a.l around us.
|, NAV be said that we are not Just
-rliy to enter the market rs competitors,
AL il will he time enough when we are
ready, TO look AT the matter. This IS
s-,at error. We are ready. We can now
g.. everything that is wanted in the
country al the most reasonable prices, and
can supply any demand. And this is'pre-
,.>,y the time, when new relations are
forming aud new men are entering the
business world, TO extend the intercourse
e., Richmond-to establish that acquaint-
aac,>hip and kind feeling with the interior
wA.cn would become the basis Of large
art thrifty trade as soon as the country
ryy.yrS from It's depressed condition. H.,
when this period may arrive, Richmond has
ouly 10 limited degree such relations ana
Intercourse, She may never enjoy them; or
/, Sire does, She will have 10 spend hun
ag,I> Of thousands TO command them.
There are men in this city who have the
energy and ,agacity to accomplish almost
1y,a.ng. See what little effort on the
part Of a lew has accomplished, after years
IT appeal and argument i'll vain, for the
establishment Of a Produce Exchange.
FIR twenty wears such an institution had
been urged upon these people. AT last
lie lyhacto commission merchants at
tempted a Tobacco Exchange, and sue
crylrd after d great deal Of opposition. 1t
las answered admirably well. 1t cannot
lng be- dispensed with. The spectators,
manufacturers, and sellers, all meet 1T the
kNraangc, and there al the business Is
DONE Men no longer run from warehouse
10 warehouse, al great Inconvenience To
Themselves. Being in want Of suitable
r,om lor their meetings, Messrs. HARvEYs
i WILLIAMS, with an enterprise creditable
To themselves, erected building III
Shockoc slip that contained exactly what
they wanted, and even more; for the
apartment designed for them is large
enough for the Corn Exchange also. And
How this follows as a matter of course,
after years of effort. The argument has
been that there was no building suited for
one, and that there was not enough enter
iri,r and liberality among the merchants
10 raise the money to build it. We have
a, last seen this done by single firm. We
Mail now have the Corn Exchange, and
v" Shall see, as soon as produce begins
10 arrive in sufficient quantities, that in this
fine building will meet the buyer and
seller, and the merchants will transact
more business in an hour than under the
Old system they could get through in a
day.
BQ, We ought to have the Board of Trade
and the Corn Exchange Board. We ought
10 feel that Richmond is indeed now to be a
great city, and Immediately get ready this
simple machinery Of Boards and Exchanges,
which are absolutely Indispensable to
every commercial community above ga
one horse town."