Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-21
The Trade Of Green River.

q The Trade or Green River.
The following Communication from q
gentlemen up Green river, speaks for
ITSELF Our merchants, it seems to rs,
can comprehend "the situation at q
glance Itlcan hardly be possible that
we should DO more alive to their inter-
ests than they are, yet it often seems so
We feel an identityof intsrest with the
merchants, manufacturers and business
men Of Evansville that prompts ms to-
urge forward every enterprise which
promises an addition to our resources
and wealth. Their prosperity is our
prosperity. Their growth 10 our growth;
and, on the other hand, their misfortune
i our uaisfortune. a live paper is but
the repsesentativeiof . live city, full Of
energetic, live business men. We never
have ssen paper conducted withenergy
and spirit IN town or city where busi
ness was stagnant, merchants idle, and
mechanics without employment half the
hms. Such . thing never occurs--it is
a physical impossibiiity,, ~, 's-s..o
The Green river trade has always been
regarded as one of the main sup.
ports Of our city, aud great ex-
ertions have been put forth in
times past to secure 1t. For q while
Evansville has enjoyed almost an entire
monopoly Of that 5rich traffic. Her
goods have been exchanged for Green
river tobacco, which almost invariably
sought q market in this direction, and
our various; manufacturing establish
ments have enjoyed lucrative profits in
supplying thai region of country with
machinery and farming implements
Our correspondent notifies our people
that their trade is in danger. Louis
vile ia putting forth unusual exertions
70 supPlant us in the estimation of the
Greensriver people. We trust his warn.
ing will not, fall & apon needless or in.
different ears. Forewarned, ordinarily,
10 to be fore.armed, We hope our con.
Duct in trying to retain the trade we
have gained BY long years of enterprise
and liberality will not prove an excep-
ton to the correctness of the adage.
The company that takes the mail con-
tract will, Of necessity, have to keep a
couple Of boats in the Green river trade
continually. Should Louisville secure
tho mail contract, our people can readily
see that terrible blow will have been
struck 1t their interests, for discrimi-
nation i'm freight would be made that
would prove almost destructive of our
trade. The packets being compelled to
RIM TO Louisville would draw call the
trade and freight to that point that
they could influence, and BY degrees, the
trade that is so valuable to our people
would be turned and made to How in q
new channel Our merchants ought to
check this game. They can do 90 if
they will.
The following is the letter Of which we
have been speaking ora #Io'A -
Bovine GREER, Ky,
40 ANA March 49, 1866. /
Editor1 JouFual:# a5Tc "a 81 aM al
Having been travelling this country
over Tor some time past, I find that the
trade of this section would naturally 90
to our city il We had the proper commu-f
nication, SO that the people here could
depend upon II regularly Leuisville is
making mighty efforts fol. the mail coa.
tract from Evansville to this Port, and
should they get it, ! fear very much they
viii draw the, trade Of our city to their
port. For the advantage Of our cisy,nI-
advise you 20 urge the citizens 10 do
something regarding this matter, as it is
very essential that We should have the
Green river trade IS we have had and we
cannot afford to divide With any place.
III our capitalists knew az much about
it as do, they never would allow Louis
isvi.le to get the mail contract, Two
good boats with the mail, to make three
or four trips gaTwsek, could make
money, az the produce Of the country
must naturally find its way to. New Or
leans, and Evansville is the quickest.
cheapest and 1best route for it, Thsre.
fore,i II is TO our advantage to organize a
stock company and take this mail
am also convinced that thu merchants of
this country will patronize MS as soon a.
They end out that they can depend on
us for transportation. Being an old
resident of this place, / am convinced
that we can do heavy trade uo here.
provided we do justice to ourselves BY
\ giving them anSopportunity OF buying in
our market. |, for one, will take the
task Of soliciting custom up here when
we once get the line started.
Messrs. Editors, being a regular read
er of your paper, and spprecisting the
same, give further privilege of doing
as you please with the contents of thia
! only. write this for the advantage of
Evansville, and to urge you to wake the
merchants up; for if they do not stir
themselves, : bouisgille will take the
Green river trade from US, which is our
principal support 4ssgnraa .s.a
Hoping, you will do all you can in
this cause, and do what you win with the
contents Of this letter, i remain, dear
SIR, yours -. s-g - s-y-rs w. y. =.