The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-01
TIINOUGE lIEIGHTS--HOEV TO CON-
TROL THEM.

| 10 The Editor Of The Daily Ne,os:
In previous article pointed out that Charles
| ton, in claiming Importance seaport, could
| only maintain such position by the most extreme
commercial connections ut her command. De-
vclop hcr local trade to the utmost, canvass every
available District, push hor business as far as pos
siblc and still there remains ample accommoda-
ions for ioots of ships Mt her DOCKS long lines of
railroads seeking freishts, hundreds of young mon
asking for employment along her business thor
oughfarcsI
Charleston cannot must not, be content with
only local ira lc, however much she may dream
of it, but should seek also to concentrate over her
reroadsand by her ships the enormous tonnage
| to and from those distant communities with which
sho is now in daily communication. Memphis,
Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Augusta, Char
lotto and score of other cities and towns viii
bring their produce and order return cargocs of
supplies to the port Of Charleston if economy and
| their convenience arc consulted.
| Tho requirements are simplest is to do what
others are doing. Tho consignor at any interior
point expects reasonable rato-that is, n tariff Of
charges rs low priced rs by any other line. Ho
wants dispatch--tho bill Of lading must be drawn
to consignco at final dcstnaton-no dclays-no
unnecessary breaking Of bulk-no contingent cx-
pcnscs. In truth, the consignor must know exact
" how much it costs and how long it will tako
Those are the conditions to be complied with
terms which other ports arc oherng to secure this
kind of business. There arc at present, however
two serious drawbacks i'll Charleston to tho full de-
veopmont Of these important plans. First, admit
what wo believe is now all asccrtaned fact, that all
tho leading railroad interests, say from Charlotte,
Atlanta and other western points to Charleston,
arc fully rc-osta bshed, thero is, on tho part Of
somo steamship owners, desire to obtain eXtraya-
. CANT freghts, forgetting that cheap but romune-
rative rates have crowded our wharyos with cotton,
and that high priced charges will divest the stream
Of business to points, since wiser management
looks rathor to steady business at fair rates than
, to short-lived ono ut double rates.
We find no fault with ship owners if they havo in
view only this season; but if they look for per-
manent establishment of their business, they
should SEQ tho wisdom Of kcoping freights in the
l present current to Charleston.
But If it be ascortainsd that such policy is not
appreciated, then the railroads interested must
unite in sustaining their own steamship lines.
The second great drawback is in the fact that VIC
are seemingly quite satisfied with tho abused Gus.
tom of transporting produce hundreds OF
miles Of railroads, solicitous Mt overy terminus
4 that there shall be delay, breaking of bulk
7 and when the train arrives in sight Of the ocean
: tho cars are emptied two miles from tho dock
where the produce Is to DO SOLD and shlpped
. Those who have grown up under this stupid bu-
siness regime arc disposed to accept it as matter
g of course but the business stranger looks on with
amazement, and asks in win for suitable reason
a why.
ALL THIS MUST BE CHANGED. Tho cotton from
@ Memphis and Nashville, from Atlanta and Char
lotte, must be delivered the waters odge in til,
70 original cars in which it stored ut these dis
" tant points, and the ships which loaded will
q Memphis and Nashville, with Atlanta and Char
% lotte freights must deliver them from their hatch
ways to these Same returning cars.
y Say what you pleaso-how it affects this interes
N and what would be the result in that case
Charleston, if really in earnest, must bring tina
=, which makes her commerce to her wharves, free
all those delays and expenses incident to the pres
w ent systom
When Charleston has established rates to AL
- POINTS, and cars from tho Mississippi, Cumbcl
IN land, Chatahoochcc, Savannah, Saluda Broad
ID Catawba Pee Dee and Cape Fear empty thoi
of freights on her docks, she will have begun ne
nc business life, and now trado will como to he
D from all theso now distant quarters.
n 'If it we're done when 'twere DONE
in Then 1t were we'll it were dono quiSky."
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