The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-11

Richmond-Thc Chamber Of Commerce.
In the preparation aud the plans for
promoting The growth Of this city-for
taking care of lis general interests ana
pruitins by the political and Industrial
revolution which has taken place, an i'm
Ioriant step is the establishment Of
Chamber OF Commerce. That institution
will open the way to intercourse amongst
the more active, intelligent, and sagaciouS
business men Of the city, and induce an
interchange Of views, and very much help
ihc benefit Of the city. The officers Of
ills institution understand the wants of
the city, and arc disposed to do what is in
their power TO supply them. The citizens
should heartily assist i'll the establishment
ci that general vigilance over the interests
ol Richmond which ii will be the province
and disposition Of this useful organization
10 effect.
If We say that Richmond has been slow
IL move, We are sure we shall not offend.
For the fact is too apparent to permit II
70 DC questioned, and our motive is too
well understood to be mistaken. Rich
moud has been slow to undertake enter
priSes, and She has conducted them with a
delibcration generally decided enough TO
satisfy the most cXacting Sllcklcrs for lei
sure and dignity We have before eN-
planned why We thought this was a charac-
tcrstic of the Richmond Of times past
viz, her intermediate condition betwiXt a
town and acity-hcr topography, by which
her population was divided into hill Sec
tions, and harmony and cooperation eX-
cludcd-and the system Of slavery, which
more than anything else retarded her
growth and reprcssed her commercial and
manufacturing spirit. Improvements, in
stead Of being the result Of great energy
and enterprise, rather forced themselves.
The fruits of industry and local advantage
seemed never to be pluckcd, but always
to fall themselves of excessive ripeness.
But the new state of things has come
ii not III full maturity, it is certainly ra-
r;dly in process Of maturation, and this
community should prepare for it. We must
move more rapidly or be forever left be-
hind. There is q great deul Of arOrh to do.
There is business for the Chamber of Com
for Individuals. The systems Of tranSpor-
tutlon and the charges so detrimental to
our trade have to be looked into with 4
view to our protection from the CroSscst
injustice which has been practiccd to-
ward us. Richmond, under the revenue
system oil The State before the war, paid one
~Ttcc"M OF the whole revenue, and since
Tue war She has paid a great deal more.
III inns proportion has She paid of the
STATE ) appropriation to all these roll
roads, some oil which have been ,oor;r,
away and dcvouriug her trade as vor,
cionSly and uncelingly as hnzhartls wou,d
the Icsh Of L dead body. Within seventy
miles OF the city have persons received
goods from the northern cities at less
'""t2cS Tor transportation than from Rich.
'"oio In tins way northern claims for
So""'e'1' &y"pnhty, backed by infamous
u'aS''H''n @tions in frcigh;s, have been
10 lear with runous effect imam
' 0''o''o CITY which was given M IL
"''' anu whose costlcs, and most richly
stored warehouses lighted up the funeral
Pyrc Of the dead Coufcdcracv,