The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-02-20
NO.. 8.
Direct Trade with Europe.

! ne 'otdlc VI NeOiS& > uIIScl-
ing attention TO the important
question of direct trade, ard the
State Journals are discussing the
best means Of securing q line Of
steamers to run between Liverpool
: and Savannah.
An Atlanta paper suggests that
the State purchase Il line ofstcam-
crs to run between Brunswick and
Europe: making trips regularly
once or twice a month, whether
they have q full cargo or not. The
! object Of this is, not only to accus-
, tom merchants to q regular and
reliable line, but to open up the
trade: and give the means Of in
Producing cmigrants direct, in such
numbers as might be desired. In
correction with this scheme it is
! proposed that commissioners be
appointed to go to Europe, make
arrangements with intending emi-
grants, and fully inform them as
to the advantages that they may
obtain by settling in the South.
This agitation on the part of
Georgia should be lesson for US,
and teach US also that we must up
and be doing,
South Carolina cannot, perhaps,
as . State, undertake to purchase
i line Of steamers, to run between
this port and Liverpool; but it
would be we'll for the stockholders
Of the South Carolina and North
eastern Railroads to consider
whether it would not be to their
interest to run line Of European
steamships in connection with
I their roads. Surely our merchants
would be willing to pledge their
! freight to tic direct line, at fair
rates and, with this pledge and
the certainty that there could be
4 perfect harmony Of interest be-
tween the railroads and steam
ships, some portion ofthe capital
required could be obtained in
Liverpool.
1t may, perhaps, be sal! that
we are advocating a scheme, the
advantages Of which every QUE
will acknowledge; but which can
not be carried out, on account Of
the smalIneSs Of our pecuniary re-
sources. Of course VIC know per-
fcctlv we'll that, had there been
no war, we should have had, long
since, regular direct line Of steam
ships to Europe and we know also
that, had not the bill granting i
charter to the Bank ofSouth Caro-
lima been vetoed by the Governor,
we should have had more capital
with which to operate; but the
very desperate character Of our
case but the more urgently de-
mands an apparently desperate
remedy. Oar credit is unsullied,
and We must not hesitate to bor-
row. when it can be shown that
the borrowed capital will cnablo
Us to relieve ourselves from our
difficulties, and place our cntirc
State in asound financial condition.
We have all the material, all the
elements Of prosperity, but we
need money; and, second only
in Importance to giving our plan
tcrs the means to raise large crops
Of our staple, is the necessity Of
inxuring ourselves a mode Of cor
vcying our products TO the best
market and obtaining in return
the labor and manufactured goods
that we need.
Let there be some agitation
upon this subject Of direct trade;
at present the stream is unbroken
by ripple. Let our Chamber Of
Commcrcc,-our merchants, gen.
orally and individually,-our rail-
road men and our journalists, talk,
ponder and discuss. There is a
way to establish this direct trade;
and, if our people will put them
selves to it with all their will and
strength, the coming Of another
Cotton crop will find us provided
with powerful steamers, suited to
our trade and depth Of water,
which will take up our Cotton at
this city and land it without de.
terioration upon the quays at