Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-10
globe, and the largest steamers eve yet
built can lind easy access to Norfolk.


Before the war, the South was nObly
doing her part 10 building up artificial
channels Of commerce; and she WAS up
with the North in constructing those
great iron rivers without ssnd-bars or
snags. From 1850 to 1850 New York
doubled her lines of railroad. Virginia,
with less than half the population and
not one-third the wealth, trebled hers.
| PennsylvRniS built 1900 miles Tonnes
see, with one-third the population and
wealth, built 1900 miles, The New Eng
Land States bulk 100 miles. Toe Caro-
lin&s, Georgia and Florida, with less
population and wealth, built $500. New
York spent S65, GOO, 900, Virginia $50, 600, :
900, and the SCUM Atlantic and Gulf
states spent S125,O00, O00 in railroads,
from 1850 TO 1850. From 1850 to 1860 the
wealth Of Massachusetts,, with Sill the
aid of tariffs and fishing bounties, in
creased but AZ per cent; that Of poor
South Carolina increased so per cent?
without any Government BID. The
wealth of New York increased 70 per
cent, that of Virginia S4. In 1860 the
value OF Northern products exported
w6s Sl64, O00, 900 Southern, sos, 0OO, goo
These latter have helped build up the
shipping interest Of the North until, be-
sides sailing vessels, IL is estimated that
three steamships iesve New York daily
for Europe.
We're the productions Of the South
sent TO our Southern seaport-Norfolk
how long would it be before the same
steamships would come after them ?
How long would It be before Norfolk
would begin to assume the dimensions OF
= city How long before her growth
would reflect her prosperity upon the
whole South, as that OF New York does
uoon the whole North ? New Orleans Is
no seaport. Not 4 OF the large CunaFd
or French steamers eau come up the
Mississippi to her wharyes. The same is
trua of Mobile, Savannah, Charleston,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. Norfolk,
New York and Portland are the only
asrbnrs on the Atlantic spacious enough
for such steamers. New York Is directly
east Of and nearest TO thar great North
west 80 rapidly settled up during the
past twenty years and she Is lhe uatu-
rai outlet tor ali the trade of that region.
Hundreds of thousands of emigrants
land there sanualiy-they go west from
there, send their produce there, buy their
supplies there. This necessarily draws
large amounts Of capital there and that
capital naturally seeks to multiply itself.
Through railroads Is new bids fer our
cation, aud proposes to take il 10 New
York IS low as It can be sent to Norfolk,
Gnres hundr5d miles nearer to Us La
there any reason why Norfolk may not
absorb this business OF exporting S3a4b-
ern products sUcn as oOL5or, rice,
tobacco, etc. No sensible man can
give any, but the absurd one
that New York has the start of Norfolk.
NUTfOlk has the great advantages OF hAr-
DOR and proximity 20 the S0uthsrE sta
pie, and she need only use some little OF
the energy which distinguishes New
York, TO succeed rs well IS her most san
guine friends could wish. Twenty Years
ago New Orleans exported thres-iourths /
OF the cotton crop. All sent Il Memphis
was exported via New Orleans. Now
az 1t. In 1850 we receiVed 500, 900
bales, and 10000 bales we're shipped
to the Ohio valley factories or TO
Eastern cities. 1t is thought
that nearly twO-thirds of the crop
sent here last season went North
ward to market. This is building up
the Northern cities and i11pOUeFIShtng
ones; and this inpoUeTjshnent |
5UiU be reflected upon the IghOke South, in
3 greater OF less degree, Our people are
interested in building up q direct
export trHde through a Southern city with
! cnpsUiCus harb0r, anu thus inviting an
trade through the ann channel.
aad Norfolk expurtsd the cotton that
New Orleans did, twenty years ago, her
ipacicus anchorage AMI deep iaIets would
ave given her q corresponding import
.rade. II she could export lO0, 600 bales
If cotton next year, the ships would not
'eturn in ballast. Had she 200, 900 souls
md a growing commerce with Europe,
he country West Of her, from az far rs
Memphis, would begin 10 teen with an
,nergetic population stimulated to indus
~ by prosperity ali around Ihsm. Ia
tead OF = Iew villages OF five hundred
n q thousand people, we should see
mall cities springlng up along the line
rom Memphis to Norfolk a line far
ieher In natural resources Than any in
New York or Pennsylvania. Would
lot Memphis feel the Influence OF a dUzsn
titles from here to Norfolk, such as
Jtica, Syracuse, Rochester and Sche-
Would not the travel on her
reat Eastern line be quadruplsd, and
would not all this be aiding Memphis ?
Mould IL not bring capital and more
iopulation and more capital and power
al Independence? Norfolk mas ali the
advantages over New York, for Southern
rade, except capital. Southern products
roduce this fruit, and It WiU qTOf0 as
1eB at Norfolk as NeO York, il zoe plant
ald cultivate Tho tree.
J. I. IRRELEVANT.
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