The Van Buren press., 1869-11-23
baltimore and Arkansas Trade.


The following article on the large and in
ereasing trade, established by Major G. "A.
MEYER, between Baltimore and Arkansas, is
from the pen of Maj. JAS, II. SPARKS, of the
Fort Smith Herald. Baltimore is indebted TO
the indomitable energy of Major MEYER for
this trade, and not to any superior advanta-
ges offered by Baltimore over other large
elites. 1t would be just as easy for him to di-
rect this business to New Orleans, Cincinnati,
Memphis, st. Louis or New York, us to that
city, But to the Herald article
/ ,For nearly Two wears now, the trade be-
| tween Baltimore ana Arkansas has been go
ing steadily ON, until IL has gained such 4
| magnitude, that 1t demands more than pass
| ing notice For our own part, We herald Its
! magnitude With delight, not that We alone are
benefited, but, that part IN our own county
through the influence OF one OF our own men,
can be made tine medium of mutual profit, To
them and TO Us, and cut off those who would
suck our life blood and absorb our las. dollar
and then pronounce us unreconstructed reb-
| els, unworthy of any confidence, any trust,
any respect, not even SO much as they one
and all pronouncs the privilege of our lorm-
er slaves, we say that We are glad that south
er market through the influence and labor of
a souther man, can thus command the vast
cotton trade OF the Arkansas river valley and
cut off Boston and New York. ..rr.l
Tis true, that after our cotton reaches Bal
timorc. it may afterwards, for profit, pass to
Northern or European ports; but suppose il
does. we have in our midst living man who
for Baltimore is willing not only to give us
the outside figure, but who, knowing us as
he does, is willing to advance on our crops.
and knowing us. feels that he is safe in the ad-
vance, then why should we look past Balti-
more for II market for our Gotten, when we
know that in that market We can do better
than even in New Orleans, and have our in
terests watched and guarded by gentleman
entitled to our confidence and respect, who
has spent nearly 30 years amongst us, and
who though living in Baltimore, still claims
to be, and is one of us, and we are pleased to
see that Maj. MEYER, as a General Agent,
in this important trade commands and wields
such vast influence, in fact the capital pac-
cd at his DISPOSAL and managed with the same
judicious care, will always command its
weight in trade. yet the State of Arkansas
might be searched, aye ten other states might
be searched, and not one man IN ten thousand
would be found who could start, manage, con-
troll and keep in the hollow of his hand, the
mighty cotton trade of Arkansas river val
ley, iir the manner in which it has been done
by Major MEYER. ir.
At the time this trade was commenced we
ventured the assertion. that not one merchant
in ten in Baltimore who embarked in it, and
on the say of q. ApoLPHUs MEYER that did
not do it, as he would have bet a ten dollar
bill at faro, expecting to lose, while he hoped
to win, and finding the results profitable are
willing to continue IT, are Jealous of it, and
do not desire even the ordinary competition
of trade, for we have noticed that not the
first paper published in Baltimore, to our
| knowledge has ever referred to the Important
trade between that section and Arkansas
The founder of this important aaru vast
trade alike beneficial to Baltimore, and to our
farmers and mechanics, is Maj. &. A. MEYER,
Well known to every man, aye to every Wo-
man and child in this country.
Maj, MEYER OF course, does not confer all
those tayors OH Baltimore merchants and on
Arkansas farmers, planters and merchants
! for nothing, of course he expects and is fully
entitled TO his reward. and lie should have it,
| for we know of no man within the bounds of
our knowledge who could, to the same advant-
aye use the same amount Of capital With equal
success, and with like profit to all parties con
cerncd; but the secret lies here, he Is a man
of never failing energy. man of large busi-
ness experience and capacity. a merchant in
! every sense of the term, of boundless ac-
fiuaintance in Arkansas, known only in re-
| spect and confidence, full of friends and not
of such as hang on prohtless. but Of the lead
| ing men on the farm ard in the counting
room IL the state, with whom he has assoc-
ated for over quarter of century and ten
/ times the amount of apital he has welded.
could he use with increased profit and com
paratively no danger from loss, or misjudg-
mcnt Of the men in whom he contidcs, and
with who he does daily business.
The i'm rarfanaa .a,f ti,s I~i-i---~-S "iu ar
kansas river trade does not seem to be fulluy
apprec lated, either there or here; when, he
! fore Major Meyer undertook this trade, did
Baltimore ever receive one hundredth the
amount of cotton she does now, and through
him; neyc and perhaps never would.
When. before Maj. Meyer undertook this
trade, did our merchants, our farmers and our
| planters ever find man ready to advance on
their coming crop and prospects. see their
wants supplied, goods delivered at their doors
selected for the market be well knows, to send
their orders and saving them the expense of a
| trip to market. never and perhaps never
would If MEYER had not turned up, and q
second MEYER is not found every day. so Bal
timorc merchants and merchants in Arkansas
| had better give heed to this trade, nourisll
cherish and cultivate it, for 1t is destined at
no distant day to become one OF vast propor-
tions, which will prove alike profitable to Bal
timore and to Arkansas-let it be cherished