The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-22

rates.
Another advantage Charleston was able to
offer, was in the fact that she possessed ware
houses, Uharves aud other facilities for several
| times the amu unit of trad now passing through
hey limits. Before the VAR we received about
| $4,000 bales cotton and 140 900 terces OF rice;
| now those quantities are reduced to about $780,
600 blles and 80 600 tlcrces. 1t is true the fall
ing off in the vniuo OF our strade should not be
| measured by these figures, as the enhanced
value OF these articles owing to their di:nin-
i isned production, nearly or quite compensatcs
tor the falling OIL in quantity. Cotton before
| the war usually ran .ed from eight (6) to
| twelve (12) cents per pound; tho past season it
| has ranged from twenty-five (22) to twenty
| nino (2S) cents per pound. Rice usually sold
al from two and half (29) to throe and half
i3a) cents per pound; 1t has for two years past
| ranged from seven to ten cents per pound.
Nevertheless, having the storage room, wharf
| room, and other facilities for handling the
the largest portion OF our wharves and store
houses entirely unOccupled. their value has
| naturally become very greatly deprecated, and
they can now be purchased or leased at q
the opportunity, il you desire it, of becoming
owners of somo OF this property at the present
depressed valuation. or by using our port as
the one through which to make YOUR importa-
tions, and to export your surplus products you
can still reap the full advantage to be gained
by the reduced rates Of storage and other
charges.
Living in Charleston is very cheap as COM
pared with any other seaport, and the price of
labor is, as natural consequence, also very low.
These are but few Of the local advantages Of
fered by Charleston as seaport. to be used by
you as AN entrepot for your exports and inn
ports, and by building your road to Knoxville
you may be in tho full enjoyment Of them
within less than two years from this day.
Something having been said IN reference to
the necessity Of connection with Gulf port,
in order to command tho trade OF the West
Indies, he would remark that Charleston was
practically nsearer s to the West Indies than any
ence in the actual distance from some of the
West India islands to Mobile and New Or
leans, as compared with the distance to
Charleston, but we are nearer to you, and
creased with every additional mile of distance,
| the cost Of transportation by sea was very
slightly affected by such addition. As q mat
from the West Indies were lowe: than to the
Gulf ports, owing to the low rates of expenses,
commonly called port charges, to which your
attention has already been called. What has
been said Of the West Indies is equally appli-
cable to Rio de Janeiro and the other South
American ports. The two great distributing
points of Rio coffee for the great West are Bal
timore and New Orleans. With short line OF
railroad communicating to Charleston, there
Is no reason why Cincinnati should not COM
pete successfully with both of those points in
supplying at least considerable portion Of
States.
Another important fact should not be over
looked, and that is the difference in the rates
OF insurance from Charleston, and to and from
the Gulf ports. Cotton is insured by first-class
sailing ships from Charleston to Liverpool at
one per cent, with the usual discount; from
New Orleans the rate by the same class Of
ships ls two and half per cent, aud from
some OF the other Gulf ports the charge is
even higher. The difference upon other pro-
ducts and merchandise is, Of course, in the
! same proportion. This difference of the rates
Of insurance also applies to the ships them
selves, and is another reason why freights to
the Gulf are, as rule, much higher than to
the Atlantic ports.
vantages offered by, the port of Charleston. as
point of debarkation for the great tide OF inn
mlgr alton. which has done 80 much to build up
the wealths and power Of the groas West.
situated in a peculiarly favored latitude, be-
terrific, gales which sweep over the North
ern Atlantic for about eight months in the
year, and which are particularly severe in
the winter season. The sutferines Of the
immigrants by the Northern route must at
times be terrible indeed. and many Of them
who have long since become valued citizens Of
your State would bear willing testimony to
what have said. Many Of those who have
more recently come among you could, no doubt,
add to this many truthful relations of the
troubles and losses they have encounter
ed before gettinng. away from the cities at
which they landed. 1t is true that special
Saws have been enacted to protect the honest
1TOlu the WIGS OF CQ0 lana SHARKS"
who prey upon him; but IN large cities 1T io
impossible to give them the protection that
could easily be extended to them in smaller
community. The trip from Charleston to this
than from Northern port, and in winter with
much less discomfort, not to say suffering.
Thus, not only would the immigrant arrive in
your midst after less danger and suffering, but
what he had said in the beginning as to the
encouragement that would be produced by the
location Of the Southern terminus elsewhere
rm Belief that such % actlon aR would defeat eat the the
completion Of the Blue Ridge Road. They
might have ano her terminus at Chattanooga,
and as many other termini as they pleased,
provided one OF them was Knoxville, by any
route that was direct from this point, or nearly
80.
Mr.. LATTE concluded BY saying that he was
tant points, but that he would be at the Bur-
net House for some days, and felt sure that if
any person feeling an interest in this matter
would call upon him, he could, in O conversa-
q direct connection with Charleston much
more to heir satisfaction and his own, and it
would afford him much pleasure to have any
one call, who desired fuller information.
SPEECH OF GENERAL HARRISON.
General j. w. Harrison, President Of the
Blue Ridge Railroad, was called for.
He spoke Of the evidences Of prosperity that
he saw in Ohio. The business, the railroads
his expectations. He alluded to the early
efforts to get. connection between Cncin-
natl and Charleston. There was then mutual
understanding: between nine States on the
railroad question. There were Inducements
that entered into puolic transactions that
could not be disregarded. He could not oh srge
Cincinnati with bad faith, If she faile ID to make
the road to Knoxville, but certainly South
Carolina had gone on with her system, upon
the supposition that Cincinnati could meet
them.
A railroad connection had been made with
Columbia, at q cost Of 1900, 900.
The State of South Carolina has built and
projected o perfect net work of railways, that
will give Cincinnati q direct communication
with Charleston and Savannah.
The speaker said that, in attempting TO tell
Cincinnati what benefits she will reap from the
Knoxville connection. he would say something