Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-06
vIcKsBURo asa COTTON MAR
KET.
ADDRESS OTHR PLANTERS OF
mIss. La.,REd Ark.

to submit to your consideration
the following statement in support
Of the proposition to build up at
vicksburg, a great mart for the
sale Of cotton.
The present comparative indie
pendence of the planting commu.
mites we address, enables them to
consult their interests and to pur.
sue that course which shall best
promote the same, whereas, here.
tofore, they have been compelled
to consult their necessities, and
to pursue that course only which
these dictated. They are now in
a manner free to choose, and to
co operate in any movement which
commends itself to their good
judgment; and they cannot have
failed to see that the great chang
es wrought by the late war, and
the progress made and being
made in opening up new channels
of commerce, and new sources of
intelligence, by means of which
they are in daily communication
with the whole world, must neces.
state on their part, if they would
be abreast Of the times, an adjust.
ment Of ideas and habits TO the
new circumstances under which
they are living. In every direc.
ton the world is struighteniRg,
with the view 10 shortening its
lines of transit and communica,
ton. Mountains are tunneled
and valleys are filed, and rivers
and arms Of seas are spanned with
costly structures, in order to that
ideal of perfection, the E" air line y
and now, in all questions Of com
merce, other things being equal,
time and diSt0Hcc have come to
he the final arbitcrs. The utilila
riani,m Of the age strips every
thing of its supcriluities and de,
mani, that its wants shall be sup
piled in the quickest possible way,
and at the smallest possible cost.
The world seeks villa. it wants al
the point soonest reached, and
where it can buy the most for the
least money: and II requires no
pero"osiDp; it needs only to be
EtormeL.
In seeking your cooperation
in oug efforts TO build up a great
cotton market at Nicksburg, We
would cal. your attention first,
70 the fact that At present there
are, with the exception Of Vicks
burg, but two places where cottop
is sold 10 any extent for export 10
points Of consumption. in al! that
cotton growing region embraced
within the Northern part Of Ala.
baml, the Western part of Ten
nes>ee, the Northern, Western,
Southern and middle portions OF
Mississippi, the whole OF Arkansas
ami louisiana, and the Eastern
portion of Texas. to wit New
Orleans aud Memphis. And the
sections named produce more than
uue.ha.f o; the total cotton pro.
due: Of the South, aad both of the
two points Of sale named are o0i.
site oI the cotton belt proper,
while Nicksburg stands in the
tprg centre Of the belt, hring the
1n central or coayerging bust
ness point Of tie whole. with am.
pie iacilitie, tor reaching ii in
every direction, and therefore, the
soonc,. reached aal at the small
r-t cost,
Admitting that Nicksburg has
no advantages on account Of her
location. over New Orleans and
Memphis. we submit TO your good
Judgment the proposition that
your interest IS promoted by mul-
tipiving the number Of markets
for so large 4 district Of country.
The opportunities for successful
combination on the part Of buy.
cr,, against your interests, are
thereby greatly lcssencd, while
YOU have by it the healthy slimu.
lanl Of competing points for your
business. Besides, there are seas
ons Of the year when you may
safely visit the one point when
you cannot the other, on account
Of the prevalence Of cpidemics,-
Again, a local, financial. or other
disturbing cause to business, may
exist at the one point while the
other may be entirely free from ii.
Instances Of the kind are not rare,
and if necessary could be easily
named.
We hold that the great valley,
or choice and long staple cotton
growing region, should have an
independent market, for the reas-
on that when buyers can feel an
assurance of q market where only
such cotton is sold, they will ap.
preciate it the more highly, and
would the more freely pay for the
difference, thereby securing to the
owners of the long staple alone,
and not to the growers of the in
ferior staple, in the same list, as
at other points, the exclusive ben
eft of their superior staple.
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