Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-04-09

Facts are sometimes 30 happily
grouped, arguments 30 clearly and
conclusiVely presented, and appeals
so impressively and forcibly
brought home 10 "Our bOsOms and
business" that il often eXcites our
wonder that they had not before
occurred TO our minds. We have
an illustration before US In the "Ad.
dress TO the Planters OF Misslssip-
pi, Arkansas and Louisiana" by
Messrs. FulkersOn, COwan, Nc
Cutehen, Manlove, Polk, Willis and
Wick, q committee appointed by
the Public Improvement AssO-
citation, of Y~icksburg and the
VicksbHrg Chamber Of Com
merce, instructing them to pre-
sent and enforce by q lucid array
Of facts the superior advantages OF
Vicksburg as q cotton market, and
especially for the long staple cot
tons.
The committee, after abiding to
the new channels Of commerce, and
new sources Of intelligence that are
being opened up, and the necessity
Of an adjustment Of our ideas and
habits to the new circumstances
under which we are living, very
correctly remark that the civilized
world is directing its energies to
curtSiling Its lines of transit and
communication, so as to approx
mate the "air line"-thRt II seeks
what it wants at the points soonest
reached, and where it can buy the
most for the least money, that it
requires no persuasion, ii needs
only to be informed, and that other
things being equal, time and dis
lance have come to be the final ar
biters.
They say there are but two places
where cotton is sold to any extent
for export 10 points Of consump.
ton in the cotton region embraced
in the Northern portion Of Tennes.
see, the Northern, Western, South
ern and middle portions of Missis.
sippi, all of Arkansas and Louisi-
ana and the Eastern portion Of
Texas, tO-wit: New Orleans and
Memphis. The portions named
produce more than half of the total
crOp-and they might add that In a
few years the probabilities would
be that they would produce two
thirds of 1t. VicksDurg Is situated
in the centre Of this great cotton
belt and also OF the more valuable
long staple cottOns. Admitting
that ii has no advantages over the
two places named, by multiplying
the number Of markets for so large
q district Of country, you benefit
yourselves by increasing the mum,
Der of buyers and competitors,
Epidemics may visit one place and
not the other. A local financial, OIL
other disturbing cause may exist al
one and not at the other. Besides
the long staple cOttOns should have
an independent market, where the
prices would necess arily be more
: remunerative to the producers.
, The Committee informs us that
railroad will soon be in operation
, which will bring cotton TO Vicks,
burg from the western and north,
ern portion OF Louisiana, while heI
Z railroad East Is daily bringing II
trains with It for sale or shipmen
and carrying back trains with il
seeking the outer world through
5 the ports Of Charleston and Savan
= nah. In a few weeks there will b
Z four competing lines completed +
, the Atlantic seabOard Norfolk
! Charleston, Savannah and Bruins
] wick, the latter City being nearl
on an airline. This Requirement
filled, with ample banking facili
ties, which will increase with tn
: increase Of business, all that |
y needed is larger stocks Of cotton a
an inducement TO Foreign and dc
nestle buyers TO come IN create
numbers. The speedy and chea.
h transportation 10 the Atlantic sea
board will give us such cOmpeti
ton as will bring prices fully II
:. to those at New Orleans aud Mem
phis. 4 shipment of cotton froI
" Vicksburg to Liverpool vi
c Charleston is as cheap as from NeN
Orleans TO Liverpool. This beiu
the case buyers al pay as niue
: for cotton at Vicksburg MS at Ne'
n Orleans. The difference in freigl
10 and insurance and the saving Of il
terest as between Il shipment froI
u Charleston aud one from New OI
leans to Liverpool being enough I
f, pay the freight from V%icksburg
" Charleston. A bale Of cotton shiI
1t ped from Vicksburg TO Charleston
7. q distance of II little more than u
u miles, reaches the latter city in
!" or 6 days, while one shipped irol
Vicksburg 10 New Orleans, Il
mouth Of the Mississippi river al
10 around the capcs of Florida, a III
lance of l,GOO miles, is IL OIL - ia.
II on the passage with an insuran,
a. OF = per cent. lacked Oh.
ed They further inform us that u
~ two bodies they represent are ia.
ing active steps TO inform the spi.
nc ners OF Europe aud the Unit
to States, OF the superior advantag
of ViCksbuFg as a market In viii
~ to buy cotton, 80 that the grove
er and spinners can be brought face
IL face.
They conclude by an appeal
re the pride and patriotism Of the CT
zens of our state, to build them
a. a great commercial city with
their own limits. "ToO long" 81
ial they, have you been the supper
'es ers and builders up Of the forum
ma of other cities and strangers. 1t
time to think Of our own city al