Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-26

THE SOUTHERN METHODIST
PUBLISHING EnOUsE-ETS ne
1EOvAL AesITATED.
A lengthy communication is published
in the Louisville Cosrier-Joar7aal urging
that immediate steps be taken by the |
citizens Of louisville TO secure the re-
moyal to that city of the Southern Metho-
dist Publishing House, which has been
located here since the separation of the
churches North and South The writer
in the Courier Journal says:
At the General Conference of the
Church held in New Orleans in May,
1867, a movement was made looking to
the removal Of the Publishing House 10
Louisville, and with view of consum-
mating the important undertaking sub
scription of twenty thousand dollars was
obtained. This amount could have been
largely augmented, but it was known fl
nancially the house was greatly embar-
raised, its business Frustrated, and its
prospects gloomy.
The English of which we understand to
TO be If Louisville had thought that
the Publishing House ga good thing, it
would have subscribed few thousand
dollars more 10 have secured its removal
to that city; but as cit was known that
financially the house was greatly embar-
raised, its business Frustrated and its
propects gloomy" Louisville did not care
to go a higher figure for the institution.
Through the excellent management of its
accomplished, able and energetic book
agent Rev. DR.. A. Fl. Redford, who Gal
though surrounded with embarrassments
and discouragements, has not only met
the fullest measure Of confidence reposed
in him by the conference, but has ex-
cecded the expectations of the most
sanguine," in the language of the
w.ittr in the Courier Journal, the
Publishing House will be presented to
the General Conference in May f'out of
debt with fair working capital, rapidly
increasing patronage and large stock of
books and book-making material" This,
it win be borne in mind, was all done with
the Publishing House in Nashville. If
this be so, and so the Louisville writer as
serts, the very pertinent interogatory per-
sistently presents itself, why the necessity
of removing it from Nashville TO Louis
vile? AS our Methodist friends are a
very safe and sober people, the old adage
viii probably occur to them: '.Let well
enough alone" The writer in the Courier
Journal adds, in relation to the last four
years operations of the Publishing House:
As a commercial success, consid-
ering the condition which the
house was in four years since, it will,
| imagine, be difficult to find more salts
| factory exhibit, and it is proper to in
| quiIe if, with such difficulties as have
indicated such results have been achieved,
what may not be expected during the
next four years
To which we say very respectfully,
"Amen, and add that its unparalleled
success in the past is the most powerful
argument for its continuance in Nashville.
This writer, from whom We quote, pro-
cceds TO give the advantages of Louis
villc," one of which is that Louisville is
on a meridian, which crosses the North
ern boundary line of the territory of the
church more equi-distant between the
| Atlantic and Pacific oceans than any 9TH
er important city within that territory"
The exact point in this advantage, we
cannot see. 1t would have struck us more
| fOrcibly, if Louisville had been situated
more nearly equi-distant between ''the
Northern boundary line of the territory of
the church" and the Southern bound
airy of its jurisdiction.
Another oneofthe advantages urged for
Louisville is its banking facilities. We
doubt whether Louisville has superior ad-
vantages in this respect to Nashville, the
commercial requirements of the two cities
being taken into consideration. Under
the present National Banking system there
is no city in the South which has full
financial facilities. The transportation
facilities" of Louisville are presented.
''She enjoys" says this writer, ''unsur-
| passed facilities of communication with
all points North, South, East and West"
Nashville is far superior to Louisville in
her connection with the South and South
west. How would Louisville reach North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama-sxcept through Nash
villel To reach any of the Southern
States she has but one line of railway,
and Nashville has two or three.
So far as our interests as a publishing
establishment are concerned it would,
perhaps, be better that the Publishing
House should be removed; but it would
be highly injurious to Nashville, and also,
in our opinion, to the best interests of
the Church.
The Methodist congregation is one of
the largest and wealthiest in this city.
We respectfully call their attention to the
fact that strenuous efforts viii be made
at the General Conference in Memphis to
procure the removal of the Publishing
House from Nashville We ask them to
be on the alert. Let them take such steps
nolO as they may think viii be necessary
TO prevent such a cOnsummation.
gEEE GOVERNMENT AND TIE PA
CEFKC RAILROADS..
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Journal Of Commerce, an
extract from whose letter is printed here 1
with. cOrrects some erroneous imnrpsSjOnS