The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-08
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Sc. Louis In n Bad Way--Hcr Merchants Com
plain that Louisville Gets All the Southern
Trade.
louisville. by her admirable system OF rail-
roads and the liberality and enterprise of her
merchants, has succeeded in obtaining large
amount Of the Southern trade. Cincinnati and
st. Louis are Jealous of her increasing prospe-
rity, and will leave no means untred to check
Louisville and obtain control of the Southern
trade.
A large meeting of merchants and Others was
held in st. Louis on Tuesday, at which 1t was
stated that the paramount object was to recover
the Southern trade. The remarks of President
Smith and Major Shyrock show where the shoe
pinchee.
The President stated that the Southern roads
had been discriminating against st. Louis and in
favor of Cincinnati and Louisville. Letters were
read from several Southern Cities showing that
freight from Louisville or Cincinnati was carried
through on schedule time, while freight from
st. Louis was delayed on an average OF thirteen
days. Chicago is furnishing more provisions to
the South, twice over, than ST. Louis. This is
being done by direct railroad connection, whilst
our city depends too much upon the river. Other
cities are taking our trade from our very doors,
by pushing forward their railroad facilities and
providing for the cheap and speedy transporta-
tion of freight When once any given avenue of
trade is lost to us it never returns.
We must either help build these railroads or
we lose our position as commercial mart oil
any importance. Cincinnati is getting the trade
of Arkansas by loading steamboat once week
for the carrying of through freight; here boat
could not be loaded once month Orders are
now pouring into Louisville for produce and
provisions almost in an avalanche, whilst here
the orders are comparatively nothing The
merchants must go to work and do something.
ct us build cars, put down our money and or
ganize q movement for the transportation of
freight, We must work against the discrimisa-
ton which is made against st. Louis. He would
like to be one of hundred people to build the
Iron Mountain Railroad to Memphis. The stock
| could be obtained at fifty cents on the dollar.
Major Shryock said the reason the railroads
| outstrip tho river q means of transportation,
is because grain is carried in the formerin sealed
| cars and in bulk. On the river it had to be
| loaded in sacks, This is the reason to-day, that
| Louisville is beating u.s. and will beat us, so long
| as we depend entirely upon the river. St. Louis
could handle, in the next six months, an meal
| culable amount of flour, If she could ship il
railroad. He could have sold fifty thousand
! sacks OF -four in Savannah If he could have
| shipped it there in bulk by railroad He con.
cluded by offering the following resolution
R,solued, That committee OF three be appointed
for the purpose OF comforting with Mr.. Thomas Aler
IN reference to fast freight line and report to th
| meeting on the 18th inst
| Captain Smith stated that convention OF al
| the Southern railroads would be held at Atlanta
| on the 18th of January, and he would move a:
| an amendment that the committee be empow
| cred to attend that convention and confer as tC
arrangements for the transportation of fas
| freight.
Major Shryock accepted the amendment, ant
| it was embodied in the original resolution. Th'
| resolution was adopted unanimously.