Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-09-27

lou, i 1851 dssutoQ, R|6nJ10ui6nt VII
never be backward in giving due encour
sgement to all enterprises affecting the
commereero of cur city. As ndividualg, nj
city can boast OF greater enterprise, more
ability and a deeper feeling of mercantile
honor than exists among our own uuer
chants of Memphis. You2 main fault
sud ] beg you will pardon me for calling
your attention to 1t, Is q want Of united
action In whatever affects h common
good.
I-nsurrsndering the official position with
which you have so often honored me, i
hope to be excused for the friendly words
Of advice and admonition which 1 have
deemed it my privilege to utter on this
occasion. -g
My worthy SUCCESSOR viii doubtless re-
ceive at your hands that confidence and
courtesy which you have eyer extended
to me. Give him your united and de-
termined support in whatevAr affects the
interest Of the Chamber and the com
merce of our city, and 1 doubt not you
will find in him all you expect or could
wish, as your presiding officer. 1 nov
have the pleasure of introd ucing to you
your President elect, Col. r.. A. Pinson.
COLONEL PRISONS SPEECH.
Gentlemen ef tie Chamber of Commerce:
1t is with no inconsiderable degree of
difidence that L enter upon the discharge
of the duties of the position to which you
have assigned me.
In view CT the high order of intelli-
gence, the enlarged experience and enter
prising character of the business men of
Memphis, the position is n TO which L
could not have aspired, and hence the dis
| tinction which you have conferred pOn
me is wholly unexpected. But since you
have thus honored me, l thank you most
sincerely, and beg that you will exercise
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the generosity which has characterized
your action in my selection as presiding
/ officer of the Chamber OF Commerce. L
desire to assure you that whatever of in
fuence / may have or of whatever ability
1 may possess, it shall he exerted to the
full measure of its strength to the ad-
vaneement Of the interest of this Asso-
citation, and in return L invoke your
hearty, cordial and constant cooperation.
A new business season is Just COM
mencing, and promises a rich reward
to the energetic and enterprising
business men of Memphis. l could
suggest no surer instrumentelity
for the proper management of our trade
than the wise counsels which can be
ELECTED by the consultations of your COM
mittees and by the action of this Chamber.
The immense trade which is already con-
centrsted at Memphis during it's short but
prosperous history, in a great measure, is
regulated by you, and upon the wisdom
and rectitude of our action the future of
our commerce greatly depends. The pre-
amble to your constitution declares
one of the objects of your organization to
be, to promote Just and equitable princl-
pies in trade, aud to establish uniformity
in the commercial usages of the city.
This being the object of our association,
we may boldly proclaim to the country
the patronage of which We ek-th we
enter the list in fair and open competi-
ton with other cities, who alike bid for
the product of the soil and a proper share
of the of the world. Memphis
entered the field of competition under
great disadvantages, and under adverse
circumstances When she was known
only as a landing upon the almost
unmeasured length of the msjestic
Mississippi, with a few scattered
shanties here and there, important
commercial poilts overshadowed her
on every hand, but struggling on for a
few brief years, we find her the pride of
our noble State, successfully competing
with other centers of trade. Since the
close of the late desolating war, during
each successive year a larger Der OF
bales of cotton have found their way to
our market; our wholesale trade has
steadily increased; manufactures have
sprung up, and a healthy tone and lively
NlRDT udS D66u luiuSbu lutO 0N6IN ACpdIt
ment of business. In other WORDS, Mem
phis has reached a degree of Importance
of which her people may well be proud.
To these results your deliberations have
in no small degree contributed, ana you
have every reason to press forward in the
good work so nobly begun.
1t is here we give to each other the ben-
eft of our individual experience and the
aid of our common counsel. Il is here we
rannlaTa tho noaUaG nf frQAa- and the
changes incident TO our business transac-
tions. And it is here that many of the
important enterprises which nave contri-
buJed so largely to the prosperity of the
city, have been first discussed, and the
proper method of p1tting them into sue
cessful operation has been determined.
The NAV we not safely promise
ourselves that by a continued and united
effort we may hope TO realize far greater
success in the future; build up our city to
far greater proportions, enlarge our trade
and leave the impress of energy and en-
terprise upon the age in which we have
lived. There are a number of important
enterprises looking TO the prosperity of
our CITY which have already been brought
before the public, to which you have given
the aid of your influence. Railroads,
lines of river communication and mani
factories of every description, when in
dorsed by your action, inspires confidence
in the public mind and eventually leads
to success. There is much for us TO do,
and q brilliant destiny awaits the city of
Memphis if her merchants will exert
themselves and bring to bear in behalf of
her interests the vast SQUIRE OF the
country within her reach. But few cities
in the United States possess finer adyan-
tages than those which appertRin to ours.
on the bank of the most magnit- |
cent river on the continent, with tributa-
ries reaching out in every direction, sur
rounded by a country of unsurpassed
fertility of soil, a climate favorable to the
production of many of the most impor-
Jant products which enter into the COM
merce of the world, it remains for us to
take advantage of all these favorable sur
roundings and pour into the lap of Mem
phis the untold wealth which energy and
q well regulated will secure.
on every and and all
us, spreads an inviting traffic to
the trade which we are disposed to regard
as peculiarly our own. st. Louis. Chi
Cincinnati, Louisville, New York,
Baltimore, Mobile and
New Orleans come to our very door and
compete with us. We must be up and
doing. To the Chamber of Commerce the
people look for wise action and pru-
dent counsel. And l trust that / do not
arrogate too much to his BODY when /
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phis depends in a great msasure upon the
interest manifested by this Chamber upon
The great questions of trade, upon the inn
lines of communication both by
land and river, and upon those vast inter
ssts involved in manufactures. 1 ask,
then, your active cooperation in impart-
ing to our meetings the liveliest interest,
mt in developing the greatest amount
Of usefulness of which our combined
action is capable. / urge upon you
3 punctual attendance at u regular and
salled meetings, and a careful investiga-
ion of the many important questions
will be brought before you. We
IAN and will accomplish great good. The
interest of our trade and the welfare of
)ur city will be greatly promoted.
Thanking you for the compliment you
rave paid me, and pledging you my best
Efforts to serve you satisfactorily, l enter
Upon the discharge of my duties.
RAILWAY CONSOLIDATION.
The committee appointed some weeks
lgo to define a plan for the speedy con-
,olidation of the roads converging at
Memphis, made through their chairman,
William r. Moore, the following
1.-THE want OF north and south railway
connection through Memphis entails upon
annual g%rievous losses The great cur
rent of travel between New Orleans and
,he Northern cities, which, by nature,
would necessarily pass through our city,
passes yer the Mississippi Central
nearly fifty miles east of us, at
an annual loss to Memphis of millions of
We believe that this trade and
other things being equal, would
naturally and necessarily pass through
gladly give the preference to Men,
Dhis. But on account OF our mistaken
policy Of having no through connections,
{ cannot, without considerable additional
,ost of both time and money, now come
his way. In view, therefore, of the vast
n'erests involved, you committee beg
respectfully suggest the importance Of
from the Board of Mayor sndAlder-
men, a grant of right of way for q north