Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-30
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1 attention to ne W phase of the Chicago
importing trade, which has been recently
developed. This is bringing goods from
Europe via Montreal, and landing them
direct at Chicago wharves, without pre-
vious overbauling. Several of the heav-
lest merchants of Chicago have adopted
this channel of traffic, which promises to
grow rapidly by reason of its success. A
propeller, laden with dry goods, which
left Liverpool on the 80 h of July, ar
rived In port at Chicago on the 2lst of
August, 50 that by twenty-five days from
the time the goods left European port
they will be in the warehouse of the i'm
porter. This is much quicker time than
can be depended upon importing via New
York, where goods, besides being sub-
jected to outrageous char ee, are usually
detained from ten to twenty days in the
customhouse, in addition TO twelve days
or more on the ocean and from three to
seven days on the railroad, with high
charges for transportation. The Chicago
Tribune adds: .... {.
''The independent mode of importing
| is working well. The only fear is that
the New York interest will become so Sc
! riously alarmed at the threatened loss of
this business that they will offer better
| inducements for time, and fltter our
| merchants into a renewal of their fealty
to the cid system. Whit Chicago wants
now is complete concentration of com
mercial independence.
While Chicago is looking to the st.
Lawrence as an available inlet for for
eign merchandise, St. Louis is agitaliug
actively for direct import trade via the
Mississippi, though of course she does
not overlook advantages also offered her
at Baltimore. A company with large
capital is operating a fleet of barges with
special view TO promoting this trade. At
the same time the attempt is being made
10 cultivate closer relations with the plan
tatiOns of the lower river, in avowed
competition with New Orleans, whose
cotton and sugar factors formerly en-
joyed valuable monopoly of this bust
ness.
simultaneously comes the intelligence
from San Francisco that the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company have advertised the
first of their forInighily line of steamers,
with what view is sufficiently indicated
by the manifest of the last arrival, which
brought a full cargo, more than four
fifths Of which was for distribution among
Western cities. True, much of this was
doubtless imported on New York account,
in the same way that some coffee is inn
ported into Baltimore and distributed
from the port of entry direct to the i'm
porteIs' customers.
And finally, quarantine exactions and
other port abuses at New York are more
ard more driving into other channels
every branch of commerce which will
admit of being diverted. The latest
coffee figures, for instance, are as fol-
lows: The statistics show that the ship
ments Of Brazilian coffee to New York
in 1S7O-71 were but 533, no bags, against
759, O35 bags in 1S6S-69- "a difference of
nearly a quarter Of a million bags.
While this reduction hss taken place in
the New York receipts within two years,
the receipts Of .B!szlian coffee at The
port of Baltimore have been from 2G7,-
4G4 bsgs in 1860 10 All, 4S9 bags in
1S7O-7l; while New Orleans mas risen
from 1Ol, 600 to 1913, 600, or nearly one
hundred per cent, and Hampton Roa@s
(for o1ders) from 90, 600 TO 100, 900 bags.
The latest development in the cargo
movements at New York is as follows,
from the New York Advertiser of the
22d:
"L4rge dealers in sugar have resolved
to seek refuge from New York greed in
New Jersey liberality; and orders for SUI
gar are now going out TO Cuba and The
ether West India Islands, and in almost
every instance the Instructions are to dis
patch the vessel to Sandy Hook for old
eTs, which means Perth AmbOy, if New
York quarantine eXtortiODs still continue
to be prscticed when the ships arrive.
Four large vessels laden with sugar, from
Havana, on Tuesday arrived ct Sandy
Hook, and three of them are low aTSit
ing orders 90 be sent to Perth Amb0y or
other ports to the eastward or southwark.
One of the vessels, the bSIk Alfred '.
Maria, carrying cargo of ], 44S boxes
of sugar, has already entered at the Gus
tomhouse at Perth Amboy."
Summed ur, it is to be remarked in
general way that changes are coming
over the direction and channels of the
foreign commerce of the country, someO of
which have lopg been foreseen, but are
now only beginning TO be realized in
fact. That western cities will ever do
upon their own account any considerable
share Of the import trade of the country,
is of course only an ambitious dream of
their own. Such is the view of our most
favored sea board Southern cities, but
whether that view is true we cannot
say.
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EVER THUS.
A few days since we saw III the New
York San, in which it was stated
in brief way that Cesar crossed the
Rubicon with his legions in defiance Of