Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-05

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/ between buyer and seller, which must
necessarily be mutually satisfactory.
DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH LIVER
\ POOL.
/ A direct tradeor line Of communities
| ton with Liverpool in the article Of
/ cotton has also been a subject Of discuss
ion in your body within the last twelve
months, aud in view of the increased
| number Of buyers of cotton for foreign
/ account We can hope that, at no distant
/ day, Memphis viii be shipping our great
staple direct to Europe, by way Of Nor
folk, Virginia, without having to send
/ our freight by the indirect routes Of
4 New York or New Orleans. We
have had direct correspondence with the
Messrs. Allen Bros, who express great
anxiety to establish a direct line of
steamers to Norfolk, and the only diff
/ Guilty encountered is the lack of inward
bound freigbts. This difficulty, we may
hope, viii be speedily overcome by the
| increased importation Of goods direct
| from Europe, and by immigration in
vited to the South by the rapidly grow
/ ing commercial and agricultural pros
/ perity Of our section of the Union. That
! our success in both of these relations JUS
| titles me in the assertion that they will
/ be accomplished, there can be no doubt.
| The cheapness Of land, the fertility Of
/ our soil, in yielding abundant rewards
I for labor, the healthfulness Of our eli
/ mate, and the peculiar adaptation Of our
| products which enter into the neeessa-
| ries of life, as well as articles OF dOmes-
| tic and foreign exchange, sustain me in
/ claiming that the foreigner can seek
U III, fab
| inviting. The merchant finds a ready
/ sale for all of his wares, which can be
| economically used IN the industry of the
country. These two questions of direct
I trade and immigration deserve your
constant and unremitting attention, as
the means of building up the
South, and thereby directly and indi-
rectly building up your own city.
Having adverted TO these few ques-
tions Of gensral interest, and feeling and
knowing you are as well or better in
formed as to subjects Of Importance than
myself must content myself by urg-
ing you to sustain your Chamber OF
Commerce as the official organ which
must be the means of giving expression
to your views as to the best method Of
advancing the great and growing trade
of the city. Every day Memphis is
growing more as dry goods, hat, shoe
and boot, grocery and cotton market,
and to you the country looks fora proper
regulation and management of this
trade. To your rules and usages our
patrons have subscribed a ready acqui-
escence, believing them to be based on
principles of equity, justice and right.
| now retire from the Presidency Of your
honorable body, and leave the position
in better hands, and ask for Mr.. Hill
that cordial and courteous support which
l have ever received at your hands. 1t
will afford me pleasure to attend your
meetings, and whatever 1 may be able
to do in furtherance of the interest Of
the Chamber OF Commerce and the in
terest Of Memphis, will gladly do.
now have thepleasure of introducing
Mr.. Hill, the President elect.
Having concluded his excellent speech
he introduced Mr.. Hill, his successor,
who merely said that he would not at
tempt TO make aspeech, but would simply
say he would do all in his power to full
fill the duties of the position to the best
of his ability, and hoped he would be as
cordially and efficiently supported as-his
predecessor. Cheers
The routine of business having been
gone through before Colonel Pinson
spoke, there was nothing more to do
than listen to speeches from various
members Of the Board.
Judge Brown made a few remarks
about the Western railroad connection OF
Memphis. He said that upon these de-
pend the future of Memphis. You are,
he said, sending out agents to solicit
trade in that country, better agent
would be railroads with the West, which
would enable US to establish business re-
lations with the wild but growing
country out beyond the river. Railroads
to the East would not be worth much as
compared with Western.
CAPTAIN CowDoN's SHIP CANAL.
He submitted the following resOlu-
ton, which was referred to the follow
ing committee: Messrs. Colonel Pinson,
a. T. Lacey, and Alderman PettigTew,
Judge Brown and Captain Cowdon,
with Captain Lacey as Chairman:
ResOlUed, That the Secretary he re-
quested to address letter to each Cham
Der of Western cities, requesting them
10 cooperate with this body in petition
ing Congress to make needful apprOpri-
ations for the construction Of ship ca
nal from Lake Michigan to the Illinois
river, and for the purpose of construct
ing a ship canal from New Orleans TO
Barritaria Bay, navigable by the largest
sea-going vessels.
The meeting then called for the ap-
pointment of the following committees:
On Arbitration, on Railroads and on
MeteorOlogy. The members of the last
named committee are B. J. Semmes,
H. II. Higbee and ThOs. ii. Allen. The
other committees will be appointed
hereafter.
Mr.J.M. Pettigrew made some re-
marks of a hopeful character, and urging
| the members of the Chamber to attend
the meetings regularly, and explaining
| his acts in the Board of Aldermen in re-
| ference to taxation of all sorts, and tell
| ing what he WIS in favor of taxing, and
what he was in favor of leaving without
tax. He would like to see all taxed
alike. He said he was not the father of
the whole city ordinance on the subject.
! be did the best he could in the premises.
He also gave his views in the matter of
delinquent members of the Chamber,
whose dues now amount to the sum of
tweuty-one hundred dollars. He sub
mitted the following resolution, which
was declared adopted:
ResolUed, That all persons or firms
who are in arrears of dues to the Cham
ber of Commerce, and whose applica-
ton for demit has not been received and
acted upon by said Chamber, be notified
blythe Secretary oftheir Indebtedness, and
if not paid on or before the next regular
meeting of the Chamber of Commerce,
that suit be at once brought for the col
lection of said dues.
Mr.. Randle wanted to have gas fix
lures in the room. Proper measures
were adopted TO have that thing done
by appointing Messrs. Randle and Petit
grew a Committee on Gas.
A resolution of thanks was adopted to
the retiring President, after which the
meeting adjourned.