The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-02

the Face of ObstncIes-I he CONNER
ciaI Accommodation, Rice. Naval
stores, Lumber, &c.-The JobDinE
Trade amt Other Departments of
Business.
The pa year, in The Southern States, has been
fairly pr sperous. Tic prices Of staple products
have rul, d al pasiug rates and. in spite Of the ex.
actions and oppre .stons ri The lJcal governments
the Who'll. SJuLhein country has steadily I'M
pro,ed Its c7nd .tlon. The diflcu.tles or the po-
hltcal sisuati N are slowly reaching q soluilon.
and some States have alreat7 secured govern
meLts which enjoy public confidence. lu others
like South Car lima, where vicious legislation ana
unpardl,el ed corruption b I've prevailed, IN appeal
has been made to public opinion, which Is forcing
end silently securing Il change OF policy. Uuder
an honest government, South Carolina will move
forward with unexampled rapidly. Her linlat
and natural resources crab.o her TO stand eide oy
s.de with the most 40 lrishing state in the Union.
The great crops Of she South, Will; h were Eome.
what reduced by unfayorabl. seasons, found I'D
vantaGsols markets, AID COTTON, rice, naval
stores, and other products, sold ut encouraging
and profit lble prices. causing the prospect lorthe
mlure 10 be full OF promise TO all WHO work With
on houest rurpo.e to build up their for unes.
Charlcs,on, Her Trsde and Improve
tents
1t Is gratifying to notice that Notwithstanding
the unwe RED efforts which have bean used to
divert the st cam If business from this CITY, the
great currents Of trade dire ted tbs way Keep
steadily Improvingi in volume. 1t Is probable that
the strength or the rival interests his been fully
felt, and the lu,ure vii; develop an increasing
traie at this port. The various railroads. some
OF which have ben for some time In operation,
while olhera are In course Of construction, and
which, 1t was thought, would seriously Interfere
with the receipts at Charleston, have, so lar,
failed to dlninlsl them to any important extent,
and 1t is not unlikely that they will, In the future,
find It profitable to shoR the freight coming this
way, by III ,r lines, u flIf field ard eqral chances.
Tho two railroads which cross the State In the
central and upper divisions. one al:ea y COM
pletcd and the other approaching completion, nre
amorg the last schemes intended TO Interrupt tile
growth of this city, and as their supposed effects
have, VIC thiuk. been already over est mated and
discounted, we look for he future 10 show, with
Increasing certainly, the value Of tie CONNER
| Clut BLUM " " niic lS&S' N
growing strength OF the tide Of trade Ia this al
~rcctl0n, It will be notIce.l by the general cotton
receipts that while North Carolina, Of which WIZ
mlugton is tho chief depot, received In lsIo-Il
81, 600 bales, her receipts decilncl TO 52 600 the
present year, notwithstanding the Efforts or the
Wilmington, Columbia ald Augusta Railroad
showing q falling or OF nearly ont .ha +, while the
toial crop only declined nbGut one third. During
the same perloi Char aston received In 1901
$50. 90 bales, and the year Jl-t closed 2So 00t
bales, or q decliue OF only one-hfih. Savannah
Mt the sane line, rccee ell from 726. 900 In 1901
to 40 900 Ia the year Just cl ,scd, Or u loss vi one
third. Charleston list Only Il nth, while VII
mlngton lost nearly O half. aud Savannah one
tnrd-a striking Instance OF the drift o
things thl1 way, after a prosracted struggle
These are facts rot to be mlsuf derst"ou
the ere IT. staples are attracted TO our put by iis
fn, iilti~s. Ia Its well arranged ra;iroai anu s"!i'
steamboat lines. which ore now ur!nglrg COTTON
even from the Gulf ports; aud this being the near
est Southern city to Baltimore, Phlla lelphi4 anu
May York which or IDS good water aud hne
borhor occomm I'd ATTIC rs and with all the railroads
connected with the wha' YES, by which goods VIII
br handled with the greatest dispatch, least dam
ape and lowest COST, We look for O large aud In
creasing stream OF BUSINESS In tals direction.
The staple articles OF export from this City fol
the past year may DO put down approX!malive y
at the following 1gures:
Cot,on-uplands,. .... hlles.. 100000 $27, 900, c0f
Cutton-sca island. ...baRs.. ll,1,a oOV,Wl
Rice ce".- 43.uOJ t,COo'out
Naval NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000 l,l0D.Ov
Llmher aud Timber feet. 9,uno, UOO l1S'oou
| Nam yott,Q + ruS---hllts.. ~ UUU UUJ,UJI
Phosphate. manufactured .,,
and c e.................. ...... l.o0o,OOl
Suudrles audi lOnil.......... ...... ~l,uoJ.oot
Total $4,000. $37, z7',o0t
Nothing will SHOW more strlkingly the steldy
mproveu en. in the c rmularcial strength OF Ibis
city than Tho comparison Of receipts OF Il few OF
the main staples jast alter tbs war and the year
Iu4t Go, ed say, IN rOnnd numbers, al Charleston;
r ceipts 1855 and 1906, cotto', b~Ale".... ~ Ool
Krcrlpls 1871 md 1872, Gottol b'!es..... $50. 0CC
neceIpIs 1855 AMI 1868. rice. tierces....... l.0ls
Heculp 8 1871 aud 1872, Tic +. tlcI ces....... 5000
Receipts 1.85 AMI 1916 laval s'0r's. bols. 80 w
Receipts 1911 and 1872. laval stores, uOis. l5U,uop
Showing an lncrea1e o: from three TO Lvcfuld
taking place under the sharpest comps ition Oh
The parC Of rivals who Eal great advantages III
j mon. Y and an earlier possession OF the lleld-ad'
vantages they Will never enjoy TO the sumo ex'
tout again.
lu the arsiCle Of rice, Charleston has received III
the past year about th'ec.lourtfs or the crop o.
Carolina au4 Georgia. anil OF sea is!aud cot'cnr
the growth OF south Caroiua, Georgia aud Flori
da, nearly the same proportion has come to this
port, and beea sold In this market. In local i'm
movements, also, The CITY IS stoaiily moving on
ward, and splendid stores. filed with attractive
q rods, and prlyute residences, from tia nca
and substantial home Of tho workingman to The
dnrst man sion Of Ih, wealthy, ar. going up 10
increasing numbers. ITen The suburbs are show.
Ing great Improvement, anu Sulllyah's Island
which the wa. com pie .ely stripped OF i5 resi-
d.noes, has ben largely anh finely rebuilt. several
hundred thousand dollars having lately been spent
In improvements AT That place.
The Commercial Movement
In tho past year, willie there mas oeeu q lall
s:eadlue,s 10 some Of the leading articles o! com
me,ce. Others have shown extraordinary changes,
Among these are currell. which is so largely I'm
nortcd into this couulry, and which, oW!ns TO
diminished crops, advanced greatly. The proba'
h,s duration or tals increase Of price 1t Is dill
cn1t 10 estimate, and. unless co sumption lie
checked, 1; may be partla ly maintained Tor
considerable period, us cuHee plantations take
several years to reach natu i'y. 1t Is, however,
grown over 30 extensive L tcld, being raised 10 u
greater or less extent 10 most tropical countries
tnat IL ts to be hoped that q more feaSoHa'