Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-14
Letter from Bronson Bayliss TO
Dudley Mann, Touching Di-
rect Trade with Eu-
rope.
A Sensible, Candid an1 Fair Ex'
position of What Memphis
is as a Cotton Market.
Answer OF Mr.. MaBn-IndOrse-
meRt of Mr. Bayliss's Posi-
tiOn-A Good Thing
All Around.

I The following correspondence viii be
read with pleasure by all our people,
and every man who has his heart in
lperitv. will thank Mr.. Bayliss for the
interest he has taken in the trade and
| prosperity OF Memphis. He has turned
aside from pleasure to labor for bis
neighbors. Let US remember it to him /:
Mr.. BAYLIss's LETTER.
GRAND HOTEL, PARIS July p, 1871.
Z Hon. Z. Dudley Mann:
DEAR SIR-Knowing that you have
always maintained a deep interest in a
direct trade between the southern States
Of America and Europe, permit me to
call your attention 70 the city of Mem
I phis, Tennessee, United States of Amer
/ lea. as an important cotton market.
Memphis IS situated on the east bank
of the Mississippi river, eight hundred
miles from its terminus in the gulf of
Mexico, with connections by rail or wa
ter with the shipping at New Orleans;
also Norfolk, Baltimore, Savannah, Mo-
bile, Charleston, Philadelphia, New
York, Boston, Quebec and Montreal.
Through bills Of lading can be had on
cCttOn to all Of the important cities Of
Europe.
Insurance effected as desired. Nego-
tiatiOns are made without difficulty by
sight-drafts on New Orleans and New
York, time-bills, sight or short-sight on
London, or in anyway that is customary.
We can ship either by rail or steamboat,
as c0nsignees may direct; in fact, can
transact business on the same terms as
il is done in other cotton markets in the
United States.
Time at present from Memphis to Liv-
erpOOl, by steam, twenty-five to thirty
days; by sail, sixty to seventy-five days.
Memphis is now the third if not the
second cotton market in the United
States, the receipts annually near five
hundred thousand bales, and which re-
ceipts are composed almost entirely Of
Arkansas and Mississippi cottons, and
preferred by the spinners Of our country,
as Vel as by Great Britain and Ger
many.
Direct trade with Europe is what the
south has long desired, and immigration
to this section is what they most anx-
iously wish, but merely propose now
70 draw your attention to Memphis as
one OF the most important cotton mar
kets of the world, and that it is the in
ton IS rear the place of production as
possible, and not to pay middlemen
commissions and profits only so far es
their interest is subserved. Upon the
same natural laws of trade it is the in
teTest of the consumer TO buy directly
from the manufacturer when practica-
ble.
Orders sent to Memphis direct by the
they were sent by a dealer, and / claim
that our cotton viii suit in every particu-
lar for making all descriptions of goods.
the finer as well as the cOarser qualities,
which knew from experience, having
bought for the mills in our country as
well as for England for the past twenty
years.
Renewed efforts are being made in cur
section OF country to establish a trade
with the different countries of Europe,
and We are satisfied that il is the inter-
est Of those countries TO cooperate with
as; and one mode is to appoint cOnsuls
OF vice-c0nsuls ia our port as prelimi-
nary procedure.
Memphis is now an established port of
entry, and goods can be shipped direct
" here from any foreign country.
The charges fOr purchasing cotton here
are nine and half per cent. drayage,
labor and shipping, forty cents per baie,
which covers sll expenses at this point.
We are in cattle communication with all
parts Of Europe.
Navigation Of the Mississippi river to
the gulf Of Mexico is not obstructed;
neither is rail communication from any
Of the Atlantic ports.
Memphis is situated near the line Of
the great cotton belt, and from this see
ton we draw our main supplies Our
cotton has only to be known to become
q great favOTite in Europe, as it is now
with the manufacturers Of our own coun-
try.
If some Of the rich govern ments of
Europe viii now make an effort to Sc
cure the trade Of the south, we think It
will succeed nOner or later.
Trusting that your further efforts TO
establish this trade may result in great
good TO the southern States aud Europe,
L am yours truly,
BRONSON BAYLESs.