The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-29
.ieieas Transportati6n..s :

The hd demand for cheaper transportation i
heard I'D every section of the country. If the
demand came; from the South alone 1t wonld
not be needed $, but fortunately, forug at Least
the great West and Northwest are also, paEal
wed by the lack of adequate means 10 carry
fheir irimcnse 'bnlks Of produce to market
Greats asr have beeniTthe advantages given "a
those sections by5 natural and sbyr artificial
means of transportation, the industry of the
people and tie fertility Of the soil to .outstrip
tbefi. 91The grievance is bic that Demands
remedyanba bas speedily as possible.io7 gH'a:'ig
One remedy proposed Isl the construction oi
new routes of. Transportation to the sea-board
It is coontended that the price of any article
depends mainly upon the relation the supply
bears.to the demand; that in this,s Us in other
cases. competition is the surest regulator OF
prices, and. unless transportation faciEiie In
crease in proportion to the quantity Of freighta
that the rates will be increased ''2' E'sH9 -
nActihg upon this theory, varioasnew routes
have been proposed, three Of them water ways,
seeking to connect the waters of the Mississippi
with the Atlantic Ocean, to wit: one BY canal,
slackwater and river navigation through Vir-
einia; o. second through Alabama and Georgia,
and q third byya an inland navigation along the
coast Of the Gulf Of Mexico 70 the Apalachieolaa
-fi These routes Have been surveyed by eomaipIe.
tent engineers and pronounced perfectly prac'
ticable.lr Either. one of them, if constructed,
would1go far, toward supplying the demand = for
greater and cheaper transportation, and when
Constructed would, If declared free % the COM
merce of the whole country, beia complete bar
to any monopoly, by any corporaaons NO mat
AS was to have been expected, however, these
schemes have met with more or less opposition
from every seaport north of Virginia. Balti-
more and Philadelphia each draw from the
great Western freight magazine. by railroad,
and naturally look. with, Jealous eye upon the
construction of rival routes, that Will divert
Western freights to ports further South, and
thereby inevitably y'build up direct European
trade with those .pprts, and 70 that extentinjure
'ASs TSs sas sEeaf t1oSbie However, viii i eSe from a
New York City and Its Gtribu utaries.. That city
hasbecouie Che commercial centre of the United
States, 4aad for thatreason alb thEough railway
lines converge there. For want OF export
facilities at Atlantic ports, in lower latitudes,
all other transportation lines act simply as
feeders to the great through lines eonverging
in New York. 5dInsa word, the export and im-
portbusiness of, the, cauntry, the business that
ought to be scattered along The. Whole Atlantic
coast ID concentrated at one p0ints and that
noint inoa remote corner off thea eUintfys ,eA
Single eianca.1 the Inapwill stiey thsttLisIis
krue, No effort ITO cheaper the present high
rates of Transportation viii be successful that
tIoes not Involve diversion Of large portion
oftthe,bHsi6ess afrthe counefg from New York
Citytd horts fntheE South 2b9Iuc:'S 10 cigme
/ .,Neither, freights nor armies, can afford bto
move on long lines when, short ones are possi-
blsiq aThs Fine will COME when the great
khfoueh freight lifes will runJ East and West,
and extend from the Atlantic to the Paci6e,
and when the, necessity; for constantly omen
communication will compel their location 10
Southern latitudes.a The construction ct all OF
eitherof the great internal water ways men,
tioned will constitute dong stride to that
consammation. scade deyoutly taTbei wished by US
S Tbs bshp schsabp asnnsSpo rsnSSo si movement is but
biiits phiseSf Tie gfsat irrepfesiBia co6aheFeial
n5fIfSct battea1 NEENY YosbG GIFT ana the people
bfEhel Goptlk Atlavtics the Guls thei Nest and
Ehe NorthTessS States. ,Tbat conflict is ineyita;
essy el suS word " anS S Sssy I measure that teSds6
combine and sc5nsDlida the peopie of those
Stases In frads onaDliticA prepares thsm. the
hatter TO assert ttrelI commercial freedom. ,rer
Cheap Sransportasoa requires much shortet
sines thafi those 81 We n03 nave, and Uf6ef ahip-
niof porBs shaeib Yosls inisy:ro1n teendays
whenthe Misdssippis sead It's tribpta aries we're
suficient forthe people II, iss great valley and
rzbeT the streams Of the East were, sufficient
f3r the people off the aRaantic Aslope, and 81
iSbe sinehnEafn RANGES presented an fmpassas
bIs,hazrieT doang interchapge 1og freights pee