The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-11-28

called herself of Chat advantage while the
war rnled this city out Of the market Hence
her position which y thus noticed Ds Lac
| New York Tribune. -,
But our mill, are rcyiying. One which
in the development OF the remarkable sue
cession of calamilies which fell upon tnls
civ. was reduced 70 ashes not long slnce' IS
now nearly rebuilt. and In a few months the
capacity of our Touring mills will De re-
covered, and we shall be again In the co colnoi-
ton to supply the outgoing ireights y tpat
will pay for the coffee. Then we shall only
want the capital, and the enterprise winch
are needed to co ntrol the coffee trade to take
a great part Of 1t under our direction. we
have the means Of distributing 1t, and can
manage it as well as Baltimore.
why may We not be competitor also In
the trade in minerals? We need an . extern
sion of our railroad fscilities; bur we AZ
least have as good facilities in this respecs, as
Baltimore has, for she can boast OF only one
ralw that is peculiarly enlisted in her ser.
vice. st....s
While New York may not suffer any ma
teri,l dimiuution Of her wealth and dignity,
the rivalry that has arisen will result IN the
benefit of both New York and Baltimore,
and also in the benefit of the public at large,
By the consequent increase of facilities and
the diminuton of charges and costs Of trans
portation and goods.
We may congratulate Baltimore upon the
rapid advancement that followed her schemes
and exertions Of all kinds, and We may be
permitted, in friendly way, to advise her
in aspiring to the dignity of great city, to
aba,e the nuisance Of her offensive basin, and
to adopt other improvements In keeping
with the high position 10 which she asplres.
incidentally, we beg leave to ask for this
city isirness at the hands of the thriving and
powerful cities. She has been the victim OF
calamity, and she is now the victim of some
very outrageous and unfair "terminal regu-
lations," so called. Her peculiar grief is
like that Of the eagle, that some Of the ar
rows that have wounded her have been
equipped with feathers plucked from her
own wing. .,.-
1t might be considered little presumptu-
Gus for Us even to name Richmond in COM
pany with these great cities; but when we
consider Richmopd's advantages and what
she has done We see no such presumption in
the discussion. She was the cegtre Of that
rebellion whose disastrous end brought the
worst consequences upon her. Her COM
mercial district was destroyed by FIRE,
while her whole trade had been suspended
and large part Of it diverted to
other channels and places. She has
been rebuilt; her trade in great de-
gree recovered, while she has gained large
business she had not before the war; she has
paid of the debt she incurred la the work Of
rebuilding her burned district; she has deep
ened the channel Of the James river so as to
accommodate the coasting trade, and in
great degree the foreign she owes less money
than any other city we know Of in proper
ton to population; she is improving very
rapidly has borne the panic better than any
other place on the Atlantic; and is now
chcered by d very bright future, both with
reference to her trade and her manufactures.
Naturally one Of the most beautiful cities
in the Union, she is also one of the best en-.
dowcd for manufacturing purposes. her
means of distribution 10 all quarters of the
Union and the globe are good, and will be
greatly improved. Her media of access to
the interior are excellent, with the excep-
ton that some of them are now burthened
with regulations which are unfaVorable, but
which may be changed. So that we may
safely say that, although we cannot hope that
Richmond will be an equal of the big cities
we have been speaking of, she will certainly
be large participation in the trade for which
they are conteudiug, and will probably rise
to be the very finest inland town in the
United States.
In conclusion, let us say there will be
enough for all the Atlantic towns, aud we
take occasion to admonish all against the bad
passion of greed and the mean desire to mo-
nopolize. Let all pursue a generous and
just rivalry, and all will flourish, and the
public will be largely the gamer by the con-
sequent increased facility of commerce and
the moderation of all the burt hens imposed
upon consumers and producers.