The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-05-13
Direct Trade.

chunical ,Sriy:
DENm SIR Herewith you will (ind
mot luportau; lettnrto the CAV.
| :rn"r Georgia respecting the sub
ject Of d.rec: tiadc with the Southern
states, from "pi arently Liphly re-
re:tnble lass, clnliuh in Louuun. Tho
tier OF SIR Il lwar'l Pearson, to Gov
S:,'th, aud The prospectus accompa.
nlins- j., is sLtlicicutly y rxll. n tory
TO inGuco 4 uut consideration Of
your.cii aud the Executive Committee
ot, our State Agtlcui,ural Society.
1t our unfortunate State is uudcr
niSrulc md uuwi>c Legislators, tie c
l. Ii" reason why the tue and fui,h
iul representatives Of the p4uIpe
sh"u! lie Suplnc aui not hopeful of
brighter future, aud be aliyc to the
VAST bsn.fits to ari-e from the great
|chnnges that uIe being deveIupoi in
the O. mmeIce and trade If nations.
With much regard, have the honor
10 be your ob't. seivttt, e,
Wm. NJ. LAWTON.
THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND MIS-. .sslprI
VALLEY SoclErY, 445
STRArD, CmARINa Cross,
LONDON, ". e., M.,ci 2U, 1874.
To Ills Ercel'cncy Mc GIuernor ofthy
STATE Of Ge~,y'n. IT, s. Il.
SiH-t am requested hy the Tx.
ccusNt ourni tee Of tni, S"ciat, TO
l"t II, you that il number of auplipa-
ti"ns have teen received from manu-
f"cturc's uhd others, who wish to
Lave their products exhibited at The
p'inri i"l State fairs OF the Mississ,p.
pl Va. ey anl to request that yoa
will be So good as 10 put NE Into
'mmn''cation with the gentlemen
w" have ,Large of the Fair. Urgaui.
z'ti in in your State. with tho :
view Of making arrange III sn,s for
sucb 'Ihihihou, it rructico Bile. I
trns' th", you muy ta pleased to com.
Ply w"h this requ, st; and also that
l"u may See sit to exercise your iunu.
enee to promote the object ia view.
| have the honor to tiannmit here
with Il rr" pect"s Of this assuciution,
who:e objrcts are, az you will obs
>c've, tue direct commercial and
h"ancial intercourse between Europe
aud your great Western AID South
e.n States. ,.
Be- ing that you will favor me
w!ih al early rcply j, have the honor
% remain your Exccllercy's Oh, ,dient
servant, :.
Sig.cd, EDWIN PEARSON.
PROSPECTUS.
This society his been formed for
the pro.ncihn OF direct commerc,al
intercourse between Europe AMI tho
States and ,errit,,,es culn oosinS the
Valley e ihe Mississippi.
This Valley, ,ncludiug the South
At!an'ic AID Guf States shose m.-
icrlal interests are the >ame) en-
"r~cc> t"ehty'ohc independent States
AMI five Tcrltn, les. nannl,, the
5 ate, y! Ono, Wisconsin,, Iudiana,
ltlI"oi Mlchi-on, Mlune.ula, Iva,
Nebraska, KANSAS, Missouri, Ken
tacky, Tennessee, AIkansas, AlAba-
ma, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas,
North Carolina, Suuth Guroilra,
Georgia and Florida and the Ter
ri'or1cs OF Dakota, Wyoming, Coio-
'ado, Ne" Mexico, and tuc ludlau
icrrIt"ry. E: :,
In k;t,npting to give fair uc-
count III The c%.cn', II iuie aud con-
Nnrrtiai ,nr"ilan;e Of this great
! v"I!el, It Is G.E,:u,t to ts,spe The
au* ;.icion 'l.x,sEe' It's Area,
2.432,nnU sq'arc mites, IL neal,
d I'D at Of China, and cousdcrao
! by sgItatcr than the uAiIA \ areas
OF ~ ,hc conutri y OF Enropr, &c wing
out RA> it,. ExtrhdIns t,ruulE
thirty degrees of iunsitude, and
twenty degrees of iatituto, IL pos c,s-
es hearty al varieties OF cl'Ina,e,
which, coupled with the unsurpassed
uc!a :.S IT its soil, makes it curablc
rf yielding in the greatest apuuda"ce.
aitn"st every product of.the rea. til.
! ln the proJuc,lon of ,hc greatest
staples, 1t Stands pre.cu,ncnt even
now in its iuitIl stage Of 4cycicp,
meat. It's cool field, arc btyund all
! comparison, the greatest in the world,
II med exceeding great Brian. Its
the deposits of scAe:.,l of the States
mineral wealth ia iIuu, lead, zinc,
copper, ETC., ctc., is absolutely mex.
h.ustlb!r. Its means finland traus-
portalinn are Oh the same vust scale
for, apart from the chain Of lakes or
,nland seas on its northeast, 1t pos.
>, sscS l1,UU0 miles OF v.llable river
navaen.ior, penetrating every sec;ion
# the the valley, and Garry lug a com.
mcrco of glcaler value than the
! Ocean commerce. Of any nation in the
world, except England. 1t has; So
900 miles of Completed railways, bsing
more than tn Q; times the miicuge vi
the Uuitcd Kingdom. -. g.. ~
| The ,nteicsts Of the people of this
valle y are substantially homogeneous.
l'hc production OF food and raw ma.
terial<, forming ;he bases of their in.
dustry, and their bility to exchange,