Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1875-09-18
CLiRKsvLLE 81: SEPT, is, 1879.
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The most important movement now
en- foot, for TIE development Of the
agricultural resources of The valley Of
the Mississippi and the Southern, At
lantic States. Is the Mississippi Valley
Transportation Company 1t is char
tered under The English laws. and lis
principal object iis to proeufe supplies
for the English people On the best
terms aud directly ffonithe producers
in the South aud West. Z To 30 this,
the eemVHn y propose to provide ships
of 5000 tous, TO ply between England
and the Southern States. bringing here
whatever wares and manufactures are
wanting. aud carrying back the sur
plus products Of the great valley which
now pass through the hands of inehop
olies and are made tributary to capital
at the expense of labor. To make the
scheme more perfect and efficient, the
company will build vessels enough to
do the coasting trade of the Gulf and
South Atlantic, thereby making it
cheap and easy to concentrate at CEN
trail pointsthe cotton, grain, pork, lard,
wool and everything else which it may
be roftable to transport to London
aud Liverpool, and thence to other
foreign marketswith which we have no
direct trade. The company will offer a
part Of the authorized stock to the
citizens of this country, and commence
operations as soon as enough Of said
stock is sold to insure an interest in
the success of the grand scheme. ~
We are pleased to learn that the
Oranges are takingla interest in the
enterprise, aud doing SO, are co-operat-
ing with the kindred organizations Of
England, by which the ball has been
set in motion. We hope also to see
the direct trade organization of the
Southern States heartily cooperating
with movement sc nearly akin 10 its
owulin every essential particular The
interests of labor and production are
the same in every country, and, with
slight notifications, need the same APP
piiances for theirfuh development and
security. This being true, nothing car
be more cpportune than this grand
scheme for bringing Into profitable
proximity the producers and consumers
Of this and the mother country. Sta
tistics prove that Of tie sixteen hun
dred millions of bushels of grain
raised in the United States, thirteen
hundred millions are grown in the
Mississippi valley and the States iden-
tiled with it, and the same territory
produces nearly all the pork, lard and
wool furnished by the entire Union.
Add to the list, the cotton of the
Gulf States, and the variety of agri-
cultural products peculiar to their soil.
which, with such facilities as are offer
ed by this company, will be developed
In the near future, aud it viii be seen
what vast sum can be saved to the
producers by taking into their own
hands the transportation and sale of
the products now handled by specula-
tors, and contributing. to the wealth
aud power of monopolies for which
producers are the poorly paid ''hewers
of wood and drawers Of water ~
Hon. Thomas d. Warrall, agent of
the English branch of this company
is now in this country and has been
successful in ehiisting the Patrons Of
Husbandry in the good cause and has
appointed some of its highest officers
as trustees and directors-for the first,
Hon. d. w. Adams, Master of the
National Grange. Hon. E. r. Shank
land, Judge j. T. Jones and Col. ID.
w. Aiken, members OF National Ex
ecutive, Committee. Gen. p G.. T
Desuregard, with others not yet ap-
pointed, will be Directors. With such
a beginning, let US hope the entire Or
der will soon become the earnest sup
=
porter Of a movement promising such
grand results. @ ie -s1uiat.u.#