Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-01

lrg q capacity or from one thousand &c
twelve hundred bales. Captain Ed.
Postal and Mr. FL. Crowell are in
/ charge of the office, Pat Duffy in the
c1mmissaTy department, and Charley
/ Wood presides over one Of the neatesy
bars to be found on any one Of our bend
/ packets.
BusiuCs..
| FellOw-msrinos, here is something
| better than killikinick or cavendi.h TO
| put ia your pipes aud smoke all day to-
day, all next week, even unto the day
when the business season opens in ma
rine circles. Il is from the Cincinnati
Times, Of Thursday:
"TheTe has been considerable eXpend-
iture Of gas upon the topic which con-
Germs the interests Of our steamboatmen
that is likely TO be wasted II plans are
not set on foot at an early day 10 con-
summ.te an arTau cement by which the
steambOating iuterest OF this city may
become unit in protecting rates this
fall. TIE experiences Cf the past fe \
years which have seriously affected the
eXchequeT Of many steam bCSimen, s Id
appreciated their stock in trade, are bi
ter pTemoniti0Ds of what the future will
be II there is not some precOHcarteG &C.
lion and union Of forces TO adopt meas
uTes in the TesuscitatiOn Of our once
prosperous river interest The cry that
we have had TOO much tonnage aud in
sufficient business to justify profitable
returns are not warranted Uy the facts,
as the past season, virtually closed, has
been. an Over-prosp porous one go far
as freight CffeIiE IS are concerned,
and, respecting the plethora OF tonnage,
The record Of the early months Of the
season demonstrates that the statement
is delusiOn, Tor every sCuthern-bound /
steamer from this port, from the OPEN |
irg OF the season, last November, until |
the close Ofspriug, found enough freight, |
and freely offered At that, to fill out with |
before rsachiUg Csiro. Every steam
boat master will aft ,m tbese statements.
Had there been 9 compact between
owners, properly framed and |
made irrevOcabie, Snd the rates sus-
tanned during the season jus, closed, our
southern steamers would now be able to
exhibit 2 hesllhY showing Of large
gains. Bat now, ia the face Of the pros
pectlve and fattering crops Of cotton
rice aud sugar Of the south, and i'm
mense productions of our home soil,
neither OF which have been so large for
fifteen years, there is every indication
Of the return OF the good old times, aud
the river commerce o; the Queen City
to once more loom up in The m8jesty
and proportion Of her former great
lass and enlarged pecuniary success.
With this cheering prospect in view,
Z devolves upon the Memphis anu
New Orleans stesmboatmen to unite
md settle upon some basis Of action for
he coming season, establishing a rate
o be adhered to. The st. Louis plan of
pooling suggests Itself to us as feasible.
from conversations with several of our
0uthern steamboatmen, we find they
avoT such a method, and assert they
will conform TO its adoption or any other :
afe means which a n9j)rity may recon-
mend to pursue in epjJiniUg 3 profitable
eason. The fail season viii undoubted-
y Opeu early this year, and it behoOves
ur friends 10 take this matter in hand
t once and initiate the steps for thesuc-
esstul operation Ct some plan to main
ain rates throughout the season."