Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-30

YOU 10 with the coeoons. if Won
ever get any. or II II SHOULD pay YOU
to rear them at "a cents per pound: Can
they reel them IN this country Pm glad YOU
noticed the deXterity of the Italian woman.
This woman would earn in Italy at the ut
most % cents per day. working from a. m. to
$ 2. m IN the summer, and from to 9 in the
winter. Are young American ladies disposed
lu work Tor similar remuneratiOns The lower
classes would not. for they can find labor
which pays much better. What is raw silk
worths In New FORK you can buy as much
a- ever YOU like. OF the very best italian raw
SILK. at - = per pound. The only chance see
oi success Is that the importation of raw silk
should De heavily taxed. but | doubt if the
government VIII 90 thus far to favor the en-
-erprlsing young ladies Of Philadelphia"
We find the following in reference to the
Florida ship canal IN the Nashville World
which furnishes some interesting information
oi the present status and progress of the great
enterprise 50 long talked Of but recently as
-umlng something like solid shape and subj
stance: Our reporter yesterday met Mr. Rolfe
-. ~dunders.O OF the Southern Industries. who re-
Gently returned from meeting of the board
of directors Of the Florida ship canal in New
lurk. from whom some interesting facts were
gathered concerning this gigantic enterprise.
ln which Mr.. saunders has been an active and
efficient labOrer. contributing largely TO its
present success. From him we learn that the
Florida ship Canal Company. recently organ
zeG IN New y Crk, is composed Of some Of the
strongest capitalists Of this country, number
ing among them Mr.. Townsend Cox and J. NJ .
Lawson two New York bankers Hon ST.
mon Cameron. Gen. b. r. Butler. Senator
Malone. Ex-Governor John e. Brown.
Judge VIM. Fullerton. Hon. Milton Savler. ;
u. Meyer, Michael Jacobs. General v. ID.
Gr0uer. Major Thomas Peters. Of Alabama
Colonel Il. r. Ioonev and j & NeeIev of
Memphis and many others. MIR. Townsend
Cos was elected President, J. NJ. Lawson
Treasurer. and Michael Jacobs Secretary II
Is the object Of this company, organized un-
uer authority Of the state Of Florida, to begin
this great work az an early dav. Itis one Of
the Erandest enterprises Of the age. 1t is a
Work which should have been done fifty wears
ago. For more than half a century it has
neen agltated by the leading minds of this
country and Europe. Commodore Matthew
r. Maury urged its construction long
before before the war; jefferson Davis
freSldent Pierce, and General Grant sent a
special message To Congress advising the Cen
eral Government To undertake and construct
DO. TO saves over 500 miles of the most dan
serous navigation in the known world'-to
use the language of Commodore Maurv-fOr
vessels going from the Gulf of Mexico 10 the
Atlantic Ocean ports or foreign countries II
VIII lessen Insurance per cent. II VIII reduce
the freight ON grain from IS TO 20 cents per bush
al. seeking a foreign market or the Atlantic
ports. and save from - To - on every bale Of
cotton shipped from the Mississippi valley.
The New York Board of Trade estimates the
commerce that now annually passes around
tle Florida Pass nearly three times the
amount OF that which goes through the Suez
Canal The cost of this canal will not exceed
Szu.1O0.0Uj. while the Sucz Canal cost sos. .OOO.-
ono. The annual losses by wrecks along the
Florida coast have not been less that s.. 900 900
year WITHIN the past twenty years. All Of
tntS VIII hc saved 10y the construction of this
canal 10 Is designed 10 be built from a point
near the mouth Of the Suwannee To point
near jacksonville, ON the St.John's. a distance
ul little more than sixty miles Ii will con-
meet the tide water Of one river with the
other. requiring neither lock nor dam. 1t will
hc The means Oi draining and rcclaiming q
nf ID n
now rendered valucless 10 antagonizes no
great interest Of the country. North. south,
East OF West. hut tends 10 advance and pro-
mote them all alike. We hail the Inaugural
ton Of this great work as one of the grandest
events that mark the progress Of the nine
fecurh century,