The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-28
Hook TO the Irish coast, when the pos.
abilities OF tho twin screw, already
shown 10 DO great-are fully developed.
RlvEl. AND OCEAN.
Great Navigation scheme Which will Effect
Wheeling Indirectly.

Great Navigation scheme Which will Eject
Wheeling Indirectly.
Mr.. John F. Cahill, editor Of El Com.
ereio del Yale, the well.knowu Spanish.
American journal OF St. Louis, is at the
Grand Hotel. lie will spend few days
in the city, having come on the invita-.
ton Of some prominent gentlemen OF
this city who are interested In the Mis-
sissippi River and Navigation company,
of which he Is Vice President. This
company intends building and putting
In the trade steamship adapted for
river and ocean navigation. It Is to 10
built on the Lucas plan, and
will, when loaded with 5000 tons
OF freight, draw only eight feet OF water.
In addition, Ito peculiar bnild and mov-
able center board arrangement will make
II perfectly sale on the ocean even in
the heaviest storms. II Ia detained to
ply between tho Western river cities and
the spaporls and river towns CT Mexico
and Central and South America. 10 be
able to ioad goods ut any interior city OF
the country and deliver 1t at It's destna.
ton Mt the wharves Of any city on the
coast or in the interior OF South Amer
lea will be tho desideratum that will
greatly increase the trdde between the
Two countries. Special privileges and
subsidies arc pledged tho company In
Central and South America, where tho
project Is Cooked on with much favor.
TO build the steamer will cost from $500.
900 to s25O,OOo, and 1t will probably have
to be done in Europe. Once started,
however, the company will soon be
reapins q rich profit on liza investment.
Mr.. Cahii is the consul for Mexico In
St. LOUIS, and Is an old newspaper man,
having been engaged in journalistic
work for over fifteen years.
To reporter Mr.. Cahill said: ''In
tho West VIC have large trade with
Mexico and the South American repub.
lies, but Tor years 1t has been carried on
through middlemen in New York. The
result is that the manufacturer never
knows to whom he soils, nor does he
get the credit for his goods, CD the mid
dlemen often go 80 far as to erase the
manufacturers name IRON the goods
and put their own in its place. Some
times they even order the goods made
and marked, for instance, John Jones,
manufacturers agent. On the
other hand the consumer doesn't
know from whom he is buy
ing, and Is moreover forced to
pay the middleman an exhorbitant
profit OF from 50 to so per cent. Iu.
deed, ! have known cases where the in.
voice was simply doubled. Now, il this
trade could be obtained direct, you can
ses how it would benefit the manufac.
turer and importer both-especially the
latter. Cincinnati has more varied man.
ufacturing interests than any city in the
West, and with ito magnificent railroad
and river connections should control a
large amount OF the trade with Mexico,
Central America and South America
Some OF your manufacturers already
have some OF this trade through their
New York agents, but their is no reason
why it should not be obtained direct
"How are the import duties in thest
countries?"
"Well, they are rather high. While
not protective they are for revenue, Oh
the countries have no other sources O
revenue. They run all the way from
% to 70 per cent, according 10 the CLASH
tication OF the goods. But this is no ar
gument against the trade, rs the good.
from other countries are taxed the SAINT
as those from ours. And, at any rate
the importer pays the duty.