The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-26
AS TO DIRECT TRADE.
Messrs. Avery and stovan Confer
With Conner.
Ff,om &c Macon Telenrnph.

From the Macon Telegraph
Col Thomas 2. Stovall and Col. I. W.
Avery were in the city yesterday from At
lanta, by appointment with H. M. Conner
of Savannah, president of the Central rail-
road. aud chairman Of its board of receiv-
ers, to have a conference on the great sub
Ject Of direct trade, which is agitating the
south now, as a practical aud sure means to
help the country in the present state of COM
mercial and financial depression.
These gentlemen are at the Brown house,
In the best rooms of that hostelry, and
talked willingly with the Telegraph.
Speaking of the situation, Col Avery
said:
"We have been in both conference and
correspondence for weeks, not only with
Mr.. Conner, but with Mr.. Milton H. Smith,
president OF the Louisville and Nashville
system. and with Col. Nettleton, president
of the Kansas, Memphis and Birmingham
railway. We are now having further COM
munication with the authorities Of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
and the Plant system
Mr.. Conner has taken a deep interest In
the project intended to benefit Georgia and
the south, and has expressed his purpose to
give every corporation IN his power under
his peculiar power as a receiver. sub
Ject to the control of the court, and
to unite with the connect ing systems in the
west in such rates of freight as will ems
courage and make direct trade a success.
The English steamship companies are
ready at any time TO put on line of the
best passenger and freight steamships to q
southern port, and to furnish all money
needed when they can get paying cargoes.
Ihe simple thing TO establish direct trade
at any time is for southern railroads aud
merchants to give the line the freight they
have and can control in abundance. by
united effort success is in easy grasp.
IF the movement fails, it will be because
the southern and western railroads won't
act
There never has been such a favorable
opportunity and such conditions. Every in
terest needs direct trade. We have the rail-
roads and productions aud we have but to
use them.
Savannah and Brunswick are rivals as
to the terminal point of the line, and Macon
will be the beneficiary in either case as the
converging point OF the two railroads.
The main point in the case is to secure
the necessary freight. 1t will double the
marketing territory for all southern and
west IN products and shorten the distance
to Europe. as compared with the route via
New York, 800 miles from points as far
west as Kansas City, with a greater saving
OF mileage as the initial points of shipment
approach the Atlantic seaboard.
ut will doubly increase the earnings of
southern and of many western roads and
will Increase the price of the commercial
| products of these sections.
Speaking of the Georgia markets reminds
me of the melon shipments Of last year when
the markets were gutted and hundreds of
carloads rotted on the hands OF the shippers
With direct trade this would be impossible
in any case. 1t would open the markets of
n 10 fTlT nd fah h la
| and the demand would be almost without
| limit.
The question of port now remains en-
tirely with the people of Brunswick aud
Savannah and with the lines of railroads
leading into those ports"