The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-25
DIRECT TRADE---N0. I
THE MOVEMENT IS DEVELOPING
SUBSTANTIAL CERTAINEIES
OF Freight For Foreign ships-rhe

OF Freight For Foreign Ships-The
South and West Showing Up in Sight
the Material For Success.
The direct trade idea grows like young
giant.
From the south and west comes the surety
of valuable contributions steadily to the
rich current Of southern foreign commerce.
Judge John D. Cunningham Of Atlanta,
president Of state genealogical association,
and probably the largest shipper Of Georgia
and southern fruits from his own i'm
mense orchards, and pioneer in southern
fruit raising and trade, told me yesterday
that he had for five years had IN his mind
the purpose to ship peaches abroad had
refrigerators already built at large cost, TO
use in carrying in steamers across the
ocean, ready for immediate use, and he
would be an immediate patron of a south
ern direct trade line to Europe.
The salt air would help the long preser-
walton of the transported fruit. And this
shipment of Georgia peaches and water
melons over the sea, would stimulate our
fruit production coIossaly.
see that Florida is about TO succeed in
getting line of fifty made ocean steamers
to use in the winter to carry her golden
oranges abroad. This line would only have
freight in the winter season, aud with a
regular line from Georgia port, tue rail-
way shipment from Florida in O few hours
to such port would be the natural and Geo.
nomical result, giving large help to an
ocean freight line so near.
A high freight officer of great western
railway system told me a day or two ago
that 2 100000 bushels of grain went yearly
TO Europe over his line to and down the
Mississippi river to New Orleans, and there
subject to deterioration from the damp
climate il delayed, as often happened, it was
shipped circuitously around the Florida
reefs, and if there was a regular direct line
through an Atlantic port, with the same
rates OF ocean freight to England as from
New York as would be given under this
proposed movement, that this vast mass of
grain would go by the direct, less Injurious
route. He expressed q strong wish FOR the
new, short, unhurtful way, and pledged the
freight to it.
Isaac s. Boyd of the firm of Boyd g.
Baxter, who have the largest furniture
manufacturing establishment in the south.
has Just told me that his concern would i'm
port from Europe by this line, the day it
started, all of the large quantity of plate
glass that it used in its great factory, which
makes the finest grade Of any factory in the
south.
This is but one of the many plants that
wish direct line of steamships started to
the south, which they would Immediately
use. am preparing accurate figures of
the southern use of goods imported from
abroad, which l shall give to show what
volume OF return freight can be had to sup
port this line if southern wholesale mer-
chants so will. Na
W4sh. our cotton, luuher, naval stores,
rice, fruit, early vegetables, cotton yarns
which both northern and foreign cotton
mills buy. and our cotton goods, which our
Georgia mills are shipping now to China
and Japan, with western grain and meat in
quantity. to furnish outgoing freight, aud
with Mr.. Boyd's Importation of plate glass
and the direct Importation of the mass of
foreign articles, such as silks, ribbons,
gloves, ETC., used ia the south. to furnish
incoming freight, for this line, its success is
In our easy clutch. And now is the golden
time to pull for it.
So let all go for the immeasurable benefit
with a VIM
Let the powerful press keep alive with
1t, chronioling its UNREASONABLE good, and
arousing the interests OF the people to re-
| sistless activity.
Let the merchants focus their freight to
this timely line. Let the potential railways
use their massive mechanism, and as they
can to vitalize this crucial chance for com
mercial might. And let all hands preach
up the benefcenE truth OF this imperial
movement. I. w. AVERY.