The morning news., 1892-12-23
DIRECT TRADE OUTLOOK.
SEVERAL NEW STEAMSHIP LINES
FOB soUTRERN PORTS.
The Noveuaent Advancing With In
.rAesinn, Mnrnanfunn-Pops'a Plan.

The Movement Advancing With In
cressiog Momentum-Pops's Plan.
From the AtEantG Journal,
lam lust back from New York, where
conferred with Ca Crosby, who represents
the English ship owners who propose to
start a steamship line to a South Atlantic
port, and back it With 81 600, bank TO
make It a success. The Englishmen ars per-
tectiDg their strong oIans. and expect to be
here soon.
In the meantime direct trade goes steadily
ahead. Lines have been put on and are
successful, and new ones are being pro-
iscted. The agitation begun April 21, with
general doubt of success. has fruited richly.
Plucky Brunswick led OF with the Murrell
liae to Liverpool and Bremen, by Churchill,
prospering; Savenreh followed with
strachan's Knott-Prince line TO Mediter-
raneen ports, and Kaveraugh's fruit line
from South America, also prospering /;
Fernendlns has sent oyer load
Of oranges to Lcndon; the Knott
Prince llne Is plying steamers between
Charleston aud Mediterranean ports: the
Chesapeake and Ohio Steamship Company
will place six new steamers between News
port News and Liverpool; the Louisville
and Nashville railroad will start this month
the first OF a line from Pensacola to Havana; :;
Wilmington, N. G.. has arranged line to
Europe; Bordeaux men are treating with
New Orleans man to fix traffic with the
Mediterranean; Pat Calhoun and Earnest
Bigland Of London are negotiating a line
for Port Royal, while Col. Crosby's British
folks plan the biggest scheme of all to Sa-
vannah or Brunswick, with money behind
It to advance on cargoes each way, and
other large features OF aid and profit.
Five lines are going. three more are cer-
tain and will begin soon, and thres more are
promised. This is G large harvest.
That all tho southern seaports seek the
boon shows that the time is ripe, and be-
lief in success. Let US hope that all the
lines may last. Most Of them are partial,
however. and deal only with exports, and
must fall out. 1t win be the survival of
the fittest. The weak will fail. The strong
will stand. And if one firm line holds its
grip, grasping in close clutch the scattered
sheaves Of freight, and establishes direct
trade as certainty and fixture as can be
done, with stick and unity, the problem
will be solved, aud permanent lines will
multiply, and flourish like the green bay
tree.
The vital victory of the movement, the
crucial step taken in its progress the very
essence OF success. the soul of final triumph,
has been the action Of the great railroads in
adopting Col. Pope's practical plan to build
up import traffic. the keynote OF winning,
10y small money contribution from export
freights to import losses.
This was grand STEP Col. Pope's idea
was feicitous and has met general approval.
The press has praised it as the shrewd settle
ment Of vexst Gus problem. The railway
rnagnates have promptly adopted it as a
feasible method Of practically pushing di-
rect trade to @ mastery OF the hard import
difficulty, so long the battling impediment
so success.
DiIect trade is in fine shape now. The
shipmen and the railroads ars getting we'll
together. Both factors are alive TO the
chance to do good things for themselves and
the country. Plenty Of unison and little
stick will whip the fight. Tariff reform
will open the shut doors and unclose the
hitched blinds to air and light.
We shall soon hear from Col. Crosby's big
1lnglishmen, who have plan of magnificent
features and ample means. repeat that,
with partial direct trade fiourishing, we
have the best prospect for complete south
ern direct trade that we have ever had.
l. w. AVERY.