The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-09


will first inaugurate- is direct trade with the
great marts Of Europe IN her own
ships built in rer own ship yards, and sailing
/ from her own ports.
The coastwiss steamers OF Savannah form q
magnificent fleet, and demonEtrate beyond per
adventure the independent commercial posi-
| biLtles Of Savannah in the very near future.
What prevents to-day that noble ship of
yours, the Kansas City. from making the trip
| from Savannah to Southampton, or to Liver
| pool, loaded with cotton and with her full COM
plement of passengers aud returning here
again with imports direct for southern mer-
chants in Savannah, Atlanta, Chattanooga,
Memphis, St. Louis and Kansas City and other
commercial centers in the south aud west?
England has no exclusive right to the high
seas other than that which her energy. her
seamanship, and her enterprise have given to
| her. England is mistress Of the seas to-day
| only through our own default. Yet there is no
| jealousy Of England on our part. England ia
! our mother country, and when say that your
| Ocean Steamship Company should be both
coastwise and OcednI0iSe, it is meant that our
relations with England may well become more
| intimate and closer than they have ever been
| before, to our mutual benefit and advantage.
When once direct trade is established your
| own shipping interests will grow from year to
| year with the profits Of your own independent
| direct trade.
Your southern merchants will no longer pay
| tribute to Reade street and Worth street and
| Franklin street, New York They will save the
| enormous profits now and heretofore paid to
| New York importers and the blessings OF indie
pendent QTeCC trade Will reach sven the con-
sumers and producers of the south. who are the
| real creators Of wealth, and whose interests
| should be considered as much as the interests
| OF the mercantile classes.
Independent direct trade once established at
| Savannah, or at Brunswick, will never be dis
continued. lie combined southern railway 8
| will never permit 1t TO languish. Southern mer-
chants and southern business men will stand
by it and will feel an honest pride in its success
and you viii win a commercial supremacy and
a maritime independence that is al your own,
and permanent, because it will be based upon the
shortest lines of railway haulage and the cheap
| est possible delivery of goods to producers and
| consumers without the Intervention of drum
mers and middlemen, whose occupation will be
| gene.
| Independent direct trade win confer the great
| est good upon the greatest number of produc-
er5 and consumers south, aud that is why it will
| be permanent when once established.
The first American steamer that sails from
| Savannah to a European port, In the interest of
| Independents direct trade, will embark upon a
| voyage, the Importance of which cannot be
| overestimated In the commercial future of the
south.
An important element of direct trade is the
fact that your exports will be sent to your near
| est South Atlantic ports by your shortest lines
| OF railways, and your imports will reach con-
sumers in like manner Long and unnecessary
hauage is a grievous burden upon the people.
We complain Of a high tariff, but long and
costly haulage is also heavy tax upon indus
try, and it should be abolished without delay.
Why send your cotton to New York for export
abroadf II the lpping OF cotton for foreign
marts was properly managed, not a single bale
of cotton would ever be sent to England Uid
Nelo Y rk. Only 80 much of your cotton pro
duct as is manufactured into goods in New Eng
land should ever be transported TO New York or
to Boston.
The ocean is the great pathway Of the com
MERGE Of nations, Ike our railways. But I'M
ike our railways, no Jay Gould can water it. ~
1t is not burdened with fixed charges" like a
railroad. 1t has no semi-annual interest TO pay.
1t never hal a receiver to fight creditors and
absorb profits 1t can never be made the basis
of q trust, and il hates monopoly because it
| is free to all and belongs to all.
When the southern states avail themselves of
| their common rights upon the high seas, their
commercial independence will be placed upon
firm and enduring basis, and in the general
prosperity OF the southern people will best be
seen the unfading 'GLORIES OF DIXIE
A solo, 9TH Friar,n was happily rem
dered by Sheriff W. F. Blois at the oonolu-
sion o. Col. Avery's speech.
sPERR's FINISHED DISCOURSE.
THE Judiciary. the palladium of our lib
critics - was the sixth toast. It was re-
sponded to by Judge Emory Speer of the
| United States court. Judge Speer was
greeted with tremendous applause. He began
his address by referring to the famous speech
| of Edmund Burke upon reconciliation with
| America. in which he remarked upon the
| general disposition of the American people
to law and legal subjects.
Judge Speer's speech was eloquent and
| powerful, and fully gratified every auticipa-
| tion.
His dealing with the subject OF the penu-
robustness and dangerous policy of the state
in dealing with its judiciary was forcihle
| and scathing. His telling points, and his
| eloquent and humorous hits, were frequently
| applauded.
| It is to be regretted that the late hour at
| which Judge Speer concluded his speech
| prevented its publication in full this morn
ing, but il will be published later.
| The seventh toast was 1.-THE south, in
field, forest and mine," response by Editor
| p. A. Stovall Of the Press, "Riches which
had slumbered unnoticed, If not unknown
for ages, in unmeasured abundance, gath
cred by our own people from our own hills
and felds"
Mr.. Stovall said he felt awkward in
speaking TO such toast for never had he
in his life bad the experience of Telling q
tree in its forest or specializing in its mines.
| He spoke of the devastation of the
south at the close of the late war
and showed the wonderful recuperative
power developed by this section since then.
He would not, though, feed his hearers upon
the dry husks of statistical tables. but
would call attention to the grand and mag
nihcent record achieved. He paid glowing
apostrophe to the yellow pine ia
| the. south, the stone which the builder
rejected becoming the keystone of the
structure. The yellow pine is full and
fitting type of southern progress. Where a
few years ego the wood pigeon winged its
| flight over a trackless and barren waste
there is now a teeming and thriving In
| dustry-the manufacture of naval stores.
| The quartet sang "Suwannee Rivers in
fine style at the conclusion of Mr. Stovalls
| speech.
JoRDAN's TRIBUTE TO WOMAN.
The last toast of the dinner, Woman.
| Gods last and best gift to man. was re-
sponded TO by Hon. Gunby Jordan OF
! Columbus. Mr.. Jordan's response
was humorous, studied and eloquent.
| His treatment of the subject was undue
and highly appreciated by his audience.
| His tribute to woman was highly compli-
mentary and at the same time extremely
sensible.
! MIR. Jordan's speech was exceedingly
creditable TO himself as we'll as to the sub
! ject on which he spoke.
The musical part Of the programme con-
cluded with the singing of THE Toast" by
Messrs. Rebarer, Blois, Walker and Smith.
After the regular toasts had been COM
| pleted Hon. F. G.. duBiqnon
was called upon to respond for
Messrs Plant and Flagler, who had retired,
He delivered a brief and eloquent i'm
promptu speech on the relations Of the
transportation companies to the develop
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