The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-08-08
One Way to Establish Steamship
Lines.

One of the visitors TO Charleston with the
South Carolina Press Associa tion was MIR. w
r. Bradley, OF the Abbeville Press and BAN
Z ner, and In his account OF the meeting he has
made suggestion which mignt possibly oe
One Of the most pressing needs OF Charleston
Just now is the establishment OF steamship
lines between this port and the foreign mar
kets. We must look to the sea for the up
building Of our commercial interests, and
there is not single line OF steamships regu-
larly engaged in the foreign trade OF this
port. EFT you wish TO 60 TO England" says
aaway to catch boat You can't get to the
Bermuda Islands, q few hundred miles east
"of Charleston, without going by New York
s"to get there"
This is true, and pity tits It's true" There
ought to be, and will be In time doubtless.
remedy for this condition Of affairs. Mr..
Bradley suggests remedy. We do not know
that 1t is Practicable, but at any rate IL 1s
seriously made, and it is worthy Of consldera.
, tion. His remedy is stated as follows:
+ "We might borrow the transports Sheridan,
and the Sherman, the Logan and the Thorn
as and put them on these lines that don't
pay. England lent three OF her transports to
the Canadian Pacific Railway; the Empress
OF Japan, the Empress Of China and the En-
press Of India without which the Canadian
nothing. In this way the Southern, or the
Seaboard or the Coast Line might borrow our
transports during peace and make them ser
their piers. . New York could not borrow
our ships because she has lines to all parts OF
the world already. but Charleston could"
Probably so. At least the effort is worth
making. We do not know, OF course, what
measure Of cooperation we might expect
from the railroad systems named, nor
whether 1t would be practicable to obtain
RON ths Inc use S, ot Inc sS,Ps
must take the Initiative, and, II It would DO
90, we are strongly inclined to the opinion
that It would receive all practicable aid and
this city. The establishment of direct steam
ship lines between Charleston and foreign
countries would be of immediate and vast
70 tas
trade deserves careful and serious considera
tion. The hope Of Charleston is in the ses
We must look to the sea.-News and Courier.
The time Of our proud independence OF the
government is passed. We have been too
"biggity" to ask the government for anything
since IS, and the government as been spend
ing money lavishly OF the north, while the
south has been pouting.
TIMES CHANGE.
We are ready now to take whatever we can
get. We are ready to ask, beg, and impor-
tune the government for any thing they are
willing to give away.
The south is forty years behind in its share
OF the spoils. We've been upstairs, under the
bed, pouting for forty years because we were
spanked. In the mean time the other kids
were down stairs cutting watermelons and
cantsloupes and things and having a good
time generally. But we, we we're going TO
make them sorry, by not asking for any
thing. We are crawling out from under the
bed now, with grin on our face. look out for
us! We're forty years behind and hungry!
We want public buildings, we want lands
drained and reclaimed, we want better
CONNER ce, We want many things that We can
get, and will get II We 60 at 1t right. Let's
keep the grin on our face. The fellow that
wears grin gets more than the one with
rown.