Year: 1870

competing lines Of railway to the
Atlantic seaboard seeking her bus
mess, to.Wit: to Norfolk, Savan-
nah, Charleston and Brunswick,
that to the latter point being near
" an air line. Her facilities for
communication With The outer
,corld are now complete. This re.
quirement towards making her a
great cotton market is filed. Her
banking facilities have been ample
for the heavy business transacted
in cotton so far this season, in
creasing with the growth Of the
business.


In fact, our greatest want now, is
stocks of cotton, the market being
swept bare every day by the active
daily demand.


We appeal to the planters Of the
country to meet this want, and
get the benefit which they are sure
to derive from 1.-THE present
benefit which is great, and the
prospective one which is much
greater, as we shall now proceed to
show.


We take the ground, and can
successfully maintain it, that all
IRE need to make our market as
good as that Of any other market
OF the country is stocks of cotton
sufficiently large to induce foreign
and domestic buyers to come here
in greater numbers. And what
we mean by "as good" is, that
sellers will realize as much net
money for their cotton here as
anywhere else, and we feel war
ranted in saying more, as soon as
our market shall be well establish
ed. This will be especially true
with regard to those who at pres
ent send their cotton past Vicks-
burg; certainly to the extent of
the cost Of freight and insurance,
DC, after leaving Vicksburg,
amounting TO not less than half a
cent per pound or 81 per bale, and
We believe that the superior staple
Of NIcksburg cottons will make
them relatively higher than cot
tons at other points.


\ knowledge Of the existence OF
facilities for speedy and cheap
transportation, which We have, to
the Atlantic seaboard, and Of suf-
llcicntly large stocks here, will
soon give us such competition as
will run prices up to those which
rule at New Orleans and Memphis.


A shipment of cotton from
Nicksburg to Liverpool via
Charleston or Savannah can be
made rs chcaply as from New
Orleans to Liverpool. And this
being true, why should not the
buyer for Liverpool give as much
for cotton at Vicksburg rs at New
Orleans; The difference in freight
and insurance, ordinarily, and the
saving of interest, as between Il
shipment from Charleston, and 4
shipment from New Orleans, to
Liverpool, being great enough in
favor Of Charleston to pay the
from Vickshurg to Charles.
ton.


AS said in the outset Of this ad.
dress, time and distance must
finally settle the question. Why a
bale of cotton should he sent from
Nicksburg to New Orleans, thence
To the mouth of the Mississippi
into the Gulf Of Mexico, and
round the capes Of Florida, pass
ing up the Gulf stream to a point
opposite Charleston, at n cost of
; per cent. for insurance, rcquir.
ing perhaps IL or 90 days at
the inside, and going dis
tancc of not less than 1900
miles, when it can get to sea at
Charleston or Brunswick in )
days from the time Of leaving
Vicksburg, going u distance of
but little over 800 miles, and wiih-
OUt insurance, is something which
this age Of economy, in time and
money, will not long submit to.


The same bodies from which we
derive our authority to address
you are taking active steps to in.
form the spinncrs Of Europe and
the United States of the advanta-
res We claim for Nicksburg as Il
in which to duy cotton,
and we are confident that the
grower and spinner of cotton will
meet face to face here if you shall
respond to this appeal with the
alacrity which your interests
ulainlV dictate.


In conclusion we desire to make
a special appeal to Mississippians
in this behalf. You have long
enough been the supporters and
builders up of the fortunes of 9TH
er cities, and Of strangers. We
claim that it is time you should
think of your own city and of your
ODn people. Common perils, and
common sulerings, demand at
your hands q brothers regard.
You ought not to be Indifferent to
the prosperity of a city whose
past record is only one of which
you should be proud; or to the
welfare of a people who have al
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