Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-04

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1 not; and general emancipation O. the South al
this lime would entail uuto.l suffering and s0T-
row upon The South great distress Upou the
I North, and il would be a calamity TO the civil
( lied world. Bat no four milICus Of people
| would be greater suhsrsrs, thsl -He slaves them
( selves.
/ Navisnrfsa Of she Hgfs-fszfpuI-The Esria-
Wess SsruulbiInS.
It viii be seen by the following article that
the Northwest is beginning to appreciate lhs
! consequsuess Of its folly iu supporting shs abo-
I.ti0nisis in their crusade against the Soush.
From the st. Loals Republican September al
.sOPEyISG TIE MIsNssPPI e very pass
! inc month demonstrate, irl e way chat is felt
| the loss and Injury inflicted on tae farmers aud
| people Of the Wsss by lls shutting up Of TIC
Mississippi. That advantage Of this mist5rtUGs
! to the West should be taken by transportation
companies which control the roads between the
East grd West. IS bur natural. 1-er sr sa.lsh-
Bat few 0l them can resist l.e 1r18-uIi-v wha1
it Offers of proisiar by che c-la1.-i=s witch b5-
( fall their ns.ghtcrs Ii is -bs usual experience
that if one hslf town is suddenly burnt down,
the inhabitants OF als other bali raise tas rents
upon ;ha h1u5elsss sufferers. Tee CHDar5 Of
the railroads were not slow % find out that II
the people Of the West were forced % gs articles
almost necessary 70 their existence i1 EssssTa
cities, and could not get those articles % their
own doors without Transporting them over these
roads, these trsosp0rtstjou companies knew tasT
had a monopoly, ard t1sv. as men usually do
turned thaI kE0siedgs 90 a P--E.s1-7 account
by raising their rates.
To such q pitch have these rates now riseu,
that, as we see it stated IT costs thee dollars
a barrel for Jhs carriage Of -four from The Nissis-
sippit0 the AtaEdc. Tlis ol2rssis a5Ju. three
Ii5hs of tie value of tie article the sea c0a5-
The charge would make i5 impossible fur uiI
( in St. Louis to lay down uJl- Ia New YORK
/ city, unless tEs mill here Couid buy whsst at
| about forty cents a bush-L Tlst is, the isrmar
/ VINO depends on ta5 eastern malkss. which IS
really tbe great regulator, mast bs content TO
I take forty cents q bush5l for bis wheat no
farmer In Missouri or Illinois can send his vhss-
70 ST. Louis for less than from twelve to twenty
/ cents bushel or an average Of sixteen cents
80 that Gsductug this c1s- .foH what the miller
can afford to pay him, ths farmer gets net tHsn-
ty-fguT cents eushsi Ias farmer can raise.
IN favorable years, some twenty bushels % tho
acre, bat does not, in tine average 0- years raise
over fourteen. 1t follows. then, la.t ffe Illinois
or Missouri wheat farmer realizes 1886 al scr3.
which return has to cover iutsr1sl on the value
Of the land sOwn iu wheat, interest On farm
/ horses. tools, etc. wear and tear and repairs,
seed, and wages g. something near a dollar
day per hand - i. cen De counted up. Upon g
fair reckoning the expense OF cultivation could
not be set down az less than SIX dollars au acle
OF nearly double of what the farmer would r.
ceIvs Hst for ais crop. Soma Of the fasteners,
| however, seem To- tEl-E -lE- the ability IN tho
West 20 work for nexs % nothing is beyond q
question Thus writer ll the .Ess number Cf
tbe 4fifHfir Monthly informs Us tis5 farmers iu
Illinois can make money by selling corn aG ten
cents bUshsi; s1d tas5 it IS quite easy for '' q
man AID boy to cultivate Jus hundred ID
acres, and gsther the crop, besides, We suppose,
marketing lt. such izst- if b were one, would
/ be 4 sufficient warrant with the transportation
I companies TO charge al they now do tor freight
/ to the East Il Is, h0aev=r u1- fs-s. Rev
er-aeless, ten cents blsLs. is a. .lG. Elu7and5
/ Of tanners in Illinois have been a5.5 to- Est for
tLei- corn this year The --alsp pl--l.Ilu charges
/ esstwaEdIy were so heavy tHsf they could get
no more since nobody, who wanted their corn
/ tor export East, could afford ID pay them any
more.
The occlusioa Of the Mississippi sLas operates.
\ to ths distress Of cur farmers, by .cwcu1g thei
/ price Of everything they have 20 sell il also
operates to their distress 5T raising the pEics ot
I al hey have 53 buy An expensive land -raa5
/ poTtari0n of bulky articles Of prime necessity.
such as hariWsTes, sat, sugar, coffee etc, nee
essarily raises these last mentioned prices Now
bring into view the other causes which have
raised the prices Of articles which tle farmers
must buy, t0-wil. the high tariff ca imported
/ goods and the iuterDsL duty on domestic tab
Tcs, and lt is diihcul. 90 imagine tims, even ia
/ the early history Of settlements iu she West,
| when the Western farmer was pms IN a worse
| plight than be is a. the present moment. Aud
1 sII consumers in the Wssz shave lhIs misfortune
in a degree wish the poor farmer. y
! The West wants su opening through The Als
| sissilDi. Without Is she will. be k=p- iup0ysT-
/ ished and deprived Of large part Of those com
forts OF life 70 which her people have heretofore
| been accustomed
OF course, when we speak of tie West. w5
| speak especially of that Par- O5 is embraced BY
the Mississippi Valley, and more especially Of
that part Of the Valley which is fzrthFsE rs-
moved from the East The people Of this Val
ley have been greatly dependent on, and a7silad
! themselves sdvantaE Esously, of tls navigation
Of their great river. But we nav add. sbs5 &c IS
not simply the navigation which mar be taken
into the account ia this connection. The trade
Of the Southern States in the same Val.sy-lhe
demand created by chose States for tbs staples
Of the West-hsve been among cur sdvantags5
How much We have already loss oy both tbs
blockade Of the Mississippi and the s-opDags OF
trade with the South, viii probably never be
computed. That our losses have been enormous
nobody viii doubt, and until boln these 05sts-
cles are removed, until the West has again fTsa
course On the Mississippi and free trade with
prosperous South, when, whether free OF slave.
vii continue 20 make the CID demand On t5a
West for the products of the latter there VIII Be
no restoration OF Western prosperity.