Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-27

The Little Rock Road -AFkan-
a the Egypt of Memphis.
Ftrors Memnnls Appeal:

Errors Memphis Appeal:
The prosperity and growth of Menphis de-
5 penf so much upon her commanding the TRACE
/ Of ArkaJssE, that I will beg y~o9riudulgence IN
/ saying something more on this head man l
/ iuteAdrd when wrote my last
to5. Abrye and Is oT US are cities all S rtv-
I ing for the trade Of the " est to-day new
Orlesus regards her Opeiousss ROAD - uHtl-
N Ate = 70 bring her naore Ws4ttn tsAS Hny
s4her. The wealth end population of FlekS-
/ burg viii be dou Died on the com pletton OF Ter
shreveport Road. ST. Louis has taken no very
sctlVe interest," IN any road on the east side o
the Mississippi. excePt that conneoubg her
with C~incinnatL All her resources are given
stream, to bring to her tue trade OF Mis-
soar and Kansas. Chicago has but three
90 NAN lines connecting her with the
East. while she ia rapidly increasing those
On the west. one Of these, leading 10 the
northwest, though complete but nve OF SIX
years ago, declared receipts OF nearly smiIlon
l and Rqustter OF dollars fer the moDth OF June
last. Al Quincy and Rock Island bridges nave
/ been thrown over the Mississippi liVer-Ano one
will so "a be bs-uu At 81. Louis 81 Louis aud
Cki.Gzo u~ncanlrafe the productions Sf t e
Rrstf west % bou dless IN its reso4rc5s, aud
me East goes tho e for them. Hence their
| marvellous gr0wth-the East Snd et meet,
iEE there ION Change" what TINS WssL-
| does Tor st. Louis and Chicago 1t VIII DO for
! Memphis; aud rot only will our city, but si>o
ever r4iirosd on This side the river be fmmes'
| on Ihe Iotner side Memphis has a special inte-
| rest IN Bringing the trade OF Arkansas 10 her
own doJ s. She and the Whois SCUM are sLIlV-
! Irg to huiLG up u dIrect trade with Europe
through Nor OlE. As Norfolk prospers, so will
| AsLpnis and tas South gene ally. nshe were
as Iargs a1U pr0sp -rou- as baltimore or Phila-
| QeiohTa, the WGsie & nth wouid fseI IT, for her
ws1lth and population Wou d bring pollllc2l
power. To "a IA up Norfolk s 20 ooAd up
Memphis; and the Concentration OF custom
n I'd ~ SsmphLs will aid IN dolag bJtH.
Wasu that Trad Is ceIIereu here, cur evident
lot rest 4 to turn 1t to Norfolk, when We ae-
.ire 10 make the great i'm porLiE9 city Of the
south. me ValG5 OF that trade cannot De est
n led We know thst ths completion Of the
railroad t. Litile Rock VIII bfIng Us the pro,
dactiOus Or cop 1ti5s around Elton, on ned
river, All around Fort Smith, in the NORTH
west. N 1856. hundreds OF planters near and
wagon TO Little kock-EWny? Because the
keI river Ia [ obs TugLsd ING nsYisa4on o.
tha5s stream At title Rock they could pat IL
on re railroad and send IL TO White riveT, ell
Ezy,n vssbls, even If the Ar<SuEa4 were too
W. Hence tha 70 d cOmpie5sd = Little Rock
would not only conmandihe trade &1Jac7nt 10
Il bus reach OCT many mi e. Westward LCGesu
KEN phis would have no rival eiSy IN that
dirsCt n md The fuTther size eALeCueo Eer
uues, tns z sSt-r the volume OF trade that
would sT-h the trains of that road. IN addI-
uDu u EhiS, It's co apietlOn SO anxiousIT leo sed
f.- aud So foug Colaysc, would arouse the en-
s-ede-s of ms msiu trunk, Sad all
dove cping the varied and wonderful To-
SO .luss OF that State. Not Ouly HeIld the
branches 20 Fulton and TO Fort smith Be- sim
ala ed 9 commence operations, but OF leT lines
would De starred. A1ong the most important
u taess VIII be o2s rtUm MAuison, On Vi.
Francis river, crossing o'er TO JacksonPost, On
HElJsriTsr, and Eaence going on 70 SPIlhsneLu,
Missouri, ga BAbs-vlus, Liberty AID forsyth.
an exam ualiOA or tie map viii shoN thus
FOuts = be very direct, pD The FailSy or Whtbe
ri-er. and We sl know that the country II
W0u.d penetrate IS very fertile and rap
idly increasing In p~1pUaioa Ead wealth.
On Sussriuz Missouri, it teaches one OF the
richest mineral regions in the STATE. This brief
stat -rnsLt Will show now important te Mem
phts Is the cOmp.slou Of cur Little Rock road
not only t!nEGrTauL 10 oGrcIGy, busrO cur Kali
roads. Indeed 10 u bat tie extension OF our
Aemchis nd ChzrL~stoa Railroad. h late
report Of that road SHOWS tnaV Il has been man
aged with signal sOlIEy ana It's easy conGi-
tf1n and high credit would justify its officers in
ad 5pLing every T~sssigie pan Of aiding tAs COM
pIetjOu OF its western feeder.
Let the briefly ailnIe 70 but one item OF
traffic whEch me completion of The Little Rock
Eoal = iIuaugurste There ara upgards OF elk
milton OF caJJls ia Texas, aud their ~a1nuslin-
Grass Il ,iglt CT nine hundred thousand. A
cattle dealer has $ aJed h5re. tGag during the
first year sl.er the cars shall run through rom
Memphis 10 Little Rock, he will deliver at the
IL tor page one hundred Thousand head OF
I=xas cattle. ILsL you'd De . Jrsde Whlch
would enable the road cOntr5l ny 1t on this
side Of the river % defy competition on attain
tic frei-Ets. Isl y rAd2 likely to dimln'sh2
A few facts will answer this question During
the past twenty years the price OF animal
z q Has increased much more steadily Jha
that OF Gotten; ana any year, during the past
tea IT tF-lye. Texas has been constantly drawn
upon for supple, ugtu the transportation Of
Texas cattle 70 ths Northern and s&s eTn cit
i5s nEs oscJm a most important Item pronL
There 8 need for aIl Of hem icr the Northern
states are 3 suually adding hundrsGs Of thou
sand. OF iOrelg ers 10 tGelf AasEraL increase OF
LOpulaLiou, Europe has been senGi1g her
POPULATION hero fF many years; and now
Asia. Jsemiug with her hundreds Of millions,
beg nst ? ogle the Pacific Gcsst. But they are
not al producers. Year ny ye II these are boom
ing less sud less numerous IN proportion to the
whole Dopu alton.
Tue C-rsus tables OF cur country are fun OF
fes fer deep election. An able writer, Dr..
Wlsz. Of Germany, sta es that these reports
shJ@y thar the gCpais1ouof cur cities has been
steadily gslniJg REen hist Of the country fr51e
1880 -.nat tue incTeass il city population
syrry ten years has been from sixty - eighty
per cent, EhIue Z at of tn country has been
fom Ia rty TO thirty-Gye per cent, and
Last whi g tho city populatt,n, in the
Fa4r 1910. vas bat one in every eleven
! srsous, IN !SE Il was oae il every
nve and 4 halE persons. EA's shOEs that
our resources o production are not keeping
pace with car Necessary and
That animal food, at least, is not ukeiy soon TO
fsli 10 anything iiEe % prices. The demand
Of munger must De sHpphed and railroadS, es-
pscially those penetrating the West, will be
n4rs and more used as the means OF ra.idly
tran portt' 2 eattie esc., fsom ths plains OfTex
- 10 he CeuLers OF p +pulation. - regards is
rOsiuSu Eetw-5n Texas and the Atlantic elites.
8ismphis stands TiihO2t q rival; and her
n RI lbis and Charleston 2eAd can Bid Tor an
enormous Business. JUAiU5.
Ee1isDbef 2, ISIS.