Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-07

Editors Memphis Appeal
II the many favorable reports Of the
geoViBg crops, which are daily reaching
US from all sections OF the country, are
to be relied upon, added TO the fact that
the worst Of our financial affairs, through
the operation of the bankrupt act, is also
ascertained, 1t may not be improper at
this time TO make some suggestions,
which it Is to be hoped may, in 3 slight
degree. tend to stay the present depopu-
lation OF our city and have the counter
effect Of adding to our prosperity. 1t Is
to be regretted that many Of our citizens,
when away from home, are too apt to
speak Of Memphis as being "played
OUT instead of perssveriDgly addueiDg
the many advantages she possesses to.
become an extensive, prosperous, COM
mercial center. There are some cities
that may be said to have received their
impetus and rapid growth through
nothing so much as the constant
{" blowing" of their inhabitants, and
simply because we happen to have
fallen, through mal-administration IL
you please-into responding, gloomy
times, it is no good reason why we should
listlessly withdraw our energies from the
work OF e~HdeayOring to overthrow by
vigilance that which has been forced
upon us through unwise legislation.
There seems to be q fear on the part Of
people to strike out into new cham
nels OF industry, which the altered state
of our productive interests render so i'm
perstively necessary, and 8 disposition
to crowd upon our city too many i'm
provements Of a Ike nature. Had the
parties interested in the new gas works
applied the same energies and means,
during our city's financial depression, to
the erection of wsterwOrks, would not
the stock which Is now comparatively
valueless, at the present moment have
been of value and added to Our
prosperity! Would not the money
about to be expended in the alteration Of
a Building for hotsl purposes, with q fne
hotel in the city vacant, applied to the
erection of g Factory for the manufae-
ture OF our raw staple, have increased
u prosperity added to the wealth Of its
owners, besides a~ugmenting popula-
ton. 1t will not do to say that the labor
cannOt be obtained here owing to the ex-
pense of living. II a factory can be run
in Cincinnati and Labor obtained, labor
can support itself here, as living is no
higher in the one place than the other.
This Is known to be q fact, as family eX-
penses have been tested in both cities
with q result, IL any thing, in favor Of
Memphis.
Not long since meetings were held
relative to the erection OF joint or Union
Depots in our city. The matter was
1t was generally understood that the
work was at once to be put in hand.
Where are there any signs of the Union
nannfd nom . nha nkaolafa fAaa That
Union Depots are an injury to a town
has long since been exploded by facts.
Chicago and other places have proved
the faIsity OF such notions. Over what
ever routes freights car be carried the
cheapest and quickest travel will follow.
Why do not some Of our leading Cit
zens continually bring before the notice
Of their moneyed friends and capitalists
of the South or East the immense wealth
that car be gathered by the immediate
survey and building Of the Southern Pa
eife Railroad ? If the capital cannot be
found in the States let our friend, Mr.,
Everitt, call the attention of European
capitalists to this opening for invest
ment, and let the Southern Pacific Rail-
road, like the Illinois Central, be pushed
through to completion.
Why is it that the large pas
senger boats invariably lay
up duriBg the winter seasons at
points above US on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers? Is not Memphis to all in
tents and purposes the legitimate point
for docksge and hsranr fsDilitfess Take
the capital that il being expended in the
erection Of new congresses invest 1t 10
t~anneries, boot and shoe factories aud
the preparation Of leather; will these not
pay better than the former, Of which
there are already too many to make it
profitable for each.
I am satisfied that to-day, il our capt.
talists would but indicate a desire for
~praoticsl manufacturers TO locate in our
midst, by q tangible offer of assistance,
hundreds Of industrious operatives will
seek our city and take up their abode
with US. The milling operation is q
move In the right direction, and there
are many articles necessary to. and that
can be manufactured in ths 5eath, re-
curing but very limited capital.
Letu 9 then, as becomes good citizens,
look well into these matters, and when
ia conversation with our friends, either
home or abroad, leave no stone unturned
to advance the interests Of our city by
proclsimlng her natural position and
right to become q large misunderstanding
and prosperous commercial center.
PUBLIOOLA.