Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-10-27
EUROPEAN IMMIGRATI0RTO TEX
hESSEE.
The ~lnman Line OfNa Steamers
Between Liverpool and New York.

/ IleIQeD WHO VIII ftpItoCub ttC itttSt'
ests of the line in Memphis, and as
everything appertaining to the intro
duetion of European and other immi.
grants to this State is noticed with in.
terest by our people, we here give the
following account of what the Inman
Line has undertaken by way of faeili-
tating immigration to the Southern
States, and what they have accom-
plished. They have placed agencies
/ In Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louis.
lana, Missouri, Texas, Mississippi,
4 Tennessee, and viii, within q month,
have agencies in kentucky, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and
l-Arkausas.e Then they have. ar
ranged with all the railroads
in the States Where they nave placed
agencies, for an Immigrant rate, at
which trey agree to carry passengers,
a thing hitherto unknown in the
sSauth, and are negotiating st the pres
ent time VII. the railroads and other
carrying corporations In the States
( Ehere they are going to place agen-
cies, for similar concessions as thOSe
made by other roads.
When it is considered that the
amount of work needed and the eX-
penditures necessary to open such a
lbusiness, which nobody has ever un-
dertaken, although we have heard
/ plenty speakers and Others constantly
! referring to the subject of immigra-
ton, Is bound 10 come into the cOun-
/ try; and when it is fqrtheF considered
that this outlay on the partof the 3 In
man Line" Will far 0verreach, by the
most liberal estimate, tho receipts for
/ immigrant passage certificates, for
some time vet to come. As such under
/ takings takes a slow course before
properly understood and availed of
/ BY that class of people for whose ben
eft it is intended, we cannot too
/ highly commend the spirited en-
/ terprise Of the .' Inman Line
/ in taking those risks, but We
| hone their efforts may be am
! ply rewarded. The whole subject
/ is very clearly set forth in a very ahle
| Letter to the Governor of this state,
and which contains suggestions well
worth the attention of those who in
terest themselves for the material
prosperity of the State, and gives q
lesson to those (" bloWhard y gentle
nica whC think Ave phrases about the
magnificent prospects OF this grand
republic . millions OF acres OF land
ready to be tilted,' GLORIOUS ftitr1e," "
"Vastness Of Res0urEes, are all THAT
is needed to bring European fmmi-
grants here. It VIII show them, SIS
wen as the Reqple iq general, that to
produce a peEteptfble9 fi0W Of inmi-
grants, WHISTLER rom Germany, Great
Britain, or Scandinavia, who eOme
voluntarily, practical HleGs1irss must
% b; t,,.-., ..,,..,- -hv the State. 70 cause the
tiow Of Immigrants hither. Tne iet-
tar was addressed to the Governor of
the State, and reads as follows:
MEMPHIS, TEN-y., October p, 1869.
To His Excellency, the Governor Of Ten
nessee:
Ssr; As representative Of the 50 IN
man Line Of mail steamers plying
between Great Britain and the United
States, I beg TO call your EXcellency's
attention to the following facts: The
managers of this line in New YOIk
have thought that immigration to
your State might receive an impetus
If there was placed agencies in the
different cities and towns, where
planters could order European agri-
culturists, and through which those
foreigners already living in the South
could purchase tickets at a low
rate of fare to send for their kindred
and friends in EurOpe, and as since
the war no effort has been made by
either the steamship companies be-
tween Europe and the United States,
or the railroads themselves, to estabs
lish a low immigrant fare, same as eX-
lists between New York and the West,
we (the Inman Line) have taken the
initiative steps to cGnsummate such a .
thorough arrangement, and / am hap-A
py to state our efforts have been en-
tirely successful. The average rate
agreed to by roads charging tirst-cf .ss
fare, from four to six cents per Rlle,
is one cent per mile, a rate so low 5 to
be within the reach of all desirikg to
avail themselves thereof. Next to
this move, we have appointed, and
are continuing to appoint, agents in
the principal cities Of all the Southern
States, and select for such agencies /
men Of standing, long residence, and
influence in the place where they live,
taking particular care to convince the
people Of cur earnest Intentions, and .
that we work with bona d6e facts and
figures, and not deal in probabilities. /
Now, your Exeellency, have stated
TO you what we have done and are
continuing to do, although Il is done
trith tie fact .fl}j before US tbGt our er- /
penclitlTeS and disbursements IN This d.
rectioR iciH be, at least for the Rert .
fice1re or eighteen months, FAR ABOVE .
THE MOST LIBERAL ESTIMATE B4 WAY I
OF RECEIPTS FROM THE SOURCE INDI- !
GATED. We do not solicit State aid in
our enterprise, but we would call your
ExceIlency's attention to the fact that
the State could, with profit to itself, /
adopt the Western mode of encOur- I
aging immigration, by sending COM
missioners to the principal cities in
Europe, from where the exodus of ar .
tisaIs and agriculnralists is greatest, 4
say for instance, London, Liverpool, .
Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and
Cork, in the United Kingdom, Havre
and Brest in France, Antwerp in Bel /
gium, Rotterdam in Holland, Berne 4
in Switzerland, Hamburg, Bremen, /
Berlin and Breslan in North Germa-
ny, Cologne, Stuttgart and Heidel- +
berg in South Germany, Vienna In .
Austria, Prague in Bohemia, COpen- /
hagen in Denmark, GOthenburg and .
Stockholm in Sweden, and Chris
tiania, FrOnhyem and Bergen in Nor (
way--taking care TO select men land
plenty can be found) for the positions
who are natives OF the country to
which they are sent, but have lived .
long enough in this country to be-
come acquainted with the manners,
customs, habits and language of the
Americans, and the produce of the
OniV on their merits, and tu7trdntn7eted
BY politics. simply good business men,
with plenty Of good sense and judg-
ment to advocate the interests with
which they are entrusted. Next to
this, have these men write and put in
pamphlet form, in their own Ian
guage, the resources, soil, price of
land, etc, Of your State; and l can
assure you the cost o. paying these
a iajr salary, travelling
printing, etc, viii return
an interest to the State Of a hundred
fold. If your EXcelleney cannot ap-
point agents to all these countries,
make a trial of one or two, and have
the pamphlets printed in German,
Norwegian and Swedish, and dis
broadcast over these coun-
tries, and theresult will soon be per-
and we work with the con-
that the State seconds our
efforts pructicoliJL and not as so often
is the case with undertakings Of the
kind, only aOmi10ILy.
With many assurances of good will,
etc, soliciting your Excellency's ear
nest consideration oftbis subject, upon
which l shall be glad at all times to
reply TO any Information you may de-
sire, and hoping this matter may have
sufficient importance in your Excel
lency's estimation to be worthy of
laying it before the Honorables, the
Legislature of Tennessee, if their ac-
ton is necessary to execute the meas
ures proposed, l, with the assurance
of my highest esteem for your Excel
lency, have the honor to be,
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