Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-11
them. That the monaghan is inferi,

was probably nursed by a negro, ano
yet he was second no man of his time
But pshawl it is folly to argue such 6
proposition. No sane man win doubt
our conclusions. Look at our states
men and Generals and say to whom
are they second? NONE.
Is not steam engine inferior to mani
and yet We useit andare greatly bene'
fitted thereby. In the same way We
propose TO make the Chinaman aseful
The Chinaman viii eat up our sub
stance and take away u money,
Does not the locomotive engine dc
the same thing? Are not the mer
paid, clothed and fed with our money
who build it? They take away oul
money! Are not other lei con.
stantly employedto keep this machine
in condition for service and constantly
supplied with fuel and water? And
yet we would dislike to be without
this abstractor of our wealth, this con.
sumner of our substance. Would one
of our railroad companies hesitate tC
purchase and employathousand more
engines iftheir traffic would warrant
the outlay? Certainly not. Then i
we havethe traffic to justify the EN-.
ployment of couple or more millions
Of One-manpower engines, why should
we be backward in using them.
and whilst they are in use tC
furnish them with fuel and
water? We can see no earthly OBJ.
lection to it; save the argument used
by the Chinaman: HHdterer shall tend
to the Saring Of labor ariH impOrerisA
and Stare the people!
The next point made Is that an
influx Of reliable labOrers into Our
rural districts will stimulate an over
production Of cotton and thereby
lower the price of the staple below a
remunerative price. That is to say,
the present production, $500, 600 bales
will bring as much money as double
the quantity; that the small farmer
now producing ten bales of cotton and
getting a thousand dollars for it will
get but five hundred dollars for his
crop. Admit that the production will
be increased and the price diminished.
VIII not the prices OF all those things
which the farmer buys be diminished
in a like ratio, and will net his land, the
only capital he has now, be quadrupled
in value whenever it can be made to
produce anything like its capacity?
Do our farmers make money now, or
did they make money the past season?
Undoubtedly. Well what did they
do with that money? They bought
mules, horses, steel plOws, cultiva-
tors, reaping machines, and many
other things necessary TO the prOduc-
ton Of greater crops with less manual
labor. Now this the farmers them
selves did of their own election. They
propose to make larger crops this
season than last if they succeed in
controlling the labor as they did then.
Now ifthe farming communicated
they are, a a class, by far the most
intelligent people we have-couId see
that a reduction of the crop would
bring them more money they would
never have bought new plows and
tools, hut wouldC haze broken
the points off the old GRes,
and in selfdefense killed half
the old mRes and horses.
will ask these nOn-prOgressionists
in what manner the farmer who has
saved a thousand dollars will invest
it? Not in land, because no more
must be tilled-the sacred 0gy has
tabOoed it. Not in railroads, iron s9
coal mines, or cotton or wooden factO-
ries. No, not in these, for he will find
no II 10 operate them-no one to
handle the pick and shovel, or tend
the threads. No, he must Ire on
IL" say they sire on IT." Vegetate
year to year with no ambition,
no aspiration higher than delving in
he ground q little and "living on
the proceeds OF his labor! Is the An
5lo-SaXOn thus TO be euFbed? Must
our young men grow up to be farm
only, and our young women
O0k not beyond the milk pail and
1itchen-mere elOds, looking to no
beyond the pillow and
he hoe? Of what use would
be to such people?
What need have we of civilization?
Burn your books, raze to the ground
'Our colleges, destroy all those patent
lew-fangled notions Of civilization.
md let us go back to the savage con-
lition Of u British fOrefathers; let
Is hunt the deer with the bow, and
huts with stone axes! Consult
,ur farmers, let them speak for them
and what will they say? I'VE
lave large bodies of lands which are
utterly worthless. Give us more
abor and we treble our crops; this
will give the country treble the pres
mt non-producing population, Rhicb
must be fed; we will feed them, and
With this population must also come
additional domestic animals; we will
aise them, and we win make money;
With that money we will build rail-
Dads, establish banks, insurance Of
ices and factories. Now We buy
'ur plows, hoes, clothes and
verything from abroad. We
ut stop to that; and further, we
re now in continual doubt and dread.
formerly a good enterprising farmer
ontrolled the seasons to a certain ex-
ant. Now he is a slave to every
hing. He engages hands in January
Tho leave him in February. In Feb
asry he visits the city, pays a negro
, pick up some more, He gets a few
Others N Qwsy, which,
dmonishes him that the balance may
t any moment do likewise. He