Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-25
NfPHIss DAILY 25, 1869.

lection has made her queen of commerce;
and scarcely larger nan the great State OF
New York, this sea-girt Isle causes thrones
to tremble at the sound Of her voice. The
hoatfng splendor of her merchant marine
and vessels of war have awed all nations,
and demanded tribute of the waters Of
every sea.
You we'll know that the average duties
since 1850 ave increased $50 per cent.
Mr.. Morrill,, a prominent Republican and
high tariff leader from Vermont, admits
that the year 1860 was the typal year of
our prosperity" The average duties then
were nineteen per cent.-they are now
forty-eight per cent. He embraces a high
tariff as a party measure, throwing aside
free commerce and prosperity. In doing
so
"Hhe base Indian threw a pearl away
Richer than all his tribe"
Let the poor man gather his Indignation
when he remembers-t that the very salt of
the earth is taxed-yes, taxed 10 per
cent, and that, too, for the benefit OF a
few manufacturers. It is asserted by Mr..
Perry, the author of an able work on pO-
litical economy, hat salt company in
the city of New York commenced bust
moss in 1861 with a capital of Sl60,OO0 and
according to the sworn testimony of its
own treasurer, it is now worth over S4,-
100000. This Is a most charming result
for the patriotic taxpayer, who hopes to
discharge the war debt, when he knows
that not one-twentieth Of these heavy du-
ties fall into the pockets ofthe treasury.
What is the consequence of this grinding
operation If pursued-inevitable repudia-
ton. The poor man will argue that his
labor should not be taxed to support
thieves and nOn-taxpaying bOndholders-
that God has given him a right to the
bread that he has made by the sweat of
his brow, and that his patriotism nor his
honor can demand that his helpless wife
and children shall he offered up as starv-
ing victims upon the altar of corruption
and misrule.
SOUTHERN ADVANTAGES.
But what superior advantages can we
offer the immigrants The Southern States
embrace a greater variety of soil aud eli
mate than any other country of the same
extent in the world. Almost every pro-
ductiOn of the temperate and tropic zones
are the rich offerings we extend to the
hand of industry. MI the cereals are
ours-we raise all the productions of the
North, and enjoy the monopoly prOduc-
ton of cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco.
According 10 the last census, the South
produced in 1853, 600 bushels of Indian
corn more than the North. The same au-
thority gives us more mules, cattle and
swine, and q greater valuation Of live
stock than Our Northern neighbors. Our
rich cane-fields Sand perennial pastures
give this grand result. We have three
different seasons, for cotton, corn and
wheat. Our lands are richer and nearer
the ~seabOard, which alone decides the
question of future empire.
Look at the North with her frozen rivers
N canals and INSTRUCTED railroads for
five months in the year, her inability to
raise only a single crop OF the same
ground-the necessity of feeding and
housing her stock of all kinds-her scar
city of fuel and severity of climate. Con-
trast with these our own sun clad homes
our rivers and railroads always ready to
meet the demands of cOmmerce-Our sea-
sons various, living cheap, and fuel abund-
ant. Let the immigrant chOOse between
us. The cotton growing States of Amer
| lea alone furnish more cotton than they
use. And Notwithstanding the warning
of Mr.. Sprague, who addressed YOU ON
this subject, and prepared you for success
full competition III other countries, [ I'M
dertake to say the South is in no danger
from such competition. The extension of
our manufacturing interests will ere long
enable us to withhold all eottons except
in a manufactured state. Then indeed will
our royal hOnors ~return-king is not the
word dictator unlimited monarch
crowned with the snowy fleece. The
scepter can never depart from our hands,
the God of nature has placed ii there, and
there it must remain. Before the new
world was discovered cotton grew upon
the plains of Bengal, Africa and China,
but the genius and climate of the South
make us master of the situation. We
send to the North annually cotton, sugar,
rice, tobacco, tlOHr, corn, molasses, fruits
and other produce, exceeding in value
$500, 000,O 900 in exchange for manufactured
goods, foreign imports, insurance, broker
age, etc, and Yankee notions. There are
S57,OOO,OOO annually paid out by the South
ern people to New York city alone for life
insurance. When the South awwakens to
her own ability to afford her Own trans
pOrtation, do her wi banking, support
her own insurance offices, distribute bro
kerage among her own merchants, sustain
her own manufactures and open direct
trade, WI viii retain this vast wealth
among us. Such a retaliation for past in
juries viii be more terrible than an army
with banners, a blOodless victory more
glorious than triumph upon an hundred
battle fields. The sound of mourning is
already heard in thakfast. Maine is on
her knees asking Tor more protection
bread, and sadly pointing to her loss of
half q million of tonnage within six years, |
and Massachusetts is bewailing the sig
niticant fact of the withdrawal of the Gu
nard line from the port of Boston.
MANUFACTURES.
Our facilities for manufacturing are un-
tAttllNtls LA pei 4LiitiNS alIEdtlN u1attt 1
show cOnclusively that the cost of labor
at the North exceeds that of the South. |
There are about $4,000 manufactures in
the United States-of these the South has
over 30,000-the annual cost for labor in
Northern manufactures approaches $780,
600, 000-in the South about S52, 600, 900. |
Figure it ont and you will find the cost of
labor in the South about One-third less
than at the North. This is the natural re-
suit of producing the raw material and
furnishing cheaper food, fuel and cloth
ing. In the manufacture of cotton goods /
there is no dOubt that the peculiarly of
our climate enables us to spin a finer and
stronger thread than the North. Accurate
statistical information disclOses the fact, |
that the manufacturers who handle our
great staple acquire q greater profit than
the producer. This certainly is some in
ducement 10 the skilled labor of the
North n Europe, to seek homes in the
South. The Northern manufacturer is
alive to the consequences that must ensue
from the system Of free labor now estab-
Hshed, and are preparing to abandon the
manufacture of heavy staple goods, hop
ing to retain the oontrnl Of the finer fab
rics. The experiment of spinning yarns
ON the plantation with the same power
that gins thecotton was successfully made
by a member of my own family. The
Rrns commanded a ready market, n
profits being one-third greater, in
Gliding interest on machinery, wear and
tear, etc. This preparation of the yarns
was accomplished chiefly by negro chill
dren from ten to twelve years old. A
proper experience would doubtless have
yielded a much greater profit. The more
limited farming operations would not adj
init of the expense of machinery for this
purpose, but a neighboring factOrv-a
planters joint stock company, would pro-
duee Ike results, and doubtless upon a
more economical basis, We can spin our
cotton for the India market and forward
it direct from the plantation. These facts
are becoming shown to the world, and
skillful hands and heavy purses will soon
be ready to make the most of the advan-
tage. The manufacturers of the world |
will encourage ~us-whether we sell them
yarns or the raw materials at our doors.
They will gain by it, the fact being estab-
lished that by some hocus pocus the man.
ufacturer pays for his cotton about twice
as much as the planter receives. 1t may
not be our immediate purpose or policy to
compete with the manufacture ofthef finer
fabrics of eattan. It has been stated that in
some of the French manufactures a pound
of cotton has been increased three hum i