Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-26

lars a day less than he could run it if it
we're in Massachusetts. Then we have
the Roup's Valley Iron Works, revived
~ the Messrs. JAMES, Of Philadelphia,
at an expense Of $500. 600.
In the neighboring State of Mississippi
there ia the frctory at CarrOliton, run
ming regularly, paying fair dividends,
snd encouraging the stockholders 10 ex
tension and farther effort in the same
Director.
IN cur own State, in every respect
much more favored than Georgia, Ala
baGaa or Missi 5sippi, what have we to
show OF manufacturing effort beyond
WHIST is cor fined to Nashville, mer-
toned ia COlolel BURCH's speech, and
perheps one or two factories Of inferior
class in TIE Eastern division? Literally
nothing, when we take into &C
count our superior water power,
the chespness OF labor, the length Of IA
vOring seasons over those Of the North
and West, the imp0rtantadvsntag in the
difference Of the price of cotton as COM
pared with what the Northern manu-
fACiurer pays, freigats added our i'm
msns f~oresss, sndfscilities, by river and
rail-, for reaching the best markets, North
South, East or West. What lie 10 pre-
vent the people Of Lsuierdale from sus.
tanning and reaplng the benefits, OF q
lsrge helve factory, similar to hat which
pays so well in Augusta? What lie
there to prevent the people Of Browns
vile, Of CovingtOn, Of Dyersburg,
or Ripley, from each constructing a
cotton mandatory, a wagon factory, or
q shop for the manufacture Of agricul-
tarsl implements, for which there is a
constant and increasing demand? Wa
ter power We have in abundance, and
timber. All that is wanting is skilled
labor and capital. These can be invited
from abroad by the presentation OF in,
ducements in the way Of suitable sites
and locations, aad the assistance of such
local capital and effort as can be spared.
Springfield, Ohio, but q little while
since al obscure village, is now a
thriving town of mere than 49,
ESQ Inhabitants glorying in the
possession Of an opera house costing
800, 600, and others Of the requisites Of
a refined community, all which is the
result Of manufactures of various kinds,
the aggregate of whose products last
year was upwards OF 81, SOC. 600. What
is there to prevent similar results in
West Tennessee but the want Of will, of
inclination Of tact Of discsrnment or
judgment2
An enterprising YANKEE, one OF the
kind that revolutionizss wherever he To-
Gates, one Of the kind that does not busy
himself about Bora bools CHA enter
prises, and is willing to sell red shirts
to the Africans if they only have the
money TO pay for them; one
such Yankee left the bleak hills OF Mac
sgchusetts morning early, booked
for Ilincis, where, out in the Wild prai@i
RE, in the then hamlet OF Elgin, be
PA@N1FL II eCAtI 6AA All ALE W AAAo ~
abundant capital, commenced the work
Of manufacturing watches, and upon 2
scale and il q style that surpassed all
previous efforts. The result is a prece-
dent and 3 lesson for the whole country,
and the addition of wsslth more than q
thousand fold to Eigin and vicinity. In
the estimation Of this f~gr-seeing and in
dustri0us man, it was no argument
against his now successful factory that it
Yves located in the distant prairie
instead Of on the banks OF the Msrrlmsc.
His desire WIS 10 make watches cheap
er and furnish them at lover prices to
the mechanics Of Massachusetts, than
Massachusetts herself, with all her IN
riVsllCd and unsurpassed facilities. And
be succeeded. Nov this is the SORT Of
enterprise thst is needed in Tennessee,
and these are the sort Of men whose
coming amongst u is to be hailed with
the delight 90 enthusiastically expressed
by Col. BURCH. Let them come and
IS Gen. FORREST said, we will
not ask any questions as TO their
politics. So tnst they are indus
t%EiOus, frugal and thrifty; 90 that they
come to uuits with as in the solid and en-
during reconstruction CT our sunny land,
they are welcone all are welcome
who desire to find with as a homa.
Here is the soil here is the water power
and the ciims ate, and here the inviting
settlements, the nucleus OF population
and future wealth. Oar people have bat
to initiate he examples we have recitej,
and Memphis as well as Nashville and
Augusta, wiz become celebrated for her
factories, and for enterprises 10 no degres
less profitable or self-sustsining than the
trade in cotton, upon which slope, ouF
prosperity and happiness depend. VIII
some Of q capitalists and e~nterprising
moneyed nen not tske hold in this mat
TER and initiate s movement so desirable ?
They have bus to make a beginning, to
make 3 show Of Effort in the right direc-
ton, and Northern capital, skill and en-
terprise will h18 in TO aid them and
realize foE them, and for ua, what we
hsve Deen too slow and remiss ia real
izing for ourselves.