Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-27

acquiring that population so necessary
to the development of our resources,
mature reflection l became con-
WINGED that we must turn our atten-
ton to our neighbors of the
North and Northwest, and acting
upon thatcOnvictiOn, determined upon
anvass of the States of Indiana
and Illinois. The result of that I'M
dertaking has not only confirmed in
my first conviction upon the subject,
but has encouraged me to the belief
that the work has been begun at the
time and place, and should be
vigorously prosecuted, and without
in the States of Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania and New York.
Before entering upon the canvass,
the firm of Donobo, Joy q
Co., with whom | am con-
nected, had prepared and stereo-
typed a pamphlet "a copy of which l
hold in my handy, which, together
with a plain, practical, "homespun"
and weighty talk to the people at
almost every point along railroad
communication from Jacksonville,
Ind. to Chicago, ILL.,, and from thenceto
Cairo, in which l have endeavOred to
present as plainly and forcibly as pos
sible the advantages offered in the
South to the poor man, the mechanic,
the labOrer, the manufacturer, the
stock raiser, the miller, the miner, the
farmer, and other producers Of in
dustrv.
The advantage of abundance and
cheapness of lands, their wonderful
fertility-their capacity not only to
produce with a cultivation similar to
that given to lands in the North, as
large a yield Of corn, wheat, rye, oats,
barley, potatoes, beans, peas, fruits,
berries, grapes, hops, broom corn, etc,
bat in addition to these the lands OF
the South alone of all the territory of
the United States, producing those
great "gOld bearing" commercial
staples, cotton, sugar, tobacco, hemp
and rice. C itic advantages could
not be overcome. Mountains full of
coal, iron, lead, gypsum, mari, kaOlin,
petroleum, etc; forests of finest tim
Der for manufacturing agricultural i'm
plements, coOpers' ware and furni-
ture; stock could be reared more
certainly and more cheaply than in
the North; hides could be obtained,
and tan-bark at q trihing cost
South, and here manufactured.
Grain can be produced in abundance
for home consumption as well as
largely for export. Fruits and veg
etables could lac produced in greater
abundance and of better qualities, and
can, by the advantages of latitude, be
placed as ~luXuries, and at the highest
prices, in the markets Of the (present
y, 000, 900 p~0pulation) North (soan to
be $4,000, 600 from four TO six weeks
in advance of their own crops. San
Francisco fruit raisers are paying this
season nine hundred dollars per car
load freight to Chicago, and Chicago
consumers are paying twenty five
cents each for pears, and in like pro-
portion for other fruits. Thousands
of packages Of early fruits and vegeta-
bles from Memphis, Nicksburg, At
lanta, Mobile, etc, were sold this sea-
son in the markets of all the cities and
towns from Cincinnati, Cairo and st.
Louis t. Chicago, EuffalO, Milwaukee,
etc, and with proper cultivation and
attention, and Just such as Northern
men will give to such crops when
once located here, an enOr-
nous income can be derived
from this source, and that long
before the proceeds of cotton, sugar
and tobacco can be realized. With
thousands of miles of railroads to be
built, we have endeavored to show
these people the advantages of de-
veloping our mines OF iron and coal, in
making railroad iron III ears, stoves,
ovens, pots, nails, hoOpirOn, gin and
mill gearing, etc. Abundance of stone
for lime, cement and other building
purposes. Wool could be grown
cheaper and could be manufactured
as cheaply as in the United States.
Beef and pork cost hut little to
raise, and we need stock raisers and
beef and pork packers to avail them
selves of the " bottom as well as top
dollar Of profit by exporting INNER
charitable shape from mere. Compare
beef driving from Texas TO 1lli-
nOis with beef packing in Texas
and exporting picked beef to
New York and elsewhere; cot
ton cultivation and its advantages
over the crops cultivated North. Tine
lands Of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New
York and Pennsylvania, costing from
fifty TO two hundred dollars per acre
ia hay at net profit of fifteen to twen-
ty-hye dollars per acre; corn, wheat,
etc, twenty to thirty-iye dollars peg
acre. Cotton lands could be bOughta at
five to twenty dollars per acre that
pay a profit of from fifty to one hun
bred and twenty-five dollars per acre,
and products would command "gold'
everywhere, Wec0uld, in the advan-
tages of close proximity Of "raw ma
terial and factory" not only come in
connection with New England, but
needed no .prG;e4tipe tariff to sue
cessfully rival England, and was only
a question of time andthe will of tire
South and Northwest, combined with
their capital, skill, and enterprise, to
dry New England up by
fair and legitimate competition,
to increase tbf oattap production OF
$500, 000 bales to l~G,G0G;ilG0 males, aAq
force Old England to cease to cultivate
at all, and depend upon the South for
her supply. And further, force Gid
and New England to come for our cot
ton in shirts, ny raising QUE cotton,
lHt1n IL AZ itOn4t 1i4u CN Hutt
ing none in tie raw state, then the
South and Northwest can nommand,
on land and sea, at home and abroad.
Then what a poor, miserable set viii
be New England mill owners and bond
monopolists? Magnificent, when the
Hsages {" aud .'satraps' of Washington
must beg pardon for past hlglders,
Now, all these things are of easy ac-
co~mplishment-they are within our
grasp, if we viii Ggtend our hand
with a strong and unwaverlng fiith,
With o bold nerve, and act with that
promptness, aYd vim and enterprise
that has ever characterized the NGrth
and the East, and to which they are
indebted rather than 0any of the eX-
traordinary natural advantages that
surround Us,
These great results are not likely TO
flow 10 you without cost of thought,
time, effort or money. You must
q cast your bread upon the waters .
freely, and 1t will return to you a hnn=
bred, and perhaps a thousand fold.
You must enter the field with the
determination to yield M advanta-
ges uhich you can honorably retain,
and fail not to improve every n TO
the largest extent. Make up your
minds that you must throw out
a broad, free and impartial invita-
ton to all men, Without refer
enaa 10 their nativity, political
or religious oreeds who may desire 70
cnme in Our midst III good faith