Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-21

wise. have questioned the wisdom o. cities
In this behalf. and vet when we ask the
1sonls 20 relieve steamboat lines, even Of
pstfv. hfr Sing anuoyances, muniei-
pal IawgiVeTs must have time 70 70
ffect, 10 consider % journey even 20
g.. Louis, that they may commit
M bIuudar In the performances OF
he simplest, p~lsinest duty, costing
nothing and only assuring US that trade
will be- stimulated and ths city enriched.
ABSURD PREFERENCES.
Contrast the conduct Of Memphis to-
ward railways and the city's action In
reference TO steamboats, Memphis mas
Invested in railways a million and guar
ter dollars and doubled her wealth again
and again, but has given no subsidies as a
corporation to steamboat lines; there mas
been no county subscriptiont n yss
avarv s-teambOatman viii wisely vote
Tor sueb an appropriation to the Selma
road: there has beef no navy yard mort
gagged. that Captain Adams might con
/ centrate in this city the commerce OF
! Arkansas. On the contrary, wharfage
has been eXacted from every line or
| steamers, and not only this, but the law
| authorizing the robbery has been violated
/ on its face and the sums collected grossly
misspplied.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
1.-THE mon wrenched from river men
had been properly applied, the river front
of the city would not ne nndln US way.
TO the BaliZs, nor WOuld the security of
the navy yard be endangered. Why this
difference in the conduct Of lAWgivsrs
should occur in legislation affecting
steamers and railways it would be dill
cult TO discover. Why seek to cheaper
freight charges and travel by land, and
at the same time promote the same re-
f. 49, a-Hu4vaH4u len nnFhHnH p
Everything that public wisdom and far
reaching forethOught and profound states
mauship could accomplish IN promotion
OF the grand imposes CT railway
builders has been done, and yet
the brave men who open up mighty
highways along u~ntraversed rivers and
DsusLrate wilds where civilization nas
never levelsd forests-thsse great pio
nesrs Of the West have received no honor
be6ttfng their deeds and no rewards Wor
thy OF their triumphs.
EvEN-HANDED JUSTICE
Let rs deal alike with railways snC
steamers. Let equal inducements be prof
fared to those who create b two systems
of Let Us, az least, impose n
restrictions or eXaCtiOus upon b one tina
40 not rest upOn the other; and, least o
. ali. while with our lips we invite foreign
capital, let US not forget how absurd on
: words when we impose restrictions sim
DIv because a steamer may be OWnal
wholly or in part by a distant city.
REFORMS IN OTHER CITIES.
!, New Orleans has succeeded, by h6av
wharfage charges, in repeillng trade
. enormous value. By an opposite pOIcl
= st. louis is steadily gaining ali that Ne
ORLEANS loses, while Memphis, in sOlem
blindness. sits upon the Cdickasaw Blu
and suffers all this wealth TO escaI
her grasp. Memphis adheres to the lnde
. fansfble system of penny wise and pOun
e foolish stupidity that distinguishes th
l. river policy of New Orleans. The wsalt
. of Red river has been turned backWaI
q To the North, and St. Louis gathers Il u
For this st. Louis is indebted to its FIRE
trade system; TO the reduction Of whar
age to a minimum to its elevators an
wbarfbOats. and the extension
its ALWAYS to the waters sdg
! III Memphis would Outstrip New OrleaE
and st. Louis let Memphis outstrip bot
" in Hberality to commerce. IN the rsmOV
g OF all possible restrictions and burden
Q and Memphis will prosper sven as S
L Louis has never prospered.
mLE PREJCDICEs,
5 We have heard that people have pref
81 dicies against the St. Louis Packet Con
many. w7aich owns here S25, 600 worth
e real estate, a wharfbOst Of great valu
# and propose to invest S75, 900 IN an e.
J. vstor. 1t paid to the city last year 81.
It 500 in wharfage, and the expenses of j
P wbarfboat amounted TO 5000. All tn
Of money is left in Memphis, to say nothiI
le OF sums made through the enormous ira
&c conducted by this company. Let q
@ company, to the extent that the city Ct
"a grant it. have all that il asks n at u
L very instant OF giving, we receive cor
Is peusatiOn in value threefold greater Lhi
% All concessions made.
10 We speak Of this packet company b
IS cause we have heard that it encounter
o opposition; bn5 the same facts pertain
is the Arkansas River packet Company az
J. the New Orleans Company, which shou
be invested with like privileges. Liberia
Id commerce, or do not hope for prosperlU
id S~slfshness always Overreached lJse
le and is ever beggared when its stumoIl
Sc steps are guided by Ignorance. See VII
at other progressive, prosperous cities ma
l. done, and, following in their t~Ootstel
g. Memphis must become the most progr'
is sIve city in the Valley of Jhe Mississippi