Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-12

the climate CT Virgins, Tennessee, aud
other Southern States, issO deadly that
outdoor labor in it is certain death to
: the white man. With such notions
about US in their minds, do you think
the working men OF Europe are likely
to seek homes among US ? These DO
tiOns will probably continue as long as
you ait still and make no effort to re-
move them, or to vindicate yourselves
Ory your State.
Now, merely byWay OF illustration,
let US suppose that, with State aid and
county co operation, the land owners
IN each one Of the eighty-f0ur counties
J OF Tennessee should set 70 work in
such right good earnest that, during
/ the next two years, 200 Well-tO-dO
families, 1000 souls in all, should be
induced to come from abroad and set
! tie themselves among you. LetUs see
what it would come to. In the first
place the wealth of each Of your
eighty-fOur counties would be In
creased 81, 900, 600 by the presence Of
these new cOmeTs, and the old resi-
dents would have to pay taxes on
81. 900, 900 less than they do now, and
I Nllles 1nEA44AAE NDAAl Is IA1AE-H IT EAAEAGAr
school, and other taxes, count Up to
not a little sum, as you well know.
/ In the next place, your new conner
would have to pay taxes on the land
that ne buys or rents from you, and
so relieve you Of burdens 70 that eX-
tent.
| Again, these thousand new cOmers
/ would spend in your county, in money
or in services, the equivalent Of money
something like $500, 900 the first year,
] and smaller sums annually for several
! years, until they could get their farms
| fairly under way, and themselves sUf- |
ficjently provided to become pr0dU
/ GERS; and of these expenditures you
/ would get the lions share.
| Finally, the new cOmers, by their
/ presence, their labOrs and their i'm
/ prOvements, would greatly enhance
/ the value of real estate. It is by no
means an over estimate to assume
that bv the time the first payment fell
due, after the long credit that ought
to be given, the value of your own
lands would be increased to the ex-
/ tent Of several dollars an acre. In
deed, if the plan were adopted by the
land owners Of the State generally,
and successfully carried out, your
children would see real estate in |
Tennessee changing hands in figures
at which ii is now held in Del
aware, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. 1t would not be unreasonable |
even for the middle-aged among |
you to expect to see that day.
Each Of the eighty-fOUr counties Of the /
State introducing during the next four /
years two hundred families from /
abroad, averaging five souls each /
Why, In round numbers, that would /
be the introduction Of 81, 600 new citi- /
Zans into the State, and an addition
Of SS4, 900, 600 to its wealth. In little /
while, and as soon as you put the
tide in motion, these people, paying
their own passage, would come from
the old country to Tennessee, direct
ria the Chesapeake, thus placing at
Southern doors, at their own expense,
empty ships, ready 20 carry your pro
6UCa back ar low rates Of freight; and
so you would have the boon of direct
trade, which you and the whole South |
have coveted so eagerly and so long. |
Estimate for yourselves, gentlemen, |
the value of that.
BE0AAAE1 al ALA-or J A.lA " GIL NlINE1kF I
how that, in certain branches of in
dustry, the skill Of one man out Of the
1000 foreigners for each county would,
in benefits to the community, amply |
pay for the fetching of the whole Of
them. As, for instance, a German or
g FrenChmsn, skilled in the Cultiva-
ton OF the grape and the manufacture |
of wine, or in the manipulation Of the
and the fabrication Of silk,
OF Of the beet and sugar, or OF the olive
and oil, or apt in the raising OF pOul-
try, OF in the business Of the dairy.
etc Tor the Climatfs Of Tennessee are /
and admirably adapted to
ali OF these. There is no mistake
about it; the industry Of your State is !
becoming more and more subdivided / +,
and our people are every day recOg-
mixing more palpably the mighty
WUckle which many D3ickleS make
You want exports among you in all
those branches, to teach you and
''shOw yOU how" by example. II
There are no people who have such /
g mack as the French iu putting little
odds and ends together and turning
them to account, or who are more
thoroughly Cup" in all the d
''mickles." The eggs and chick
ems, the geese, ducks and tur-
keys sold annually by the French
peasants are worth twice as much as
your cotton crop. The gross sum re- {
ceived in France ia account OF these {
is reckoned at $50, 600, 600 a year.
Why, there is your beautiful valley {
Of the Tennessee, especially that pOr- J
ton of it which lies above the Mus
Gle Shoals. There is no country in this &
OF Ia any other land superior to il. | I
1t supported both armies during the /
war. And with its beautiful climates, g
fine soils and marvellous sources Of / {
wealth, RstOnisheG every Northern | c
soldier who went into it with ewes to / s
see ana a niud TO comprehend. In
these respects, in its advantages,
al taken together, that valley pre-
;ents q combination of industrial re-
sources that cannot be found in Fg- g.
rope, nor on the shores of the Medi- 4
-erraneaD, save in the Promised ?
Land, and in some respects this :
valley is superior to that; r
or with q climate Just as soft, il is =
letter wooded and watered. 4
/ discover in yOur State many IN. +
Dccupied fields Of industry which :
would be very attractive to the for +
'igner, and especially inviting to the !,
Germans and French, the Scotch, y
Dutch and English, with their skill. \
mercy, industry, ingenuity, frugality n
md resources. c
Your climates are as theiFs-nOt di-
yided cut into seasons Of wet and dry, | a
Ike Spanish America-but ordained N
OF winter and summer, spring and ! >
with fruitful showers at all q
easOns. Your annual rains fall is I h
bout forty inches, and corresponds to | o.
hat Of France, England and Ger :,
many, with more sunshine than any
# those, (Or even Italy, and a climate
ltOgether as lovely and as healthy. | O.
Everything that can be cultivated In =,
france, Germany or England may be n
-rOwn in Tennessee equally as well, q.
With other things besides, such as In +
.ian corn, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, ~
room corn, sweet potatoes, etc, n
which are not known as staples there. / y