Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-24
THr mn oF EMIGRATIoN.

Emigration still pours along the lin
OF the Pacific road. The sales Of tn,
land department Of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company for the month Of DC
tober were 20,657 acres, amounting t
the sum Of S92, $40, at an average of s
| 50 per acre. The total sales from July
| 9s, 1869, to November ], 1877, were 649,'
O5l acres, amounting to g, 757, S09, al
an average Of 81 25 per acre. From thi;
statement some idea may be formed Of
the rapid development Of the country
along the line of this road. There is
food for serious reflection in these fig
ures. The sales of tickets are affect
ed in Europe. The emigrantis destins-
ton is determined before be leaves the
place Of his nativity, and from the hoVF
of departure until the hour of reachin
the newly-acquired purchases, thef
emigrsnts constitute a source Of I'M
mense revenue TO agents, STEAMSHIP
lines, railroad lines, brokers, ETC., a
working for a common end, and wit
the common design Of receiving the
respective shares in the way Of commits
sions, fees, discounts on bills of exchange,
and in the conversion Of the gold and
silver coinage of Europe into national
currency, transportation charges, and
whatever else may be seduced by enter
prise from the emigrant's pocket. Is
there no means by which this i'm
mense tide of emigration can be
turned toward the South? There
are many reasons why for
eigners coming to America should
locate in the South. In the Western
States there are from three to four
months when people have to cease al
active outdoor work, when the ground
is unfit for cultivation, the navigable
streams all frozen, the grain all stored
in barns or elevators, to await the open
ing of navigation in the spring. In the
Southern States farming operations con-
tinue all the year round, transportation
is always at command, and an alterna-
ton Of products may continue uninter-
ruptedly from month to month. The
climate is mild and pleasant. People
are as healthy here as in any part Of
the world, and the ordinary diseases of
the country yield readily to proper
treatment. Other paramount advan-
tages in coming South are that
the country is already settled, the lands
opened and cultivated, schools and
churches everywhere accessible, trans
portation at hand, regular channels OF
trade opened, markets provided, and All
the necessary machinery Of society at
work. To these we may add that noe
lands, improved and unimproved, are
very cheap, and can be had on accom-
modating terms; locations for manufac-
tories and mills, either for water o.
steam power, are abundant; minerals of
all the most valuable kinds are found in
every State, and a demand for skilled as
well as unskilled labor already exists.
speak from knowledge when We
declare that nowhere on the bounteous
earth can one live more easily, more
comfortably, more pleasantly and more
peacefully than in nearly every section
If the Southern States. You may
emphaticaIly tickle the earth,
md it viii laugh you a harvest Fruits
# every variety, vegetables Of all kinds,
in endless p~rOfusion, are the
ommonest heritage of the poorest of
he people. If we could only see once
more u waste places rebuilt, our fields
hronged with industrious and honest
lborers, our barns filled with generous
ARRESTS, our manufactures whirring
nth the busy hum Of industry, our rail
Dads interlacing the States, our rivers
caring the heavy burdens from our
LIMITATIONS, our homes beautified and
dorned, our noble men walking erect,
nd our sweet and children
Apply and'contented, the hearts Of the
.outhern people would leap for joy.