Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-22
MEMPHIS AND KANSAS CITY.
The Grea Railroad Outlet 10 the
West-FFOm Memphis TO b
Heart of Kansas.
The Country to be Traversed-What 10
fs-Benehts TO Acerue % us--A
Promising Chapter.

ts-honents to AceFue % us--A
Promising Chapter.
Editors AppeaL-We 10 our
epistle from the "debatsble ground" Of
North Arkansas. No matter about our
precise location-anywhere In the valley
of the White, from Bstesville to Dsvalls
Bluff. and you may plsce our location
anywhere outside of tina valley, so you
conhne us within 9 scope of territory
bounded on the east by q line running
diagonslly due northwest to Kansas City,
Missouri; on b north by q line running
from about Batesville, Arkansas, west
ward TO the 1ndisn Territory; q line on The
west that will embrace the Indian Terri
tory without exception the most valuable
tributary territory that any city could
command west of the Mississippi riv-
cry; on the south q line that will
embrace the rich cotton-producirg and
cotton raising sections Of Northern
louisiana and Texas and on the east by
the Mississippi river. We say
"DEBATABLE GROUND"
and we wish every business man of Men,
phis, whether merchant, banker, insur-
snce man, mechanic or lsborer could I'M
d5r5tsnd the full importer the term, for
while this scope Of territory Is now ''de-
batsble," within the ensuing two years it
will be settled one way or the other. And
as it shall be settled, so shall be decided
the future fate Of Memphis, for veal or
o You may look upon the map and
you will see at q glance that geographic
ally the section Of country embraced
within the lines described is naturally
tributary to Memphis. If you remember
the history of the past, you will call to
mind the fact that for thirty years much
OF It has been in fact tributary to Mem
phis, and has annually poured the wealth
of its trade into the lap of our city.
II you look ct the present, you
you find that trade distracted, divided
under the laws of commerce seeking q
permanent as well as g favorable outlet
to Its
and point Of interchange; but undecided
under the circumstances ct present sur
rounding 1t, whether it shall continue to
seek the channel it has long been socus.
toned to, or be diverted, through the in
ducement of superior accessibility, to q
new n more inviting mart. If you take
q glance at the future, you will see Men,
phis either seated among the commercial
cities OF the land, with the scepter Of
supremacy In her hand, or crushed
and broken, crippled and bound;
she will stand among those who
In their desolste and helpless condi-
ton may look around with hopeless envy
upon thsir more fortunate and successful
rivals, and must intensity their own grief
by poignant reflections over the many
golden opportunities presented but un-
improved snd forever lost.
The future of Memphis is now In her
own hands, and she is Just at the turning
point Of destiny. She has no time for dsl.
lying or delaying; she must at M
stretch on her arms to saw what belongs
- - - -.- -
possessed, or it will all be wrested from
her by more enterprising rivals, and once
gone 1t can never be regsined. No n
can appreciate this fact without visiting
In person b section of country mem
toned and embraced within the lines
above described. The people Of
JACKSON, INDEPENDENCE, FULTON AID
GARD
and the other counties on the line of the
Memphis and Kansas City railroad say
that they are disposed to come to Mem.
phis, and they will do 80 If thsy are offer
ed the advantage of direct communion
ton with our city. But If We fold our
hands and allow st. Louis to furnish
them direct communication through their
Cairo and Fulton road, and their rosd
down through the Indian Territory to
Texas, while they are denied by own
any outlet to Memphis, they
will be compelled, however strong their
sympsthies may be for Memphis, to turn
the tide of their trade to st. Louis. You
must remember that this 10 only in
wolves what they now have, out also what
will follow in the further DEVELOPMENT Of
the q of their section when rail-
road communication is furnished to them.
Take, for instance, b town of Jsok-
sonport, situated at the confluence Of the
White and Black rivers. North of her,
the
"BIs BOTTOM"
q rich slluvisl land, whose highest over
dow never exceeds ak inches, and reach 1
almost to Bstesville; on the west, |
the "oil-trough bottom" acknowledged
by ell who have seen 1t 20 be the richest
body Of sliuVial land in America; on the /
south by q magnificent stretch of table
.lRnGs-prairie and timber-producinG
of cotton and corn unexcslled in
any country, On a former trip, last sum-
mer, through
"oIL-TRoUsH BOTTOM"
ssw growing on one plantation of
about six hundred acres almost every ce.
real known to the temperate zone and in
the highest state of deVelopment-cotton,
corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, fruit, i
etc. Jacksonport ships annually
about twenty Ave Thousand bales of cot
Ton. or this crop at present about fifteen
come TO Memphis; about ten
thousand go to New Orleans. The 4
grades generally 60 to New Or
esns. Now, 81 st. Louis builds her
Jsiro and Fulton road, whichshe is doing
Is fast IS money 4 muscle can accom-.
dish the task, and IL Memphis does not
'enter-oheck her movement All this trade,
Il which
COTTON
8 but a single item, will be lost 70 Men,
his forever. None of that trade belongs
o New Orleans, naturally. Now Mem
his gets three-6ftbs-wiLh the Kansas
ity road built, she will get hve-hfths
the whole crop-.withOut building the
lanssg road, end st. Louis builds her
and Fulton road, the whole goes to
{. Louis, and once turned In that direc-
ion, we can never recover the ground
J~acksonport is but a single example.
he whole range OF country embraced
Ttthin the lines described is In the same
They are anxious, nay pray {
lg for Memphis TO arouse from her seem-
lg lethargy, and open the way for them
} preserve their
OLD CHANNELS OF TRADE
nd lines of communication and the ]
1siness alliance they have known for l
BATS. We noticed one thing here, The {
aggressive movement of st. Louis to take t
Memphis this territory, is preceded g
? an army of "drummers" from that
ty, tr%snsversing the country in every
~rection, prediostlDg their course upon
10 presumption th6t they will walk away
18th the prize of that Tioh trade without q
struggle on the part OF Memphis to pre- Fl
mt IL. While this YVES so, we saw but Q
10 man here representing q Memphis a
)use. We saw Mr.. Nathan, of Nathan Il
and the first remark he made Fl
rs, "If our people do not build the #
ansas City rosd, IL is no use to come up
re any more for trade. st. Louis Is
ing TO take 1t all from as. Our people
lght to come here and see IT."
81. LOUIS Is woRKNa
tn untirlng energy pushing forward
Cairo and Fulton and Texas roads.
II only salvation and oounteraotion to
first Is tbs Kansas City road; 10 the
,cnd, the Shreveport road. The Kan.
City road viii intersect and cut in d
o the Cairo and Fulton road In tWo1 /
Ices-hrst, at ~Jacksonport, second, on N
Augusta snd Fort Smith branch about
hit miles east of Augusta. The ShreVe. A,
It road will ceunteract the st. Louis
Texas road. These roads not only N
IS a mesns of defense TO save that ~
ich belongs TO US, but look at what :
y bring usI The ps
KANSAS oTTY ROAD .
kes Memphis the point Of interchange 10
the products of the grain growing and {
producing country OF the North On
entrepot for immigration of ]
farmers and farm labor OF
and furnishes a summer route. to the {
Vic. Tho Fort Smith branch taps the Fe
hest counties of Arkansas, Woodruff, I
lite, Prairie, etc, etc, brings the mac. ohl
cent Indisn territory, whose wealth }
are beyond computation, Lu
'ur very door, and puts Memphis d. I
sly on g line that will, as certain as the lSt
shines, in the not far distant future 4