Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-01-03
INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS-.
Proposed Meeting In Memphis on the
First Of May Next.
Importance and Necessity for Such
M0vement-Results TO he Ac-
eOmplished.
Immigrants Wanted-Skilled Labor in
Demand-HOW the South May
be ReTOlutiOaized.

Immigrants Wanted-Skilled Labor in
Demand-HOW the South May
be ReTOlutiOaized.
EDITORS APPEAL--In the Iadepend-
cHt South Of the twelfth ultimO, notice
2 call upon "HOn. Thomas !. Hud-
son and the Press" as to the policy Of
holding, al your suggestion, a Planters
Convention, at Memphis, early il 1878.
] am doubtless indebted for this call
from having been the President of the
Planters Convention of the South, from
the date Of its organization in 1888, TO
the beginning of the late war between
The States.
The able articles Of the Memphis AP-
PEAL the South, and other journals, OF
the subject of fdeveloping the agricultural
and manufacturing resources OF the
South, have directed the intelligent
minds Of the country to the inestimable
value Of establishing 3 permanent In
dustrial Congress. The time is auspi-
cioUs for the movement. The people
are ripe tOT action, and the press, ever
alive 10 progress, aud tired of political
strife, win labor TO infuse life and energy
into every industrial pursuit.
We want labor, capital and a diversi-
fled indUstry-tO secure either OF all Of
these we want concert Of action among
our people. With agricultural and me-
C-hanical associations in the States, and
su Industrial Congress composed of dele
gates fresh from the people, can, after
an interchange of views, secure unity Of
action and indicate the wisest policy to
accomplish all that is desirable 10 pro-
mote our great interest.
Say tbEt on the first Monday in May,
1873. we have such Congress at Mem
phis Invite hitherto, from the North,
West and South, the representatives Of
the agricultural, manufacturing and
commercial interests of the entire coun-
try. No party or sectional question to
he discussed The Southern delegation
will he enabled to show the North and
West our great want of Intelligent labor,
to demonstrate TO them that we have
boundless country open 10 them, and as
farmers. mechanics and capitalists, no
land can offer the same advantages.
With Northern immigration secured
we have the key 10 European labor. We
cannot, however, hope to change the
tide Of immigration to the Great West
from Europe until we have changed the
opinion of the Northern people as to
our real character. This can be done,
aud friends made Of them by meeting
together in council and consulting to-
gether for the cOuutTy's good.
We have seen that during the year
ending June 80, 1S72, more than four
hundred thousand emigrants landed in
this country. Taking the estimated
value OF each immigrant at eight hum
dred dollars, we have as the aggregate
economical value Of the total addition
10 our population, more in value than
che cotton crop of the entire South.
With all our efforts hitherto we have
failed 10 obtain but q small amount OF
this labor and capital
Intelligence Is power, and the South
is suffering for intelligent labor. The
value Of such labor cannot be estima ted. |
Each Immigrant forms a kind Of nu-
s.leus around which gather his friends
and relations adding annually TO the
capital of their adopted land.
We wart home manufactures; 10 sue /
ceed, we must have skilled workmen. /
We can, through the committees Of this Z
convention, give reliable information as
l0 our advantages. We can in the same 4
yEay obtain valuable Information as 70 I
tIe machinery psed in cotton manufac- I
tories; the place and way of getting /
workmeu. II, then, We fail in enlisting
Northern enterprise, we can, when well I
informed, establish manufactures Of our 4
own.
Our people could, in q short time, es- [
tshiish cotton manufactures over the I
South, but they are without the desired
information. They wish 70 know the
cost Of machinery, and where the skilled
-w0rkmen are 10 be obtained. They
" ant 10 start in q small way and gradE-
sU Y, as profits justify, enlarge their
ma. nufacture. Thousands of our people
are ready, when enabled TO make judi
cious Investments, 10 subscribe hberally
10 eaton and other manufactures 4
Where Is no doubt that the greatest ig-
Dorance prevails in the masses of the
North in reference TO the Southern peO- I
ule. The people Of Europe, getting
their opiuiOIr through the Northern press |
and people. have not the least cOncep- :
ton of our real character. They know I
nothing Of the extent and va
Fiety Of our productions; our
healthy and delightful climate; 1
our rich soil; our vast undevelOped re- /
sources; our mountains Of rich ores; our /
noble rivers and water powers unsur- 1
passed III the world. This ignorance on /
the part Of Europeans and the preludlces /
Of the Northern mind can be eradIcaied 4
through the agency of Congress repre- |
seuting the paramount interests OF the /
North and South, and rising in their /
-siews and purposes far ABOVE party or
g-suizati0us. No question VIII be con- l
stSersd by this Congress Of more import |
auce than that Of universal education. |
The erroneous impressions Of former |
times that knowledge was not essential /
lo the farmer is fast dying away. In
Ghe West and in the South many Agri- /
cultural Colleges have been established I
"a - last few years, and this body viii
s - the importance Of fostering universal
eg VcatiOn, not only as a means OF ad- /
ysUrciug the farmers interest but as
faud'ug o make the people familiar /
with L q parts and al interests Of our
cOmmOT country
Ia all movements 10 advance the Ag- /
9cu'tuFaI and Manufacturing Interests, 1
il has been 100 much our custom 10 ig 1
uoIe our friends, the lawyers and ply /
,iciaus, because they were not en-
esged practically in either farming /
on manufactures. This is certainly 4
wrong. You viii bear witness /
that in every railroad enterprise, every 1
meeting to promote immigration, /
and 10 establish home manufactufes-
VOur able lawyers nave always Deen III 4
the lead, and by,their zeal and el2quence /
contributing 10 our success. In TINS
movement we want al the intellect and \
euer.sv of the whole people. We want /
Sle LAWYERS, doctors, mechanics and /
Il .-u1ars an pushing on the car Of pro- /
,rass. We cannot and must not fail to /
5dd wealth and power to this beautiful /
and of ours. The Press of the South |
can and 7Fiu bring into harmonious ae-
lion I'M t4a different interest of the land. I
Es.ne.rffaIIN Y. j. HUDSON.