Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-04-23
THE VIENNA PAMPHLET.

Interesting Letter From Major Jos.
Barbiero ON European Trips, Im-
migrnti0n, Clmn.es an ~
Those Bound for the vienna Ex-
| position.
| To the Editor OF the Ledger:
lam much obliged for your notice OF the
pamphletto which my name was attached.
| II it accomplished anything | am amply
paid; if not, the consciousness OF duties
performed toward a community from
whom / have received thousand kind
nesses, both in their corporate and indi-
vidual sense, is sufficient compensation.
The efficacy Of pamphlets in accomplish
ing the object to be desired is question
of doubt. The great mass ofall countries,
as our own, rarely read pamphlets or
treatise bearing upon their own local
grievances, much less those OF strange
lands, and the circulation Of million of
pamphlets, unless tinged with the ro-
nance Of "Uncle Toms Cabin" rarely
accomplish anything, and as to the great
benefits the immigrant is to realize by
tbe selection of home in this or that
section of the United States, depend more
uuon the representations Of their own rela-
tive correspondence or personal observa-
tions than upon the most elaborstely
complied and ably arranged system
detail Of on. resources. The press of
o.. .. ,phis land ! defy the record to
Men 'ue of more marked ability than
SNOW for o quarter OF century,
is our ca own .ed flow of heal:hfpl i'm
nav m;Crat;on. Evcvy effort that action and
rsason - could emplo.v has been used 70
turn the The .ide from tl.s y orthwestI out
as as vet withooa any practicsl results
nance the oues.io4 arises, what ~ 'ne
cause of it?
In nv humble opinion men are grega'
r;ous. and when a leader moPss, ana mis-
own success assured, his representations
will cause the fock TO follow ~ stN
zen Of Memphis becomes dissatisnea
With his condition and wishes to cnsnge
his base. he will not take the nap OF the
United States or her Agricultural re-
,orts 70 ascertain where favorable ior
fatiou may be selected, but will write 70
sooa0 one whom he kRows, or through
1ome parties who do know or will make
personal inspection OF the Spot hs 10 ln'
yfted TO. and it is but reasonable 70 sAp-
noae that our German and erenSh
friends across the water vii 90 Lhe
same. They go to Chicago and omana,
st. Louis and Cincinnati because their
relatives aGd connections have preceded
them, and in the course Of time they
NAV do the same as far south as parallel
35 Occasionally, the emigrants OF Eu-
rome who emigrate-mostly the Germans
-select such latitudes as are eongenlal
to their natures, in proof of which we
respectfully refer to the historic record,
that ventures to South America we're
from the peninsnlar of Europe, while
ventures TO the fngid zones were from
the colder regions Of the North sea. IT
the readers of the LEDGER remember,
those of our citizens who Temporarily
left the South after the late war pre-,
farred such latitudes as were best suited
70 th,air natures, seeking climate that
corresn cc - onded to their own. Large cities
can peye,- be built in the South. They
nav atta;. a growth of respectRblllty,
cont-olline in addition the trade OF the
regions of WHICH they are the geograaphl'
cal centers. hut t. establish IN Southern
latitude METROPOLITAN centers as New
York. Philadelphia, Chicago, and other
such cities, is impossible. Nature reoe'S
against it.
III Il were not so Charleston, Savan'
nah and Mobile would have been great
cities, and New Orleans would never
have lost her prestige. In Southern lat
itudes the concentration of large masses
of human beings into lily ventilated
streets would be attended with diretui
results, as is the case in the few medium
sized cities in South America, and has
been the case in New Orleans, IN so
many fearful visitations. The South Is
a producing region, and the great vitality
az The country should be expressed in
the field. II this be true, and the enl-
grant seeks the rural district on the one
hand. or the Metropolitan centers on the
other. he goes to the West because he
Is informed By his own people he can cul-
tivate the virgin soil at cost IT be
purchases at from one and q quarter to
three dollars an acre, and If he elects to
make any Of the great cities OF the
Union his home be pitches bis tent where
labor is in demand, and where unions
protect him and furnish him social hap
piness. He will not, as = rule, seek
yelloE-lever region, nor will be hunt tor
work IN communities where there are no
great workshops.
assure him Of constant labor in
heaithiul district aud the immigrant Is
aeoessible. I have made three trips 10
FuroUe. and Il is only Al this late date
that / see the cause of my wsut Of sue
cess. It's true / assisted IN establish
ipr an uteruational fair ct Macon, Ga,
and possibly would have done the sane
Tor Memphis had il not beeu for the var
betvesu the States. ! also chartered
vss.sl Al Alriers and loaded her at Mar
ssiiles WITH goods for Memphis, etc, all