Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-08
MEMPHIS AND TIE COUNTRY PRESS

1ue CouuAiS papers are ScutIdliy d.
dent and enthusiastic friends OF Mem
phis. They permit no occasion to pass
without doing justice to our city. We
have been furnished with the following
extract, which We judge from the print
to be from the Goodman Miss Star:
We spent a portion of last week in
the beautiful and hourishing city Of
| Memphis. If il is destined never to
rival IN historical importance the an
cient city of Egypt, it certainly pre-
sents no mean comparison when con-
sidered with reference to her rapid
growth, her large and increasing trade,
and the enterprise and pluck OF her
business men, After seeing some other
southern cities, it is really pleasant to
the eye to contemplate the hustle and
/ thrift that greets one on every hand in
! Memphis. Large and magnificent
wholesale houses can be seen on both
sides of her streets, and her business
men are constantly increasing their
capital and extending their ramifica-
| tons in Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama
and Tennessee. Situated upon tine
margin OF the great meat and grain pro-
! ducing section Of our country, and upon
| the banks of the FEATHER OF WateTs,n
as a provision market for southern
merchants, Memphis has no superior;
and certainly in other branches Of trade,
a. her merchants have every facility OF
cheap transportation that is afforded in
other cities goods being shipped direct
from Europe to them, she is aUle to
Withstand, and does Withstand satisfac-
tOrily to all who deal with her, the most
FarN rNnf.1o 10 \
goods, clothing, boot and shoe, and hat
merchants express a perfect Willingness
to at all times duplicate New York |
prices. While there are other cities bid |
ding for southern trade, none of them |
offer TO the merchants of central and |
northern Mississippi greater induce !
ments than Memphis-in consequence |
Of the cOntiguity Of her location and the |
enterprise Of her business men. The |
cotton trade of Memphis is a prom !
Using feature Of her bright future. |
Despite the shOrtness of the crop,
We note the fact that twenty I
seven thousand four hundred and /
twegty-six bales had been received |
there up to the tenth of October. The /
true citizens of Memphis control her
political interests, and hence capital,
always seeking for a good government,
finds a ready lOdgment there for the
purchase of cotton at the highest mar
ket rates. The prices they pay for the
great staple are as high as are paid in
any other southern city.
The Augusta Ark Bulletin pays
the following just tribute to Memphis
and her merchants:
Last year, Memphis was scourged |
with cholera, homeopathic, and yellow
fever. Trade was utterly Frustrated, her
streets deserted, and the hearse seen
Oftener than the dray during the sixty
days Of that business season most active.
Yet, despite all this, Memphis received
more cotton, by Is, 900 bales, from Sep
TENDER, 1873, to September, 1874, than
during the previous year. New Orleans,
without any yellOw-fever, received 50,-
600 bales less last year than the year be-
fore, though the crop of last year was
greater than the year before by 800, 900
bales. OF the 430, 600 bales received
at Memphis up to September last, all
were sold there, and, to mark still more
her progress, 800, 900 of these were COM
pressed there. Before the war, three
fourths of the cotton received at Mem
phis were shipped thence to New Or 1
leans. Last year 325, 900 Of the 100000
bales were shipped north aud east.
Though she is no exporting or manu-
city, yet One-ninth of
the whole crop Of 1851 was sent
to her merchants. These facts prove
that Memphis is being regarded by
planters and country merchants control
ing cotton as the best cotton market;
and she has nothing TO fear for the fu-
lure if the south prOspers at all. In a {
lew years more, she will be regarded as
he Liverpool of this great valley, where
he factories that will be found as nu-
neTOus in the Ohio valley as they are
n New England, will find all the cot .
on they need. The growth of her cot (
on trade has greatly increased her other
ines Of trade; aud without meaning to
iisparage other prominent houses, we
invite attention 10 the list Of cards in {
our columns, representing the leading {
firms in all branches OF trade there.
They are old patrons OF the Bulletin,
md IN their several departments, no
houses stand higher in any city. {
These two extracts are samples OF the {
general opinions Of the country press as
almost every day about our
,ity. Memphis never had a brighter
uture than the present. She is des-
ined to be the fair metropolis of the
valley, through whose hands {
he surplus products of millions OF peo- ,
Die must pass ia less than generation. .
looks bright for the future, {
aud nothing has contributed so much TO
he hnpefulness of our people as the tri- /
lmphsnt manner in which Memphis
mas outlived her misfortunes. Business ,
d every kind is doing well, taking :
into consideration. Now {
hat the elections are over, we shall de- {
vote much space to the discussion OF J
,very subject likely to advance the city ,
and the general interests OF the people.