Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-09
9EMPHES APPEAL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1871
TYrC,IIFoRSIA FRAUD.

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What the APPEAL has said about Cal
ifornia has been with no view OF iDJurlhg
that state, but TO prevent any injury to
our friends aud neighbors who are silly
enough 10 be lured and ensnsred by the
wiles and articles OF spectators. An or
ganized system Of pstent-medicine pull
erv has deluded thousands Of southern
neonle into the belief that they could
better their condition by removing 10
California, and for months there was
disordered desire to emigrste TO this
nevlv.discoyered FL Dorado. Presum-
ing that the glowing accounts were true,
and that cur friends and neighbors, tired
OF strife and discord, might possibly bet
ter their condition, we made no. warning
against the proposed change. But the
Letters from California, and the infOrmR-
ton Of those who have returned, satis-
fed us that the representations as to the
country were false, fraud and SWIM
die, and we expressed the opinion that
the south, and especially Tennessee was
shall continue to do. We have nothing to
say 10 the man Of wealth, for he is able
to take care Of himself. But we would
say to the poor man, If he wishes 10
avoid disappointment, inconvenience
and suffering among strangers, stay
where YOU are. The rich or independent
can 90 where they please with but little
danger Of being injured by move. The
Door man is almost certain to receive a
setback, and unless he goes to a place
where his labor is more in demand than
it was where he lived, his prospects IN
life are likely to be ruined. Let any
candid, thoughtful man consider this
matter as to California, and he must see
that Tennessee is much, very much,
ahead of the golden State as home for
the poor man. Every trade, profession,
occupation, or business Of any kind In
that State is crowded and Overstocked
as it is in no other part Of this Union.
The reason for this is plain and simple.
That State has a population OF about
seven hundred and fifty thousand peo-
pie; in 1870 it had five hundred and
sixty thousand. Its area is four times
as great as Tennessee, being one hum
bred and eighty eight thousand
squsre-miles, while we have forty
five thousand. or this i'm
mense territory not more than one-tenth
is available land, and fully one-third OF
that requires irrigation to make 1t pro-
ductive. The State depends mainly
upon agriculture for its weslth-gold
mining is a secondary industry. Its
available market for agricultural pro-
ducts is confined almost entirely to
home consumption. That market is
easily glutted by the present producers
of the State. In fact, for the past ten
years this has been so generally the case
that wheat and other small grain have
been shipped to England and the east
ern States to find market. The fact is
pointed to by enthusiastic Cslifornians
as an evidence of the great enterprise
and energy Of their people and the
wealth OF the State. 1t does show EN-
terprise, but it tells the farmer OF that
State hard story, while it keeps him
st work for the middleman. The rule is
universal in commerce, that as the mar
ket is distant from the producer, so are the
profits Of his labor diminished. How
long would labor be Temunerative IN Ill |
inois il the only market for her surplus |
grain was to be found on the continent |
of Europe or in East India? The result |
of this is that farm labor and farming |
as q general rule, pays less in California
to the farmer than in any other state |
west Of the Alleghanies. AS a conse-
quence this labor is rapidly falling into
the hands Of Cinnamon, who can and
do work everywhere for half the wages
that would support a white man. AT
least one hundred and twenty-five thou
sand OF the seven hundred and fifty
thousand people in California are China
men, instead Of seventy thousand, as we
stated yesterday. So soon as we have
time to prepare the figures, we intend
to show that in California more people
live in the towns and cities than in the
country, which is OF itself sufficient COM
mentary as to the profit Of agriculture
labor. People never oveTun the cities
and towns when it is TO their interest to
purchase homes in the country, and as
there is sspsrse population in the coGn-
try, we presume the cities and towns are
choked with a surpulous population.