Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-18

sugL eAGEMNlr Nl.Ht a--As A'-s' .~r OF
man % wealth can buy them. our idea
ola country whose iuducamenlscsu r-a-
sopahly lie held but % immigrants, isO1e
where the poor man can buy lands chesp,
and thereby be enabled to build him G
home. aud at = small outlay OF money
make 8 support for MS family. Where
all the liable lanes OF q State sra held
at from fifty to two hundred dailars per
acre, il il beyond the reach rot oily of
the POOR man but also Of the nar Of
modest means. II a poor man moves
to California, with q view Of cu.avat-
ing the soil, ne must Of necessity be-
come = tenant or a day-la5orereI ~ the
wealthy owners ~oi the soil IL the
former, the rents are SD high tbs.
the profits OF his labor are sy-OInsd
in paying rent; and j, tue latter, le cam
not get employment the year round, i7r
no crops sre raised tEe-s which require
continuous labor, rs DO the raising Of
cotton in Tennessee and .hsother south
eru States. The wages the day-laoorer
receives Ia California viii barely supp9Tt.
him during the season that his labor is.
needed, and he and his family have 70
stsrve during the balance Of the yesr. In
West Tennessee there i a demand for
field labor the year round, and the poor
man can esch month draw bis wages
and feed his family. We viii, Ike cur
friend of the Pacific slope, resort tOI
figures in defense OF the position Of tie
APPEAL. Suppose two men start from
New ENGLAND, OF nom Germany, in
search Of d location for farming pur-
poses. and esch has on hand twen-
fy thousand dollars in cash. One
goes to California and buys land at
one hundred dollars per acre, &rd the
greater portion Of the good lands in
that State range ia price from that
sum Up to three hundred or four hun
dred dollars per scre. Then, at one
hundred dollars per acre he gets
two hundred acres. While the other
man comes to West TeIues= &c and !
buys land at ten dollars per acre.
His twenty thousand dollars viii pur-
chase two thousand acres. If ne does
not desire to undertake 10 cultivate all
Of this himself, ne can rent il out TO
other immigrants who cannot buy, at |
such figures as will bring him IN 2 good /
per cent. on his investment, while he
cutivates d part himself, This section
is we'll known to be one OF the best for
average crops in the Union; and, take
one year with another, any man who
will work can not only make q good
support for his family, but lay up some
thing for the future. Now, Mr, G.flI
will surely not pretend to say tnst two
hundred acres Of land in California can
be made to produce as much, each or
any year, as two thousand acres IA West
Tennessee, even though the latter
should happen 30 be "poor rcd hill
sides" In West Tennessee, schools,
free schools, are established IL every
civil district IN every county, where the
children OF the poor man can be edu-
California, schools are only to be found
in the towns, and these wide apart,
and not numerous by any means.
A man living in that Stale can
not have facilities for educating
his children unless .he lives in or near
town or city, or Is wealthy enough TO
send his children there to be educated.
4 small farmer in no State is able to I've
in town and have his farm away out in
the country. He cannot keep ~ two
establishments, but must ecCnCnlZe and
husband his resources. AEaiI, il many
portions OF California, rains do not fall
in aid Of the farmer ard he is compelled
each year to spend SIS much money in
payment for water for irrigation pUr
poses as would buy as much land az he.
would needto cultivate in West Tennessee
II the immigrant comes to this State he
can raise many things ne cannot in
California, and everything that can bel
raised in that State, except oranges, /
Cotton, wheat, hay, rye, barley. cate,
tobaccn, buckwkest, and every species |
Of vegetable can be, and is produced in
West Tennessee, and q market for ali |
is found at home. The climate is not |
severe, being neither exposed TO the |
rigors OF colder northern ATTITUDES, |
nor the heat and epidenicg Of
more southern Is.itudes. Go out
in The country surrounding Memphis
to-day, &ad the small farmers wio take
hold and labor themselves are prosper |
Gus and have as bright q future before
them as any agricultural people on
earth: and while the soil yields q sup |
port for their families their children are
being educated by the State, 10 matter
they reside in ornear . town or
far out in the rursl districts. & man with /
one thousand dollars can buy land |
enough here upon which he c-u make /
q support for his family while in |
California it requires ten thousand dol-
lars TO buy the same amount If Land. |
This makes S wide difference with emil
grants who leave their native country in |
search OF homes. II men al had enough !
money to buy farm in California they |
would have enough to enable Them to
stay ia the lands Of their birth and pos
per there by the judici0us iDveg-ment of
their money. We adhere still &c .ae DO
sition that white California msy bg a |
good country for 3 rich man, it is not so
for the poor man.