Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-27
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


EDITORS APPEAI-TheTe are those
left out Of the list of reelected teachers
at the last meeting OF the school board,
who value their reputation more highly
/ than any salary that could be offered
! them, FOR q "gOOd name Is rather to be
| chosen than great riche5,n and The
school beard does such great Injustice by
saving only the hest had been selected,
/ thus implying either incompeteucy or
/ unfaithfulress on the part OF all those
not hOuOred by positions Among the
! list Of the favored ones better than some
could not be found in the south, while IL
/ is but Just to say that Others are 20 bet
| ter. in fact not equally as good as some
vino. from some cause or other, have NOT
( baen elected. Hard-wogEing teachers,
/ even some u them hoEoced graduates OF
I the female bigh school, who have
eudeav0red for years TO meet
! the appreciation of the honorable
/ board Of education, and have performed
/ their work faithfully ct all times, never
| receiving the shadow Of "a Teprooi from
either school board or uperintenaen'
and ever Djpying the InnoU1ded Tesp5c.
and appreciation Of their numerous pS-
/ irons, have been ignored. Should tile
shadow of unfitpegs rest upon tns labor
of these faithful te2chers, Is = cause of
their being tess taCorcd co.woTkers?
ONE WHO KNOWS.
"Ehe California Fraud
/ EDITORS APPEAL-SpaTe the space, il
/ you please, 10 notice one or two alight
errors in your editorial OF the ninth in
slant, You soy that the south, and es-
Ipccially Tennessee, is better for working
/ people than California. Can you main
! t-sr E,r- ef ~
you got 4Hything to back it save ana
! except your own bare aud unsupported
diclum? You can neither maintain it,
nor have you anything to support il.
/ &y word is Ss good Sc yours. Nay, DO
not ask you to take nay word; but I APP
! peal to tatistics-statistiCs relating TO
/ the industries, productions and COM
mere Of this played. out fraud, which
/ challenge you TO equal. Our total eE-
ports for the year 1874 amounted to $685.
/ G25, 454. The amount of precious metals
| produced, S74 ,40l, 055, of which S27, $780,
! 600 we5 coined st the San Francisco
/ branch Unipt. The increase in coin IN
/ the State for the year was 81, $50, IS.
( Dividends pSid 10y local corporations in
| San Francisco during the year amount
/ ell to $50, 500, 200, Of which Si2, l3O 0OO
came from mines. The wool product Of
/ 1874 was IS, I47,7Sl pounds, worth So
! co., 600. We made 9 00OOOO gallons Of
wine, worth 81 coo 600 We shipped
east by rsii 15,0OO,OOO pounds Of tea.
| Our assessment roll in this State, hay
| ing only $50, 900 people, will this year
reach S75O, OUU, 00O Personal property
/ in San Francisco this yeaTTeaches $780,
/ 0O0,OO0, and the realty will be double
/ that. The yield of wheat for 1914
| reached 81, 500 600 bushels, OF which 3d.
! 600, OCO went to Europe, where cur mar
! ket is, ana where IL il carried for US at 2
less rate than the Illinois farmer sets
! his 10 New York. We annually lOed
six hundred OF the finest ships in the
world. We will produce this year
bread enough to feed One.foUrth
Of the entire population OF AmeTi'
ca. We have the mines which
each pay monthly dividends of one mill
lion two hundred aud fifty thousand dol
lars to their stockholders, after paying
ali expenses; yea, dollars that chink aaG
ring "nen you hit them. Yes, sir; these
two mines DOur into San Francisco each
month more resi- money than the State
OF Tennessee ever owned in 3 single day
stree she existed. l am talking figures,
not mind. I wish to impress this min
y y
"tte Stale depends mainly upon GZri-
culture for its Wealtb-goId- mining is q
secondary industry" Either you know
very little about this thing, or our sgri-
culture must be simply enormous. Last
year We added 10 our population fifty
Thousand immigrants, and yet wages
have not beeu decreased. This is my
statement OF California: l say that Cali
fOTlia Is the most prosperous country on
the globe, and back il up with the fig
Ureg above. You cay that Tennessee is |
a Tar bstter country, ana you back il up
with s. delinquent list one hundred feet
long. Don't you think you had better
let the question GlOue? You are strik-
ing in the dark, and your blows are sure
to recoiI Oh you.
GEORGE W. GIFT.
NAPA, CAL, June Il, 1873.
Imitation O Ihe Bari cue.
To Generals Forrest and PILLOW, Colonel Gal !
ltway, ana Hons. Henry q. Dent and IL.
Casey Young
GI3NTLEMEN-Phe undersigned will /
forever cherish the esteemed honor no
faelsiu being the medium through which |
hecOuveys the desire OF the Pole Bearers
TO each Of you, gentlemen, FOR your
consideration, This large society OF
cGlOr6d men, including myself, their |
president, feel an uufeigned pleasure in |
sincerely rendering to each OF you as- |
surances Of Cur profound esteem and |
nigh regard. And we earnestly desire |
to meet you, one and all, with your I!
(each) respected friends at our peace !
barbecue, on the Fourth Of July, at the |
new Fair grounds. Our Oil gentle !
men, in rendering this special invitation |
is induced by the fact that we approve, |
from well authenticated belief, your /!
honest eldsaV0T5 to enhance the |
welfare and be-. Interests Of cur whole |
community, We want TO be with you |
il this advancement, for our interests !
are identical with yours, and |
cannot be well separated. |
And although we are smLlen, |
and are afflicted with extraordinary |
evils, and may feel aggrieVed therefor, |
with former assumed friends, the hope |
Of brighter days ailayJ that natural de-
sire often TesOrted to OF recriminatjOn. |
We endeaVCr 10 bot those feelings frOm |
the mind, and forbear INDUCING, even !
in acrimonious language often |
sive to those authors Of our |
misfogtures for The past Ben years. |
Though our sad experience assures US OF |
the stubborn fact that our first love, our |
CECIiSuEG putty LLsSL StSlhEu % kiiCE- /
naDt with brilliant expectation, 80 thick !
Iy studded with sparkling jewels OF de- |
lUsivs hope aud false promise, like the |
dawGT0D III the morning breezs, has sud |
denly fallen and gone the way of all Wis
itOT5, We cannot f0rhe2T the thought |
for if is present at all times TO the mind .
Of our cOloTed peOple-sud, resist it as
we may, we ask ourselves: Where are
all those glittering gems, those gilded |
baUblss of fond delUsiOn retired to, leav-
ing TO Us and ours the assurance Of be-
ing bankrupt financially and socially?
These results urge our serious attention
10 the necessity OF al immediate change |
Of thought and action. Our future wei
fare IS Z race demands it. We repeat
our request, gentlemen, and solicit the
honor Of your presence on that memoir
able day, accompanied by all your re.
spactive frieuds. We bid you all well
come, and we earnestly invite on that
occasion such suggestions and advice for
our future mutual action So your we'll
cultivated experience may indicate az
necessary to lead Us in pursuit Of indus
Try and 10 reciprocal blessings in our
agricultural, mechanical and CONNER
cial interests. We desire to honor you,
gentlemen, and request your advisory
sid that we may move as useful citizens
through the prosperous future with this