Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-22

broom. Why not make our own
wagons, carriage, and wheelbarrows
! why not spin our own yarns? The
! pT"ht would be greater, and the freight
less. Then you may 90 on and make
] clCthi bat II will not be until YOU have a
] crowded population that you can pro-
/ duce the finer fabrics. | am not Of those
| who would have you turn away from
/ fields to seek the profits which agricul-
/ ture would give you more readily. j do
! not lrsehd 70 tax your patience by tell
/ ing you all know about farming.
Mr.. Davis here made graceful allu-
/ sion to the grsngers, and the advanta-
| ge5 to be derived from concentration
and accumulation Of capital
hope the time will come, he con-
/ tinued, when Texas will make all her
own agricultural implements, and that
our women may have time to read as
many novels as they please, without be-
ing forced to help their husbands COM
pete with Illinois in the cultivation Of
their fields. To get our full benefit Of
goods we must have direct trade. Direct
trade will inc. -ase the profits and di-
minish the cost. Direct trade will enable
you to send out ships, which, like NOah's
dove, VIII go TO and fro over the earth
kApAAAgtAAS NAlC peace vi uHllOuss lucu,
Al ever, are nations TO be unified, swords
beaten INTO plOwshares, and spears into
pruning hooks. But to do this we must
have ports, and we will have them. l
am glad to see that the works begun for
the improvement OF the haTbor of Gal
weston are successful, and that there is
an equal prospect Of the improvement of
your own bayou. The river Clyde was
q smaller stream than your bayou, suit
able only for slOOps and schOOners; but
they have dredged it out until its srtifi-
cial channel accommodates the largest
shipyards OF the English navy.
Mr.. Davis here alluded at some length
TO the invention Of a ship which pro-
posed TO carry ten thousand bales on
sixteen feet Of water. By the aid OF such
ships he thought that the hsrbOrs Of the
gulf would be served. This ship had
been tried and found to succeed, making
one knot more 10 the hour than other
vessels. Their great breadth Of beam,
so he argued, would accommodate i'm
migrants in large numbers. This
brought Mr.. Davis to the question OF
immigration, and he urged upon the
people the necessity Of providing for i'm
migrants, establishing agencies in Eu-
rope, and argued that it would be better
even TO pay for the passage of immi-
grants than not to get them at all. Mr..
Davis lald great stress upon the necessi-
ty Of making no promise which could
not be sacredly kept. He showed how
the railroads had succeeded in bringing
immigrants to the country, and he
thought that if they could do it to north
ern lands, Texans, who had the advNn- !
tage of them in soil, climate, and other !
facilities, could do more. Passing in |
brief he reviewed the products of the |
country, and said: "But it is only af- |
ter you have raised everything man |
wants to eat that you can do this; when |
you go to an inhSbitant of Great Britain |
and tell him that Texas produces all |
kinds of fruit and grain, and then |
that you import your meat and flour |
from the north, he may not tell you |
that he don't believe you, but he hardly |
does. You must not buy barrel of beef |
and pork, or of flour; you must have a |
plenty to feed the hungry in all parts of |
the State" Passing from agriculture to |
mining, Mr.. Davis, in a rapid review, |
referred to the development Of the |
resources of the State. He |
that when artesian wells |
shall have been dug the arid plains will
become great grape. growing regions, |
and that there was man on the plat |
form abundantly able to bring artesian |
water TO the surface. In conclusion the |
orator returned, in a voice all tremulOus |
with emotion, his heartfelt thanks for |
the sympathy ext ended to him and the |
honor and hOspits lity of his reception.
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