Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-02
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riOus lateral and parallel ROADS, embraces o.
| 0OG miles. .
cities varying In population from 10000 TO
400 OOJ; climate OF every character and suited
to every taste, soil pfooucing ali that is ne
cessary to human life; a river capable OF bear
ipg on its bosom all the products Of this Vs.-
| lev, ut q low cost OF transportation; country
in which no abie-bodled people need be beg
gars or paupers; such is The bIleI sketch OF
! this magnificent country, which only requires
your Surplus population aud capital 70 ueNel-
op, and which the south IS especially unable
TO do, owing TO its Impoverished condition
caused by the late unfortunate civil war
Our people desire direct trade with Europe,
but the question is, how shall IL be accom-
plished?
We have IN abundance what your country
needs-cheap food--whlch we viii exchange
for yOur products, and cotton With which 10
cIothe your people. For these you should
come directly TO us, doing away with middle
men. Let the producer and consumer come
together and realize the mutual benefits that
result from political economy.
our government has made an Appropriation
OF about five millions Of dollars Tor the puT-
pose Of deepening the channel at the outlet OF
the Mississippi river, and so confident is the
engineer Of success that he has suggested 10
the Brazilian government the importance OF
shl DIS for direct trade with the Mississippi
valley, and we tlust that France VIII DO The
same, thereby controlling at least portion OF
the products of that great country which you
once owned, opening direct relations with us;
and to facilitate this trade we suggest the es-
tablishme1t or mOni,d Institutions in our
midst tor buying bills of exchange drawn
against SLl pLlenlS OF produce anu OtIleIS OI u
comm ercial character, if advisable.
We can ship cotton or other products direct
TO HsvIe or any other European ports, add
you can ship goods directly to us in bond.
Custom and bonded warehouses are in all OF
our principal cities in Tennessee, Memphis,
Nashville and Knoxville. Societies are organ
izing in Great Britain for the purpose of con-
trolling this trade, and the grangers in this
country are moving In conjunction with Sim
lar societies in Lonlon for trade without in
termediarieS.
Lands in our State can be purchased as low
as two dollars per acre, which are especially
adapted to the raising Of sheep and goats and
the growing of the grape. our spinners can
buy cotton on the most advantageous terms in
our markets, and have ii shipped directly to
any port they may desire, On through bills of
ladtng, drafts for the payment of which as
you request.
AS delegates of the State of Tennessee, ap.
pointed to meet your honorable bodies, we
submit this brief and simple sk etch, together
with notice of the great basin, or valley,
drained by our finland sea, " and most respect
fully desire your earnest and serious consid-
Grafton of the mOmentous questions involved,
satisfied that a people possessing the energy
and recuperattve powers that you do will
avail themselves OF the untold benefits which
before you. BRONSON BAYLISS,
Delegate of the State of Tenness ee, Memphis
Chamber OF Commerce and Cotton Ex
ALBERT AKERS,
Delegate to the International Congress and
Geographical Society, and Syndicate OF
z. FARRENC,
Delegate Of the Memphis Chamber of Com
PARIS, July Is, 1875.
CONGRATULATORY.
The following well-deserved tribute was
paid to Mr.. Bayliss on his leaving Paris. 1t
Will be read with satisfaction by all his
friends, and no doubt indorsed by the chamber
of commerce and the cotton exchange:
PARIS, FRANCE, February Is, 1875.
Dp1-1fp LNcr, Nall of No .CFU To-,
nessee and Of the Memphis Chamber of
Commerce and Cotton Exchange:
1t is, assure you, with much pleasure and
the intimate convictions of the import
ance of the results obtained that l come to
congratulate you on the success OF your mis-
sion to France. You have, in less than a
month, been fortunate enough to dispel, in
certain measure, the ignorance existing
among US, as well as among other European
communities as regards the resources and
wealth of the Mississippi valley, or at least
supplied us with the Information calculated
TO do IL. You have, moreover, established con
nections exceedingly useful to the commerce
of both countries, and by forming on alliance
between your chamber and ours, laid down
the basis of direct trade between your State
and France. / do not wish to eXaggerate
what you have done,and to give too great pro-
proportions TO your visit TO Europe, but l
really think that since the days of Franklin,
no embaSsade from the United States To
France has been so successful as yours. And
what still adds 10 the credit you deserve is,
that no provisions have been made by your
S ate to defray your expenses, and that you
have carried out, without pretentiOn and Off
cisl money, the most ufeful measures. You
have made the produces of your State known
to us, established relations with one hundred
and twenty-five chambers of commerce, and
prepared the advent of an active trade be-
tween US and the whole MiSsSsi ppi valley. 1t
is now for you, nay dear sir, to make that seed |
which you have sown raise and bear abundant
fruits 1t would be idle to suppose this crop
to grow up TO a full state of maturity vii IhOut
unremittIng efforts and ce8SeleSS attention.
Your chambers of commerce and your mer-
chants ought, at once, avail themselves of |
y our labOr-send us samples of their pIOJnCts, |
with prices and cost Of transportation 10
HavTe, and give us orders "a return and we
will do the same. 1t is through the luteIli- |
gence your commercial men and producers
now that that alliance has been formed be-
tween your chambers of commerce and ours, |
to know what is 10 be done in the matter. l
shall be very hap py, on my part, to cooper
ate with them, and to lend all the assistance
l can dispose Of l will not close this letter
without again congratulating you, personal
ly, and in behalf of the association to which
| belong, upon the success of your III iSSiOn to
Europe, the devOtedneSS and disin tereSted-
ness you have displayed in fulfilling it /
hope the example you have set up Will find
limitations among other States. But what
ever these may do hereafter, IL viii be to the
eternal honor of the State of Tennessee to
have been the first to venture, on practical
grounds and with efficient results, the banner
of direct trade, and to have rallied around it
the all and ever friendly banner of France.
Z. FARRENC.