Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-06-19
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
The Pound Of Flesh.

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! stores to such distance from the mar
| ket ss the statesmen there find the most
convenient for their purposes. They
| first endeavOT to mOnOpOlize the trade,
| and then, he says, they invite cOmpetl-
| ton. In regard to the weights and
measures, ! should like to see the old
fashioned scales adopted, with pound
weight on one side and pound Of meat
| on the other, and the inspectors office
made to comprehend the entire city,
and attention given to frauds upon GUS
! toners and authorizations in every BUSH
ness, especially that Of food. lam sorry
| to find a gentleman that has been con-
nected with the noble profession OF jour
nalism indulging in what appears TO be
q covert threat, but he must remember
that other wagons have dogs under
them, whose teeth, however, are kept
for defense and not defiance. ] am not
! ware that csrnivOrOus or gTaminiVoo
Tous are new words, but Mr.. Bailey, in
his first letter, gave the world to under
stand that he was not carnivorOue, OF
flesh-feeding, go it follows as matterOf
course that he must be graminiyorOus,
or vegetarian. All this, however, is be-
side the main issue, am stranger to
Mr.. Bailey, and the public are not in
but while l live, 1 hope l shall always
express my opinions fearlessly and hon
estly, and accord to Mr.. Bailey or any
other man the same privilege. l am not
afraid of competition in my business, or
free discussion in what advance. try
to be unprejudiced in my views, and, as
Shakespeare says, "thrice armed is he
that hath his quarrel just" CIV. GILL.
Mechanical Industries.
EDITORS APPEAL-YOur wide-knOwn
liberality and exertiOn for the public
good is herewith called into requisitiOn,
and kindly ask your assistance to ad-
Vocste, through your paper, union of
all the mechanics and manufacturers in
this city. Like other individuals en-
gagged in merchandising, banking or
speCulRtions, aye, even an entire army,
when in battle array, meet with adver-
sites, and lose the confidence of self.
control, become discouraged and demon
allied, so seems the present stagnatiOn
of trace to have affected every 10 echanic
and manufacturer in this city. We hear
no more the sound Of tools, and wherever
we turn silence reigns supreme. 1t is
high time to sound the bugle, to awake
the mechanics and manufacturers from
their present trance. Rally round the
banner of union, from whence shall
emanate protection, encouragement and
mutual Eonetit to every manufacturer,
mechanic, and TO the city at large. In
dividually, nothing can be effected; but
by combining all into one union, they
can advocate, defend and demand the
removal of such State, county and mu-
nicipal laws which are detrimental to
the interests and Well-being of mechan-
ism. This union shall serve to make q
moral feeling, for to maintain and sup
port mechanics and honest labor, when,
by the present habits, all of the earn
ings from the toll OF our soil, and from
the handiwOTk of the mechanics and
laboring classes are drawn from circu-
lating in the city, and are sent
abroad for the very articles
made in our midst; and for
the products Of our soil, when prepared
for public use by mechanics elsewhere,
we pay four and six times as much as We !
received for them. Great and profitable |
Inducements for capitalists 20 invest in |
are extended by the city of Memphis i'll |
manufacturing enterprises. She is nat. |
urally. blessed with q healthy cline |
when cleRnlinessis enfOTCed) ,GTich soil, |
and bordering on a mighty river, naVi- |
crossing to all directions, and being CEN |
trally located, she must soon become the |
queen city Of the Mississippi valley. |
But can it be expected, regardless Of all |
of these furnishing prospects, for capital |
to be invested as long as every home en-
terprise and hOfsie industry is killed in |
its infancy for want Of home encourage
ment, and Of which, one ounce is worth
more than tons Of gold to the popula-
ton, wealth and prosperity of the city?
This union will try to enable honest and
Woodworking mechanics and labOTers
to earn an honest support for themselves
and families, and erect 8 barrier against
irresponsible contractors, agents and
who, like the grasshOppars,
lay waste many pleasant homes. The
grain, fruit, cotton, lumber, hides, iron
ore and coal, combined with all other
natural advantages, will soon furnish
to more than one hundred
thousand people of both sexes and ages.
This union will be enabled to give ali
information Of the mechanical and
prospects, and 10
strangers Of when and where labor can
be obtained, and also to settle Difficult
ties arising between members or be-
tween emplOye and employer without
to law. Other numerous bene.
fetal acts will sprOut from this assOcia-
ion to the good of mechanics and man
lfactureTs, but more so to the landlord,
capitalist and merchant; and it is ex-
lected that every one interested in pro.
noting the prosperity of the city at
arge will md it q pride and pleasure to
end a helping hand to establish this
lniOn and encourage an enterprise of so
yast magnitude. And let no objection
Ie raised Of who preached and called
ntO life an enterprise of such great inn
)oTtance to Memphis and to its general
Welfare. Without it Memphis will never
,ecOme home Of industrious labOrers
md capitalists who should work in haT-
nony. With all these inexhaustible
advantages, which must naturally be
Ierived from this union, there is no
oubt that every one OF the mechanics,
capitalists, merchants.
and labOreTs will attend the
Meeting when cSlled for to organize,
nd it is expected, OF kindly requested,
f our press to use their influence in be-
alf Of this union. Hoping to harvest
God fruits, l am yours, etc,
MECHANIC.
Our River Trade.
EDITORS APPEAL-Being a constant
eader Of your paper, have been struck
Y the liberality of space you alIOt to
hose who may seek, through its !
TO advocate q pet measure,
tate grievance, or adjust a wrong.
ermit me, therefore, to take the liber-
= Of awaiting myself Of that space 8
D literally conceded to all, to present to t
he public a few facts, coupled with g q
rievsnce or so. To begin, our home
A..
st solicitation of a number Of our most !
rOminent shinnars was nut into lha !: