Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-03
d MEMPHIS Appeal
SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1883.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1888.
SOT a EOOM Steady GROWTH
The word "b51n," which the Southern
so g5Hd Of using, does not appro.
Driataly apply to the present growth and
property Of the South. A boom is often a |
II means a violent rushing with |
heavy roar--something sporadio-and is,
therefore, a misnomsr when used 10
describe the present situation in the Soutb |
The interview of Capt. James Lee, ir., pub.
AIshed IN the APPEAL on Wednesday last.
asoundes+- in practical good sense. He
forcibly said:
There is that connected with the word boom -
he said, that makes shrewd business men stand
alooL Whenever there is an upbeayal there n1nst
be collapse, as great and sudden as the IInheavaI
dsaylhf inc gI3end rougher 10 travel than before
am glad OF 1t. But there is a steady INFRINGEMENT
exceedingly encouraging, and not easily checked
A feeling OF confidence pervades eyervthing and
all classes Of business. A man knows what he is
doing when he investg his money and feels safer
aud surer OF the result. Memphis is stesdi1v
climbing 70 position she has never before al
tanned, aud from which she cannot easily be dis
lodged. We want more manufactures, more
fttNAe~sHN-.a
or note-sbavers. WHAT we want is men
able and willing to work and wanting Id
Dc coined ana fed. When they come In sufficient
huAlDeis lhe WOIk Will be sven them TO do. And
We are doing more in the way of Manufactured
than most people seem to know. We get coal and
iron cheaper than PittsDurg, and we can and do
Turn out CHEAPER and better work Right now I
am having worzs for Il steamboat built at a foun-
dry here at about onefourth less IMAM / eouid
nave the same work done in PittsbuTg. We are
drumming up Work al over the country and are
susea II we can make ten per cent, while Pitts
burg demands about fifty per cent.
In these pointed and direct words Capt.
Lee has iorcibly stated the situation. His
views in regsrd TO Memphis apply with
equal force to the entire South. Our people
are no longer to be tantalizsd with ephem-
eral booms, pickering lights which have
suddenly gone out, increasing the darkness
in which they were cropping, because the
prosperity which is now upon them is per-
nanent, real, substantial In every South
ern State the woods are full Of capitalists
from Europe and the Northern States who
are making large Investments in land. 1t ia
a mistake 10 suppose that these large pur.
chases Of land will prevent emigration on
account Of the increased value placed upon
the land by the speoulators. The men en-,
gagged in the purchase Of Southern land are
shrewd, sagacious business men. They
know what they are doing. They are mer
of enterprise, and know how TO attract pub
lie attention to the value Of the lands they
have purchased, and they will soon fine
ready sale for them at small profits. Thesl
land spectators will make themselves al
emigration bureau, and will do much towsft
the steady development Of the South and IL
mighty resources that have SO long Lair
dormant. Il is safe TO say that more lAnC
mas been purchased in the South during th'
last sixty days than during the previous tel
years put together. The demand for Iant
in Mississippi is unprecedented. The Mem
pbis Land Agency, Of which Maj. John T
Burns is the efficient agent, have made ex
traordinary large purchases, which is the
presage Of increased immigration. These
lands. whose value has not heretofore beer
appreciated. win be place upon The nAsksi
aud mad. 4tLsse.iye- esPital and enter
prise ia naturally gravitating where {
vacuum exists for its profitable employment
and it has been discovered that no section n
the Union furufshrs SO many Inducements Se
The Southern States. The result 10 a pros
perity, soiId and substantial. The number
of immigrants ia rapidly increasing, and 8
the present rate the South will soon b
filled up. Sectional hatreds-the great
Get impediment to Southern immi
grAtion--have been obliterated, and we hav
become one great homogeneous people. II
the Democratic Convention Of Kentucky,
few days siuce, the contest for Lieutenant
Governor was between Federal and Coo
federate soldier. Notwithstanding the Cor
Vention was mostly composed of Confederai
soldierH or delegates who sympathjzsd wit
them, the Federal soldier received the nom
nation. This is the spirit which psrvade
the Southern people. They still have thei
party prsjudices and preferences, but the
have no care for the passions engendered b
the war and no antipathy to the people c
the North. The honest man, -nO--l.a-Ll-
where he comes from, whether from Edropt
the frozen fields Of the North or the storm
regions OF the West; no matter what his pc
1Itfs-i ~F.is,ia~g religious idsas are, all az
alike welcomed with outHtretched arm
by the warn hearted people of the South
Nov that the South has entered upon, not
boom, but permanent career OF prosperity
it will be an easy matter to convince th
world of the unparalleled advantages whio
the South offers to immigrants aud men o
enterprise to make fortunes and enjoy pleas
ant homes for themselves and families in
delightful and healthy climate. The reac
tion has begun and it will take no stel
backward. A permanent prosperity ha
commenced, and it will project itself witt
the diHusiveness of contagiOn. 1t vii
grow as it goes. 1t is truth pursuing false
hood, oVertaking it and crushing it.