Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-10-05
Congrcssmsu Mui6rOw and Sac trndi-
ton of Airsirs jB mississippi.

4 Washington special 30 the Cincinnati
TimeS-,>tdf says: Congressman Muldrow,
OF Mississippi, who came here the other
dav to place his daughter in school and in
cidcntly to arrange for his winter here, Is
very much pleased with the condition OF
affairs in Mississippi.
eve are building more railroads ir Ais
sissippi." he said To your correspondent,
sitting in the lobby OF the Ebbitt, as he
was about leaving for home, eve are build
ing more railroads in Mississippi this year
than in any other State of the Union. i
don't know that ought Ia say we either,
for il is almost entirely ioraign capital that
is doing II"
"By foreign capital, you mean? ?"
"That which is foreign to our State.
Most of the money being put INTO rail
roads in the State comes from the North,
probably the Northeast
Good thing isn't it2 Don't YOU think
ii will tend tn bring the people OF The two
sections nearer together"
81 have $40 doubt of il. Yes; there is a
great deal OF Northern capital now being
invested all over the South, and | am very
hopeful us to the result fl seems to me
that few years more will wipe out the
sectional line anl feeling, and that North
and South, in the scn%o that they have for
merly existed, will be done away with.
Spcaking Of railroads" he continued,
''there Il number Of very important lines
now. being built in the State. One OF these
is to run from Memphis to New Orleans on
our side of the river aud, Of course through
the entire length of the State. Then there
is line to run diagonaily across the State
from Memphis to Mobile. There are also
a number of other lines of less number of
miles, but OF equal importance, which run
through our mineral fields. Mississippi is
mostly an agricultural State, you know,
but there is some valuable mineral land
which these railroads are going - open,
and some very Gpe Nmber land, which ting
will make extremely valuable. 1hls I'M
Der question il very important one there.
We have thousands and thousands OF
| acres of very fine pine. large, tail trees
without branch for perhaps iiiiy teet from
| the ground, aud very valuable for lumber
| This has not heretofore been developed
because Of the lack OF transportation, but
| now one ~ more of these railroad lines
runs directly through this fine timber sec
| ton, and already several s@S'-Wills are be-
| ing erected for the manufacture of lumber.
| Then, too, there are other manuiactrrinS
interests taking foot all over the State;
/ There are cotton Iaeiories and csttoh-seeI
oil mills i'll considerable !lsthpeIs' anu
\ nearly all. as remarked ~ regard 90 !he
| railroads, suppSrted by capital trom out
| side 'of the STATE. There are millions OF
J dollars being pui ia circulation from the
| North"
(Which must prove quite a SeReht 10
/ the laboring element as we'll as 10 the
! other classes"
( ayes, it does. The colored laborsrS
| there, Nhc could only get fifty cents y
| dav. now get )! -. Yes, the negro is
/ quite prosperous there aSw. lie can get
~ the work he wants, he has Political
/! ireedoIa in the fullest sense, and lac hss
equal privilege in the schools of the State
with the whites
Are you likely TO get any national APP