The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-12
SOUTHWARK.

| cd by the pnci1o Ocean, Western cities are filled
| with men and women who knew no better than TO
enter thcn In the belief tlint they were less civil
| izcd. lcss prosperous less crowded than
Eastern cities Western farms may no
longer be secured on terms possible
to poor mon. When the price OF land wcakens the
blizzard strengthens. Men. observing the horrors
OF the winters In the farther west are beginning 10
ask Themselves whether the question OF climate has
not been too much neglected IN considering the
question OF land. The horrors Of this winter may
| be repeated next year. Blizzards which have
| In the beginning Of 1888. caused thousands 10
suffer pangs worse than death, and even
death itsclf. viii come agaln. Tho question Of
| climate has become really a question Of life or
| DEATH Even In some Of the middle States farmers
| are beginning 10 ask themselves why they should
endure the cold, and the expenses OF extra fodder
for their beasts In long winters, when iarthcfsouh
better climate awaits them. They are beginning
TO consider, too, that the South Often cheap lands
| Ms we'll Throughout the South therc arc small
communities OF Catholics, having churches aud
schools, barely supported. who long earnestly for
some of their brethren TO Join thcm. Land IL good
aud cheap neither fever nor billiards need appall
the smnger wnrm welcome would greet him: ho
could easily gain for himself aud his family u liy.
Ing and home among cougonal people. -Neo
iort ifo1aon's Journal
| There Is n great deal oil sound sense In
this which should 10 taken advantage of
by the people Of tho southern states. They
should in the spring send agents to the
northwest 10 form companies OF imm-
grants and respond at once to tho invitas
lion OF The Frandns journal, q paper Of
undoubfad inuuaoca Nth ra,lot;oa "a,
every part OF the United States.
Tho isothermal limo must here.
after be taken into consideration
by intending immigrants to the United
States, or from one TO the other OF them.
The blizzard, like the plague, is thing to
be avoided IL possible. Besides that II
cndangers human life, II makes double the
work for farmers that that class are called
upon TO perform in this section. and il
makes the raising Of stock caro- attended
with risks that stock men in this
section Of country know nothing about.
Here, In the country contributary TO Mem
phis every product that can be produced
in Minnesota can be moro successfully and
abundantly cultivated. Nature Is bounti-
full not only in her soil, butin hcrclmaio.
The sun ripens quicker here Than in the
country OF the blizzard and We arc seldom
affected by drouth. Hence the thrifty
farmer can venture on ramic besides
cotton, ON tho castor bean, and
sorghum yields greater quantity Of
saccharinc substance than even Kansas can
boast. Land under these circumstances Of
climate aud productivencss Of soil Is
cheaper hero at $40 per acre than ut s. In
tho vicinity Of St Paul or In Dakota,
where the conditions OF life were this win
ter 30 distressing and 80 fatal to
mon, women and children. Lilo is
at the best too short for a man
10 waste onc-third OF Il alternating like the
beans or beavers, who shut themselves up
in their holes for the winter. All these
reasons, and ~ many moro that might
be added, should DO pressed upon the ut.
ten,ion OF the people who live In m almost
Arctic region 10 face the winds Of which is
to face death, and take chances rs despcr.
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