Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1865-12-22
A Few Suggestions to the Citizens Of
,t ..o GAINESVILLE.

towards prosperity which il cannot fail to attain
by n wise application Of energy and means? We
ere not one Of those who believe that town of
large proportions can be bull in year, but our
faith is strong that il can be done, in time, by
modest beginning in the right dIrctiou-the first
step being TO bring the town and lis trade TO its
smm quo ante betIum, with such additional advance
ment as may come within limited means, and is
compatible with the resolution now going on in
our industrial system. Our warehouses and -four
ing mills are dependent for successful operation,
upon the wisdom and energy of the farmers in de-
vcloping the new system Of labor, and stimulating
the soil to n high capacity for production. In the
meantime, there is ample employment for capital
in various branches of manufactures which will
yield fair IrJft and add to the population and
wealth of the town. Let enter rise take hold of one,
or more of these, with the determination to sue
cced and it will soon be seen how quickly one
step is followed by another when the first is sue
cess. rriH.
Past experience should have taught our citizens
that a successful grocery and dry-goods business
backed by heavy export trade-give the SEM
hlance of prosperity with little of the reality The
IN trdq,ita and that merely, and that muck ouly,
abides with us whilst the balance goes ~ the Pre-
duccrs in the country, and the importers IN the
North Before the war miBious osdoItsos, rannatiy,
passed through tlaksyills md pGd little tOH 70
traders whilst the tewn stood stsil and die me
chanics barely lived, we've driven 10 seek ON
ployment elsewhere. Upder similar circumstances
the same causes will always produce the saHfe
Effects. Recipes our nifpoad Communications
keep the CumbsTland afSUrss up TO the TnrSa0ie
point bring back the predictions Of die country
TO their maximum before he war, and Cltrksviite
will be FIVE Yeas heSce, whS Il wos fSNs ysars
ngo, unless a radical chSge be wrought N the IN
dustral pursuits of III citaens-Saless policy Is
adopted which will invite 'her and saaliSe the
wealth which it always caaes. Fhe farmer snds
abroad for his house hold asd kibchsn furniture;
his clothing and larmiss utensils; the citizen of che
town cen find nothing, lone DadP 10 slit h'
fnstiiious taste, from 4 carriage 10 kitchen s'sa,
and he too pratroniHs the disaat mechanic and
artiznn-builds up the wealth of strangers and i"-
poverishes those areusd him.
1t requires no greet fipsac5S ability h detect the
evils of such tysSW Of tnsis !yst the psoqds OF
the South have wnHy closed their eyes 10 them,
and persisted in esHcbag their prtbar mi hssS
at the expense of their owp section. 1t is true
that they furnished thres-H urths q the exports,
which brought lae,p ~ M VI ueacy into The cous-
try--but how much Of it stack IN thoir snDe RS
after paying DIS "a WTtberR EssS srtsrsss?
The argument that applies to the xhots South, ap-
pliest any portion The people, hess, re gailty o.
their full share of this folly, and mGny brtusc
has been garneredI elsewhere, from their wstsfal
improvidencc. What hW HHds Cincis mil the
wealthy city it has bceDDe, m a lew short ySfas
II is hot merely its location On The bnnas Of thP
Ohio, nor is it the fertility of the cOVoRy badS 81
it, These auxiliaEies it strpc; lot its wealth
is founded upon its labor, aBd NJ wealth created
there, is there retained. So iBay it bS herE with n
proper direction of energy aud capital. 1t can't
be- done in a moment qtut good beginniae bali
nccomplishcs the whole work. Perhaps we cam Dot
now build large manufactures of cottoA and
wool without the aid of foreign capital, but we
can begin with tanneries and Shoe-iactores, cooper
ing and wagon-mnking, batteries and other estab-
lslmcnts which would require great amount Of
capital, or machinery, and the success of which
would surely lay the foundation for more extensive
and costly establishments.
OF all the vehicles, Of every description, which
rattle over our raycments, how many were built il
GAINESVILLE? Not onc. Look at the dresses o.
both sexes AMI cot0rs, and how many art,c,s are Of
home manufacture? Perhaps not one Enter The
dwellings, and, il is the same with the furniture
Walk over the farm, AID you will ctrcely find AT
Of b,=h lut Nyaa by a mo
chuuic at home. We produce nothing, in short, but
d" hat is eaten by man. or beast, yet sit down and
wonder why it is that our town does not flourish
aud our people grow rich So long have we de-
pended upon northern mechanics for every neces-
sary-save food-that it has become a superstition
that nothing fit for use can be made here Mas
sachusctts shoe, Connections buggy, Cincinnati
plough aud Pitsbnrg skillet have n charm about
item which attracts the buyer and makes him
turn up his nose ut similar articles, if made at
home, even though Il'cy be of superior quality. Is
it any wonder then that distant towns flourish aud
people grow rich when they enjoy all the patron
age aud reap all the profits which wise policy
would keep at home Is it any wonder that me-
cAnics do not prosper here when the bulk of their
Iusincs is to patch up ordTeynruish the dilapda-
ned handiwork of northern mechanics The
wonicr is that they en- live at all in the midst of
people who give them so little encouragement
who pass their shop doors to buy of an importer,
or to send their orders to some distant mechanic
who pockets the money and laughs at the fool who
sent it.
II Glarksville is to flourish, this system must be
abandoned. Establishments must be built up
which can supply the wants of the country. La
hor must be multiplied aud diversified, and town
Andconntry be made mutually tributary supplying
each others wants aud keeping up circle of trade
within which capital can revolvc with con-
stauty increasing hulk, aud dispense its blessing to
those who may have created it, There can be no
wealth without labor, and to look for it from any
other source, is as absurd as it is michievous,