The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-12-20
Gov to pevel0p ths Wealth Of Tannessee

How to Develop the Wealth Of Tennessee.
We assert it as a truism, and propose to
veryfy it by a series of arguments and IL
Illustrations ''that the hope Of Tennessee IS IN
tie Development Of her manufacturing inter
ests.' the idea which was once preva-
lent, that the Southern States should de-
vote their labor to purely agricultural pur.
suits, has vanished before the logic of facts
which sFe every day presenting themsel-
YES. The idea that the development Of
manufactures in the South vas, IN the ol
den time, inimIcal to the system of slavery
was ban to their introduction, but the
system of slavery having passed away, this
fallacio US idea has been swept away with
it. Tennessee, though comparatively an
old State, has only had her surface touch
ed by the hand of industry. Possessing,
as she does, mild and heaIthful climate. q
great diversity of soil, and the most ex.
tensive coal, iron and copper fields in the
Union, with vigorous and industrious
population, she combines all the elements of
wealth and greatness which belong to the
| most favored nations Of earth. Her noun
tains are made of iron and her valleys run
with oil. Her water power is not surpss-
sed by any State in the Union, and it only
requires the hand ofindustry to make every
stream vocal with the whir of the spindle
and the rattle Of machinery. God made
Tennessee to be to the Union as the heart
to the body. Having all the elements
which constitutes the very e-blOOd o.
commerce it was designed that she should
furnish the other States with riches gather.
ed from beneath her own generous soil.-
When we CLEAN among the statistics of ou
State, We are panied az well as surprised
at how little we have done toward develop
ing our hidden wealth. Our people hsY
never seemed TO realize the incaiculabl,
wealth of our State. Under the old sys
tenn of political economy, We impoverishsC
our lands trying to enrich ourselves By sg
ricul;ure alone. Our soil responded gen
erously, even iOeour Wrstched system @
cultivation, and We sent the raw material
off to New England or to Europe TO b
there manufactured and returned to Us
after paying transportation there and baeE
and enormous profits to the manufacture
This is one Of the foolish Injuries in Whic
we have been indulging the greater part {
our lives. Very few Ofus have ever takel
our pencil and made calculation Of Wha
: we are actually paying for the article
manufactured out OF our own raw materi
= ais.
TO present this question in light whic
will address itself to the understanding
every one, Ietus take the articls Of eotto
alone sud see what the State loses annual
by permitting her raw material TO be man
. ufactuFed abroad.
The census Of 1860 reports the crop
cotton raised in 1859 in Tennessee. ct 2I2
600 bales.
2l2, 900 bales, OF 95.400, 900 lbs a. $50
{ per pound would be aIA8IO.Ol
95,40O,0O0 lbs cotton Of 4 yards Of cloth
TO the pound, would make 551 ,600,-
T coo yds At I5e 1872 o,
Price ofraw material deducted leaves
gross profit to the manufacturer Of $32, $3.50, o.
Here is q premium of s2e. $50, GOO pal
by Tennessee to build up and sustain fo