Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-05

figures, and would no longer wonder whai
made money so scarce among as, and had
made such a continual drain upon the
purse-strings of our already oyer-taxed
population.
And now, Mr.. President, let us suppose
under the auspices Of hourishing and
well sustained society, this position were
reversed, and our State, instead of being
merely consumer, should become a mar
ket Of supply for fruits and garden pro-
ducts.
The Nashville and Henderson Railroad
is gradually approaching completion this,
with the Louisville Railroad, brings us into
easy communication with the North and
East, and insures us, besides, the transpor-
tation of products at low rates. Trains
would arrive here with special arrange
ments for such products, and a ready mar
| ket found in dealers who would be prepared
TO forward to agents in other cities the va
rious articles in season. A system would
soon be established, and packages made
that would carry safely and in good order
those products that require careful hand
ling for market and large establishments
would soon grow up, whereby the surplus
Of receipts left over each day would be
canned and put away for winter. When
we consider the immense quantities of
canned fruits and vegetables that find their
way down here-"bringing Goals to New
castle"-we cannot but wonder at the apa-
thy of our people in so long permitting
state of affairs so much at variance with
their interest
Who that is present is not familiar with
the phrases of Philadelphia markets, Phil
adelphia manufactures, and Philadelphia
Medical Colleges? So entirely dependent
are the two last upon the first, that the
fostering care of her most influential citi-
zens is given to the Society, under whose
teachings horticulture has reached so high
point as to make the large section within
her influence dependent upon her.
Approaching fully the value Of this
agent in not only promoting their own
comfort, but in reducing the cost of living,
which has enabled them to keep their
skilled labor despite the tempting offers Of
capital in the large cities of New York and
elsewhere, they have drawn by the cheap
meas of their markets a large number of
institutions whose rolls are filled by those
Of other sections, attracted by the greatly
reduced expense and excellent quality of
fare offered. When tits made known that
within two years the Pennsylvania Horti-
cultural Society has expended 5000, 900 in
building a hall, and that their income
exceeds $4,000, We can realize the inn
portance with which it is regarded. Boston,
too, attaching a proper estimate of the
value to her manufacturing industry, of
cheap food for its successful prosecution,
has erected an elegant hall for the same.
object, at a cost of over $250,000 Surely
these facts ought TO awaken our citizens to
a lively interest in the progress of this As
ISOLATION.
We are daily asking each other as to the
causes that prevent the influx of mechani-
cal and skilled labor to this city. There
is but one answer from both capitalists and
those who would engage in the various
manufacturing interests so necessary for
the growth and importance of our city.
We are told the cost of living is so great
that capital cannot be employed proftably,
because of the increased wages necessary to
live. Rents, too, are high for the same
reason. The cost of labor from this cause
not only greatly increases the amount of
building investments, but owners require
more income for living expenses.
Experience has proved that cultivation
decreases the cost of production in the
ratio of the enhanced value and increased
amount of the products. The result is
the grower is enriched and the public
largely the gamer. Let me impress seri-
ously upon the members of this society,
here and elsewhere in this State, where
organizations exist, the necessity for vigor-
ono action 70 ~ that M oonnfxy fail
to have its representation in the society
call the attention of those citizens who
everywhere take the lead in objects of pub
lie welfare, and have an organization
formed. Ten good, active members in each
locality will insure the formation of
society.
The great lever and motive power, after
all, that crowns with substantial success an
enterprise like that in which we are en-
gagged, where the promptings are all of a
high order, must come from those whose
sympathy with natures beautiful produc
tions enlist them at once in its behalf. We
therefore need not appeal 10 the ladies 80
far as their influence can be given we will
have it, not stintedly, but with all their
best wishes and interests engaged for the
cause. In their domestic relations, this
subject of providing for the table is con
stantly recurring. The introduction of
new varieties of vegetables, the improve
ment in the quality of those already in
use, the growing of the best description of
fruits, and at prices that bring them with
in the means of all. The cultivation of
elegant plants, and trees with which to
beautify and make attractive their homes
and adorn our cities and towns. All these
and their own love of Him who exhibits
himself in these, the works of His hand
will establish what is now insured-the
success Of the Tennessee Horticultural So
ciety.