Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-03-27
sATuRDAY...,..,.. MARCH q, 1885,
EszMiGRATION.

The Boston Post, In commenting
on tho South as an inviting field for
labor and capital, presents the follow
ing sensible view Of the situation
"T'he leading Southern railroads, to
the number Of some thirty or forty,
have taken Important action With q
view toinducing emigration to that
section of country. In q recent con-
yention at Atlanta the managers of
the various roads which form connec-
tions with the Northand West agreed
to q reduction of their passenger tar
if, by which excursionists who have
In view the investment of capital, the
purchase of land, orsettlement, may,
until July !, make trip of observa-
ton through the Southern States,
from the Atlantic to the Mississippi
and the Ohio to the Gulf of Mexico,
Mt the rate Of two cents per mile
Most of the hotels along the route
have also agreed to give q large dis
count on their charges to holders of
excursion tickets, while actual set
tiers will be transported to their des-
tination for one cent per mile.
This is the most practical move
ment which has been made toward
turning the tide of emigration into u
channel which will aid to build up
theSouth and insure thesystematical
development of the country. The
West now receives by far the greater
part of the foreign laboring popula-
ton which land at our Eastern ports.
A few stay with us; "a still less num-
Der find their way South. Ouryoung
men and our capitalist also, find
homes, and business, and investments,
always in the West. Yet there Is no
more inviting field for capital, enter
prise and emigration than the South.
Within the boundaries of the South
ern States there Is diversity of sur
face, soil and climate which can be
found in no other portion of the coun-
try. Nature has blessed the region
and endowed it with resources whose
value can not be estimateduntil they
are brought under systematic and
thorough development. The more
elevated and central part Is the best
fruit garden in the world. All the ce-
reals flourish, and in many localities
yield two crops each year. The earth
hides immense fields of coal, iron,
copperand marble; water power sufli-
cient TO turn thousands of wheels
goes unemployed down the rivers to
the sea, and vast cotton fields lie in
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Every advantage is here placed by
nature at the hand of the producer,
who c;ln find the power for driving q
mill directly in the heart of the great
cotton belt, or n ready market for hi-
stock and his grain at an easy dis,
lance. This wealth is locked up from
the country, waiting for the hand o
labor to bring it forth. Properly tillet
the land will produce generously, an,
sustain an hundred-fold more than it,
prcsentpopulation. Properly worked
the mines would yield an invaluable
store of mineral treasures. With tn,
hid of capital and enterprise the un
developed mechanical advantages o
the region can be made n source o
nationalas well as local and individ
ual profit. Let the South be peoplet
with workers to ten times the presen
number, and they will not only max
fortunes and homes for themselves
hut will create for the nation ney
riches and new resources.
There is immeliate rs well as pros
pcctivc profit to the settler in tn
South, and to the capitalist who in
vests money in that section. !
must grow and increase in wealth
It's natural advantages prohibit il
s,agnation; and those who first seiz
the opportunity which now offers wi
I've the first toprofit by the great com
mercial reconstruction which is eve
now beginning. Attention is becom
ing more generally directed to the OF
portunities for enterprise and capita
In the South. Some States have al
ready established II Board of linn
grafton, and others propose to do Sc
At this time the plan agreed upon {
tho Atlantic Convention will nj
greatly in furthering the purposes ,
those Interested in the matter.p
.
STEWART COLLEGE.