American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-04-03

4dIos4saigpI - 4 MISUNDERSTANDING 49,
siol.
We chip the following from long
communication infthe Columbus In
der, and from the initial III, not less
than the clear, ifeisive sentences, we
Judge it is from the penof Mr.fH ale,
of the firm OF Hale & Murdoch. and
one of the clearest heads in the State.
WhatiS sad Of Columbus, anu the
raw material taken from thence to be
converted into manufactured gOods
md wares by Northern industry and
enterprise, applies with equal force
'to every portion Of Mississippi. Our
cotton, our timber, our iron, our
broom corn, and our cotton seed. are
all bought here upon the soil which
produces them, carriedmany hundred
miles atAgreat expense, converted in
to all the purposes of which riley are
susceptible, and then, at great ex
penso and Iep'se profit, BROUGHT
BACK and sold to tlie'very people who
sold the raw material!
The "drying up" process should
cease. Our cotton should be con-
verified into textile fabrics at home.
Our timber, the best in the world for
the purpose, should be worked up
into plOwS, wagons and carriages,
right here where the timber grows.
Our iron should be converted into
ietery possible.impleLnent, our broom
corn into home made brooms, and
our cotton seed, now sent to the foui
quarters of the globe, should be man
tifhctulteG into oil, and the fesidium
converted iuto food for our cattle,
while the refuse and the waste ihci
dent tc the manufacturer our raw
material, will be returned to Sthe
soil to fertilize and re,lnvigorate it
With such a system, we shalt in
augurst6' a. state of prosperity aid
wealth such as our PEOPLE have
never knOwn-our waste places viii
he made glad-the whole country
will resOund with the hum of indus
try, and our State will "bloom al
the rose," With the Fertile s6i. and
genial skies with which Heaven ha.
blessed us-with the intelligenc,
and energy of our people, properl,
directed, we shall mark new era o
wealth, greatness and prosperity
such as the State Of Mississippi ha
never known.
Here are the words of truth ana
wisdom uttered by Mr.ifTale, and W,
cordially and earnestly common,
them to the seiiuos consideration o
our readers:
We have here in a few miles Of til,
city of Columbus, immense 'Guanti
ties of raw material that is ever,
day being shipped to St. Louis, Gin
cinnati and other maiutacturin:
towns, to be worked up for M, ant
the labor used in the preparation, Il
fed by the Northern farmer, and tn,
profit of manufacture going into
! Northern pockets.
The SiCpffetOrs of the Northern
manufactures pdy t,centy per cent
more for t4te RAG material than tn
S0rthfySt manufacturers, and fol
everything manufactured ty them
we pay twenty per cent. more thai
the article would cost if manufac
tnred here, had we combination o
capital and skill to manufacture Il
Let us illustrate this further in re
gard to one branch of business. ST
Louis pays'ten dollars per ton freight
on our iron used in the construction
of railroad cars. She pays the sam
freight on the timber that she uses
Now after buying from us the raw
materials, she pays for the manufac
ture twenty-five per cent. more thar
the same workmen would charge a
this point, (there being this differ
ence in the price of living,) add f
this, now, the usual profit After al
this, she sends the cars back to Mis-
sisslrm to her railroads. Now, a
we have the iron, the wood, and ca
get the skilled labor cheaper tina
they, our direct profits would be tn
difference for transportation Of IRON
, metal and wood, the dfffeiencefn til
prince Of labor, besides the pertent
. age that they add on. The indiret
advantages would be, nine tenths G
the mOhey Frhid for the work &oul
be retained to the city and county
merchants and grocerS would pro!
per, and the planters grow fat.
These are facts that | stand read
: to demonstrate to any one at all di
r posed to take a hand in developin
, the material and promoting til
mechanical resources of our countr,
but l have no time talk to that elias
J who hold tight grip on their purs'
J. strings and call upon their neighboI
| to introduce new and improved mi
chinery into the country to pt
money into their chose pockets.
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