Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1869-03-13
THE MANUFACTURING INTEREST.

MIR. EDITOR: Inc writer assumes
that thing is necessity when by
it the moral and pecunisry interests
of q community would be largely adj
vanced, and when without 1t these
would he hindered or destroyed.
Manufactures are, according to this
assumption, anecessity to GAINESVILLE;
without them it must lose its prestige
rs live city, and remain as it is or
rctrograde. In years past your city
was the trading centre of large dis
trict of country, well titled and pro-
ductive, which, with the many iron
establishments it embraced, gave you
great prosperity.
Now there is state of things very
different. You derive nothing from
the iron manufactures and yourlands
are not SO largely under cultivation,
nor SO well titled, nor so productive
as before, and I'm your staple and other
crops you have competition from sew
eral cities around, larger than yours,
and from the railroad facilities exist
ing, they carry with your staples
much of your local custom and trade.
And these facilities and this compe-
tition will be progressive and in a
proportion larger than your agricul-
ture will be developed.
What has given to, England, to
France and to other countries of Eu-
rope their prestiges of wealth and
greatness? What is it that has dot
ted the bleak hills and sterile plains
of New England with fine cities, pros
porous villages and towns and given
such an aggregation of wealth to its
inhabitants? and what is it that like
heaven, carried no matter into what
place or city, develops into thrift
and greater prosperity? 1t is man.
ufactures.
And they, Mr.. Editor, would do for
your city, were they introduced, what
they have done for Others. They
would rapidly multiply your popula-
ton, increase your wealth, build up
your city, afford employment for YOU
laborers, positions for your young men,
and give good dividends to the capt.
talist who had invested his money in
their stocks. They would enhance
the lands, and convert the iron in
your hills, the timber in your forests,
the wool, cotton and raw material al
hand into wealth of the most positive
form-gold. The property-holders OF
your city, above all Others, should
work increasingly to build up these
enterprises. They should give theil
capital freely to these stocks or other
demands, forproperty worth, without
manufactures, ten thousand dollars
with them extensively built up
would be worth double this sum OF
more. The merchant should assist
They would add u hundred-fold tC
his custom. The trader or Speculation
should assist. The material of trade
would be largely increased. The pro
fessional citizen should help; for his
field of business would be enlarged.
So should your banker, and so should
every one in the community who has
n hundred dollars he could loan for {
season to be returned in stock certiii
Gates. The country around you is n
deeply interested as the city, and they
should act in concert, make this 1
common cause, and work diligently
One united effort wouldsucceed. You
have all the requisites of the best 10
cations in the city and country; yol
have the capital; you have the labor
you have the managing ability-thcI
why delay? The public mind,
doubt not, is already made up to tin
wisdom as well as the necessity O
manufactures. All that is needed i
the reduction of conviction in idc;
to positive action, and the giving tina
action direction. If the writer la
been correctly informed, there ar
statute laws in Tennessee of gene
raj character under which any set O
citizens for manufacturing purpose
may associate and under these law
have all the rights, powers, privilege
and immunities they could have I'm
der special charter. Then why no
appeal to your citizens to set forwar
in the preliminaries of these enter
prlses at once, and ask who and hoy
many will be pioneers in leading o.
in schemes so full of Importance t
the city and country. w.