Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-04-30
ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY.


Its natural advantages, does not grow
pster.-Hankee like, we can, only4
Afiswer by asking what Is there here
70 makejt grow'2 1t is true that the
town has a back country, Of great
fertility, to sustain it. 1t is equally
true that Clarksyille Is perhaps, the
bsst-tobaccos market In the Uiiited
States. 1t is true that it has rail-
road running through it, and the
beautifof CdfflBerfand flowing by it.
These two channels of commerce
which should he made subseryient to
the growth OF the town, have the re-
verseelieet and serve only to carry
Off the productions of tho SOIL for
want of consumers here, and afford
facilities to town and country people,
fol, shopping in neighboring towns,
In spite of the fact that merchants
and grocers, in this place, will dupIi-
cate any, bin made in Louisville or
Cincinnati. AS a tobacco market,
what IL the extent Gifts benefits to
the town? Just this, the hotels make
n little, the warehouse men, u little
more, and the auctioneers little less.
The vnst amount OF capital employed
in the trade, does this much, and no
more, for the growth and prosperity
of GAINESVILLE. We do not mbrace,
in these remarks, the Stemmeries,
which benefit. the town by giving
employment to many hands who
are resilient consumers, and patrons
also of merchants, grocers and other
business men.
. Then, since river, railroad and,a
active tobacco market are not build
ing up a'thriving, city, the question
naturally arises-what IS the matter?
This question, too, we will answer
by asking Others. Where do we get
our boots, shoes and hats-in short,
everything we wear? Where do we
get our wagons and, wheelbarrows,
! hughes and carriages? Not from
GAINESVILLE manufactures and work
shops, but from such establishments
North of the Ohio. River. They are
the successful competitors for the pa
trQnage of this section. TO them our
money goes, aud with them 1t stays,
whilst GAINESVILLE, for want of such
patronage, stands still and every
thing like skilled and energetic en-.
tcrprise Is starved to death.
To illustrate by example, we cite
the fact, that we have an establish.
ment here for making wagons, and
another for carriages and buggies
Both are conducted by honest and
competent men. Their work is rs
good, II not better, than any i'm.
ported; both can turn out more worl,
Z than they can sell and yet neither
chniong survive q competition with
the whole North, in the midst of q
people who think nothing is worth
having that is not imported, and who
care more Tor the prosperity of Louis
Vile, Cincinnati and Pittsburg, thar
for the growth of GAINESVILLE. Thes,
establishments, If properly patron
lied, could give employment to {
large number of men who, will
their families, would want houses il
town, become consumers of the pro
ducts Of the surrounding country, en-
courage merchants and professional
men, and help to pay our taxes, he
sides throwing into home circulation
the money they earn by honest in
dustry. They who thus multipl,
our population, and by their energ,
and skill open up u home market
are the real--almost the only-bene
factors of the town and merit all tn
patronage that can be bestowed upol
them-and which ought to be be
slowed, not as n gratuity, but rs
duty which the people owe to them
selves.
Now look on the other side of tn
picture. A great many wagons an
buggies are sold here in the course O
the year. The establishment
from whence they come are not her,
but the people here help to feet
clothe and pay rent for all engage
in the manufacture OF those vehicles
Aud what do they get In return ft
their patronage" No increase of POI
ulation; no extension of their ma
ket for the productions of the so
and no thanks for their folly in nel
lecting home interests that distar
localities may profit by their selfish
ness and lack of patriotism. w
have said that many vehicles NJ
sold here every year. To what @,
tent does this trade, by commission
increase our population? TO no
many does il give employment? On
agent can sell a thousand, almost
easily rs dozen vehicles, and who
they are sold, the money Is sent
the manufacturer and nothing bl
the commission remains to show tn
any such trade Is done here. Not
with vehicles made here. Wht
sold, the money stays here, the worl
men areherc, their families are he
and contribute 70 the suppoytor eve
department OF business.
The only excuse We have cv
heard for the suicidal pulley of ne
lecting home enterprises is, that Il
articles needed can be bought chea
en- elsewhere no this, we reply tn
the establishments we have spok,