Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-12-14
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aAANAh NNAeA A0Ns
We had call yesterday from Rev. Mr..
Blitchfeldt, a Dane, who has been en-
gagged for some time past in introducing
Scandinavian emigrants along the line of
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, principally
in the State of Mississippi. In this he
has been remarkably successful. The
press and people of that section of couu-
try which has been benefited by his la.
bors speak in the highest terms of MIR.
Blitchfeldt and the emigrants he has
brought into the South. He visits Nash
vile upon the invitation of our Board of
Trade, and has consented to address our
citizens at the Masonic Hall next Friday
night.
There is no one who can deny that la
Dor is capital, and for an agricultural
Safe Ike Tennessee the most profitable
capital that can be introduced SO long as
there is a demand for it. Our CONNER
clal, mechanicaland manufacturing enter
prises must depend for their success upon
the prosperity of the agricultural
population. Therefore while we
will do all that we can to bring
into the State the capital of foreign man.
ufscturers, and endeaVor to induce the
investment of our idle and boarded home
capital in mechanical an6 manufacturing
establishments, yet we can but feel that
there is an equal, if not greater necessity
Tor the INTRODUCTION of more capital into
agricultural pursuits. In this particular,
labor is, we repeat, the first and great
item 10 be obtained. The more molal
and intelligent, the better. The next five
years will show a very great decrease
from death and emigration of our negro
laborers. We need now very great in
crease of farm labor. Tennessee could
today give profitable employment TO q
! hundred thousand additional reliable la
bOrers. No one expects or hopes for the
return of slavery. Those most thoroughly
advised by experience and observation
believe that it viii take yesrs TO make the
negro population as q class as constant
and certain as laborers as they were be
fore their emancipation. If it were
otherwise, we cannot expect to
retain them when SO much higher wsges
than we can give is offered them in the
cotton belt 1t therefore beheoves us to
be preparing TO meet the demands which
| await us. Our attention is now chiefly
turned to Switzerland, Germany and Scan
dinavia. Mr.. Blitchfeldt believes that
the fertile soil and healthy climate OF
Tennessee offer peculiar inducements to
his Scandinavian countrymen. With the
proper encouragement and assistance, he
is of the opinion that large numbers of
them can be induced 10 locate here and
purchase lands for themselves or become
the farm hands of the native owners of
our lands. If Davidson county were
One-hslf as densely populated as Den
mark, Sweden or Switzerland, the streets
of Nashville would be extended far into
Whist is now the country, and would be
well built up with stores and
manufacturing establishments neces-
sary to supply the wants of the
agricultural population of this county
alone If three hundred thousand dollars
could be invested in an immigration
Company for Davidson county, it would
in our opinion do more TO promote the
growth, business and prosperity of Nash
vile than double the amount invested in
any other enterprise that could be sug-
gested.
We advise our business men and farm
ers to come out and hear Mr.. Blitchfeldt
We need house servants as badly though
not to the same extent as farm hands.
The ladies of Nashville are therefore also
requested to attend Friday night.