Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-14
FACTS ABOUT EAST TENNESSEE.
Capital and Labor.
NO. xf,

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iaoorers on farms, or to men who want to
purchase and improve lands. The founda-
ton of prosperity IN almost every commu.
nifty is the agricultural class. Our wealth
consists III what we produce, and the far.
mer is, of course, the great producer.
There IS great deal of land in East Ten
nessee that could be bought low, and SO
worked as TO yield good support. Our
farms are too large, as rule. Our people
try to work too much land, and, as con-
sequence, work indifferently what they do
Iarm. The same amount of work expend-
ed on one hundred acres of land in Maine,
II put on the same number of acres in
East Tennessee would yield at least twen-
Iy-nve per cent. more. The yield, with
out taking into consideration the superior
comforts and healthfulness of our climate,
and the decreased cost in farming, is in it.
self an inducement to farmers worthy of
serious consideration. We make this re-
ference to farm labor because we think it
the surest and most profitable labor we can
now offer. We think our inducements in
TINS respect are very great, and we urge
them upon the attention of all our readers.
FARMERS, whether looking to stock raising,
dairy farms, fruit growing, or ordinary
| farm products, find great advantages here
first, in low-priced lands; second, in a
mild climate that gives more time for out
door work, and requires less expenditures
for feeding and protecting stock during
winter, and third, in the advantages of
healthfulness and consequent happiness.
Since writing our article last week, we
have taken some pains to inquire about the
inducements offered to capital in connec-
ton with labor, and we are encouraged to
urge all our mechanical readers, who can
bring with their skill little capital, to
come along. Labor is always abundant,
but skilled labor-real, reliable iabor-can
always find place, especially if accompa-
MED with some capital, to take advantage
OF real good inducements so often found.
In connection with these inducements
TO labor, we cannot forbear to offer some
suggestions as to the cheap living laboring
men will find. Being somewhat cut off
from the rest of the world, East Tennessee
lives more within itself than most other
sections. Our markets are good, affording
cheap meats, cheap vegetables, and cheap |
store supplies. The vegetables, coming |
early in the spring and lasting way
until the frosts of winter, are always !
abundant and cheap. Grazing on the |
mountains and in theyallies gives us plen-
ty of cattle and cheap meats. Then our
mild climate makes our doctor bills small |
and our clothing bills much lighter than |
where heavy and abundant clothing is |
needed for several months in the wear.
The latter item is one of considerable |
amount, and one not always thought of. |
To iaboring man they are great conside- |
rations. To the farmer they are worthy of |
attention, for q climate that will afford |
cheap living offers a premium to laborer. /
1t is equal to SO much additional wages.
In this connection we invite the attention |
OF our readers to our market reports, where |
they will find every week careful resume
of the commercial transactions of the /
week, and show the price of living, &c.
We have frequent letters from friends
asking us about chances for laboring men |
IN particular lines of work In all cases |
where we have any such information we |
will be glad to give 1t, but it does not often
happen that we can direct our correspond |
ents to places just such as they want, ready
for them to step into. We wish it to be |
understood that while, as we said before,
we are willing to give all the information
We have and do all we can for our friends,
we do not undertake TO furnish them
homes and labor and guarantee them satis-
faction.
There is one thing connected with this
subject of labor that we ought perhaps to
notice here. There is a very prevalent no.
ton in the North that labor in the South
is not considered honorable, and laboring
men not respected as their merits may de-
serve. We wish to remove this impression
as far as East Tennessee is concerned. In
this respect, at least, the war has done us
some good. 1t has made us more apprecia-
tive of real, worthy, reliable labor, and
made us work ourselves. People who, ten
years ago, would not have thought of TAX
ing hold and going to work, are now per-
suaded that it is best for them to do SO.
and the idea of it being dishonorabte is
We'll rooted out. Labor is denloralized
here now, and this makes the people value
and respect reliable labor more than ever.
We believe that, all things considered
cheap lands, good climate, healthfulness,
cheap living, advantages of settled coun-
ny, with markets, &c.-East Tennessee
pliers as good inducements to men who
want to farm, enjoy life, gain health and /,
strength, and live in pleasant, attractive
climate, as any portion of the States.
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