Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-05-03
HOW TO INCREASE OUR WEALTH AND PoPu-
LATI0N.

AhA4VNs
While the Western States have organ
lied bureaus and placed at their disposal
large sums of money and at their head
men of great energy and business capaci-
ty, for the purpose of securing the great
mass of immigrants that weekly land on
our shores, Tennessee has left the field to
be occupied entirely by private enterprise.
There are but few men of judgment to be
found, who do not admit the benefits GER
tain to flow from increased population !;
but few to deny that immigration has built
up the Northwest as by magic, and yet the
only organization since the war set on foot
to aid in securing it, was hastily abolished
last year and the whele movement aband-
oned What is being done now is through
the enterprise of private parties. Several
real estate agencies in East Tennessee
and several organizations of citizens in diff
ferent counties have spent considerable
money in circulating abroad facts about
our country and advertising the merits Of
the real estate offered for sale. These men
are doing at their own expense what is of
benefit to every citizen, and what to say
the very least, ought to be heartily second
cd by the State or by counties and cities.
They do it, of cOurs, to further their own
business, but their business is one which
directly profits others rs much rs them
selves .
An incident came to our notice esterdav
that shows the good being done, and that
suggests how much more might be done
by proper effort. \ party of gentlemen
Just returning from Australia, by way of
san Francisco and the Pacific Railroad
saw, while travelling in the cars, in the
New York Tribune, our advertisement of
the WEEKLY CHRONICLE and our East
tennessee articles. As soon as they reach
ed home, they sent for our Weekly. be-
came interested in our Facts, and reading
in it the advertisement of our real estate
agents, sent to Munson & Bailey for one of
their Real Estate Registers. In it they
saw the description of some farms they
thought would suit them so they came to
Knoxville to prospect for home. They
were pleased with one of the finest farms
in the county, and left yesterday for home.
10 make their arrangements to return and
locate i'll our midst. They are men of
capital and energy, so represented to Us.
and we hope they may certainly come and
bring others with them, rs they expect to
do. r...
We only refer to this as one of many in
stances where good men-men of means
and enterprise-are brought here through
such agencies. The value of advertising
and the good work being done by our real
estate agents and by our East Tennessee
aeticles are in this way realized almost in
every days experience.
We have just printed at our job office, for
a county society at New Market, several
thousand pamphlets giving information
about Jefferson county,its lands, situation.
shipping facilities, &c. These are to be
gratuitously distributed throughout the
North, and cannot fail to do good not only
to Jefferson county, but to all East Ten
nessee. This is done at the expense of n
few public-spirted citizens of that county.
whose names we gave some DAYS ago. We
need more such liberal, wide-awake men.
This city ought to pay for the circulation
Il pruning or zen Thousand such pam
phlets. That it would pay us and do good
to our section is capable of mathematical
demonstrations We have the lands, the
climate, the advantages attractive to thous-
ands, and tens of thousands of good men,
and If we only present them in an attract
i've way, can induce them to come and live
with us. Can we not do it? Do we not
want more population and wealth? and
can we not secure them by little effort
Are we to stand idly by and see the North
west absorb this vast tide of living men.
whose brain aud muscle would be lust 50
much permanent additional CAPITAL To our
state? We have long wanted t. see this
metropolis city of East Tennessee take
hold of this matter and move in it. Can we
not do it now?