Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-02
TO MERCHANTS

INC Dulk oI trade and The grol
le profits of business. To be a city W
G must be a wholesale market-to b
q wholesale market we must haV
additional competition in transpor
tation. Wholesale trade is based
first, upon competition in transpor
d tation, and second, by competition
: in business. A city cannot Deepen,
n upon wagon trade-1st, because
), is necessarily slow, uncertain, ant
9 limited; End, because in this age o
! railroads it is liable to be diverted
e at any time in another direction
r Become a railroad center, and Jack
5 son will deal with country mer
r chants as well as planters, and sci
t thousands where she now sells hun
: dreds. Ten per cent. profit on one
; hundred thousand dollars of bust.
/ ness is better than thirty per cent
on twenty-five thousand, and equal
. to forty.
In short, it is the wholesale trade
, that makes and enriches a CITY. Be.
sides, manufactures are immense
} sources Of wealth, equal if not supe-
rior to even wholesale trade. Man
ufactures to any extent cannot pros
per without first class Transports
ton facilities in every available di-
rection. There must be cheap lines
over which to bring the raw mate
rial to the factories and shops; and
lines in every direction over which
to ship the manufactured goods to
dealers and consumers. Jackson Is
favorably located for manufacturing
enterprises, and so soon as we com
plete our railroad system they will
come Of their own accord.
Merchants, property holders.
think how much you would be bene-
fitted by the employment in Jack
son of 1000 factory operatives and
their families.
But word to young merchants.
who with small means are stru0-
CLING to attain fortune. 1t is well
known that limited transportation
gives capital great power, and ena-
bles it to cripple the efforts of as
piring young men with small means.
In cities with large wholesale and
manufacturing interest, this is not
the case: LIST. Because the small
dealer in city is nearer market.
and hence enabled to turn over his
capital oftener. End. Because in CT
ties there is broader field of oper-
alton, larger resident and floating
population from which to draw re- |
tail trade; hence young men gener-
ally seek their fortunes in cities, and
the largest merchants generally star
ted in business with small means,
butat some trade centre. If our mer-
chants would continue to prosper
If they would see manufactures as
tablished-they must work and vote
to complete our Railroad system as
the only basis Of all.
REAL EsTARE OWNERS.
What makes city real estate a val
liable investment? Is it not because
of its constant increase in value7-
Why is its value constantly enhanc-
lng2 Is it not caused by the growth
and prosperity of the city? What
produces this growth and prosperi-
~? Is it not Railroads which con-
'entrate trade, bring manufactures. ]
md increase the population? Hence. {
f the real estate owners of Jackson i
would continue to prosper thew i
must work and vote to complete her T
abroad system. I
To ALL. b
There is a tide in the affairs NJ Z
communities, as well as individuals.
which if taken at the food leads to 8
ortune. That tide, in the history C.
4 Jackson has come, and the cues o
ion is: Will we take it at its flood. q
T permit it to sweep on and leave r,
S desolate upon the barren shores s
''lost opportunities?' This is n
usy age, The spirit of improve fl
lent is abroad in all the land. Vii II
'ges are growing into towns, and Ia
Owns into cities. Railroads, the q,
reat arteries Of commerce, exhaust OF
IS fountains of wealth, are pene- m
'ating the land, developing hither- te
unknown resources, changing
sserts into habitable and fruitful :,
elds, and making commercial and A,
anufacturing centres out of places ~
lat ten years ago were obscure vii :.
ges. In this pushing age no town ~
city dares stand still, or relax =,
efforts. There is not, in any -
the conflicts of individual ambi-
on, more relentless rivalry than
at which exists among towns and Ia
ties, and as it has been in all the III
.st, so it will be in the future, the III
ost enterprising will win the race. GU
an age like this the town or civ Ao'
at hugs the delusive phantom Of gu
esent felicity, or flattered by the pr.
'en songs of present prosperi- Pr
relaXes their efforts, and fails TO 20
ep pace with the ever progressive Die
ture, is lost and lost forever
ckson has reached the turning etc
int in her career. The crisis OF rea
r fate is full upon her, and on Sat in
day her action will write upon PIT
banner which she has hitherto am
IN so proudly, that word of light Mr.
1 hope-progreSS-or that other we
I'd Of darkness and despair, ruin. cha
lich shall it be? The eyes of the ano
ding towns of West Tennessee Mr.
fixed upon Toor-,o, cLo,-Is -. is L
lts upon her yet unstained ban hi,
the word ruin, there will be tio1