The Hickman courier., 1872-05-25
FROM the Paducah News.
Aisy Aid TO 0Ianufactortas

-oAs NEWS In answer to your
enquiry, permit me TO say that YOU are
corsse' 10 supposing that favor YOUR
viess re'aliye to building up mauufac
tur,pS interests in the city. | very cor
dlaiiy approve them.
Ahoiu now, as / have held. and as I
often expressed myself through the old
Hsfe'a' That the first and highest con
s,ue.asion sn of growing young city,
shoueu De to foster every manufacturing
interest, aud to contribute every aid pos
sioie towards inyigorating aud building
men up Even partial success in this,
win oiing to any city valuable popula
.io1-T"orkers aud true payers-and
10 oue season build up its Railroads,
IuIupikes, Steamboat Lines, aud other
subsidiary improvements.
am FULLY convinced, that if the city
VIII accept your proposition, and loan its
bonds,in liberal amounts, to enterprising
business men. to build up Cotton Mill,
Wosllen Mill, Wooden Ware Man
ufactcfy, a Foundry for Hollow ware,
and 1Fonndry for the manufactory OF
naSsrk.ry, &c, that it will be the iuau-
guraiiSn of an era of prosperity to Pa
duc4i, which will astonish even its most
sangnine advocates
20 not doubt that it would bring tlco
on three thousand, instead of one thou
sani mechanics aud their families to the
city, many OF whom would bring some
capital with them, and buy lots and build
residences aud shops, aud all of whom
would be tax payers.
Itwould also bring to the city many
men Of capital, with thousands of mon-
ey, who would invest it either in mer
chaudse or manufactures, and become
substantial aiders in building railroads,
turnpikes, aud the steamboat interest.
Aud with them, or following close upon
them would come professional ueD,
clerks, preachers, school teachers, spec
ulators, bankers, and gentlemen Of easy
rcumstauces and leisure, who would
ma ke Paducah their home. swelling our
population, creating demand for every
article of merchandise, farm produce
and manufactures, and helping to pay
taxes aud giving aid to every good work.
But our people must do more. Besides
the substantial aid Of loaning their bonds,
our people should vote 10 exempt from
taxation, for term of years, all manu-
featuring establishments with capital Of
So. 600 and upwards-thus giving anoth
er inducement to men of capital and
entsrprising mechanics to locate in our
city aud invest their money and labor.
This policy has been recently entered
upon by the city of Newport, Maine,
aud is in every respect worthy of our i'm
itatiou.
A conversation with Judge Trimble,
few days since assures me that the roll
ing mill has made such arrangements
with several gentlemen in Cincinnati and
other places, as will increase its capital
to s100, O0O and it may be now looked
upon as being upon 4 safe basis. 1t will
not need the aid of city loan, but ii
will doubtless breathe deeper and freer,
If it is exempted from city taxation for
i've oEten years.
- = Ytobably but justice 20 } udge
Trimble also to say, that he will give his
earnest support 10 your proposition to
loan the bonds Of the city to manufac-
turers; AID he further declared that if
bonds for S75 600 was loaned to cotton
mill he would subscribe Sl0,0 Of stock
in the enterprise.
Our present wooden mill, owned By
Messrs. Morton, Hobbs & Reed, with
the loan of S40,0 of bonds, could be
built up into giant proportions, and would
prove better than gold mine for the
city's property.
OF the other establishments named
above, am not now prepared to speak
advisedly, but who can doubt that all of
them can thus be built up in success for
themselves and as agents for .he rapid
growth and prosperity of Paducah.
When the mechanics of Paducah shall /
have accomplished this good for them
selves. (after having already voted so
argely for railroads) our railroad men
may with confidence appeal to them for
'urther aid in building the railroad via
Paris, Tenn. to Corinth, Miss, and the }
-oads across the river.
Very respectfully.
JOHN C. NoELE.
VILLA CALHOUN, May IL, 1872.