Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-01-15

ton yesterdays
10 tic IIoaora5lc the Gep>rol i.scmjHotI
Tennessee!
The undersigned, a appointed |
~ the Board Of Trade OF The city Of Knox .
vile, 70 memorabilia your honorable body
anon tho subject Of immigration, would
respectfully represent that Tennessee, pos
aassinr, as IL does, superior advantages in
1limatc, s1ii and mineral wealth 10 almost
any State o.. Territory ~ the american
Union, u.s. nevertheless, FIR behind, in pro.
gressivc developments many IF its younger
sisters, hewn from tho bosom Of the for
ests, long since it asumed the proud char
essary 10 give anything like % detailed
account of the UndevelopcG resources OF
rc2lth with which our state abounds.
Everything 10 supply the wants of an
advanced and an advancing civilization
lies embedded in IS basGnf. exists III IL
soil and perVadcs its mountains. From its
coal beds in the East to its bOuntifu pro-
auctions Of the agricultural and planting
staples of the Middle and Western sections
Is found all that is necessary to complete
oar prosperity.
down our energies are crippled our COM
mcrcial interests are paralyzed and our
agricultural development retarded. Arti-
,c!es of industry produced on the farm and
IN the workshop command low prices. y
market is wanted in which to sell and
money with which to compensate the la
llrcr for his toll The times are hard, and
the people, what few we have, are strug.
..-linde with monetary oppressi0n
Why are these things so? There must
be cause. Does it not lie mt our own
doors? Is it not attributable to our own
gupineness? Have we estimated in this
matter the true value of energetic and ro-
bust action? And have we not iiagnified
our evils until now they loom up like in
slrmountable barriers? In all the states
Of the "qrcat JTcst,n whose territory is so
yapidlv filling nm. and whose wealth is OK
1gndi1c throughout their borders. their
connective I legislatures have provided IA
.ilitics for pro,notiDo the work of I1ilfr-
GgETTov. Hvrr0us of JqzgliJroyi9,l have
l,ep established. commissioners have been
tnDofntod ornnfs have I,.n .ont forth 10
trertfge thgfr resources. and money free
~ apDronriafad tl r1cr, . Uraaeg,'rv ,r.-
.,ruta. WHAT has boon ir. r,..uI,o LED
he rrc-... condition OF those states ans
,~or
We uer1 no. remarl, that nngulatipl
,,t-r, ,.na'th and that ,vnolth radrcu.
taxation. Ii would he an Insult to the in.
-allf~euce of vogr honorable body TO TO-
foforsa This liroDa.iiion with additional
.vyuule0ts. Ihe more rcolrIe there are.
illa greater the agcrerate proDprtv and
.1o,rey value of the common wealth. And
no rrc1tar tha rronprtv. and money fo he
sind If may also be remarked that i'm nro-
,r,rtinu to thp increase II, ponulotion Sc
n like nroportion will general Drosnerity
..hound. Hence the thrift and financial
Prosperity of the Stntcp alluded to.
WE prGslIne these nlonositions will b,
tccn.tpd MS splf-pyidpnt truths. and thai
the only way bv which Tennessee car
hone for relief from its prpspnt pnbnrraes
al condition and 10 Iirhtcn tho load O
-o,atton is the adoption of n policy tba
,yiU induor in,n,inlation ON a Iarac scaIe
md Tins increase its DnorIation. its pro
Iuctive and consuming force develop II,
,yeqIth and lessen its rate of taxation.
Nourinnediate predecessors seem to have
...gucured in these views and to have antic
mated some of the blessings of il2,7igllf
ZION. on Dape Is. chan. 81. acts of 1871
will he folind the following preamble
..NVhereas the only enlarged and perma
nent PROSPERITY of the State depends upol
e, mora FIJI and nerfoct develonment O
a. or rcsnurces and whereas This devclon
,uent is not nossihio without tht. aid nnt
intiunncos Of jD1nli0r0tionU There follow,
,hn lycf of the General AsspnhIv the frs
sncti,u of which nroyidns for he nnnoint
,nent of three commissioners of Imniora.
ion for the State-one for East Tennessee
one for Middle Tennessee and one for Yves
Tennessee. with their respective head
quarters at Knoxville, Nashville anC
Niemuhis The second section and tn,
Iast deemed necessary to be noticed i'm thi:
connection, defines the duties and power