The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-04-24

Mr.. Editor Every individual is
interested in the particular community
in which he resides, and should improve
every opportunity placed within his
reach to promote the prosperity and
happiness of the same, to do which Cy-
cry interest should receive the attention
and encouragement which its impor-
lance demands. And while l am en-
tirely sensible of the great value and i'm
portance of the agricultural, mechanical
and manufacturing interests of the
country. and believe that they should
receive the fostering care of the govern
ment and people of the country, / do
not think that our commercial interests
should be entirely neglected and over
looked, the success of which, to a con-
siderable extent, depends upon the
facilities given to transportation, ex-
change and travel, the last which de-
serves some attention, adequate to
which good hotels are absolutely and
almost indispensably necessary. By
good hotels do rot mean simply houses
where a man can be fed and lodged, and
where the travellers money is the chief
object and about the only thing cared
for; but hotels where all his wants can
be supplied and every necessary atten-
ton given him at living rates. 1t
could not reasonably be expected that
the citizens of any town or city could
afford to feed and lodge free of charge
every person who might wish to visit
such town or city on business or pleas
ure, neither ought it to be expected
that common man would long be able
to pay out the value of a weeks hard la
Dor for a nights lodging, or that he
would be willing to put up at some low
down house, or carry his provisions
along with him and lie out on the pub
lie square, or in the streets or alleys, or
some old clubhouse. 4 great many
persons would like to spend portion
of their leisure time in travelling, visit
ing the neighboring towns and cities,
provided they could do so at any living
rate, and many would like to go to the
larger towns to do much of their
trading if the expenses OF the trip did
not exceed all the profits made on
their purchases; bnt the expenses of
travel are now so great that none but
the wealthy can afford to travel at all
further than they can 90 and re-
turn home on the same day. Go to
many Of the towns and yOu will see,
late in the evening, men whose business
has driven them to town flying to the
country like Lot and his family from
the doomed city of Sodom, many of
whom do not reach home much before
lHluul9nl, when Jiley WOulu inucn pre-
fer staying all night and paying IA mod
crate bill, but cannot afford to pay the
wages of q weeks hard labor for a
nights lodging. Sometimes, however,
a man gets little top-heavy or rich I'M
der the influence of too much whisky,
or is unavoidably detained on business,
and then they give him such plucking
as makes very lasting impression on
his memory. Still many of the town
people viii solicit the country people to
patrOniZe their town and assist in build
ing it up. Bene fits, however, ought
not to be too One-sided. The merchants
in many of the towns may sell good
bargains, but their customers ought not
to live further than twelve or fifteen
miles from town, or the trade viii not
be profitable to them. Such policy
will not build up u town.
CoUETRYMAN.