Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-11-26
ROADS AND mANUPACTORICs.

OF water power and mineral wealth
that the fault of poverty and thriftless.
ness lies in the people themselves.
They have not the ambition to aspire
to a rivalship with opulent communi.
ties nor the enterprise to- conceive and
carry forward those grand industrial es.
adjustments without which it is impos.
sible, in tn is age of progression and
enlightenment, for any people to attain
prestige and distinction. Capital that
accumulateS whilst men grow in
strength knows no surcease-no ex-
emption from employment and a
healthy impatience. 1t sends out its
ln%ceasing activities in a thousand
channels and creates positive demands
for its varied supplies. This fact has
made New England one vast hive Of in.
|dastry and a world Of workshops, The
climate is unpropitiously bitter, the
soil is sterile and unproductive. and her
people have to contend again,t q thou
sand natural disadvantages. But what
is lacking in the bestowments of nature
the Yankee makes up in muscle, energy,
application and in the fertilities of his
cultivated genius. lie builds fact ries
and workshops, fills them with skilled
workmen, and leviss. contributions on
every quarter for the supply of mate.
rails he cannot procure among his bar
rem hills and mountains. He builds
railways and public roads in every di.
%rection If he comes to o rugged and
precipitous mountain he tunnels
through it, and if q river crosses his
way he bridges it with a lace.work of
steel. Good roads and factories he
waH have. The consequence is he is
opulent and independent whilst his less
active and energetic fellow-men in
more favored regions are dependent
upon him for almost every comfort and
convenience they enj y.
We will admit that the people of
Washington county have made a re.
markable and gratifying advance in
soil tillage and many other branches of
industry in the last few years, as The
splendid success Of our Fairs attest.
but these accomplishment are indeed
a small beginning compared to what
may be attained. Our people are Just
now gathering the surface indications
whilst the rich mine below is untouch-
ed by the pick Of the deliver. The in
dustrial exhititio S we have had only
slightly indicated what may be accom-.
plished in the proper culture of our
lands and the raising of fine sock
This, though a very important one, is
only an element of our wealth. 1t is
only a growth of what should and must
be an universal thrift. 1t is only a
drop of what should be an ocean OF
boundless development.
Now, to start righ. on the road of
prosperity. we must initiate he Yankee
and build factories and 90 d roads.
They must be the foundations. of
wealth. We can not, as all histary
and experience demonstrate. prosper
without these auxiliaries At present,
We are destitute of both. There is not
apublic road in the county over which
a half load can be drawn TO market du.
ing the worst season. of the year.
Farm, lying a distance from the rail.
road, have but little value for the want
Of easy transp r~tation, which if proyi-
ded would make them profitable and
eagerly sought after. We can not, in
the proper limits Of an article. indicate
the manifold advantages of a good
road system o the measure Of pros.
perlty that must fow from the various
industrial enterprises which our
country is 80 eminently capable of sup.
plying, but we do wish to impress the
fact upon tue minds of our farmers
and business men, though Fairs are an
invaluable instrumentality of success,
that other Industries and branches of
public improvement are just as essen.
tial to our rapid and permanent adj.
vancement. Each and all are but
links In the great cham that must lift
MS up flom the low station of our plod>
ding semi-lifelcssness and place our
footing firmly upon the plane of CON-
mercial enterprise, activity, ambition
and thrift. With the crimlnality of
the suicide, We have turned from our
opportunities and been satisfied with
the mere ekings of compelled effort