Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-06
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
The Secretary Thanked for His Able
and Exhaustive RePort-vaiuabIe
Advice tn Prospective Immigrants.

terdlay morning at 10 o'clock, in Secretary
Killebrew's Office, Cantreli block. Most of
the day was spent in considering the report
prepared by the Secretary during the past
wear. the commissioners expressing them
selves as highly gratified at its accuracy
and completeness of detail. A resolution
was adopted rendering the thanks of the
Board to the Secretary for the manner in
which he had discharged the arduous du-
ties imposed upon him.
The suggestion contained in yesterdays.
UNION AND AMERICAN, in regard to the
collection of specimens of the mineral,
agricultural and industrial productions Of
the State, classifying and arranging them
so as to set forth in the most concise man
ner possible, the kind, quality and origin
Of each specimen, were adopted, and Col.
I r. Killebrew and DIR. Stafford were as
SIGNED the duty of making such collections.
1t was ordered by the commissioners
that synopsis Of Secretary killebrews re-
port be printed in pamphlet form suitable
for distribution throughout Europe and
every part of the world.
Sometime was occupid in looking over
accounts and making the necessary arrange
ments for the ensuing year.
The Board meets again this evening at 0
O'Clock.
Chapter twenty-nine of the Secretary's
report is made up of advice to prospective
immigrants from which we extract as fol-
lows, with view to showing its general
scope and design.
"There is no question that the advan-
tages which this State offers to men able
and willing to work are very great. They
can have rich soils, healthy climate and
good markets. There is uct
Of the farm that does not sell twenty five
per cent higher here than ia illinois and
Ohio. Corn, wheat, oats, hay, butter,
cheese, are all made in the Northwestern
States and shipped to Tennessee, and
through it to the Southern markets. Why
should not the inhabitants of those States
remove nearer their market and save trans
portation, and where the same knowledge
Of business and attention to 1t Will pro
duce equal results? Why not possess them
selves Of soils equally as productive at hall
the price? Are not these sufficient induce
ments, not to mention thousand others?
A statement, based on the experience OF
a large number Of small farmers, is given,
showing that the rate of profit in tilling
properly the best land, which is put at So
per acre, may be made to exceed twenty
five per cent on the money invested in the
land, live stock, implements, seed, etc.
With regard to the social advantages IL
Tennessee, the report says:
"The question is often asked, through
letters and otherwise, how will the people
of Tennessee receive Northern men anC
women? As kindly as they deserve. L
they come with earnest hearts, and willing
hands. and cheerful voices, to help build NJ
the prosperity of the State, be their polite:
what il NAV, be their religion what 1t will
they will be received with all the hearth
ness and all the civihty that it is pOssibl,
for a gallant people to exercise. They vii
be welcomed with open hands, and encOur
agement and sympathy will be given then
by every intelligent man and woman III In
State"
lit is also asked whether it would be hes
| for immigrants to come singly, or IN groups
or colonies. Experience has shown that
not only in this State, but in every State
they are better satisfied, and go to wori
more earnestly and vigorously when the!
have the companionship of some Of theI
old friends and neighbOrs. Not less thai
six or eight should come at once. Land
in sufficient quantities may always be sec
ured in one neighb6hood to settle Seyera
| families. Coming in groups, they are usu
ally independent. They have society O
their own. The transition is not so sud
den. The feeling of loneliness is diSpelied
and they do not feel so much like stranger
in strange land.
Several pages are devoted by Col. Kille
brew to showing that, in spite Of the re
ports to the contrary which have been Gil
| culated. taxation in Tennessee is not bun
densome. With the exception Of Penn
sylvania and Delaware, the taxation upO
each 1000 (true value) Of property IS les
than in any other State of the Union.
OF the immigrants most needed in Ten
neSSee, the report says:
Several letters have been received b
this Bureau. in which the question is asked
what class of people could do best, farmers
mechanics, tradeSmen or professional mel
We answer unhesitatingly, any class tina
will produce. There is room for 10000
small farmers, and then the State needs 10
the further development Of its roug
| wealth. lUD,UVU Shlllcu ldOoLSlS anu "a
tisans.
sAs for traders and profess iOnal men, tn
supply is already equal TO the demand. No
does the State need any more of what
called cheap labor, that is, labor that can b
hired at a small price, to do asmall amour
of work in an unsatisfactory manner. W
want laborers who are intelligent enoug
to think, and prudent enough to be honest
and wise enough 10 save their earnings
We want laborers that can be advanced Sc
cially, that can invent and can utilize TN
forces of nature, and compel them to wor
in obedience TO the will of man. We wan
the same character of labOrers that hay
made that vast belt of the American con
tinent, extending from the Atlantic to TN
Pacific, and from the Ohio river to IN
lakes, the theatre of an industrial activit
nowhere else seen on the continent"
1t is hardly necessary to state that Tn
report, and especially the chapter aboy
quoted from, was not written with any pc
litical view whatever, but solely to presen
the climate, resources, industrial interest:
social advantages, etc. of Tennessee in sue
light as to attract the capital and immi
grafton so urgently needed.
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