The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-04-02
DisprOportlon oB SFanufacturors..ll

DiSprOp0rtion Of Manufaeturers..i
Among The various schemes that az.
proposed for the advanSemeht- Of tn.
material interests Of the state, we know
of none 50 practical or SO e6iea6ious fua
the accomplishment iofi1hah adesirabls
puepese az the establishments Of, mann
factlres for the working up, Of onl
rough wealth. The amount of raw ma,
terial rs simply incalculable. =
1f We begin with the timber, We shall
md oaks and walnut, cypress and cedar
ash and poplar; the beautifully cufle5
maple, and the tough, elastic hiSkoTg,
linn and gum, the loEdly pine anasthf
IoWly dogwood, all growing IN abnnd-
ance, on our hills and In our valleys, or
mountain tops aud IN the broad PLAINS,
ready and waiting Tor tie hand Of the
artizan to fashion them into spokes,
felioes and hJibs, plcW stocks, harFows
and hslves, houses. ffruitare aid cars,
boats, bridges and railroad ties. tsle.
graph poles and Nicholson paVements.
for which our cedar .fDfests supply The
very best aud most durable timber
buckets. baskets and chairs barrels
for Hour and hogsheads for tobacc0,
and ca ks for bacon; goods boxes, whip
stalls, cofins; shoe-pegs, picture frames,
wooden bowls, cogs, broom sticks, tan
bark, leto. , etc. -itsl st'G = ---stil-.-l
Sarely hereis wide Asld of itself,
but we proceed TO iron. and end ora in
fortysfoarf counties sufficiently ebnnd-
ant to justify the erection Of from one
to forty furnaces in each. But the pro
duct of the furnace may ITSELF be con
sidered a raw material. TO be wrought
up into valuable articles, such as plows,
b6es, axes, mattoeks, harrow teeth,
scythes, briar hooks, rabes, forks, spades,
shUyels, chains, wagons, carts; wheel
barrows, and other implements for the
farmer; sheet iron, car wheels, axles,
castings, CRATES, stoves, horse shoes,
nails, railroad lion, sp ikes, and the al
most infinite uses to which iron may be
applied, whichopens another large field.
Then there Is copper and marble which
open an. extensive field for manufac-
turing. So
Our cotton fields, growing the staple
for the most useful fabrics of domestic
wear, furnish the material for factories
to make drillings, domestics, calicos,
batting, etc. and in connection with
wool, for the growing Of which we have
natural facilities unequaled in the world
there could be made jeans, Inns y, fan
nels, blankets, and other textile fabrics,
all in daily and increasing de emand, and
the manufacture Of them would give
rise to establishments for the manufae-
ture of ready made clothing, mattresses,
ETC., and thus each establishment would
necessitate the building OF others,
which, like the main limbs OF a tree,
would run out into infinite branches,
each one bearing its fruit and all sup
L. errNTIr rrrlf q
soil in its turn protected and shaded by
the branching limbs which it feeds. -
As for power, the vast number of
streams that rage and fret against their
rocky banks in two divisions of the
state, invite the industrious TO put them
to work. For ages this wealth Of pow
er, equal to the combined strong arms
of millions, has been wasted. For gen
erations they have been looked at but
to be admired for the sparkling brillian-
cy of their waters, which with plated
currents glide in untamed beauty to the
sea. All along these every few miles
dams might be constructed, and the
fiood-gates opened upon thousands of
wheels which could be made busy in the
service Of man.
But the vast depository of latent en-
ergv is the Cumberland table land
where 42. .127, $50, 900 tons of coal lie
locked up. RESERVOIR of force that could
gensibIvi move the world. This aRrea
covers /. 200 square miles, and the coal
which it contains would mRke-a bar l.
40 feet wide and 81 feet thick, which
would pass through the earth from east
to west, at the equator. Now. there are
9, ,24O podnds ineene ton sr1leubie- yard
of coal. the reserved force in which is
equal. to- lifting q, 72ss200 speunes one
foot. Now multiply the 42. 127, 800, 600
cubic yards, the amount OF coal thst
the stale of Tennessee car. furu1sh, pT
]. 729. .2OG and we viii have the number
of pounds that cur block of coal can
raise one foot in height. But We ior.
bear. The human mind stands appalled,
at the mere mention of 50 much powers!
The numbers become so great that the
fails almost as much to have
any conception of them IS it does TO
have any conception of infinite space.
Enough may be learned TO know that
our Tnexpended. forces are sufficient
TO keep a million of men eng ged in
for a Thousand years.
Now with all this raw material and all
this sleeping power, there are but five
per cent. OF our people engaged In
while seFenty-two per
cent. are engaged in agriculture. What
is the inevitable consequence /? Simply
this the farmers are poor, not because
they have sterile soils, or bad climate
the reverse it the case ; nor IS 1t owing
TO inefficient labor or high taxes, foFs
the first is cheaper than at the north,
and the latter are lighter. on the. farm
ers than in any of the states of the un-
ion. except three or four, Their pow
ertv arises from the want Of sufficient
of consumers Tor their pro
ducts. They do not diversity their
crops, and this they ere e,Cprevented
from doing because only two or three
products command ready. sale. But
suppose there we're a thousand man
establishments in sthe
state. the farmer could sell at a high
price, every bean, pea. potatosl onion,
tomato. apple, peach, cherry, every
pound of hay, bnahel of corn spd sheaf
of oats, every pound of butter, beef
and bacon, beside cotton, tobacco, &C,
while he coulde-buy- his hoes, axes,
rakes. plows. calico, domestic and iu-
deed everything he consumes, at re-
duesd rates. Right here and 40 where
else is the point upon -which-eur pros
perity hinges, and the saving IN the one
place and the increased earnings in the
other put togetheR, viii make the dif,
ference between prosperity and adverst-
tv. We shall recur 70 this subject
again. n.-lPIrGt San.
Postal Decision.
On the repealsof the franking priyi-
iere the postmaster general decided