Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-01-22
Railroads Needed

and as IT is CJlfIalGeu ana uWln-
died, so. does the home market
shrink and contract, and lose its
value and importance. 1t is tile
active use Of money which
brings together and coneen-
trates the products of the earth
to be manufactured and convert
ed into such form and condition
that they may be sold for money,
bartered or exchanged for other
articles, to repay and compen-
safe the labor and transpOrta-
ton that has been expended, OF
bestowed III the process of man
ufacture or placing on the mar
ket.
It's the duty of every people
to make available all sources of
production and consumption, and
to open all districts of trade and
comperce practicable, and COM
pete with rival peoples for the
business that is equal between
them or common to them both.
An available area to be opened
is the valley of Cane Creek, by
the Duck River alley Road, UNI
ting with the Nashville and
Decatur Road at Columbia, and
making a direct and continuous
route from Fayetteville to Nash
vile and the northern cities.
1t is not so much the future
that SHOULD absorb the attention
of the people Of Lincoln cOm-
ty as the present. When labor
ers, manufacturers and mechan-
les do not find their reward and
are not self-sustaining, it be-
hooves the capitalists, property
holders and enterprising citi-
zcns TO exert themselves, and
risk their time and money III
methods that will keep up man
ufactures and make a market for
their products, as it were upon
new territory.
How injudicious and demon
alizing it would be to the landed
and commercial interests Of the
county, if the mechanic and Ia
borer are compelled to migrate
to other places, for the reason
that there is no work or susie
nance for him and his family,and
when the mechanic and laborer
leaves, the butcher, store-keep-
er, doctor and many others go
also, and when once gone their
places Will be supplied but slow
ly, if at all.
The late panic and distress,
like all others which have pre-
coded, has had a termination;
and although SOME business men
and capitalists may feel that
they are struggling under heavy
responsibilities, yet so long as
their credit is unimpaired they
should promptly and with one
accord organize and put in prac-
ticable shape any scheme that
will give work, hope and conf
dence to the laborer, mechanic
and merchant, that they may
have the means Of living and
the comforts of life increased at
cheaper rates and in conformity
with decreased labor and wages.
Every year we see many fam
lilies leaving Lincoln county and
seeking the Western States and
territories. where food is, alum
dant and cheap and labor will
find its reward, if not in money
certainly in that which will APP
pease hunger, and the only RENE
dy to prevent migration and the
depopulation Of the county is to
provide labor and cheap living
at home, retaining a home bred
population with all the ties Of
family and friendship binding
them together, with their reli-l
gious and political ideas fixed
and permanent. And how much
better to retain such a popula-
ton than to bring in strangers
to fill the void. One Of the
most effective methods to bring
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