The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-12-17

A sensible Letter from the Master o.
the Ssafe Orange

rctItiitiit VI ttC 1icuuNtiNt hahuo w
Tennessee, TO be found in nearly every
county by permanent citizens, moi
now utilized, is one that presents new
and important features every day.
The more it Is studied the more i'm
portant it appears. 1t Is important
to the taxpayers; it is important to
the healthy growth in morals, IA well
Rs schools, churches and the develop
ment of the rich ores and coal beds of
the State, and the introduction of
manufacturing, and the stimulation it
would offer to the diversity of proiuc-
tons and diversity of employment, all
of which would succeed each other by
the occupation Of the large unwieldy
plantations as they now are, that don't
pay the owners, and are wasting away
in intrinsic value for want of "A permi
nent citizenship and ability to manage
them, who would have common in
'terest and identity with the present
! citizens. If LABOR had encouragement
BY. being offered an ownership in the
lands Oh terms and rates it can pay,
that settles at once the mnch talked VI
Elbo. question as well AS that OF immi
grafton. If We were disposed to over
look this immigration question, with
the active pens Of Charlton, kiile-
brew, and the columns of the Rural
7 Sun, the Grange Outlook, the, indus
trious Union and American and Mem
phis Appeal, the Nashville Banner,
AS well us the Press and Herald ana
Chronicle, of Knoxville, ana the
Chattanooga papers, all watchtnl
guardians of the interests of Tennes-
see, and many other public spirited
: city and county papers Vt the state,
we+would be pOorly at ease with all
these constantly calling our attention,
in their sensible, earnest way, to the
imperative demand for the careful
considerations of the subject. But We
are not disposed to Jet 1t 80 by as a
thing to De unnoticed and unconsider-
ell. Their nIatured thoughts are; en- !
couragements and incentives to stimu-
late thought and action.
And We have been watching with |
impatient anxiety the developments.
They are coming out lii bold reicit. |
The State has taken the initiative and |
let in the light; she has,illuminated the |
pathway. The heimsman is at his
post on duty.
The State has built lighthouse,
and has. perhaps uniatentionally, |
placed a sentinel ca the very top win
dow. The Oranges and farmers clubs. |
now are dotted over the State thick as
the school, houses and churches, are
and can be ready helpers with their
lights, which they can lend 10 come to |
the assistance Of the State, and add |
story to story to that lighthouse, and
till each story with light that shall
shine till all who are looking to our
SOIL or our mines, or our water power,
or our timbers, can surely and safely |
reach an unembarrassed landing III
any part of the limits of Tennessee.
rhe book entitled 1.-The Resources
of Tennessee" the production of the
Agricultural Bureau established 10y the
Legislature, is a lighthouse. The
Oranges, through their secretaries,
and the farmers clubs, through their
secretaries, as well as individuals who
have lands to sell, and are not conven-
lent to, nor connected with, either of
these organizations, can become CO.
workers With the State Agricultural
Bureau.
Unawarcs, doubtless, but neverthe-.
less true, has the State placed Col. j.
Il. kilcbrew "a Secretary of the Bu-
reau, as the watchman, and forced |
him to become her medium Of com-
munication between the cnquiring
hundreds who have capital to invest,
and who could bring labor with them,
ii need be, and whose attention is at
tracted toward Tennessee. by that
book. His fund of knowledge can I've
utilized III the Immigration and labor
Interest, if the effort is made, and /
made properly, while there Is tide.
The tide Is in favor Of the landowner
xho wants TO cut up and sell, or who
wants to sell without sutting up, and
also in favor Of the State, which be-
gins to realize that its future prosperi-
ty lies in energetic skilled labor, and |
in the rapid development of her nat
ural wealth, and whose safety to life,
limb and property, is in the In raj |
and financial thrift of her citizens, who |
are Unidentified with her every inter
est, morally, personally and Pccuniari-
ly.
Letters of inquiry are piling up in
the headquarters of the Agricultural
Bureau, in Nashville, directed to the |
Secretary, Col. j. Is. Killehrew, ask
ing minute statements and information |
relative to lands for sale in Tennessee.
lie gives freely and cheeIfully and |
gratuitously all the information he is
in possession of that his official duties !
will allow. But he is not Informed as
to who has land to sell, nor where it is
lucated; neither has he a minute and
detailed statement as To las precise
quantity and relative surroundings,
socially, morally and educationally Of !
the word is admissible), and the
church privileges or advantages, its
mills and factories, its Goa, or iron, or !
timber and water. and improvement |
in particular, all of which purchasers !
want to know Though he probably |
has more general information on all
these subjects than any other one
man); and all this definite information |
the aforesaid owners can give to the |
Bureau, and it can be placed in "A
book that could be kept there for that |
purpose, 80 that all inquiries could he
answered, rs well as advertisements in
serted, in some journal or journals, |
giving to the public minute and au-
Ihoritative description that would thus
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