Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-12

growing in profuslon in our forests. We
have zlrc, marble, granite, kssiin, copper
and lead. We raise cotton ami grow wool,
the basis Of nearly all the textile fabrics worn
Oy our people. Yet. with all this raw mate
nal around Us everywhere, with all the po-
tentlal agencies of our streams and cur
coal teids we have been content to send
abroad tor nearly all orr implements
OF agriculture and the mechanic arts, for
nearly all cur clothing, and for 4 thousand
articles which might be made with profit at
home Just look at tie list. We import
from other States all our reapers, mowers,
tTeshers and engines, all of our chains, axes
shCvels, spades, hoes, rakes, forks. wire,
sheet iron, iron piping, hinges, scythes picks,
wlllow-ware and rope, and even our AK ard
pIck-haDdies and wagon spokes, most OF cur
plows, brooms, furniture, fire-grates, stoves,
and cOrn-shellers; but where shall this breath
less catalogue end? Why even the plume
that waves IN graceful beauty from the bon
nets Of your wlvee and daughters; the jewel
ry that bedecks their persons; the fringe
that, zephyr-hke hangs in wavy masses and
graceful folds from their dresses, ali are the
products of the brain, skill and genius of
other States and countries. This condition Of
affairs ought to be changed, and to effect this
change Is the object of this bill, for which
crave your most careful consideration. Let
US encourage manufactures. Let US encourage
and invest their money N the development
of tn boundless resources of tins State, ana
we shall theu have an era OF prosperity, such
as the most saugulne would wish for. l can
not do better, think, to illustrate the force
of my argument, than, at this stage, to quote
the words of the commissioner of agriculture,
statistics and mines. from the biennial report
for the years 1876. No matter what gen.
tlemen may think about the bureau over
which Mr.. Killebrew presldes, l think his
utterancess in this regard are such as must
command the attention of all thoughtful Ten
nesseans. He says (pages and OF the re-
port: There are three great elements In the
industrialal economy of our people, namely
the agricultural, the manufacturing and
the commercial. States are prosperous just
IN the proportion In which the equilibrium
between these Is secured. To foster agricul-
ture alone is not to encourage 1T at all, Ce;
cause it only makes farmers the competitors
of one another. Their labor becomes I'M
profitable; their crops brought to market,
the farmers themselves undertaking each
other with the limited numbers of customers
which they may have. The use of corn for
fuel IN the west Is an unerrlng sign that, IN
the Mississippi valley at least, too many are
engaged IL farming, aud the equilibrium
spoken OF does not exist. The low price
of nearly every farm product in our State re-
suits from the same cause The Wisest poll
cy, beyond question, IS to increase the num-
Der OF those not engaged IN farming, but
who must live on the products of the farm,
and pay for them. But this class should be
engaged IN productive industry. oilers
would prove a curse, and would do nothing
TO create those articles which the farmers
need and must have, and which, unless made
at home, must be imported, with the traders
freight and transportation added" This prins
ciple was enumerated by DIR. Franklin before
the foundation OF our government. Writing
from EOgland, be said: Every manu!ac-
turer, encouraged In a country, makes part
of market for provisions within ourselves,
and saves SD much money TO the country, as
must otherwise be exported to pay for the
manufactures he supplies. Here in Eng
land, he continues, ut Is well known and
understood that whenever any manufacture
Is established, which employs number of
hands, 1t raises the value CT lands in the
neighboring country all around It. 1t seems,
therefore, the interest OF our farmers and
owners OF land TO encourage our young man
utaltures 10 preference to foreign ones"
General Jlca son, with That intuition for
which he was 50 remarkable, p0inted'out the
remedy Tor depressed agriculture in a letter
TO DE-. Coleman, IN which ne said: Common
sense points cut the remedy. Draw from
agriculture the superintendent labor and em-
lioy It In mechanism and manufactures,
thereof creating a home market for YOUR
NetNobullcB anu tiiSLAlbulLIE tdDOT 10 Il IQOE6
profitable account, and benefit to the country
Will result. Take fron, agriculture In the |
u nlted States sl4 hundred thousand men
women and children, and you at once give /
home market fCr more breSdstutfS than ali |
England now furnishes. And this is not |
all. The Importation of foreign goods would |
be stopped, and that employment which our |
peol lie so much need would be found in our !
2wn country, resulting in an increase Il !
wages, IL the diminution of crime avnseduant !
upon ldieness, and IN the general Prosperity |
Of the whole country"
Mr.. Speaker, let us encourage manufac- |
lures, and within ten years, | am confident, |
ne will have paid off the State debt without |
ceiling 1t, and will have proven to the world |
hat we are disposed to do what IS right. Let /
IS leave politics aside when we declare we |
mean to take care Of and to legislate for the
'esG interests OF the people. Let the rail-
Dads alone Ooly for them whom we ia-
1ted here, the State of Tennessee would still
De bowling wilderness. Northern men
say, "Oh, we can't live in the
outh, because the people don't want US
nat Is mistaken idea, based upon the false
representations of demagogues, false lead
RS. We want northern men here; we want
zen from every cline, no matter who they
e, who bring with their intelligence respect
billty and energy, and who can assist us to
eveiop the hidden treasures Of this beaati-
ii country.
Ia conclusion, Mr., Speaker. [ believe in
~ heart that any measure designed To en-
1Ura2e the establishment of manufactures
| this State, for which there is such a large
nd most favorable field. will meet the hearty
oproval OF the we'll thinking and sincere
lends OF this State, and Will not fail to
axe its beneficial effects felt in a marked !
egree before many years pass by. / ask |!
lie members to Tote for this measure. and
ley will have done that which will be a
sting credit to themselves and an incalcula-
e benefit 10 tine State of Tennessee