The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-09
TIE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF
EAST TENNESSEE.
Rosorsviue Press and rimsa.I


great country, and her people d
thriving and prosperous people 10
the near future, cannot be doubted
Not that we believe her natural re-
sources better than uthOseofmany 9th.
7 or countries, but because Of a happy
combination Of circumstances favor
able to her interest have come. aud
the fogyisms, misconceptions and
false notions ofother generations are
rapidly passing away.
/ The old idea that ono section Of
country is naturally much more fave
orable to financial prosperity and
thrift than another has hccn iast
giving away during the last twenty
years % the more modern and en-
| iightencd theory that there f. AN
equilibrium iu the natural resources
Of the various countries and that tho
difference is entirely owing o. the
extent to which thoy have boon do
| velOpcd. and not to the oncaided WAY
i'm which God has bestowed bis Gins.
| From the earliest history of the
white race In East Tennessee down
To the b0yhood of the writer. many
Of our substantial citizens. with
many more Of the lower class. wear.
~ pulled up stakes and took m
their journey 20 "the Indiana. atho
! Missouri, the Arkansas. or some
other promised lane" which they
expected TO find flowing with milk
and honey, To return after wears OF
rowing, dissatisfied, dcmoralizcd and
completely exhausted. 90 .frittor"
out life Of u-clCssncEs and poverty.
But these repeated failures have not
been without their virtuos-ihcv
have been the school Of experience
I'm which q great many have been
taught, as they could not huv, been
anywhere else. that 10 Is rot the
country that makes the mgu hutfhp
man that makes the country. We
hear uu moro u. these ru.iUn cara
vans Our pc"p., rD.,...ius down
and becoming Cor.unO,l mH na#
porous Truly. 20 "nu..n.l n..I
.s continued feast. r.. u..k m.#.
taI. but b. ia the 4'rg.. n.H-nufmH.y
physical t.a-.s. To iag. ..Iu.u
degree OF Drnfy.'m.u' aul fEm,u...
Of purpose i- as essential To- uugu.
cia. prosperity as breathing is nIiy
~Usteuanco of animal life.
But then This is only one extreme
There is another Just the opposite uf
the one above alluded to. which is
quite as paraIvzing 20 industry and
development For many years our
fOroiathcrs seemed 10 know Of but
one method of doing businrzs. and
that was the one their fathers grand
fathers and great grandfather adop-
ted before them. They tied the pillow
to the horses tail. grubbed with
wedding hoe, sawed their lumber
with the whip saw. and raised corn
and hogs, and hogs and corn, and
carried out the rest of the grand
daddic' programme. But through
the many rcvoIutiDnizing influences.
to-wit: The press, the fairs, tho
stock association, the examples Of
the fcw who did not believe iu the
"stand still policy, we now have
stirring, energetic, thrifty class Of
farmers, who read and think and cx.
pertinent and profit thereby. We
no longer see such vast fields oicuru
and such drOvcs 0f swine. but 'n-
stead thereof lowing herds AMI
blcalng folds crown an the bin tops,
and vast waving fields of wheat and
the other smaller grains which tend
70 revive the soil, cover the extend.
ed bottoms and river lands.
Thus, 10 is seen that two OF tho
classes, which have heretofore bcpn
only elements Of weakness and thc
bane OF public prosperity, have bg.
come selfsustaining, and even help
ers Of those TO whom they have pro.
viOusly been but burdens. Those
who SO apuy characterize the "rou
stone or the rowing discontcntcd
ones who are always expecting 90
make q "ten strike" by some chance.
are comparatively few, and those
have always opposed improvement
and necessary stops toward advance
ment in matters Of public concern.
and played the role Of "sitting her"
in all their private affairs, though
more numerous than the former
class, are rapidly decreasing and
very soon must unayOidabiy fall iu
with the masses and become aids iu
the great work ofinproyemout
Leaving out an other cousi.Ig..
tion5, these influences considered.
must drive one tD thecouclu-iou tha.
East Tennessee Is ou The highway
to prosperity and q high degree OF
Development But there arc otber
which, II fpossibic, are moro poleu,
chan these, For many years tho
Northern and Eastern States hayc
been an Cuterpri-iug thriving. pros
porous people in all tho undcriak
ing5 in which they have engaged
the mineral and manufacturing re-
sources of their country being great.
er than those Of agriculture, thcy
have sent thousands of educated,
thrifty farmers TO the West and
Northwest to embark ia the avoca-
ton Tor Whlch lholr pecuhaf Ialua
ing best fitted them, while the vari-
Gus generations Of bred mechanics
have found ample scope for the graf
itication of their wishes in their pc
culiar line, and have stayed at home,
but the cup is getting almost full,
and must soon overflow. Tho min
eral and mechanical resources viii
soon be supplied with al tho me
chanical skill and muscle necessary
10 their successful operation. Their
surplus brain and muscle must g
elsewhere. Their surfeited, fleece
grown purses must be emptiod where
a Just return can be had. East Ten
nessee, with her exhaustloss beds Of
iron, zinc and copper; her immense
,t,..f,a % r.,uvl.1n coal nvtH g.sfnn hon