Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-11-19

Address of the Immigration SOcie
tY OF Middle Tennessee.

|. pare an dUUr6SS 10 the CltlL1QS O1 III
middle counties of Tennessee by til
late immigration convention at ru
: lahoma have submitted the follow
/ ing:
!. Having been appointed by tn
: immigration convention, which rt
I, Gently met at Tuilahoma, to devils
l ways and means to secure immigra
} tion into Middle Tennessee, an
: thereby develop her wonderful rt
Z sources, we have prepared a charte
, of Incorporation for Middle TenneS
see immigration real estate and Ia
, Dor association; the object of whicl
is the encouragement of immigra
q by facilitating the sales of rea
: estate TO immigrants.
This charter is printed, and vii
be submitted to all who are reques
ted to take stock.
, We have also determined, in ad
dition to this, to organize in eacl
J county voluntary associations, no
: incorporated, for the purpose of Ell
cOuraging the immigration into Oul
State of intelligent, enterprising anc
industrious laborers, and the intro.
duction of capital, to utilize our i'm
mense mineral and manufacturing
resources, which have so long from
various causes lain dormant. 1t il
unnecessary to point out in any
elaborate manner the advantages
Of such a movement.
No State in the Union has more
advantages than Tennessee for man
ufacturing and mining. So far as
these are concerned, she is q new
State. She is alike removed from
the malaria of the extreme South
and from the bitter cold of the eX-
treme North.
+ In climate, health and beauty of
scenery, Tennessee cannot be sur
passed.
Every variety of agricultural pro-
duction, except tropical, can be
grown TO perfection Ia Tennessee.
We have the blue grass, which
/ grows so luxuriantly in Kentucky
and other states north of US, and the
cotton plant, which is the leading
production of more Southern States.
We can have evergreen pastures of
blue grass, rye and barley in the
winter and spring, and clover and
the other grasses in the summer and
fall. 1t requires much less amount
of prOVender TO sustain live stock in
Tennessee than in more Northern
States, and on account of climate, or
something else, they do better here
| than in more Southern States. That
we need immigration is apparent
from the fact that out of 25,000,000
acres of land in Tennessee, only
about 100000 are classed as im-
proved, whilst in Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois they have about two
acres of improved land to one that
| is unimproved.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois are all
younger and newer States than Ten
nessee. The productions of these
States, whether we consider farm
products or manufactures, are much
greater than those of Tennessee. So
also is their population.
! For this there is no natural cause,
but it is owing to accidental circum-
stances which may be and should be
changed.
1t is true there is great emigration
from our State, but this is nothing
new. A stream of emigration has
been flowing from Tennessee for six
| ty years or over, when our State
was new and had virgin soil. AL
ALBANIA, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas have been
peopled by her bold and hardy sons.
Thousands of her natives have
found their way to Missouri, Indi-
ana, Illinois and the more distant
states of Colorado and California.
The energy, valor and wisdom of
native Tennesseans have illustrated
the history of all these States.
Notwithstanding this constant
emigration, she has increased since
1910 from 829, ,219 to ], ,542, l63 inhab-
itants.
This emigration is increased by
the fact that we are cultivating the
same lands that we cultivated 60
and 20 years ago, in the same man
ner we cultivated them when they
were fresh and naturally very pro-
ductive.
Nothing but an improved sys-
TEN of agriculture, returning to the
soil as much as we take from 1t, the
substitution of ofclover and the grasses
for the cotton and corn on much OF
our worn lands will restore these
lands to their oriapal productive
ness and prevent emigration of farm
laborers.
But what we especially need is,
the utilization of our immense wat
er power and manufacturing re-
sources.
1t is truly astonishing when we
estimate the vast sums of money
Alc4 n fsrN q ah
year, in the transportation of their
farm products to market. The
amount that would be saved by
manufacturing our cotton and wheat
and by making our agricultural inn
plements would enable US, in a few
years, to utilize all the available
water power in the State and put in
successful operation all our mines OF
coal and deposits of ore.
TO be satisfied of this, we have
only to look to what the compare
lively new States of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Missouri are doing, and
we will see why they are growing
so rapidly in wealth, and improY-
ing in every respect. AS manufac-
tories increase, agriculture will inn
prove. Men who can find mark
ct home for every bushel of apples.
peaches, potatoes and small fruits
they can raise, as well as their corn,
wheat, cotton and animals for
slaughter, will make efforts to inn
prove their lands and to increase its
productiveness.
We now need in Tennessee con-
sumers of agricultural products,
rather than producers, which con-
sumers, however, should not be
drones, but be producers of other
forms of wealth.
1t will be our purpose to make 4
fair representation of the character
of the country, the quality of the
soil, its productiveness and its capa-
bility of improvement, for we do |
not believe in inducing immigrants
to purchase worthless lands incapa- !
Bile of improvement except at vast |
expense. merely because they are
sold at low prices, since nothing
which is worthless is cheap at any |
price.
It should be remembered that |
what is called capital is the result of
the accumulation of judicious Ia
Dor.
Land is capital, so are horses, cat
tie and other live stock. Labor,
whether of a mere muscular kind or !
t.f the intellect, is also capital, and |
there is neither a necessary nor a |
conflict between these
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