The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-12-01
OUR OPPORTUNITY.
The Scheme to Build up Our In
dustries and Country.

A letter from Maj. Sykes informs
us that Col Colyar, DR.. Hawkins
and himself will be in Pulaski VI on
day and that Col. Colyar and DR..
Hawkins will make speeches. Mai.
Sykes has drawn the form of a con
stitution for county immigration
societies which he will present at
the meeting. The following ex
tracts from his recent letter to the
Fayetteville Observer explains
briefly the plan of operation:
By organizing immigration societies
in each county and putting them in
communication with the State Commits
sioner of a Agriculture, Statistics and
Mines, much good may be done. Those
who wish to communicate with the
commissioner in regard to procuring
labor or selling and leasing lands could
do so through the secretary of their
| county society.
If your people desire a meeting we
can have one at any time you wish. Eli
Their DIR. Hawkins or myself or some
other person connected with the move
ment will be present. 1t is useless to
secure immigrants unless our people
desire them or make the proper efforts
to get them.
DIR. Hawkins and Col. Colyar are
both men of large experience in the
matter they are to speak about
and their ideas here Monday should
be closely watched and an effort
made to materialize them. Giles
county can offer very great induce
ments to immigrants, and her riches,
resources and position all conspire
to make this suitable manufactur
ing center. There is nothing like
taking the tide at its flood-grasp
ing opportunities as they present
themselves. We all know the zeal
and vim with which Mai. Sykes
prosecutes project in which he is
interested. He has entered the
work in hand with more than ordi-
nary earnestness and if we come to
his aid we shall see great results.
This matter will probably wear a
visionary aspect to most of US who
have been Flooding so long that
we have forgotten what enterprise
is, but to the man who has been
reading the papers for the past few
months and who has seen the
strides being made by various sec
tons at the south, and the "talk"
at the north about the openings for |
capital at the south (talk means
something there), and the actual
influx of millions of money and |
thousands of people-to that man
this scheme is fraught with richest
promise. Communities and towns
and counties elsewhere Of far less |
advantages are going up rapidly. |
We may get into the current. 1t
depends upon the action here Mon
day to a considerable extent. If
the merchants and business men of
Pulaski and the farmers and land
owners of Giles do not attend here |
Monday and seize the plans pre-
scented and push them into execu.
ton, they deserve to see their bust
ness languishing and their lands
protffless. A yankee works for re-
mote results. We languid south
rons will not shoot until the game |
is in sight-most always after 1t
passes out of range. Let's adopt |
the yankee plan once. The immi-
grants will not come Tomorrow
the capital may not come this year.
The results are remote but possible
and probable. 1t is seed sown in
good ground. Every district should
have a representative and if we will
labor and wait we will not have
long to wait if we keep up the labor.
The strongest opposition to pub
lie enterprise in Giles is the apat by |
of our people. The CITIZEN has la
bored in too many fields not to
know this.
WAKE UPl
This Is no dreami
This is not rainbow
1t is a real possibility-aye, prob
ability!
The south, like giant refreshed
from his slumbers, is aroused and
shaking the dust from her gar
ments. The steady tramp of prog
resslis heard. Open your doors,
men of Giles, and let the stranger
in!