Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-21
TaE OLD CRY OF HARD TIMES.
Real Condition and Prosperity
or Southern Interests.

The old cry, HARD times, marc
times" is heard again, and | am truly.
truly sorry to say, is in the mouths Of
too many of our good people, and al
the same time not a shadow Of a cause
for it. What more can we ask? Look
for a moment how our fair southern
country has been blessed for the past
year, and still look ahead at our glori.
Gus and bright future. All we have tC
do is 20 wait and watch and be true tC
ourselves. The bud is bursting, the
bloom will soon open out in all iti
beauty and fragrance, and the rich
ripe and golden fruit will soon be
ready to drop into our hands if only
open to them, and at the same time
the whole civilized world is a%nxiously
waiting, with its overloaded banks, to
take from our hands the rich products
of our country at a full and remunera,
tive price, and the products that nc
other country on earth can furnish.
The past year we have made full
c%rops-over six million bales of cotton
and have obtained fair prices for the
same. Our grain and supply crops
have been fully satisfactory, andpvices
we'll maintained on every article we
have to place on the market.
We have been blessed with good
health in our broad southern land.
immigration we see freely coming in
both from the northern states and the
old countries, and are being happily
and comfortably located among US
And now we will only 'ooka little fur.
Their ahead and see what is in store
for us. From Texas to Virginia We
have in every single state the richest
deposits Of coal, iron and copper, al
we'll as the most precious metals, al
calmly sleeping, and waiting for ready
and willing hands to reach out anC
grasp their rich treasures.
Stop one moment more, and listen
to the roar of the millions of horse.
power of idle, wasting waters, passing
over the thousands Of rocky falls un-
trlmmelled,'and unused-lost forever,
to rest quietly in the sea. But we can
proudly look to the progressive states
ofGeorgia, South and North Carolina.
and SEQ a portion of Gods greatest gift
to man-water, land especially as a
motive power) utilized. See the grand
and majestic mills of the Eagle
& Phoenix manufacturing COM
pany, at Columbus, Georgia,
with their tens of thousands Of
spindles and looms, giving remunera-
tive employment to over 5000 of our
poor, destitute southern white people.
What a blessingl The goods of these
mills meet with a rapid and ready sale
in every state in the union. Go to
Atlanta. There you find a mammoth
cotton factory, with the most improved
machinery of every kind, running day
and night, and a month behind in or
ders. They are manufacturing a very
superior goods, and giving employment
to over 1000 hands. This establish
ment is in a thriving and most pros
porous condition. On to Augusta
and there you find three ponderou'
cotton mills, doing an immense work
employing 5000 hands with good
wholesome work. Still further on, al
Graniteyille, South Carolina, you sec
the GIaniteville manufacturing com.
pany's mills, large and extensive
works, employing a large number o.
hands, and working night and day
Still 20 on to North Carolina and you
will find six large ami progressive cot.
ton mills, all on full work and run.
ming day and night.
The most prominent of the North
Carolina cotton factories are the new
mills on Baw river, established by g
w. Swepson. His entire machinery
was made in England and especially
for his factory, and his goods are sale
to be the handsomest and most perfecr
made in the ,tate. His mills are ruI
day and night, and he finds ready sale
for all his goods in New York.
And now | wish to say what q few
live, active and energetic men of tn,
south can do in cotton manufacturing
Why can't it be indefinitely extended.
We have the raw material, We hay'
the water power, we have the Willing
labor, all at our very Doors; o al
we ask is the head-the leader. VIII
next will step up and pluck the rich
ready aud ripe fruitY Come up likr
men, and don't sit down and cry "harC
times, hard times" any longer. 1t i
unnatural it is unmanly. There i
no such thing as hard times in GU
prosperous, fruitful south.
Wewill look a little further to th,
iron interests ofrich Tennessee. Their,
are furnaces turning out Thousands 0
tons Of the very best iron, and RivinI
employment 10 thousands Of ready an'
willing men, aud paying handsom
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