The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-06-08

PlaCe III 1oO4, properly InCreaSeU IN
value during that year and the sub
seqpent year from $147, ,S39,194 in.
1854 to $I77, ,999, ,SS8 in 1856. Very
few public improvements are now
Z Jan progress, but if our men. who
have moneylwould make private ims
. provements,l would build houses.
make fencesY put up good bapnsand
j stables, to say nothing of erecting
j faetosies, they would not only give
4 employment to labor and relieve the
country,s but they, would greatly |
l greatly benefit themselves. sl.i.im Il
1 EAST, MIDDLE AND WEST TENNESSEE.
Io.bThe Immigration into tennessee
will be very gradual and steady, and |
EilaeOnsist mainly of men of some |
! pecnniary means who are seeking a |
better climate, removed from the I
bitter cold of the extreme north,
Land is too high priced and too
valuable in many PORTIONS of Mid
die Tennessee for men of no peeu
MARY ability or but very small to |
become purchasers. Such could
only 60 into those regions as labor
ers, or renters of land. The west
ern portion of the state furnishes
more inducements to agricultural
immigrants whose means are limi-
ted, because lands are cheaper and |
at the same time fine producing |
lands. However, there are portions
of Tennessee in which lands are |
very cheap in proportion to their !
valueaa The water power, coal
mines and deposits of iron are what |
make Middle Tennessee so desira-
BILE for immigrants with capital, or
skilled labor. In no state could |
better Investments be make than
in Middle and East Tennessee for
manufacturing purposes. 1t is also |
splendid stock country, In the
county in which live (Maury) |
more mules are fed than in any 9th
er county in the United States.
This Information derive from one
of the largest and most successful
mule raisers in the world. 1t is al
so fine cattle and sheep country.
With the same kind of cultivation
they have in the northwestern
states, Tennessee would equal any Of
them per acre in the production Of
corn and not be far behind them
in wheat and other grain crops. In
addition to this she has cotton, to-
baeco, and fine winter pastures.
Rn.al HEALTH oE TENNESSEE.
In point Of health she could not
be excelled. 1t is true that yellow
fever has been in Memphis but this |
was in the extreme western part of
the State, not ten miles from the
state line, and has extended only to
few spots in the neighborhood of
Memphis and by accident. if not
neglect and carelessness, to Chatta
noogH. With proper precautions 1t
ought not to come again to Mem
phis, and certrinly ought not to be
permitted to spread. 1t would pay
| the state of Tennessee to protect
the health of Memphis regardless of
cost, for an injury to Memphis is, In
this respect, an injury to the whole !
| state. 'tAn. ounce of prevention is
worth pound of cure" should be
our motto.
In other portions of the state the |
health is remarkably good, and the
lclimate delightful. - 1-' "'" -''a |
TAXATION IN TENNESSEE /
In order that persons desirou"' r
cornine TO rreunessee may know
what taxes we. have to pay, VIII
give them, and compare them with |
those of other states. The state
tax at this time is forty cents on
the hundred dollars of assessed
property. Onefourth of this
amountis applied to school purpos-
es, and expended in the counties
| in which it is collected. Thirty !
cents is to be applied to the pay
ment Of the interest on the public
debt and the expenses of the state
government. The county, road, and
| school taxes in the counties amount
Ion an average, to fifty cents on the
hundred dollars. One thousand |
dollars of personal property in the
hands of each person is exempt |
from taxation, and all poll taxes
are devoted to free schools. aii L
| 1.-THE state tax has since been re- |
duced to 80 cents.--ED. "a nam |
lroThe entire state revenue in Ten |
nessee at this time, only amounts
/ to 100000 or less, including the |
state tax for schools. In Virginia
] the state revenue amounts to $2,6OO-
1000 and this, as understand, no
| party in Virginia proposes to dis
i turb. Rate in Virginia fifty cents
in Tennessee forty cents. n
| The productions of Virginia were
| far below those OF. Tennessee. In
t1S7O the value Of farm products was
1 $50, 100000 in Tennessee, and in
, Virginia only $4,000, 900, and the
value of manufactures in Virginia
! was $5O,OOO,00O in 1870, and in
} slTennessee $1,000 Pop6la-
in Virginia l,5I2,S ,S06; Tennessee,
-lI,542,463 by the census of 1880.
Il 1t thus appears that the value of
|. productions exceeded those in
, Virginia $l2,O00,000, and it is
? doubtless the same at this time.
: BY the census Of 1880 IT appears
: that the productionsiof Virginia and
/, of Tennessee are as follows; 81
l .f.... TESNEssKE 1c.
! Corn rn.......,.....,.. .62,764, ,429 bushels
Z / Wheat. .......... ..7y33l,3o3
Cotton. .--. .. -ooO,ozt Oa!eS
. Tobacco. ......... 20, ,366, ,062 lbs.
I Iron .76.IO0 tons
G Cotton man1 1..............li ,e99 bales
III hsfa VIR0INIA
. Corn n........... 20,10G,G62 bushels
! Wheat n ,S22 ,bA -