The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-03-09

Iof one cent actual investment il
| Giles county, so far as we know
that "Giles county lands will grol
both cotton and blue grass success
fully, fact that is true of but fou
or five counties in the south" A
already outlined, however, and not
withstanding these apparent advan
tages of soil, our location and sur
roundings have made stock raising
even more remunerative, so that /;
farmer can succeed in either direc
ton. But we deem it best to bt
brief and plain in these statements
and not cloud them under toe
many words and amplificstions, and
shall come now directly to speak OF
GILES ooUNTY's FUTURE
Why have not these natural adj
vantages brought about improved
conditions and yielded more fruitsi
This question answers itself in the
mind of any intelligent person &C
quainted with the condition of af-
fairs at the south. We have been
held back. 1t is useless to discuss
the why and hows. The fact exists
and to remedy it is the object of
this effort and the inspiration OF
this address. Our people are ag-
riculturally inclined by long years
practice and education and are
therefore slow to depart from their
old methods. 1t therefore opens
the field of development more wide
ly to others and when the ball is
once started there will be no lack
of local assistance and energy. Our
streams, timbers, location, ETC., are
destined very soon to be brought
into requisition for manufacturing
purposes. We have the supplies
to feed them and the factories will
be located right in the midst of the
demand, so that supply and de-
mand are brought together and no
freight rates eat away the profits.
1t is already being done in limited
way but is constantly and surely
growing. The special point we
wish to impress is the location of
Pulaski with reference to coal and
iron. Sixty miles east of US lie the
Cumberland Mountains with their
axhaustless store of the best coal
in the south, lately developed to an
extent that is astonishing and rep
resenting capital of several millions
invested in furnaces and fOundries.
Twenty to forty miles west of US lie
the finest iron ore beds in Tennes-
see, almost totally undeveloped- be-
cause no railroad penetrates that
region. The Cumberland coal
must be brought to develop the
Tennessee river iron ore. One
hundred miles of railroad will bring
together and develop millions Of
wealth. These facts are known
here and recognized and only lack
of capital has held back the compile
ton of a railroad, part of which has
been located and partly graded but
abandoned for want of means.
An airline between these rich
mines goes directly through Pulas
ki and the products of both will be
brought here upon midway ground
where the Louisville IL Nashville
and Great Southern Railroad offers
transportation and competing rates,
and the result will inevitably be the
building of foundries and factories
here and the general upbuilding of
this already rich country. OF
course this is speculative, but the
development of these interest is on
ly a question of time and a neces
sity that cannot be overlooked or
avoided, and those who anticipate
it will find themselves right in the
midst of sudden development of
wealth that cannot be overesti-
mated.
This much for future possibilities.
If it is a dream, it does no harm to
indulge it, for it does not detract
from our actual sources of wealth
and industrial advantages. We of
fer it not as an allurement but an &C
tuaL probability; but setting it at
naught,and we still can offer advan-
tages to immigrants that cannot be
surpassed anywhere at the south OR
anxiously invite good, Industrious
men to come and locate with us and
they shall receive a cordial welcome.
One word upon a point that op
crates against us. 1t is asserted
and believed by some that a north
ern man will not be received here
cordially nor treated civilly. The
major part of this paper was written
by a northern man and the ideas
he evolves and his personal assever-
ations are a complete refutation to
such silly accusations. Our people
are as civil and law-abiding as-any
upon the face of the globe, virtuous
and tolerant, and any idle tale that
makes them otherwise is without
the slightest foundation. On the
other hand, they are more than anx
ious to welcome industrious men
from anywhere and this association
pledges its faith that every man
who comes to US will receive that
consideration his individual merits
demand and be accorded place
in society and business to which he
is suited, without reference to his
lineage or country.
j. II. MORRIS,
E. L. TALIAFERRo,
THos. B. HARwELL,
LAPS. d. MCCoRD.
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