Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-02-24
Hon. Asa Faulkner.

In almost all communities there are
some good and useful men, whose use.
fulness and public enterprises are felt
and acknowledged by all. Since the
days of Gen. Smartt there has been,
perhaps, no other man in this commu-
nifty who has contributed more to ad-
vance public and private enterprise and
promote the general prosperity of this
community than the venerable father
and benefactor whose name heads this
article. Few men beginning the battle
of life as did Mr.. Faulkner, without
means and with limited education, have
accomplished more good or done more
to promote the general prosperity OF
the country than he has. While his
prime object may have been to better
his own condition and that of his fam
ily, he has so used and expended his
money, as he made it, as to give EN-
ployment and support to a large num-
Der of widows and orphans and others
dependent upon their daily labor for
support of themselves and families.
All, the rich and the poor, of this com
munity, as well as the public treasury,
have been largely benefited by Mr..
Faulkner's money so oliberally expended.
To him we are indebted for nearly all
the manufacturing establishments III
this county. He has not only devoted
his whole life to. the study and build
ing up of the manufacturing Interests
of the State, but he has educated s
large family of sons, nearly all O
whom are practical machinists and sue
cessfully engaged in manufacturing
Although Mr.. Faulkner is now in thu
eighty-second year Of his age, he i
still actively engaged in manufacturing
and is the leading spirit in the CRANE
: movement to establish the Great Fall
Manufacturing Company at tn
great falls Of the Caney Fork river il
this county. We hope he may live t
see this, the grandest enterprise of hi
life, under full head@ay.
y We have recently read a little pan
r phlet published in the STANDARD O
flee in 1881, containing some of tn
speeches of Mr.. Faulkner during tn
years 1S74-78 inclusive. We fin
y these speeches very interesting an
=. profitable to read. While Mr.. Faull
e ner has given nearly all his years
y the study of manufacturing, he hi
r IS evidently given some thought to agr
is cultural pursuits. His speeches sho
If high degree Of sound, practical cor
mon sense. The following is the clio
10 ing remarks of one of them. Subjec
It. OUR TRUE ROAD TO FUTURE PRO
is PERITY.
n, Now, my brother Grangers, there
ur another branch of our duty as citlze
that we must turn our minds and ply
. cal efforts to accomplish before we CT
be a prosperous and happy people. v
must diversity our pursuits so as to ut
ize all our labor; for hold as atrui'
20 worthy of all acceptation that the
fective labor of any community Is
material and true wealth. What dc
IN, our vast patural wealth or resour,
css benefit us until they are utilized
brought into activity by labor. '
- must labor all of us, at something.
e, people can be prosperous people W
are an exclusive agricultural peoT
p from the fact that all the labor Of a
'ue community cannot be employed in
.[F e. riculture. We must build up mai
ola featuring industries in our midst.
m, will benefit us in various ways. Itv
Of Of employ all our surplus labor; it
enable Us to manufacture many usC
Isic and nSsSul articles that we now
NJ. abroad, and thus stopping the consi