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


well adapted for the growth of vegeta-
bIes and fruits, none of which can be
made profitable without home mar
ket / don't know that could say
anything better calculated to illustrate
this idea than to cite you to the manu-
featuring establishment at this place
known as the Spoke and Handle Fac
tory, in which they give employment
to about fifty hands, all of whom have
to buy their supplies from the neigh
boring farmers, and thus home mar
ket is found for all surplus to the .ex-
tent of the demand of the hands en-
ployed in this establishment. 1t is
plain to be seen that the labor is here
sufficient to operate other establish
ments; the material is here in abun-
dance, and all the money realized by
the sales of such establishments is so
much net income to the citizens of the
county and no class of citizens would
be more largely or more Immediately
benefited than that class who produce
something to eat. Now, if We had in
this plateau twenty more such houses
of industry, engaged in manufacturing
needful articles, giving employment to
all the surplus labor, and furnishing a
home market for all your surplus vege-
tables and fruits, and farm products,
how much more prosperous we would
be under circumstances of this sort as
a people.
Young men, to you look as the
guardians of the Commonwealth OF
Tennessee, you who must soon take
upon your shoulders all the frame work
of society and State. 1t is to you
look for the accomplishment of these
desirable objects to which l have
hinted.. But | hold that large pro
portion of the young men of the day
are failures. | admit too many oi
them are but my young friends, the
reason of these failures is that they un
dertake too much thut they-do'not un
derstand, and success becomes doubtful
Another reason is, that they do not ap
ply the necessary study and labor il
perfecting practical plans and in carry
ing them out in detail. To put tn,
idea in plain English, so as to be clearl,.
understood, | believe laziness 70 be a
the bottom of more failures among
young men than any other cause.
,, have frequently heard young me-
whining and grumbling about lack Q
appreciation, inability to find congenia
employment, and signing for capita
upon which to do business. That sor
i of bosh may always he set down as pur
: unadulterated laziness. American q
: MUS is the ability to work and tn
9 courage to dig up, and the youth VIII
% creates permanent success as a ia
Z mer, a mechanic, manufacturer, or as
u merchant, goes to work at whatevC
% his hands find to do with spirit of el
Io durance and determination and stick
bilty that will take no denial short
. complete success. Whatever has to
done is done with such eficienc,
promptness and dispatch that all re-
ognize his true worth. and his servic
are at once in demand, and the wor
~ is ready to push him higher up the la
~ ~ der of complete and perfect succes
y y Rest assured, young man, that the wor
!, will give you full credit for all you a
worth, and many times far in excess
" yo1r true merits. The men who
:. around mourning their incipient m
=. takes, expecting the respect and GOO
" will of their fellow-men and riches
= hunt them up, will be sadly disappoil
~ ed. The multitude of names and big
'' sounding phrases given to comm
D. everyday laziness causes me to alm'
loose faith in the recuperative capaci
is of the present generation. If there
ms anything more useless or ridiculous
81 the face of the earth than a robu
an lazy man, waiting for the world to ST
We its work and help him to a competen
TIL | have never seen it. The fact is, p
SIN pie place very fair valuation on eg
et- other, or rather the aggregated jut
its ment of the world is not far from ris
oes in most cases. Men, whether young
ces old, are as often overrated in the g
or eral market as they are underrat
We and while the young man may feel
No wonderful power and genius which
IbO imaUines he possesses. the cold-bloo,