Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-07-26
Diversified Industries and Farming.
baltimore Manuf,cturlnr R.corI.

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baltimore Manufacturing Record.
| Mr.. Is VI. Turnrr, nf JnIiislnr
Wilt. tia writing Ia the Mnhru
Advertiser, Forsyth, Cha, yer,
l0intetiiy shows tlEe disadvantage
untier which the Southern farmer
labor la having nn gnod hOm
market for all their products, ex
cept for the leading crops, like cot
ton, corn, ne hut he points nut u,
way of escape from this trouble. liz
says: at Is sheer folly Tor peopII
to manufacture nm articl, for whici
there is no demantI, no matter how
desirable the article may he in itsel
or how cheaply IL may be produced
And no matter how badly an editor
or other man may want u hal
pound OF butter when company
unexpectedly drops in to tea, u does
| not and cannot prove that there carl
ever be steady or paying demand
for food supplies where seventy-twO
out every one hundred of the popu-
lation are engaged In agricultural
pursuits and the mau who puts
his money in 1t, except in rare aud
exceptionally y favored circumstances
aud situations, is not likely to ever
see it again."
Now there Is only one way in
which this condition OF affairs can
be improved, and that we have re-
peatedly pointed out-the building
up Of the manufacturing aud min
Ing interests of the South. A good
home market for their poultry, their
dairy products, trucking, &c., would
at once revolutionize the farming
interests OF the Southern States. In
stead OF giving all his time and at.
tention to cotton, the Southern far
mer, in connection with his family,
would give more attention To max
ing good butter-aid there is no
country In the world possessing su-
periOr advantages for this business /;
his poultry yard would become an
object OF interest and ofmuch profit;
vegetables and fruits would be more
largely cultivated, and under these
changed circumstances there would
be marked improvement In the
financial position OF Southern iar-
mers. 1t is hardly overstating IL 10
say that the greatest need Of the
South independent Of any other
effect that such a state Of affairs
would have, Is the building up OF a
hume market for farm protlncts
for in this liesthe hope OF Southern
farmers, and without it there can
be no great improvement in their
condition. When the time comes
that farmer at the South can al
ways sell his truck, poultry, eggs,
&C., at fair prices, the redemption
of Southern farmers from the all
cotton and all debt curse will be nj
hand. We know personally OF one
of the faireSt sections OF the whole
South-n part OF the great valley OF
Virginia, land of vast resources,
where, up 10 the building OF the
Shenandoah Valley Road, two years
ago, and the consequent opening up
OF new markets and the building up
Of extensive Industrial interests, the
farmer could only get 8 cents. II
dozen for his eggs and about 10
cents pound for butter that could
not be surpassed. And in many
portions OF the South the prices for
such things are equally AZ low, and |
that too, when they ure traded off !
at country stores for goods on which |
heavy profits are made. IInmigra-
tion Of agriculturalists TO the South
Is not SO much needed as immigra-
lion OF other kinds OF labOrers, for
the former would merely increase |
The production without making any |
increase in the CON
of foodstuffs. 1t il not |
fOod producers, but food CONSUMERS,
fOr which the South - suffering.
How shall they be secured ? il The |
great question:, OF more vital import
ince to everyone interested in the
Welfare Of the South than NIL the
ondly cherished political preiudices
VI the past against a protective tariff.
Build up all over the South such
lives OF human industry as Roanoke,
Birmingham, Admission, Atlanta,
md dozens OF other such places, and
catier all over that fair land great
ind small manufacturing enter
lrises, and the important work will
)e accomplished. Then, and not
Until then, there will be a home
market for all the products Of the
arm. Already we see the begin
ling of this mighty change, ana if
he people Of the South will only
onsent to Use the same means for
building up their section that has
such wonders fOrthe Nurth
nj West-a judiciOus protective
arifF-they will in a few years find
heir laud the richest under the sun.