Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-20
B THE, soUTH's GREAT NEED.

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Iagy tsiW lai1 t--g3aEn rsgrBuv I
a Wise Protective Policy the Only Hope
& boa the South. q i.ed |
| what Mr., Noble, Of Annisson, Ala, says
We have persistently, withou
ever faitering, Iabnred for the goos
OF the south; and feeling assuret
tthatf the future Of that section de
pended upon q wise protective pol
icy, we have urged It's, iinportancs
upon the people of. the South be
| iieving It to3beA eqdalIy' as Necessary
to the prosperity ofulfe farmers i.
Of the manufacturers, as-a.ze IA /
We are glad to know. that there
are so many or the abIest men of ths
south who, holding as we edot that pro
lection is essential to- the prosperity
of their country, are trying to, I'M.
press this truth on those, around
them. Among tlie number is Mr..
Samuel Noble, o o. qAnnistona We
know of no man in the whole south
who has a betterright to, speak upon
this subject 1t is TO him that Ala.
banla is indebted for Admission and
all its thriving fiidustries-a ntowh
THAT is in many respects unequaled
in, this country Mr.. Robert II.
Porter has written OF Anniston that
"It is d pretty town, situated among &
the rich mineral hills OF the State,
and boasts an neutrality-suspicious.
of 5, 900, who, as II whole, are better
fed, better clothed and better housed
than the Inhabitants OF any town ih
the South. Anlnistonfis 8 new'town.
Its, entire historylc0veEs bnt ,0neode-
cade, Ten ,yearssago il was q cotton
field, the ruins OF a worn out moss
grown blast furnace being the only
indication OF Manufacturing. Before
the adyentIM diversified Industries, |,
the country was so. poor thai no ONE
could be found 10 pay the home
land. In 1873, Samuel Nobie,i a ma
tive of Corn wall, England, started
a blast furnace at this point to max e
charcoal !, iron., IT prospered, and
since then two additional charcoal
furnace have been erected. Next q
iarge cotton mill was added to give
empIoyment 10 the. daughters OF the
MIXERS and mechanics. Car. wheel
works, rolling mills and foundry
followed, and lastly, a freight car
manuiactory, besides numerous mi
nor industries. Now Admission has
well laid out streets, with growing
shade trees, public squares, opera
house, business blocks of the most
substantial order, "a national bank,
and the most comfortable homes for
working people that can be found
anywhere. The best Queen Anne
inn yet built in Aneric;. will be
open for the public this year; 1t will
cost $40, 900, and the inside decora-
tion / was told viii be equal to any
hotel in New York. There Is. an
armory for training the boys in
walking and the use OF arms, and
good public schools. With the last
few weeks Mr.. Noble has headed, d
for $40, 900 TO cndOw q
normal school. Other public spir-
tied men have followed, and work
on the new school building is begun.
About $500 persons are engaged in
gainful occupations, and their wages,
vary from 81 to SO, and, in some
cases, So a day. Many Of these
working people. calOred and white,
formerly livedin one wretched room
of an, old log house. To-day they
live in well furnished three or four
room houses, carpets on the floor,
on the windows, and sub
stantial furniture throughout their
The diversified indus
A i.,fx h.lxy M h q
value OF land until, instead of going
begging for some one to pay the
fee Oi$l4 for 80 acres, ii
now sells from $500 TO $4,000 an
acre within the corporate limits, and
the farming country around Is now
worth $25 an acre. f42a55a silJ 4
Now the man who has planted
that town must surely feel a deep
interest in the South, and must un. !,
derstand something OF its needs. /
He Is a Democrat, but II is needless
to say that he is firm believer in
The American systen of protection,
hat he attributes the rapid develop
ment OF Admission to protection, and
That he firmly believes Its decline
and fall would follow should the
rec trade or 'tariff for revenue" doc
!rine of the politicians prevail. Mr..
Noble, i'm n late interview with Mr..
Porter Of the Phlladelphla Press, 4
Justly claims that the men who, like
are building up the South,
developing its resources, adding
millions and tens of millions Of dol
ars to its wealth, opening up profit
able employment to thousands OF
and giving farmers home
markets for their produce, receive
out little encouragement from
Southern statesmen, and not much
rom many Southern papers. He
says: ..ssma. a |
"Our statesmen and press are new
er tired of talking and writing about
DUR enormO Gus mineral resources, the
fertility of our soil, the wealth and
,plendOr of our climate. They say
bring your money, bring your
Orains', and then denOuncc lIS, as
takers OF blood money as 'men !
enriched by the aims OF the govern
ment,' as robbers fattened by fed
arai legislation at the expense az the
planter and the consumer, tho very
men who have brought about the
dawn of better times to the south
In short, they advocate a ap0licy that
will bring certain and absolute ruin
10 every Manufacturer i'm their
midst, as well as impoyerish the la
Dor of our country" 4
In speaking of how the tariff helps
the planters, Mr.. Noble said ''The
duty Is levied for the benefit oil, the
artisan, the laborer and tin, planter,
who are benefited by prote etion
one hundred fold more than The
n0anufaeturer.5 For example, not
long ago, when i was Ia Europe, II
found in Austria The managers Of
twolof the finest charcoal furnaces /
ever saw receiving sixty cents per
days for the same service we were
81 800 a year. The men at
work In the fiines received from
TO Stweniyzeights cents
per day; while women, who were
as coarse and weather beaten and
hard tf6atured as the men, and could
Only bedisfingaished fr0inthem bye
the ahost WOODEN shirt and bonnet
they wores received about twenty.
cents. In the Austrian, capital j
found That the women dug the cell