Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-09-20

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n lars, mixed the mortar, carrie,
brick up The scaffold and did tn
hardest and most severe labor, fabo
,e almost wholly delegated to men II
e. this country. A reduction of tn
= = tariff below the danger line nean
n competition with fhis sort III labor
D. :jIIts Is little better In Germany
Il Though return to protection ha'
improved it somewhat. In England
the Cornish miners, driving tnnnel,
In the mines, receive SO TO SIT pei
month, while wo pay $50 to $G5
carpenters, stone-inasons and labor.
ers recei wing less than halfthe wages
we pay In Alabamll' y After point
II Ing out the very general shrinksge
In values. that would follow tariff
reiuction, Mr.. Noble says:
''The south is in no condition to
stand shrinkage. We have but
limited supplies, and we accumu-
!. late but slowly. How can ii be
. otherwise, pursuing, as we have
i dune for nearly century, only one
industry, the cultivation OF the soil, /,
each farmer coming into coinpeti-
ton With his neighbof, all engaged
otin the same pursuit and shipping
the products of their labor thousands
of miles to middle ground, where
8 its came inO Competition with, the
= cheap fellah7 laboro Of Egypt and Of
one hundred millions OF laborers In
India, who are paid a few cents
only a iday?Os Is ii any wonder our
i people are poor ?l1 How can they be
4 otherwise? rs How can they accu-,
mulate anything when, year after
4 year they are butting their heads
against such comPetitiOn--c COMPETE
ton rendered keener every year by
Improved means OF transportation
| in India and shortening and lessen
4 ing risks lbysfwayi 0hfSuez Canal /?
tit is our planters who pay the cost
OF transportation of their product, 4
the handling, waste, loss OF inter.
est in getting to market, and the
transportation and, loss and. waste
and Interest OF what they receive in
\ return. ''iia III fio4'2-ii9 sfu \
q ssThis system hes unprecedented
thefnnTFhey are elto-dayIlittle better
off than the foreign labor with
/ whom they compete. Not one In
ten of our farmers have barely the !
pntcessities, let alone the comforts,
4 i
| SIN d recent trip through the |
south was struck with the power
ty of the people outside the new in 4
dustrial gcenters, where diversified
Industries have changed everything,
although. there are no people on |
this continent that work Harder,
longer hours, throughJheat and cold.
and have. less to show. for il than |
our farmers. / spent two weeks |
lisv fall in q trip through the adj6in 4
Ing counties. The weather was fine I
and.aI did mot see am idle man, /
woman or child. white or black, /
old enough to work. They were |
busy from morning t.li night. nois |
L ssnThe secret OF this trouble Is the I
lack OF diversified industries. :, ! |
| asked farmer whose orchsrd was
dying out why he did not plant
more ltrees9da His reply was tnatlhe
could not sell his fruit and he had
enough for his own. use. Where !
stopped over night saw a largei
flock OF bronzed turkeys ] asked |
the landladyz why she did not sell |
them, She replied, 81 did take a I
wagon load to Town and only could
fget sevenfy-five cents for a gobbler 4
and take lit i'm trade, sol brought |
them home agaip.nf .nfe,,sla,4 ,,,,.y-.5 i
'.This, indeed, tells the story in a 4
| way that every farmer viii UNDER
stand. .lf.ilAAffi8 VfiB ,s.s9 Enda1llA / +
Ilo:Until weabfing the eartisan1toiLhe
door OF the farmer our county and |
people will always be'pOOr. Ii the /
lfarlnerIfBedS the earfisaIi, DE, I'm turn,
will build the Armer'5 house, plas-
ter the walls, paint it, paper it, car
pet the floor. and put in snitab1el
furniture-in short, Will improve
his condition. But our policy has
been to keep the artisaH -,iH the
North and Europe, while we raised
the raw material TO be worked up
into manufactured goods by labor
paid higher wages than our farmers
can earn, and besides having the
help OF mechanical power that did
the work Of millions OF men. cIf I
our state was dotted all over, as the
western states are, with such towns
as Atlanta, Chattanooga, Admissions,
ket at his door, saving time, all
costs and risks, and enabling him
to buy hundred:comiOrts he other |
WI5G IIluSI uO WIIIlOuI. |
)H ",fhe north and west; by availiHg
themselves of the protective policy
OF our government, have establish
ed manufactures everywhere Y on
have brought the farmer and work
ingman together, each working for
and promoting the comfort OF the
other. The result il you have grown
in population, power and wealth,
far surprising anything ever known
IN the history OF any people in the
world. You have Increased your st
purchasing power so that you can
buy anything we have to sell. All
,Europe sends you its surplus man.
ufactures. While we, like u, spoil
cd child, arc pouting and refuse 10
avail ourselves Of the wise legisia-
tion, OF statesmen, who when they
advocated a protective policy, bull
ded better than they knew. 2" IL
g''The only portions OF our state 4
where lands increase in value and =
Our people in prosperity are where
manufacturing goes hand In hand
with agriculture Our people, our (
politicians, are in the same old rut, z
the same old policy OF a, half centu-
ry ago, they will learn nothing by
the past, nothing by what is before
their eyes. We, more than any Is
section of our country, need a pro-
tectiye tariff, one high enough to
keep out every dollar of everything Z
we could manufacture or produce !
at home. ~ ''''-t ~
esWhat we need Is the certainty I
OF the continued system of legisEl-
tion and finance that will bring a
quick and easy exchange Of COM r.
mOdities among our own people;
that is best done by Keeping our 9
money at home. The party who {
forces free-trade or so called rev.
enue reform upon the country, will q
remain in power only till the peO- G
pie can get to the polls TO turn them 9
OUT" 1'''-- "
His Birthday Present.
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