The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-06-26
Business Development in the South.

northern people that the southern
: states can never have any consid
o erable material prosperity beyont
the products of their soil. The typ
2 ical antebellum southerner is still
= supposed to cumber the land, to bt
a producer, to wear enormous
. ly-brimmed slouch hats, and tC
! care for nothing but duels anC
/ mint-juleps. If such persons pre-
) vailed in the longago, they are moi
abundant now. The men are wide
awake to the necessity of earning
money, and the ladies no longer
futter their gauzes and ribbon al
''the springs" Almost the entire
population seems to have become
endowed with yankee thrift; and,
as a consequence, while the south
is blossoming as rose, the loom
and anvil are in tull vigOr every
where.
The May issue of the Chattanoo-
go Tradesman has a vigorous edi-
torial on this subject which rings
with pardonable eXultation. 1t
says: If any one doubts that the
south is growing, its industries eX-
paHding, new industries forming,
and all the resources in their varied
extent being rapidly developed, let
that skeptical party make a trip
through the southern country. Let
party who has lived in the south,
say three years ago, revisit this
country and he will experience q
difficulty in recognizing any town
that he may have lived in. No
one section of the country has ad-
vanced any more particularly and
in sgreater per centage than any
other. The whole south seems to
have sprung ahead in such a rapid
rate of growth as to be almost con-
sidered unprecedented and marvel
lous. One cannot conceive of the
immense amount Of capital that has
eagerly sought investment in the
southern states during the last
three years. OF course, there are
some towns so situated, having on
ly only one line of road, inland |
towns, towns that are governed by |
4 set of people who cannot see fur
ther than their noses, and who |
wear stiff, almost choking collars,
who cannot bend from their dignity |
to listen to the advancements made |
by the would-be investors that have |
failed to grow in the same pro rata
as nine Of the other cities
and towns throughout the south.
These,5 we are happy to state, are
very few. 1t seems a very bold |
statement to make, and yet situa-
ted as we are, we can show proof !
of the truthfulness of the statement, |
when we say that during the past
twelve months there has been start
ed over 1000 establishments for |
manufacturing purposes in the
southern states; over 300 new rail
road companies and other incorpo- |
rated companies for industrial pur
poses, Including coal, iron ore, gold,
mica, copper and silver. The |
south is being completely covered |
by net work of small railways,
which enable sections of the coun-
try that have hitherto been unap-
proachable to be developed. Capt.
tai does not hesitate now, as it did |
in years past, IN coming south, and |
we can advise those who are still
holding back for fear of sectional
feeling, to put all such ideas away,
and to come at once into this cOun-
try where wealth is only awaiting
the application of capital, pluck, en-
ergy and brain. No section of the
United States has advanced more
rapidly in population, in wealth,
and has attracted as much atten-
ton in the past three years, as
the south. We in the south are
proud of it; are proud to claim citi
zenship of a country which has
awakened at last to the realization
of its wealth, and is not at all slow
in claiming the finest and richest
section of country in the world.
The coming Worlds Exposition
and Cotton Centennial at New Or
leans will again afford an opportu-
nifty for our northern friends to Wis
it and become acquainted with our
people in the south; to become &C
quainted with their customs and
habits; to be informed that we are
not set of indolent loafers, but
that we are to be wide-awake to our
own interests as the sharp yankee
of the eastern states is to his own.
The south invites capital, skilled
labor and investment, in facty, ever
one and anyone, who will come for
the purpose of taking off his coat,
rolling up his sleeves, and going to
work either for himself or for US.
There are no ,hindrances placed in
the way Of anyone, no matter from
what section of the world he may
hail, providing he shows that he
means business. The prospects for
the remainder of this year for the
south are at the present time most
fattering. Though there may be
stagnation in some branches of
trade, yet, taking the whole into
consideration, we can but prophesy
that an active trade in all lines of
machinery and mechanical applian-
ceS Will be carried on throughout
the remainder of the year. While
there is not such extensive railroad
building in the south as there has
been, yet there is sufficient to war
rant us in saying there will be an
immense trade in railroad buildings
and supplies for the remainder of
the year. AS our country is filling
up, the population of all small
towns and villages increasing, our
commercial interests are also in
creasing, and as southern people
gre realizing the wealth that is ac-
cruing to them, better and better
classes of goods are called for and
demanded; better facilities for the
of business being pro-
vided; and we can say, without fear
of contradiction, that in the space
of another decade, the south will |