The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-29

only Tennessee but in the Nation We cannot shut our eyes the
dangerous that likely follow and
nuance of this condition of things of alarming
day the money enormously aggregated
the hands of the controlling elections which great
public questions and policies This will become
prevalent and and dangerous with the continuance
of ignorant voting population will
this ieae for and party supremacy party politics
Will inevitably degenerate TO its A party methods will become more
and party policies grarn
their tendency while private rights public obligations
respected protected voting population holding
the balance of power WILL STEP certainly day follows
might or night the day. reach corrupted suffrage the ~ angel
sruet0u to aech0e gO0eyzmens"
The dangers beyond locality suffrage
exercised Their with the governments
whose policies thereby controlled ghnkng for
suppose would be welfare country
for Of the States become the of widespread
corruption political methods AS sectional questions settled and
sectional anmoes buried and forgotten they should be-
the financial and problems
attracting attention. dividing
the opinions of the educated the South eracy
power
political contests of such political agencies and of such party dgenc
as 1 have huriedly
dangerous upon
voting population partisan spirit The evil thence
resulting affect all political parties party umphs they
vove the and welfare of the country and the pepeuy of
republican institutions
Political parties but the should
be- the counts honor peace prosperity and preservation
Instead of attempting party corruption
by supervision
and enlightened policy for the General Government aid the States
qualifying ieae citizenship bot for the intelligent
exercise of suffrage.
prevailing eacy has important industrial bearings and relations which
general welfare, may attention of
the General Government and justify cooperation with the the
effort to correct acy leads to the degradation of labor the
dmnuton of its productive and the dment
development and prosperity the States which prevails
direct proportion the S existence
productive country by ieacy is enormously
large larger by millions than the expense
Carefully conducted Investigations instituted in 1870 and
Washington
srikingy interesting and important facts:
That free school education pro
vded in the schools of the country, adds so per
productive of the abOre considered productive
chine.
That the average 100 per cent
average collegiate university
per average producing capacity say nothing
the immense addition to his elevation.
Now assuming 4o35a erate adults
only $500 each
themselves and the country the lack simple
$50 each would reach
terates dsncvey
Southern States numbering 100000 place Their labor at the
value of $IaO add thereto the
give productive capacity
the OF the annual benefit be
individuals and which they reside say nothing
private the social and political advantages would
Take 5000 terate assume their
annual value of $ao add the per
productive capacity which will result education
will gain those the $ooo,ooo
annually Regarded this standpoint economy
cation is extavagant wastefulness n
subject wider bearings than this The South its
wealth. just entering upon
OF wonderful industrial development We need especially skilled
changed conditions surroundings
osupp necessity
midst or leaving in ignorance social and political
dangerous results required
That the the and
question, the understood the Southern
$780, $500 persons years age
engaged all the occupations and professions OF these 100000
over so per cent unsled Who
vanages way material development that would result
ing comparatively unproducve force converted skilled
labor?
candepct the future growth pospernd glory the
impulse would give diversified industries which
end the policy heretofore pursued of
making of maternal representing only the
Of embodied labor.
England has close attention to the subject Of skilled
employed every available her work
spent millions fostering its growth she forbade its emg
inventions and improvements, Of
continuing until I84 What the result
little peck upon the face of the GLOBE with manufacturing
capacity equal dominating the
aiming and securing this
supremacy pursued until recently the policy simply making
machines of her people Our situation demands
policy should the elevation of the borer
increasing productive capacity The of institutions
rights this enlightened policy
and