The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-03
PROSPEROUS FARMERS.
The Horny Handed sons Of
the South Getting
Rich.
Marvellous Growth To all Departments
and a Splendid Array OfFigureS.

Marvellous Growth To all Departments
and a Splendid Array ofFigureS.
Decatur Still Maintains the Lead in
che Rushing Young Cities.
She is Destined to be the Mecca of Our
People-The Consumer Of
Our Products.
The CITIZEN has maintained for |
months that the surest and swiftest |
way to enrich the farmers and citi-
zens of our agricultural counties is |
to help forward the building of cit
les in this vicinity to the end that
we may have large communities Of
consumers close to US, who will con
snme our product at stiff prices.
The proposition needs no argument
nor citation of facts to prove 1t, and
yet for the benefit of some who may
be misled by snarlers and ill-tem-
pered persons who seek to make per-
sonal gain for themselves Eby mis-
| representing the motive that
prompt theamen and newspapers who
are trying to accomplish this, we
prospose now to prove it by the fig
ures.
It is known of all men who have
anything to do with it or who
are observing men that the
stock and track interests of Giles
county have increased many times
lover since the southern development
began. We have no means to cite
the exact figures, and neither is it
necessary for it is fact SO glar-
ingly apparent that all sensible men
know it.
| One fact alone, which we have
before stated, is q wonderful cor
robora.ion of the statement, to-wit:
DR.. Jere Butler stated to the writer
three weeks ago that he was in the
truck and produce business at As
pen Hill for many years and he new
; er shipped poundiof it south. A few
years ago his son succeeded him in
business, just as the southern de-.
velopment began, and now the
young man has never shipped a
pound OF his produce north. 1t has
completely changed about We
used to have to ship it to Cincin-
natl, Chicago and other distant
northern points of consumption,
: and the freights up the profits on
,. most of it, while on perishable and
much of other stuff the distance and
5 the high freights were an absolute
4 inhibition upon shipments and we
: could not raise the stuff because
there was no paying market.
A hundred men and more have
, come to US to corroborate these
+ statements and to applaud THE
!, CITIZENS efforts to help build clos
er markets.
II Curious as it may seem, and
3 right in the face of the facts tina,
r are as glaring as MONDAY, there are
? a few snarlers who oppose the build
ing of cities in the south, claiming
that the farmers are not benefited
l and that all the prosperity now be-
: ing realized at the south is confined
to the manufacturing cities and the
iron and coal districts. Now to the
facts-reliable and authentic, pro
muigated and endorsed by The
Manufacturers Record:
Il The assessed valuation of rea
! property in the IA southern states
: in 1887 was $3,S58, 509,S67, agains
: $2,8SS, 41S,527 in 1SS0-an increas,
: of $97O,O91, $40.
In 1879 the number of bales o
cotton was 5,755,359-in 1887 i
had run up to 100000. Corn rul
up from 333, ,29O bushels tt
I 49,, 49, 900. Oats about doubled
u The value of live stock in the
!. south in 1879 was 1891, APP 54-ir
: 1880 it had run up to $573,695,55O
The total value of the chief agri
! cultural products in 1879 wa
: $571, 098, 454-in 1887 it had ruI
up to $742, O66460. This takes NJ
account of sugar, rice, fruits, veg
! etables, eggs, poultry, melons, etc.
which are estimated to be worth
g above 5000, 900.
Il The value of cotton goods pro-
. duced has more than doubled.
The coal mined has nearly trip
pied.
The pig iron produced has large
q ly over-doubled.
nj The Record prints letters from
q the governors or other officials o
). all the southern states, all uniting
r in telling of increasing prosperity
r. decreasing farm debts, booming
, business, better labor, harder work
q contentment and happiness.
nj What has caused all this? Il
y there man goose enough to mag
:, inc tthat these things would hay,
come to pass if there had been nj
iron and coal development and n,
: con sequent development in manu-
featuring?
Ell Il is the demand for the stuff w
I'll raise right at our doors that pays
!, us, and the more cities we buil6
:. and the more mouths We have to
feed in the contiguous manufactnr
}. ing districts, the richer we will grow
8 and the better farming will pay.
!. We cali attention to these thing
/ for the further purpose of corrobo
# rating what we have SO perslstently
Il written about Decatur. It is HARD
d to believe even the things we know
: to be true. 1t required the per
J. Torrance of miracles to convince tn,
q people of Samaria that Phillip spoke
: the divine truth, and so to-day the
e things that are transporting RICH
e around us are so wonderful as t.
e require more than bare statements
r to convince the people OF thel
v reality.
Ell The news from Decatur grow
t brighter every day. A gentleman
q lust from their Saturday said
r "The world.neyer saws UGH rush o
e carpenters and crush of builders. ,
: Saturdays Journal says the Lane
q Company cannot build houses fas
s enough to supply the demand. Mr.
l. Ike Plnkus was up Monday and b.
q is jubilant over the new city. Ther'
q is jam of visitors and investors
b there continually and every day
e sees some new plant made. New