The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1888-11-08
HOME INDUSTRY.

Two years ago IN New York, declar-
ing that the South Of to-day, with
all of her energies and her capabili-
ties in full use was no longer the
South of his fathers, save in heart,
the people from the land of which
he spoke agreed with him. Two
years time has shown that people
that he spoke the truth, bat only in
part. Neither he nor they reslized
then, and are only beginning to
realize to-day, how little the South
had done or is doing, of what she
can and ought to do.
When twenty-five years ago the
division made between the North
and South for States rights and
States Freedom, was declared a
failure, We little thought that in the
future lay the germs for a far dit.
f4rent freedom than for which they
j. 4ght;-a freedom that should
! a.ak5 such state ar empire self-pro-
yiding, self sustaining, self-sufficing
n every way. We are learning to
work, and get at home that which
for years and years We paid dearly
for abroad.
Look about you-are you doing
all you can to help your state !?
You say yes, you try to live quiet,
orderly lives, you neither rob, kill
or defraud, and that in these peace
full times nothing further is called
for. Are you sure about that :?
Where did that suit of clothes you
have on come from? Where the
furniture in your houses, the car
pets on your floor, the broom in the
corner, the lamps, the soap, the
bucket, the matches, the tin cans,
the buggies and wagons in your
sheds, the plows and machinery in
your Toulouse, the fine horses in
your stables, where did all these
come from? You say you simply
bought them of the most available
market. And where did that mark
ct get them? Out of the state
somewhere. What does it matter,
so long as they are paid for And
yet, friends, by this Indifference on
your part, the state of Georgia
loses every year s20,0OO,OOO. Think
of it. There was a time when
Georglans sent out annually 81
600, 900 for furniture, 100000 for
vehicles, $4,000 for lamp chin
neys and bottles, millions more for
clothing, matches, wooden-ware,
paper, farm implements, and ac-
tually for food-the very vegetables
that thrive most vigorously on our
teeming Georgia soil, the beeves
and sheep and hogs that might have
tattened on our verdant pastures,
the wheat and corn that Georgia
could have given US, even some of
the chickens came to us from the
North, East and West. Such we
say was the case up to a few years
ago, and though matters are looking
better, we cannot rest easy until we
know that those millions of dollars
are circulating here at home and
until every man, be at home or at
his neighbours, shall read in every
piece of furniture, in every piece of
clothing, in every working tool, in
every meal he eats, Georgia rails
ed" and Georgia made"
You can do it. See what has al
ready been done in the last few
years. The carriage men keep
million dollars at home every year.
In other words. half of the Georgia
people who ride, ride in homemade
buggies and vehicles-the other
half still send a million away to get
theirs. The truth holds good about
their industry, holds good with
everything else. you would buy
entirely from home institutions,
they would be able to serve you as
well and as cheaply to those outside
of the state.
The furniture men keep in Geor-
gia 100000 OF the 100000 that
we spend for furniture annually
and if the popular favor would only
turn more decidedly in the direc
ton of homemade things, new fac