Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-09-10
THEY ADVANCE, WE RETRO
GRADE.

GRADE.
We congratulate Jasper, the county
seat, on its prosperity. At present its
schools are drawing rich planters to
invest in farms, which means develop
meut. besides financial increase from
new business methods and interests.
The place itself in all these years, has
been steadily gaining, and although
there have been two disastrous fires,
still it only resulted in further i'm
provement. An era of painting and
repairing has been going on, and the
town presents as neat an appearance as
any that can be found.
While we are glad to note Jasper's
steady increase in appearance and OPP
portunities, we are equally as sorry
that the development of this place is
still lingering at the same point it was
nearly 10 years ago-a long time that
to dc almost nothing 1t is true that
we have a fine handle works, but that
is not town builder, even the job
printing for the concern being done
away from home. These 10 years have
seen several industries that should
have remained here vanish from the
scene.
But, however this does not mean
that the place would not grow if it got
half chance. The trouble is that it
has not had that half chance. The
desire to run farm here has kept peo-
pie from buying land in this locality,
and when people cannot invest in dirt
in a place that has only one low-priced
labor establishment in it, how can
they be expected to come hereH One
way to get farming population here
would be to cut up the present Sequa-
chez farm property into small farms
and put them on the market, which
would mean the doubling of farm
houses and population, locally, at
least Then, after that put in a cot
ton mill to take the surplus labor
The cotton mills of the East are slowly
drifting southwark, and is not Sequa-
chez good enough site for one of
themP A tannery and shoe shop would
settle the question as to surplus labor.
But it is useless to suggest anything,
as the present management is probably
satisfied with things, although the
citizens are not. Meanwhile the town
goes to decay while its rich owners en-
joy everything in lite.
We reiterate we are glad of Jasper 6
progress, even if it has no high-toned
handle works to back GU it up, but
sorry that our own place is not advance
ing. We have stood Loyalty by the in
erests of this place in every way for
all these years, and nothing pleases us
better that to note an Improvement,
but at the same time we do not care to
efface our right to criticise the indif-
ference of the owners, or their self
satisfaction with present conditions.
The miners strike in Alabama has
been called off. That course was made
necessary by the action of Gov. Com
er, who ordered a lot of miners tents
cut down and gave orders not to allow
the miners to live in tented commune
ties. The action of Alabama's governor
is almost eqnal to the action of the au-
thorities in Idaho where miners were
loaded on stock cars like cattle, trans
ported to the desert and unlOaded and
deserted to die 1t is the rule of such
officials that leads on to revolution.
Such administration of government
has never yet, in time failed to pro
duCe a revolution. Conner has been 8
tyrant ever since he entered the gov
ernor chair. His action against the
railroads of the state was senseless in
deed. Whatever he does is on the ex
treme Alabamians ought to see to il
that his place is filled by a man of dis
erection whose actions will be tempered
with judgement. Dunlap, Tenn.
Tribune.
The News has had considerable Il
say criticising Gov. Conner, and hat
begun to feel lonesome in so doing, a
no other papers criticised his arbitrary
action. Now we note that the Trib
une had the hardihood to criticize Ala
bama's executive, mentioning also tn,
Idaho outrage. After a time people
will wake up and believe that the un
ion is more sinned against than sin
ming 1t causes the rich corporation
to pay higher wages and they want t,
break it at any cost
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