The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-30


| as time gradually smooths down these
| grave obstacles and genuine Peace begins
| to restore that good order and that conf
dence upon which alone industry can base
those solid fabrics which will rear into Re-
cuperatiOn, Wealth, and consequent power:
And in this contamination the North and
| the West-are equally interested as we OF
| the South. For the trammelled States,
which have of late been used as the mich
cow of the grasping East, are the natural
which demand our prod auctions to handle
and to convert into local, rs we'll as ma
tional wealth.
To this view of the politico commercial
question the capital and the business sense
of the country is fast awakening; and we
ing sanity, which can be shaken neither
by the speciOus treatment nor by the polit-
ical straight acket. And to this point we
specially call the attention of those North
ern business men who look directly at
practical questions of Southern recupera-
through haze of political prejudice. For
the growth of Southern manufacturing is
rapidly apprOximating to q fair proportion
to that of the North and we have been at
pains constantly to note this fact for the
benefit of our Northern readers, no less
than for the emulation of our business COM
munities at homo.
The national growth in manufacturing
values during the two years since 1870, has
been proportionately heavier than during
the decade preceding that year. Not only
is the industrial activity of the whole coun-
try greater, but its average profits are now
larger than during that decade, and they
are also more widely diffused by reason Of
small manufactures. Here is one great
point we wish to burn in upon the memory
Of our people. Iteration and reiteration of
this patent fact is their due, and they shall
have it: In small manufactures lies our
hope for The future! This must be Alaba.
mas golden rule of progress; and by this
rule alone can she work her prob lem of SAL
yation,-the synonym for which is Recup-
Grafton. The increase in the wealth of this
country is absolutely enormous, as the
statistics above plainly show; and that it
ia rapid as enormous they also prove.
Should the Union remain at peace with all
the woodland let its Southern members
feel the blessing it grants to strangers
then would the computation of the limit of
manufacturing values in 1880 be too great
for statement here, where analysis is not
possible.
days statement, painful one to make yet
paipably our duty just because it ia unnec-
essary as painful. In the above statistics
of the Southern States we find that Alaba-
mas prOpsrtionate increase in man ufactur-
ing value, is less than that of any one of
her sister States named in the list! This
Eseult is absolutely unnecessary st is
Wholly her own fault and it could have
been prevented by average energy and
average enterprise. 1t can be remedied
still, simply, surely and rapidly. For it
needs no repetition at our hands to show
to the ordinary intelligence of her sons
that Aiabamas natural a outrageous are
high above those Of any SesGe around her;
that her Unborn sources of wealth need less
cultivation to flourish into more richly re-
munerative results. 1t only needs to be
continually impressed upon them that
Energy is the mother of wealth, and that
States, no less than individuals, are archi-
tects of their own fortunes. Tue old fable
OF Hercules and the clown, our modern
civilization has paraphrased, not weakened,
IN the words "God helps those who help
themselves"