Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-23
T OF THE SOUTH

ing OF the future OF the South, goes
on. to state hat an observer of the
map Of the United States will be
fOrcibly struck with the magnitude
of the Southern States; their ability
to furnish to the Northern section
of this country much of that which
pertains to the industrial interests
of this great country. When we
see delineated on the map the i'm
mense coal fields and an abundant
supply of iron (both of which are
almost inexhaustible), one begins
to wonder hat these vast resources
have not hitherto been made avail
able. When we look at our extern
siye tobacco and cotton plantations
and view their greatness, we
stand with gaping mouth and
gazing eyes at their extent, and
wonder that their wealth has
not been fully developed long
ere this. In order to be successful
in the battle of life one must labor,
and as capital is made from labor,
we infer that the greatest improve
ment, in dollars and cents, of any
country must spring from capital,
as produced by the bone and sinew
Of the country. Labor being the
source of capital and capital the re.
suit of labor, we look upon each
and every individual as being the
part,of a whole in our business re-
lations and in the government of
our country. Thus any person by
laying his shoulder to the wheel,
by digging for coal, smelling our
iron, pulling cotton, gathering corn,
reaping our rice, cutting our to-
bacco, producing oranges, lemons,
peaches and bananas, will make
the South, through the combined
labors of all, a perfect mine of
wealth-showing to the world the
enormous internal wealth of
this the Southern section Of
the great United States of
America. The Importance of pro-
ducing from the soil that which
will give to the country prosperity
and wealth can not be pressed upon
the people too often, and we call Oh
the press-that lever which moves
the world-to advocate production
from the soil in this section of the
country. Encourage immigration,
get field hands, and nature, re-
spending to the call, will answer,
and demand from the consumer the
price of her bounty, bringing into
the treasury funds of "bright, yell
low shining gold" to relieve the
d~iStresses of the people through the
production of the soil. With plenty
of labor at present unemployed in
the large cities Of the North, and
an enormous amount of acreage
throughout the Southern States at
present nothing but bare land, can
it be wondered at that we raise our
voice on behalf of this section of
the country for more to be produced
from the soil? Equality of States
having been guaranteed by the
home power, and perfect peace
prevailing both at home and
abroad, we bespeak for the South
ern section of the United States an
era of prosperity that is destined
to make us a great nation in every
sense Of the word. The interest of
all North and South, leaving poll
tics aside, is in building up the
agricultural interest Of this section
of the country south of the Ohio
river and in encouraging labor in
working our mines, our fields, Or
chards and farms, and then we will
have good times peace and plenty
will reign and there will be once
again a solid North and South COM.
prising the United States Of Amer
lea whole and complete, with not a
break or a flaw in the articles of a
perfect union. We have peace, let
us have prosperity it will come
from the hard and horny hand of
the king of the people, the farmer.
SO let it be.