The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-31
Honor TO Whom Honor 10 Due!

Butter brigade I'D poilttCS-
press with articles be pufingt h wonderiui
results Of Jarvis Administration, etc.
etc. Such Puffery has little weight, be
cause intelligent people SEE through II
aud even Jarvis friends smile at II,
while unbiased people resent II a. a soi
Toad, ism" which robs Peter to r
Paul. Everybody knows that most OF the
leaulng ea,ures of North Carolina 5 DE
/ yelonment which have won public cor" :
~m.ndation were inauguratel or begun b
| Gov. Eance's Administration, n were
urged BY the press for years prevl u>iy.
! Take for Instance, the Agricultural De-
parlmeut and it, various exhibits. Co.
l. l. Polk. under the daily direction OF
| Gov. Vance, spent three years IN adver
| Using North Carolina, urging lmnigra
| ton. scattering printed information. etc
| Prof. w. C. Kerr was far more active II
lie, clipping the mineral sourc OF \.
| g.. under Vances Administrator than
! under Jarvis. And three-fourths OF the
Agricultural Specimens were gathered
in Vance's time
Take our Railroad System-and You
see Vance in weekly consultation with
Mai. Jas w. Wilson, pushing the Wes-
tern \. G. Railroad from Marion to Hen
rvs, and up those long curves, AID
through Mud-Cut, (Which scores OF peo-
| pie said could not be passed. and through
| the tunnel. and over the Blue Ridge.
Take the University, and you see it arts
ing from wreck, if not ruin, under
his Administration, and with his encour-
agement. And without intending TO par
ticularize, or itemize, or draw a comrari
son to Jarvis disparagement) 1t Is both
untrue and unjust to ascribe the develop
ment of North Carolina to Jarvis. The
truth is that many of the most effective
plans.were blocked out if not actually
cut and dried" before T. J. entered
| the Executive Chamber.
Alas! and this too is true that North
| Carolina has more of a Boom on
paper than in actual results. OF
course the State has advanced. but
so has the whole country, and the
| Southern States IN particular. NO
BODY viii consider Jim Benefits New
York Herald as a friend of the South.
| vet even it is forced to admit in a lead
ing editorial. that the advance of the
| South during the past six years &. e.
| since the Democrats came into power
in 1870 has been something wonderful
Observation-Disclosures beyond belief!
Read the article below, and then reflect
a moment,-Does North Carolina ex-
hibit these magic signs of prosperity?
Have we tiourished like wen u poor
old negro-ridden sister South Carolina !?
Have we any cities like Atlanta, Chat
tanooga, Birmingham, Nashville, Louis
vile. Vicksburg, or a score OF similar
post-bellum gro Xths? Can we show
the Railroads of Texas. Tennessee,
Georgia. or Florida? Few men have
worked harder than we have,-nOr more
| steadily, and we think more unseltishly.
for Is years past, to advocate North
| Carolina interests, and develope u re-
sources, and invite immigration but
truth is truth. and in all candor we must
admit that our State has ''poked-along''
| where others nave rushed. The Herald
| estimates that the South has gained
more in four years past than in any ten
years previous - do you think North
| Carolina has kept step" TO that sort OF
| a rush? We do not believe it. We
have made gains-as all States have
gained, viz, by the growth of babies. the
unfolding of new esources. the march
of science, knowledge, and human pro-
gress; but this is about all that we can
boast-if you except certain special
cases-like the growth of cotton add to-
| bIcco, aud the manufacturer. OF it.
Now these remarks are no aimed To-
deprive Gov. Jarvis of any just dues.
We can believe that where his personal
interests were in no wise al ted, his
wish and effort would be given to the
welfare OF the State and after some
sixteen years of oiice-holding he ought
to know to serve the public effectively.
But men who have mental and moral
balance know that the cold facts do not
decrv Zeb to toady to Thomas!
THE RISE OF THE SOUTH.
Our enterprising Southern contempc-
rary the New Orleans Times Democrnt
has rendered a valuable service not aloD,
to the South, but to the entire country.
In It's issue of October % il gives "A care
fully prepared review Of sixty teeming
columns, showing the industrial condi
ton of twelve Southern States, and the
prdgress that has been made III them
sice the national census was taken. The
States are Virginia, North Carolina.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Mississippi, l. ,uisiana, Texas, Ken
lucky, Tennessee aud Arkansas. The
facts and figures were obtained from the
governors Of those States and other off
cial sources The completeness and SUR
~stantial accuracy of the information are
vouched for.
1t tells a marvellous story of present
prosperity and recent progress. The ma
terial growth of the South was rapid
during the decade proceeding the last
census year Ii has been far more rapid
and wonderful since the last census wear.
According to the report of the Tines
Democrat, the progress of the past four
yeurs is greater than that of tie preceding
ten. Take the item of assessed value of
property as showing the increase of ma
terial wealth. In 1879, the year to which
the figures of the federal census apply,