The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-11
ESTABLISHED 1865.

tenn, SO laTSelF cOulpOSeu VI lue CoioiSo
people, us obstacles to Southern
growth::'
II have travelled much in the South
since the war;" said Judge Kelley.
"and have always been keenly inter-
ested in every step of progress she has
made, and eager to learn all could of
Southern resources and advantages.
I have urged my friends to go there,
and my son is there now, with all that
he possesses embarked in a manufac-
turing enterprise. l do not consider
that there ever existed in the West,
great as its wealth is, or in any other
portion of the country, anything like
the natural wealth of the South. 4
very large part Of the South is blessed
with a climate uneXcelled if equaled
elsewhere in the world. AS to the
mountainous region of the South, it is
richer in natural wealth and in adyan-
tages for the development of that
wealth; it has a finer climate, better
water and higher conditions of health
than any region of which I have any
knowledge, and is withal one of the
most beautiful regions in the world.
Whoever will read the little pamphlet
written by Mr.. Geo. B. Cowlam, of
Knoxville, Tenn, The Undeveloped
South, will get some specific informa-
ton that is valuable because based on
accurate knowledge and facts, and
when the present local and scattered
development Of the South shall give
place to such development as Mr.. Cow
lam suggests, not only will Southern
manufactures be consumed at home,
but they will need to be vastly increased
and of character of more highly
finished product, and it will take the
surplus of the north to supply Southern
demand.n
Southern manufactures to-day are
largely based upon local conditions
favoring cheap productions, but with
out local demand, and this forces their
product into northern markets, where
as a more general development, based
upon the building Of such railroads as
would convert the wealth of the noun
tain wildernesses of the South with it's
valleys, and its existing railways sys-
tenn, and thus with all portions of the
country, would lay foundation for
such diversity and magnitude of mining
and manufacturing industry in the
South as would at once diversity South
ern agriculture. When this is done
the last and most important of the
causes which led to the attempt to es-
tablish the Southern Confederacy will
have disappeared. tits as important to
do this as it was to abolish the Confed-
crate Government, because SO long and
so far as the South may remain solid un-
der the domination of the ideas which
founded..ard controlled the eConfederacy,
so long and so far does the Confederacy
vote in the Congress of the United
States.
$50 far as the race question is cor
cerned, there is but one way the South
can settle it. Itmust outgrow it, and it
will. Every new industry will dinlin-
ish its relative Importance until by in
creasing the foundation the negro will
cease to be a controlling factor in any
industry and become valuable ele-
| ment in all.
ut WILL" Judge Kelley continued,
certainly be more pleasant to develop
the wealth of the South for the good
and profit of both North and South and
for the defense of the Union, than it
was to fight the South through the
long and bitter years of the war, which
removed the greatest material obstacle
to Union-human slavery-and opened
the way for the completion of the work
This is what I mean when I speak of
securing the results Of the war. South
ern men are fighting the battle and we
must reinforce them. The develop
ment of the South is not a Southern
| but national question"
Judge Kelley is in earnest as regards
Southern matters. He has demon
strated his faith both by word and
deed. His sou, as ne tells me, has large
interests in Alabama, and large part
Of the iron regions of this State are
owned by Pittsburg and Philadelphia
people. The development going on in
the iron regions cfthe South is having,
say men here from the different parts of
other Southern States, an influence in
the general stimulation of Southern
enterprise and at no time during the
past twenty years have the Southern
people been more alive than they are
now. Many Of the Southern cities are
holding expositions yearly, and these
are having radical influence. The
New Orleans exposition, while not q
financial success, was success in the
education Of the people and in the
stimulation of industries, and the ex-
positions 1T Atlanta have done much
good. r. ). TODD.
THE GEORGIA ELECTION.
| Republicans have Even Less Showing than
| the Democrats in Maine.