St. Landry democrat., 1889-03-23
Judge Kelley on the South.

It is with great pleasure that we clip the
following from the M0nuf actu7er's Record
of recent date. Hon. VIM. D. Kelley is
one of the largest manufacturers in the
country, and has been in congress for
twenty eight years. He is regarded as
man of the finest judgment and keenest
observation Amongst other things he
said, referring to the broad and harmon
ious foundation laid for the industrial de-
velopment of the United States: "Our
greatest and most varied natural wealth,
that of the South, is almost untouched.
In reply to the question, 'Do you think
the Southern field broad enough to afford
development sufficiently great and rapid
to meet the requirements OF the North Z
he said: GHOST assuredly. In the clos
ing paragraph of my little book, 'The Old
South and the New two sentences have
caused me much questioning. say there,
Wealth and honor are in the pathway of
the New South: AS to the rapidity with
which it can be done. the past growth of
the West furnishes the best answer. 1t
was the building of an empire in the West
that relieved and enriched the East as
well as the West. The enormous ener
gies, the plant used in that task, unparal-
leled in the magnitude of the work and the
greatness of the reward to all, is now seek
ing new field of investment, and there
is no spot on earth sufficient for it and
within its reach but the South"
When the Manufacturers Record has
told of the won6 1ful resources of the
South, it's unequaled climate, it's marvel
Gus mineral and timber wealth and the un-
limited possibilities of it's development, it
has often been accused of being too en-
thusiastic, but here is Judge Kelley endors
ing the climate of q large portion of the
South as the best in the world ; it's natural
wealth the greatest and most varied pos
sessed by any section of this country-"a
wealth so vast, so varied in its elements
and character, SO advantageously placed
for the development, that the South could
sustain population far greater than the
population OF the United States to day.
No other spot on earth, according to Judge
Kelley, affords such field for investment
as the South.
81 have travelled much in the South
since the war;" said Judge Kelley. land
have always been keenly interested in
every step of progress she has made, and
eager to learn all could of southern re-
sources and advantages. have urged my
friends to go there, and my son is there
now, with all that he has, embarked in a
manufacturing enterprise. do not con
slider that there ever existed in the West,
great IS its wealth is, nor IN any othe
portion of the country, any thing like the
natural wealth of the South. A very large
part of the South is blessed with climate
unexcelled, if equaled, elsewhere in the
world. As to the mountainous region of
the South, it is richer in natural wealth
and in advantages for the development of
that wealth ; it has finer climate, better
water and higher condition of health, than
any region of which have any knowledge,
and is withal one of the most beautiful re-
gions in the world"
These are the careful statements of one
of the leading men of the country, and
coming from such man as Judge Kelley,
will carry convictions to many who have
now investigated in person, as he has
done, the unlimited wealth which awaits
development in the South.