The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-06-06
THE SOUTH.


Everywhere, on all 9luS9, anu III
everything that pertains to prosperity,
the signs we see are encouraging. Ag-
riculture Is steadily advancing, and this
favored Southland is fast regalnlng her
old -time prosperity. 1t IS a well
known fact that the South has material
resources capable of being developed
into wealth such as falls to the lot OF
no other region in the world. Slavery
was the curtain which for years con
Cealed her attractions. Now that
slavery is abolished and this curtain
torn away, her unsurpassed resources
are awakening a lively interest among
our European as well as our Northern
neighbors, and enterprises and capital
are recognizing the immensely OF her
capacities.
The prosperity which seems to be
within easy reach of the South, at the
same time is indicative of the lncreas-
ing prosperity Of the North The two
sections necessarily have great COM
mon interest between them, and ~the
lesser interests of each are wrapt up IN
the larger interests of both.
We have the land, the woods and
timbers, the minerals, ores, and de-
sirablc climate, with all the many and
varied natural advantages for any OF
the industries and pursuits of life, and
we now only need the capital and ex-
perlence of our brothers of the North
and East to develop them.
While the introduction of system
of manufactures in the South will have
a tendency to establish strong compe-
tition with the North, it must not be
forgotten that the development OF the
material resources of the South will be
bound to promote the best interests OF
the whole country, even though 1t at
tract to this Southland vast sums of
money which would otherwise continue
to be invested elsewhere.
Manufacturing sections and agrl-
cultural sections are necessarily de-
pendent upon each other. The North
is dependent upon the South, and the
South is equally dependent upon the
North.
During slavery times, farmers and
planters of the South contributed mil
lions of dollars annually to the mar
kets of the North As the process of
reorganization and recuperation has
continued since the termination of the
war, and that contribution has been
ali the time reviewing so that to-day,
Judging by the present rate of progress
in all her departments of industry,
millions will be added to the original
millions with the lapse of but a few
more years.
During the last decade Northern
capital has been brought into the
South in unnumbered millions and
it will continue to come until all
through the old slave territory in the
Union, in every State, and in every
country, there will be such an increase
of both men and money from the
States on the other side of the Potomac
that the interests of the North on the
soil of the South will be such as to be
interviewer with everything Southern.
The flood of the Southern tide has
certainly at last set in, after the long,
low ebb succeeding the desolation of
the war And that it will continue to
rise, and rise, until the South becomes
incomparably wealthier than she has
ever been, we entertain not the shadow
of a doubt.
In good faith the New South holds
out her hands IN a sincere spirit of
fraternal welcome to all-manufactur-
ers, home seekers and capitalists
regardless of their politics, who may
choose to come among her citizens as
her sons.